I finally went to a store today...

for the first time in over a month! The sad thing is...I didn't use any coupons and tried to get what I needed and get out as soon as possible. I feel like a different person from who I was in October. I hope I can find that coupon loving- money saving chica back soon. In the mean time...I might be posting again soon, but if you want to know why I have been not posting check out this post from my other blog:
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
I miss my money saving friends.

Taking a break

I'm taking a break from couponing for a bit. I hope to get back into it in December, but I've been busy and sick and that has been one thing to give up for a short while.
Luckily because I have a nice stockpile- the only thing my husband needs to get from the store is produce, bread and eggs. I gave him a list for Walgreens the other day and he did good. I think I am easily staying within the grocery budget- mostly because I am not doing as much shopping.

King Soopers and Walgreens deals

I finally got out and found some great deals. I hadn't gone to the grocery store in over 2 weeks, so I was scared of what my total bill would be:(
King Soopers:

Mega Event deal.
I got did the buy 10 select items save $5.00 deal 3 times. The price I list is after the .50 off each item.
Gatorade .49 each
Betty Crocker Mashed Potatoes .99 used 2- .25 which doubled, and 1- .40 which doubled, 2- .40 also came off from Shortcuts.com =.13 eachKraft Cheese (4lb bag) 2.49 eachSteamfresh lightly sauced veggies with pasta 1.49, used .50mc which doubled =.49 each
Steamfresh meals for 2 5.49 each, Used BOGO mc which took off 7.99?!, used $1.25 off MC from King Soopers insert = .87 each
Ore Ida tater tots $2.49, $1 mc from King Soopers mailer =$1.50
Fudge Cookies .99 each, used $1.50/2, =.25 each
Q-tips, WAY TOO EXPENSIVE because my coupon didn't double, but that's ok:)
Daisey Sour cream $1.50 (this stuff lasts way better than the cheap brand)
Playtex living gloves .99, used $1 mc, =free
Carnation Evaporated Milk .50each, used 2 .50/2 which doubled =freeKleenexes .99 each, .50/3 MC which doubled =.66 each

Here are the other deals I found at King Soopers(or stuff I wanted:)

Not included in the pictures are the .05 4x6 prints I got because the grocery store has re-modeled:)
I'll just highlight the deals:
Tortillas 1.00
93% Ground beef $1.99/lb, bought $5 worth and used $1 King Soopers from mailer. $4.00/2.5lbs
Snapple $1.00, used .50 mc which doubled = free
Dole Mandarin oranges $1.00 each, used .50 mc which doubled =free
Apples .77/lb and .99/lb
Oven Roasted Chicken $4.99, used $1 King Soopers from mailer =$3.99
Dole Salad $1.99, used $1 mc =.99
Bag of Potatoes $2.49, used $1 King Soopers from mailer =$1.49

For everything in the two pictures =$54.00 Not too bad:)

Walgreens

I read about the Dove deal at Hip2Save (see blog-roll on the side)
7 Dove Conditioner, 1 Dove Shampoo, $4.99 each,BOGO free, Used 7 $1.50mc and 1 $1mc = 9.50, received $10 RR. =.50 overage
Always pantiliners $3.89, had $2.00 Catalina, =$1.89
Rimmel Mascara 50% off (3.74 each), used BOGO mc and $2.00 MC =.87 each
Trident gum $2/2, used 2 BOGO mc I found on a tearpad at Safeway which took $1.29 off each one, received $1 RR for each 2, =.58 overage total
Highlighter .10 (so I could use RR's)
Toy pen thing $1.29 (for prize)

Busy-ness

Man, I feel like I've been away from the shopping scene for a while. Even my husband was surprised that I hadn't gone shopping in over a week. I see that King Soopers has some great deals this week, and after the snow calms down...I might venture out:) In the meantime I will continue making WARM food to keep the house toasty. Let it snow..I want a snow day:)

Thinning the Stockpile

All my deal hunting from this summer has created an overflow of "stockpile" in my basement. I donated a bunch of stuff to a local pregnancy resource center this week.
I hope they love the stuff!


Other highlights of my shopping week include Safeway: Snapple was .99 each when you buy 4, I used 4 .55 mc which doubled .45 =4 free Snapple's. I bought some gum as filler. I also had $10.00 left over from Joint Juice deal that needed to be used up, so I bought 2 rotisserie chickens. My receipts said my savings were 91% and 100%!!

Wags this week

Since I get at least 8 coupon inserts from School each Monday, I decided it was a good time to do the peanut butter deal. Buy 8 @ 1.66 each, use 8- .40 coupons get $8 back= .38 each
Other deals were to roll RR and get more free stuff.
Trident $2/2, 2- .75MC, $1RR=.45 overage
Razor $8.99, $4.00MC, $6 RR = $.99 overage
Halls $1, .50MC, $1 RR =.50 overage
Dentek 2.79, $1 MC, $2RR = .21 overage
Boot Shoelaces $1 clearance
Light bulb $1.50 clearance
Highlighters .10 clearance
Nuetrogena baby face $1.24 used $2 MC =.76 overage
I also used a bunch of these RR's on other things I needed.

Organization Saturday

With snow and cold weather to keep me indoors, I did some heavy duty cleaning and some major organizing.
I wanted to do a lot of baking, but I was limited by ingredients (mostly eggs). I hate running to the store because it is COLD out, and because the nearest supermarket is 10 min. away and pretty expensive. To help me with these problems in the future I did an inventory of my pantry, and my extra storage in the basement. Now I know what I need.