Savings Brag Post

My last grocery shopping trip went rather well. I went to Dillons and Wal-Mart.

At Dillons i saved a total of $34

Then at Wal-Mart the ad matches i used was:

• Best Choice Brown or Powdered Sugar 2lb $1.39
• Hiland Cottage Cheese 24oz $1.98
• Best Choice Flour 5lb Bag $.99
• Best Choice Cream Cheese 8oz $.79
• General Mills Cereal 12-14.25oz $2
• Farmland Bacon 12-16oz $2.98
• Philsbury Grands Biscuits 16.3-17.3oz $.98
• Bananas $.29lb
• Grapes $.89lb

With ad matches i saved $29.16

With coupons i saved $11.75

In total at both stores i saved $74.94

I call that pretty awesome!

Ad Matches Updated

Ad matches are updated! Click on the button on the top of the blog or the link to the right to see them. We got some great deals this week.

Also don't forget if you like to shop at Dillon's check out Deal Detecting Diva's Dillon's coupon deals HERE. There is some great deals this week!

Weekly Shopping & Meal Plan

Just got done with my shopping spree for this week, although my shopping sprees have been lasting a lot longer then a week. Last weeks, weeks worth of shopping lasted 17 days and this week i planned on more meals so it might last that long again. It lasted that long because some of the items i bought for certain meals where able to actually be stretched for more then one meal. Love it when that happens! Like the chicken i bought last shopping trip has still lasted and will be used for the Baked Chicken and Spinach Flautas and the Cheddar & Cracker Chicken.

Ad matches used:

• (Dillons) Kroger Bread 24oz $1
  • Regular $1.28
• (Dillons) Kroger Chunk Cheese 12-16oz $2.99
• (Checkers) Best Choice Hamburger Buns or Hot Dog Buns 8ct $.50
  • Regular $1.08
• (Checkers) Best Choice Shredded Cheese 6-8oz $1.50
• (Checkers) Best Choice Frozen Potatoes 28-32oz $1.39
• (Shurfine) Large Eggs $1.28
  • Regular $1.78
• (Save-a-lot) Hillshire Farm Beef, Smoked, or Polska Sausage 12oz $1.99
  • Regular $2.98
  • Plus i had coupons which made is $1.49ea
• (Save-a-lot) General Mills Cereal 11.5-12.3oz $1.99
  • Regular $2.98
  • Plus i had coupons to bring them down to $1.49-$1.24ea
• (G&W) Tomatoes On The Vine $.69lb
• (G&W) Farmland Sliced Bacon 12-16oz $3.50
  • Regular $4.28
• (Aldis) Strawberries 1lb $1.29
• (Aldis) Kiwi 16oz $.99
• (Aldis) Starburst Jelly Beans 14oz $1.79
  • Regular $1.98

Total i spent about $66 for this weeks shopping which i know will feed us more then a week, like i said. I was excited to get it down to $66. I budget $100 a week but my goal is $50 a week. So with the stockpile money i spent i guess it was over $100 lol but oh well… i could have done fine with just $66 for the week so that is good.

My Shopping List:
AD = Ad match
Q = Coupon

Fresh Foods	Dry Foods	Cold Foods
Bananas Jalapeno Peppers Tomatoes On The Vine $.69lb (AD) Green Onion Green Bell Pepper Strawberries (AD) Kiwi (AD) Cantaloupe	Bread 24oz $1 (AD) Hamburger Buns 8ct $.50 (AD) Bacon Bits Chips Pizza Sauce Taco Seasoning Black Olives Shells Mushroom Soup Cereal (AD-Q) Starburst (AD)	Heavy Cream Frozen Corn Meatballs Plain Yogurt Ham Slice Shredded Mozza. Cheese (AD) Monterey Jack Cheese (AD) Large Eggs $1.28 (AD) Frozen Potatoes 28-32oz $1.39 (AD) Hillshire Farm Sausage $1.99 (AD-Q) Bacon Pie Crust

I also spent about $48 in stockpile goods between two stores. That was 10 boxes of cereal, 4 packages of sausage rolls, 2 packages of bacon, 10 packages of cinnamon rolls and 4 packages of crescent rolls. That is an average of $1.60 an item. Pretty good!

So far for prepared meals i have stockpiled are:

• 2 Meals of Creamy Chicken Pasta
• Oven Fried Chicken Tacos
• Corn Dog Muffins
• Banana Bread Muffins
• Pancake & Sausage Muffins
• Scrambled Egg Muffins
• Cinnamon Rolls
• Bagels

In addition to those meals i have frozen i also believe that i will have extra Baked Chicken and Spinach Flautas, Southwestern Eggrolls & Quiche that i will be adding to my meal stock after this week.

