I love sales. I love coupons. But I am not good at on the spot math problems to use them to save money. I really need to do more math BEFORE I go to the store! The 10 for $10 sales are no problem... every item is a $1. And you dont have to purchase 10 items to get the price. But the "buy 5 and save $5" really fouls me up. The items are not all the same price, and so they tossed the budget number out the door. I did save money, but I spent money too that I had not intended to spend. On the other hand we have a few things that are more "luxury" items to help break up the monotony.
So this week, all the shopping was at Kroger. Budget was $45, actual spending was $63.33. I did have a few coupons.
1.00 Nestle water (6 bottles)
3.50 Kroger smoked ham
1.00 Frozen Vegetables
FREE Birds Eye Recipe Ready Vegetables (Kroger free Friday deal)
1.00 Frozen pizza
3.67 Kroger Pizza *
3.46 Skinless boneless chicken thighs
1.98 Oscar Meyer Bologna (2)*
5.74 Beef Stew meat
2.69 Butter
2.00 Kroger Neufchatel cheese (2)
1.99 Dozen eggs
1.97 Dill pickle spears
5.54 Ritz Crackers (2) *
2.00 Sour cream 16 oz
1.50 Dole Pineapple
.89 Bar soap (2 bars)
2.89 Crystal Light
1.67 Salad dressing
1.58 Condensed Soup
1.88 Peanut butter
2.00 Mandarin Oranges (2)
.69 Vanilla pudding mix
1.00 Pasta
1.08 Sweet onion, fresh
1.50 Cauliflower, fresh
.69 Green onions, fresh
1.19 Saltines
1.78 Noodles and sauce (2)
1.50 Broccoli, fresh
2.00 Red Potatoes, 5 lbs, fresh
.99 Mushrooms, fresh (marked down)
1.29 Snow Peas and Carrots, fresh (marked down)
2.21 Red Grapes
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There you have it. I missed getting a tub of cool whip stuff for the fruit whip. Other than that, hubby purchased his shampoo with the left over money from his hair cut. We bought 2 large pkgs of bathroom tissue last week on sale at Big Lots (4.45 for 16 double rolls in each pkg).
Monday - went to dinner with family, Asian Buffet.
Tuesday - Baked chicken thighs in mushroom soup and sour cream, steamed broccoli, roasted red potatoes
Wednesday - church
Thursday - Grilled beef tips (actually stew meat that has marinated),noodles with sauce, Cauliflower Peas
Friday - pizza, salad, cinnamon tortillas
Satuirday - burgers, potato salad, snow peas with carrots
Sunday - lemon chicken soup, whole grain rolls, side salad.
Breakfast will be oatmeal (of which we have plenty from the sales previous weeks), eggs and toast, fruit whip
Lunches for Hubby: soup and crackers, individual frozen pizza, individual frozen Jamaican hot pocket (which I found in the freezer), sandwiches (ham or bologna)
For me: leftovers, salads
That wraps up this week. Better go get the chicken in the oven :)
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