Getting deals on groceries!!!!
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| Mon, 01-18-2010 - 10:18am |
OK! I was super excited this week by my grocery trip. I had $116 dollars this week and I think I made it go far. For dinner we are having bratwurst, chicken parm, chili with cornbread, fish, pasta all with plenty of sides. If you are wondering where my veggies are, I still had a whole bag of romaine heads and plenty of fruit still left from last week, plus frozen veggies in the freezer. I have boxes of cereal and oatmeal already at home for breakfasts.
My best find this week: I got a 2 dollar coupon for buying the Ragu. I got a 10 dollar coupon for buying the batteries, always pads, bounce and pampers wipes (and all of those items were on sale plus I needed them, plus I had a coupon for the batteries!) On top of that I had other coupons that added up to about 7 dollars. I saved myself about 60 dollars on my groceries this week!
By the way - I recently bought the book Coupon Mom with a Barnes and noble giftcard I got for Christmas. I have yet to read it, but I'll let you know if I find any really good tips. So far I'm having a really good time finding deals at the grocery store. I eat things I probably wouldn't normally eat (like the fish and the brats) and I it really makes me plan my meals so I don't have the need to order out like I used to. I've also gotten much better at it. It used to take me at least 2 hours a week to plan things out and now I'm down to one hour!
So here's my list (plus coupon means that I got the sales price which I list, but then I had a coupon as well)
Household:
Bounce Fabric softener sheets $5
Pampers wips (2 packages) $2.50 ea
16 Duracell AA batteries $10 plus coupon
Always pads (3 packages) $3.33 ea
Sandwhich bags $1
1 roll of paper towels (free!)
Bag of kitty litter (not on sale but in the household category)
Groceries:
3 jars of ragu $1.66 ea
3 packages of pasta $.50 ea
a box of clementines $4.88
3 mangoes $1 ea
2 chilli store brand soups $5 ea plus free movie rental
a pan of cornbread $2
2 juicy juice juiceboxes $2.50 ea plus coupon
2 packages of frozen cod $6.99
2 packages of bratwurst $3.99 plus coupon
3 packaged sandwhiches for DH's lunch $3
1 Chobani greek yogurt (Free!)
2 loafs of bread $1.99
1 box of canned seltzer water $2.50
2 cans of corn
4 cans of tuna $1.50 plus coupon
2 precooked chicken parmesan $5
1 package buitoni $5
1 loaf of french bread (Free!)
2 packages of hot dogs
3 boxes of mac and cheese $4
2 bunches of bananas $3
a package of spinach $3
Celery hearts $1.79
baby carrots
container of raw sunflower seeds
bag of pretzels $1.99
tartar sauce
butter
frozen blueberries
peanut butter
ketchup
milk
18 eggs
1 can of frozen OJ
All for $116 dollars!

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Kate -
I would so love to talk to you or reach out via email to help you on your meal budget as it seems so high for two people.
Would you be willing to kick some ideas around?
The restaurant would use 1-2 big bottles of mayo and the sugar was probably no more than a tablespoon or two....so very little got in each serving of it.
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