That should be able to help me once my baby is born, which is suppose to be sometimes within 27 days :)

Meal Planning And Shopping Weekly

So i just started a new way of shopping for me. It's what the coupon world recommends, it's like DUH why didn't i do this before? I have budgeted $400 a month (4 person family) for grocery, toiletries... any diapers or wipes or things that like i might need. I had been shopping monthly since my husband gets paid monthly. BUT since ad matches vary from week to week i was buying a big bunch of my food and then going back each week to get stuff for my stock pile when items went on sale.
Instead i'm going to try to shop weekly. By doing this i'm planning on looking at the ad matches for the week and the coupon deals for the week and plan my meal plan accordingly and shop just for the stuff on my meal plan. Some things are the major good deals i will buy more then i need that week so it can go into my stock pile.
Like this weeks meal plan was as follows:

Meals

Dinners:

1. Burritos
2. Nachos
3. Salisbury Steak, Mashed Potatoes & Corn
4. Hamburger Pie
5. Veggie Pizza
6. Mac & Cheese w/ Hamburger
7. BLT's & Baked Beans
8. Sloppy Joes

Lunches:

1. Fancy Dogs w/ Cheeto's
2. Ham Sandwiches
3. Salad
4. Baked Potatoes
5. Tuna & Tomatoes

Snacks:

Pretzels

Peaches

Ice Cream

So the nachos and burritos needed salsa, well since the Red Gold 16oz salsa was on ad match for $.50 a piece instead of buying one (which is all i would have needed this week) i bought 7 because really... $.50 for 16oz of salsa doesn't come around to often.
I also grabbed a few extra Mission Tortilla shells because i wanted to freeze some and it was a really good deal.

Here was my shopping list:
AD = Ad match
Q = Coupon

Fresh Foods	Dry Foods	Cold Foods
-Vine Ripe or Roma Tomatoes $.99lb (AD) -Baby Carrots 16oz $.59 (AD) -Broccoli $.99lb (AD) -Head Lettuce $1ea (AD) -Russet Potatoes 5lb Bag $.98 (AD)	-Mission Flour Tortillas 10ct $1 (AD) (4) -Red Gold Salsa 16oz $.50 (AD) (7) -Hamburger buns -Bread -Cheetos -Best Choice Mac & Cheese 7.25oz $.39 (AD) (6) -Always Save Peach Pieces 29oz $1 (AD) (4) -Snyder's Of Hanover Pretzels 13.5-16oz $2 (AD)	-Kroger Sour Cream or Dips 16oz $1 (AD) (4) -Best Choice Shredded Cheese 16oz $3.39 (AD) (4) -Cheese hot dogs -Crescent rolls (3) -Bacon -Ham lunch meat (Q) -Blue Bell Ice Cream or Cups Half Gallon $4.99 (AD) -Best Choice Large Eggs $.99 (AD) (2) -Kraft Naturals Sliced Cheese 7-8oz $1.99 (AD) (2) -Milk 1 Gallon $1.99 (AD) (3)

So on all of this i spend about $80 and with what i could remember of the regular prices i saved about $30+ and that was with buying some extra things.

This food should also actually feed us longer then a week because the burrito stuff alone has fed us 3 meals already.

This is my first time actually doing this week meal plan thing so i'm hoping i will get better and better at this!

Planning My Shopping Trip

Plan on making my last minute trip to Wal-Mart.

Some ad matches i'm interested in look at are:

Checker: 1/2 - 1/8

• Bar S Jumbo Meat Franks 8-16oz $1
• Best Choice Plastic Cutlery 48ct $1
• Thinking i might grab a few to stock pile for when the new baby comes :)
• Dole Salad 9-12oz $1.50

Homeland: 1/2 - 1/8

• Land-O-Frost Bistro Thin Sliced Meats 6oz Buy 1 @ $3.29 Get 1 FREE or $1.65ea
• Land O Lakes Eggs Natural Brown or Omega 3 $2
• Use $.35 OFF (1) Eggs 12/2 SS
• Final Price: $1.65
• Minute Instant Rice 14oz $1.50
• Cains Custom Roast Coffee 30oz $5.99

ShurFine: 1/2 - 1/8

• Fresh Grape Tomatoes 10oz $1.59

G&W: 12/26 - 1/1

• Hiland Butter 16oz $2
• Farmland Bacon 12oz $2.50

ALDIS: 12/26 - 1/1

• Milk 1 Gallon $1.99
• Blueberries 6oz $1.69
• Blackberries 6oz $.89
• Naval Oranges $.37lb or $1.48 for a 4lb Bag

Not on my ad matching list:

• Bagels

At Dillons:

• Buy (1) Duracell 4ct AA or AAA, 2ct C or D and the 1ct 9Volt batteries – $2.99
• Use (1) $2/1 coupon from the 12/9 RedPlum
• Final Price: 99¢!
• Buy (6) Tony’s Original Crust Pizzas – $11.94
• Use (2) $1/3 coupons from the 1/6 inserts
• Pay: $9.94 and get a $2 Catalina
• Final Price: $7.94 for all SIX, or $1.32 each

So now that i have my list ready i will go and grab out the few coupons i have that match up and get them put aside and ready.

