Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Wednesday Weekly Shopping: Too much of a bargain is a bad thing

I invite you to link to your best grocery deals below!

I did a lot of shopping this week. I mean, a lot of shopping.

I went to Publix twice. Besides what I got for $1.17, I made a quick Sunday run to get milk, bread, and juice, spending $9.38.

I went to CVS twice. Combined, I spent $1.56 on the two trips and got back $2 in ECBs.

I took a rare trip to Winn-Dixie, where I spent $7.95 on a bunch of things.

I went to Target, where I got free Nivea body wash and cheap cream cheese. I paid with a gift card.

And then, the other trips. I went to Walgreens and did the Goodnites deal. I had $4 in Register Rewards to spend, so, with tax, I ended up spending $20.09 (and got $5 in Register Rewards back). That was a third of what I spent the whole week! But now I won't have to buy more Goodnites (for my daughter with special needs, who isn't fully toilet-trained yet) for a while.

I also bought some basics at Walmart and Western Beef. At Walmart I bought milk, cheese, and tortillas, without any coupons, and spend $8.66. At Western Beef, I bought eggs, tomatoes, red peppers (cheaper than the green peppers because of the cold snap that hit our area earlier this month), apples, and lemon juice, spending $9.82 without any coupons.

And it was the lemon juice that did me in. I hadn't bought any since I ran out during the Eat from the Pantry Challenge. But I spied some off-brand lemon juice, selling at the bargain price of $.99 a quart. It was such a bargain, I had to get three!

My total for the week was $60.48, 48 cents over my budget of $60. Had I only bought two bottles of lemon juice, I would have been under budget. Darn.

Here's a summary of all the grocery deals from the week:

Product Quantity Price Total - Coupon TOTAL Details
Target





Nivea body wash 2 $2.99 $5.98 $6.00 -$0.02 $2 1/3 RP, $1 Target IP
Philadelphia cream cheese 1 $1.23 $1.23 $1.00 $0.23 Publix Grape mag.
Goodnites 1 $15.59 $15.59 $1.50 $14.09 1/17 SS
tax

$1.17
$1.17
gift card


$15.47 -$15.47







Publix





bananas 2.7 $0.69 $1.86
$1.86
Arnold ww bread 2 $1.85 $3.69
$3.69 BOGO
milk 1 $3.19 $3.19
$3.19
apple juice conc. 1 $1.25 $1.25
$1.25
orange juice conc. 1 $1.25 $1.25
$1.25
Knox gelatin 1 $1.39 $1.39 $4.00 -$2.61 $4 1/24 RP
Quaker instant oatmeal 4 $1.95 $7.78 $4.00 $3.78 $4 $1 IP







Walgreens





Goodnites 3 $8.99 $26.97 $4.50 $22.47 $5 RR
tax

$1.62
$1.62
$4 RR

$0.00 $4.00 -$4.00







CVS





Ivory soap 4 $0.99 $3.96 $4.00 -$0.04 4 $1 12/27 P&G
Crest 1 $1.99 $1.99 $0.75 $1.24 $1 ECB
tax

$0.36
$0.36







Walmart





milk 1 $2.98 $2.98
$2.98
tortillas 1 $0.92 $0.92
$0.92
Parmesan cheese 1 $2.68 $2.68
$2.68
American cheese 1 $2.08 $2.08
$2.08







Western Beef





tomatoes 1.97 $0.69 $1.36
$1.36
red peppers 1.32 $0.99 $1.31
$1.31
apples 1 $2.99 $2.99
$2.99
eggs 1 $1.18 $1.18
$1.18
lemon juice 3 $0.99 $2.97
$2.97







Winn-Dixie





Rice Krispies 2 $1.99 $3.98 $1.00 $2.98 $1/2 1/10 RP
Grape-Nuts 2 $2.00 $3.99 $2.00 $1.99 $1/2 1/17 SS
mozzarella cheese 1 $1.49 $1.49
$1.49
cheddar cheese 1 $1.49 $1.49
$1.49
cream cheese 1 $0.75 $0.75 $0.75 $0.00 Publix Grape mag.







Total Out-of-Pocket



$60.48

Check out the following to see how others shopped this week!
How did your shopping go this week? What bargains did you get? Please leave a link to your blog post about your weekly shopping. Please link directly to your post, not to the blog itself. If you don't have a blog, please leave a comment!

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