This week's grocery shopping trip

For the past couple of weeks, I've been able to stock up on meats, eggs, and bread....those items that we always seem to need! If you can believe it, we're still using meat from the Ukrops meat sale that occurred 4 weeks ago! Today, I only went for those items that were cheap or close to FREE that I could stock up on and add to our pantry. Its Wednesday, so I took advantage of double coupon day at Ukrops. Between Kroger and Ukrops, I only spent $24.20 out of pocket for the items above and received a $2 credit to Kroger for my next shopping trip. Here are the highlights from my trips:

Kroger:

(1) Kraft cheese @ .99 (March Madness deal)

used .50 mfc from mailer

FP: FREE

(4) Birds Eye Steamers @ $1.68 (March Madness deal)

used 3 .50 mfc (3/21 insert)

FP: .68 ea...one of these didn't qualify for the March Madness deal (unsure why)

(1) Powerade @ .49 (March Madness deal)

(1) Vitamin Water @ .75 (March Madness deal)

used FREE coupon from Facebook

FP: FREE (cashier took off $1.25..50 cent overage!)

(1) Smart Taste pasta @ .49 (March Madness deal)

used .75 printable

FP: FREE, plus .26 overage

(1) Bumblebee Tuna @ .49 (March Madness deal)

used .55 mfc

FP: FREE, plus 6 cent overage

(1) Quilted Northern @ $4.29

used .50 mfc

FP: $3.29

(4) Grands biscuits @ .98 ea

used $1 mfc from home mailer & .35/3 mfc

2 .30 from shortcuts.com

FP: .40 ea (plus received a $2 Kroger coupon from catalina machine for buying 4)

(2) Oscar Myer bacon @ $5.99 BOGO FREE

used 2 $1.50 printable

FP: $1.49 ea

(1) Gatorade @ $1.10

used .50 mfc

FP: .10

(1) Hot Wheels car @ $1 ea (my son was with me today!)

.10 bag credit

Total after coupons: $11.28 (.71 tax) = $11.99...76% savings

Ukrops:

(6) Dole can fruit @ $1 ea

used 3 .55/2 (doubled) mfc from 3/21 insert

FP: .45 ea

(2) Nature's Own bagels @ $2.59

used 2 .75 printable (doubled)

FP: $1.09 ea

(2) Success Rice @ $1.59 ea (for my Princess & the Frog rebate!)

used $1/2 mfc from 3/21 insert

FP: $1.09 ea

(3) Lunchables @ $1 ea

used $1 mfc from 3/21 insert

FP: FREE

(2) Nestle Crunch bar @ .50 ea

used BOGO FREE mfc from 3/21 insert

FP: .25 ea

(3) American Greeting cards @ .50 ea (50% sale this week)

(1) envelopes @ .49 ea (clearance item)

(1) index card @ .29 ea (clearance item)

(1) donuts @ $1.99 (weakness!)

.10 bag credit

Total after coupons: $11.60 (.61 tax) = $12.21

Great deal on Board Games @ Target

My kids love to play board games and many times the games get worn down and pieces get lost! Even though we already have Monopoly and Connect 4, I decided to pick up a new set for my kids and also got 2 more games for gifts.

This week Target has Monopoly and Connect 4 on sale for $7 ea. There was a Hasbro games coupon insert in Sunday's paper. After the Monopoly $5 game coupon I spent $2 each and $3 each after the $4 Connect 4 coupon . I had a $10 Target gift card for transferring a prescription, so I only spent 50 cents (tax) out of pocket for the 4 games above!

Awesome Deal on Huggies @ Rite Aid!

Here's a great time to put those $3 Huggies diaper printables to use ! (See my post below on how to print a total of 6 $3 coupons.) I spent $6.88 out of pocket for 3 packs of Huggies, 3 J&J baby wash, 2 tubs of Huggies wipes and 3 Reese's peanut butter cups! Plus, I'll get $2 in rebates back for purchasing a pack of diapers and 2 wipes. So $4.88 for my items...I LOVE Rite Aid!

Transaction #1

(1) Huggies diapers @ $8.99

use $3 printable & $2 Rite Aid Huggies printable found HERE

FP: $3.99

(2) Huggies wipes @ $2.50 ea

use .75 printable found HERE

FP: $1.75 ea

(2) J&J baby wash @ $2.99...$1.99 after in-ad coupon

use $1 mfc & $1 Rite Aid printable for J&J found HERE

FP: FREE, plus 2 cent overage

(2) Reeses's peanut butter cups @ .50 ea

use 2 .55 mfc

FP: FREE, plus 10 cent overage

Total: $20.97

Use $5 off $20 Rite Aid purchase coupon found HERE

Final Total after coupons: $2.37 (.78 tax) = $3.15

Receive $1 rebate for diapers & $1 rebate for wipes...$1.15 final total!

Transaction #2

(2) Huggies diapers @ $8.99 ea

use 2 $3 printables & 2 $2 Rite Aid printables for Huggies

FP: $3.99 ea

(1) J&J baby wash @ $2.99...$1.99 after in-store ad

use $1 mfc & $1 Rite Aid printable for J&J

FP: FREE

(1) Reese's peanut butter cup @ .50 ea

use .55 mfc

FP: FREE, plus 5 cent overage

Total: $21.47

Use $5 off $20 Rite Aid purchase coupon

Final total after coupons: $2.92 (.81 tax) = $3.73