Wal-Mart Shopping Spree 12-21-12

Ad matches i used:

• (Checkers) Best Choice Eggs $.99
• Regular Price: $1.78
• Saved: $.79ea
• (Checkers) Cuties 3lb Bag $2.99
• Regular Price: $3.99
• Saved: $1
• (Checkers) Green Onion $.49ea
• Regular Price: $1.08
• Saved: $.59ea
• (Checkers) Kraft Cheese 5-8oz $2
• Regular Price: $2.58
• Saved: $.58
• (Save-A-Lot) Keebler Club or Town House Crackers 11-16oz $1.99
• Price Cut: $2.50
• Saved: $.51
• The Club had peelie coupons buy 2 Club crackers get $1 off any brand of cheese.
• (Save-A-Lot) Lays Stax 5.5-5.7oz $1
• Regular Price: $1.18
• Saved: $.18
• (Apple Market) Cracker Barrel Cheese 7-8oz $3
• Regular Price: $3.47
• Use $1 OFF (1) Cracker Barrel 6oz+ 11/11 SS
• Final Price: $2
• Saved: $1.47
• (Apple Market) Grape Tomatoes 10oz $1.69
• Regular Price: $2.99
• Saved: $1.30
• (G&W) Hiland Sour Cream & Dips 16oz $1
• Regular Price: $1.50
• Saved: $.50
• (Aldis) Broccoli $.99lb
• (Aldis) Russet Potatoes 10lb Bag $.99
• Regular Price: $1.50
• Saved: $.50

Total savings in coupons used: $15.40

Saved in ad matches: $27.53

Total savings: $42.93

Shopping Trip 12-14-12

Ad matches i used:

• (Checkers) Best Choice Spices .87-5.25oz $.89
• Regular Price: $1.98
• Saved: $1.09ea
• Was super excited about this because i don't usually see sales this good on spices!
• (Checkers) Best Choice Cream Cheese 8oz $.77
• Regular Price: $1.28
• Saved: $.51ea
• (Checkers) Best Choice Large Eggs $.99
• Use $.55 OFF (2) Any brand eggs printable (HERE)
• Final Price: $.72ea WYB 2
• Regular Price: $1.78
• Saved: $1.06ea
• I was wondering if this coupon would work and it went through just fine! Yippee!
• (Checkers) Best Choice Cornstarch 16oz $.79
• Regular Price: $.98
• Saved: $.19ea
• (ShurFine) Skippy Peanut Butter 15-16.3oz $1.99
• Regular Price: $3.13
• Saved: $1.14ea
• (G&W) C&H Sugar 4lb $2.19
• Use $.75 OFF (2) C&H Sugar
• Final Price: $1.82ea WYB 2
• Regular Price: $2.62
• Saved: $.80ea
• With coupon this name brand was cheaper then the normal ad matches on store brand. A good price :)

And i got a free Reach Floss after coupon!

My total ad match savings was: $36.32

Very cool if you ask me! Love my ad matches!

Coupon Alert!

Hurry over to Incredible Edible Egg Facebook's Page and 'like' the page to get a coupon off ANY 2 dozen eggs. Krazycouponlady.com says 'ANY' meaning any brand and even says it works on Wal-Mart brand eggs. 

Deal Idea:

Use Checkers ad match deal running 12/12 - 12/18

• Best Choice Large Eggs $.99
• Use $.55 OFF (2) Any brand eggs printable (HERE)
• Final Price: $.72ea WYB 2

Ad match these for the store brand Great Value. Remember you can print this coupon twice. Good luck!
If you have any questions on ad matching head over to the 'How To' section of my blog.

Thanks Krazy Coupon Lady!

Price Matches on Produce

Ad Matches on Produce:

• (Checkers 11/14-11/22) Dole Salad 9-12oz $2
• (Checkers 11/14-11/22) (Tuesday) Jalapeno Peppers $.39lb
• (Checkers 11/14-11/22) (Thursday & Sunday) Bananas $.23lb
• (ShurFine 11/14-11/22) Baby Carrots 1lb $.99
• (Apple Market 11/14-11/21) Whole or Sliced Mushrooms 8oz $1.99
• (G&W 11/14-11/21) Cucumbers $.50
• (G&W 11/14-11/21) Limes $.13
• (G&W 11/14-11/21) Avocados $.79
• (G&W 11/14-11/21) Grape Tomatoes 10oz $1.99
• (G&W 11/14-11/21) Carrots 2lb $1.39
• (G&W 11/14-11/21) Dole Cole Slaw Mix 14oz $1.25
• (G&W 11/14-11/21) Tomatoes On The Vine $1.29
• (Aldis 11/14-11/22) Sweet Potato $.29lb or $.87 3lb Bag
• (Aldis 11/14-11/22) Celery $.57
• (Aldis 11/14-11/22) Russet Potatoes 10lb Bag $.99
• (Aldis 11/14-11/22) Pineapple $1.29
• (Aldis 11/14-11/22) Cranberries 12oz Bag $.99
• (Aldis 11/14-11/22) Yellow Onions $.27lb or $.79 3lb Bag