Back in the swing of it!

Having company is so much fun! But while my in-laws were here, I wasn’t great at couponing for food. We kind of ate what we wanted, when we wanted, and ALAS, bought a few things not on sale and without a coupon. Now that it is back to the four of us, I am determined to go back to my budget.

Today, I went to Walgreens first.

5.74 Pampers Easy Ups
1.99 Lypsyl
6.99 Water filter
1.39 Dr. Pepper
-2.00 Pampers Easy Ups coupon
-1.00 Lypsyl coupon
-10.00 Register Rewards
Subtotal=3.11 Tax=1.08 Grand Total=4.19
Will receive 1.99 Lypsyl and 6.99 Water Filter back on gift card +10%, totaling 9.88

CVS

2.99 Purex
2.99 Purex
2.99 Purex
2.99 Purex
2.99 Purex
4.00 Binder
-2.50 Purex
-3.00 3/15
-11.98 ECB’s expiring today (thus my last minute trip!)
Subtotal=1.47, Tax=.28 Grand Total=1.75 paid with CVS gift card, OOP = 0.00!
Received $5 ECB

Kroger

1.00 Sausage X 5 = $5
.49 Trident Gum X 7 = $3.43
– 0.55 Trident Q X 7 = -$3.85
Subtotal=5.58, Tax=0.29, Grand Total = 5.87
Saved 64%

Publix Trip One

5.50 Del Monte Fruit Freezer Things 2.75 X 2 (had bogo raincheck)
11.00 Coke (2.75 each, with raincheck)
7.96 Cheerios
0.37 Top Ramen (needed filler)
4.99 Tyson Dino Nuggets
1.72 Bananas
1.93 Pears
2.59 Chicken Broth
13.25 Dole Fruits (10 of them)
1.20 Harvest Select
1.19 Harvest Select
-4.00 Coke printables
-2.00 Coke Target IP’s
-2.00 Del Monte Fruit Freezer Things
-4.00 Cheerios
-1.00 Tyson MQ
-2.00 Tyson FLIP
-3.75 Dole Fruits
-1.00 Harvest Select MQ
-1.00 Harvest Select FLIP
-5.00 Walgreens 5/20
Subtotal 25.95, Tax 1.27, Grand Total 27.22
Savings at Publix 49.90 or 66%

Publix Trip 2

15.16 Quaker Oatmeal
5.79 Milk Bones
6.74 Quaker Squares
5.10 Chex Mix
2.39 Select Harvest
1.34 Tomato Paste
-8.00 Quaker Oatmeal
-2.00 Milk Bones
-3.00 Quaker Squares
-2.00 Select Harvest
-6.00 Chex Mix
-5.00 Walgreens 5/20
Subtotal 16.39, Tax 1.07, Grand Total = 17.46
Savings at Publix 67.72, or 81%