Meijer Shop 7/9 Spent 125 and Saved 61

Yes, I am back!!! Great deals today and the stockpile is growing....

I started by building up my stockpile with lots of bags of pretzels, english muffins, and pasta. It should take us about 3 months to eat all of this but it was a great deal and even cheaper than Aldi!!!

Hopefully, I will be able to catch the next sale without running out of these.

I did pay full price for pop!! It just makes me sick. Pop was on sale at Meijer a couple of weeks ago and I bought some then but they only allow us to buy 4 - 12 packs at a time. What I should have done is have gone back multiple times to get this deal. My family has been without pop for almost 2 weeks. I know it is probably better that we go without but I don't want to pay full price. But I gave in and bought a case for $6.75. Oh well!!!

This shop also included shaving cream, razors (they are so darn expensive), and face soap. This was almost 29 dollars of this bill before coupons.

My total spent was 125 and the savings came from the following:
Total Meijer promotions: 1.00
Non-Meijer coupon savings: $38.74 (Items on sale)
Total coupons (internet and newspaper) $21.25
Savings total: $60.99

Kroger shop 7/8 Spent 25.33 (with tax) and Saved 20.17

Last night I made a run into Kroger after putting together my grocery list and matching coupons. I did this while my family and I were watching MTV's show "Cribs".

I was able to interact and be part of the family while I worked on finding my coupons and matching them to the items that were on sale.

I knew that I needed to go last night because it was the last day of their sale. I matched coupons from the newspaper, magazines, and loaded 2 cellfire coupons to my Kroger card. If I had more time, I would have checked out the Kroger site to see if there were more e coupons that could have been added.

I bought 22 items that will help me as I begin to rebuild our stockpile.

Kroger savings from my receipt:
MFG CPN savings $6.00
Bonus coupon savings $1.84 (cellfire e coupons)
Kroger plus savings $12.33
Total savings: $20.17

I'm Back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Life has been a little crazy this spring and into summer. Our families activities have increased and the shopping has taken a back seat. I am sure that I have written in previous posts that we have been living on Aldi and Sam's Club and a little too much fast food. I have prior month purchases but didn't keep track of my coupons.

Well, I have decided to get my act back in gear. There are a lot of financial strains that I know will be coming this year and I need to get back into my grocery savings back on track to offset these expenses. I can tell you after taking a "break" from my couponing quest (I still used coupons but didn't stockpile like I have done before) I really felt a lot of struggle with what to feed our family. My stockpile dwindled and dwindled. I also know that I was spending more and not getting as much. Why would I do this? I was just lazy....and tired or tired and lazy. In reflection, I am kicking myself for this. It only takes me about an hour a week to make 2 grocery lists - 1 to Kroger and 1 to Meijer.

Last night, I was in and out of Kroger in less than 15 minutes!!!

So, if you were once a follower of this blog. Know that I am back and will get back to posting my deals!!!