Weekly Groceries

I did pretty good at Roundy's this week, only spending $18.90. These items were $1 or less: Pasta shells x4, Bush's Grillin Beans x2 (free), Reach toothbrush (free), eggs x2, broccoli, Simply Orange Juice x2, Welch's Healthy Start Juice, kleenex x2, and milk x3 (though I "paid" for them last week). I also bought 2 packages of spare ribs, bananas, and pancake mix x4.

Then I went to a one-day meat sale and spent $26.93 on chicken, ground beef, eggs, chocolate milk, ice cream, and puffcorn. So this week I spent $45.83 on groceries.

We also went to the apple orchard this week and spent $13 on 26 pounds of apples, with which we made applesauce and apple crisp! We've already eaten and given away most of the applesauce and all the apple crisp, so I'm thinking we need to go back to the orchard to get more apples, now that I have so many helpers to process them!

Weekly Groceries--Pizza Savings!

No pictures again this week, but boy, did I shop! I went to Roundy's twice this week and did a total of 6 transactions--once I realized just how great a deal the DiGiorno pizza was after the surprise catalina, I HAD to go back to buy more on Saturday! They were advertised as 2/$10, buy 2 get a free gallon of milk, which I was willing to pay. But when I bought 2 on Wednesday, I got a catalina that took the full $3 off milk (even though it was $2.45), PLUS I got a $1 catalina that was able to be doubled, essentially taking off a total of $5, making the pizzas 2/$5--an unbeatable deal for DiGiorno! (Since I was buying the milk anyway, I counted the $3 milk catalina toward the pizza--my husband laughs at my "voodoo economics", but I think it's legit!)

After I explained how good a deal it was, my husband told me to go back and buy 8 more pizzas--and he made room for them in the freezer (he loves his pizza)! We have found that we really like the stuffed crust DiGiorno, and are replacing our monthly Pizza Hut splurge ($24 for 2 pizzas) with DiGiorno ($5 for 2 pizzas with this deal), which will save us $95 over the 10 pizzas!

That being said, I blew the weekly budget and spent $86.85. This next week's total should be lower, because I still have 4 free milk catalinas and 2 $1 OYNO catalinas (that can be doubled), which will take off $16 from next week's order, so I should be able to remain on track for the month.

I took advantage of the Pillsbury deal, spend $25, get $10 OYNO and free milk (for buying cookies). I bought 2 Grands biscuits, 2 Pizza Crust, 6 Crescent rolls, and 4 cookies and I ended up paying $0.34 TOTAL after catalinas and coupons! I just now realized I was charged for an extra pizza crust--I should have checked my receipt more carefully--Oops! Those items would have all been better than free if I hadn't been charged for the extra pizza crust--$1.66. Oh well.

These items were free or better than free: Oatmeal x2, Jimmy Dean breakfast bowls x2, Reach floss, YoPlus 4-packs x2, Mentos gum x5, and a donut (free after perks).

These items were $1 or less: string cheese x 11 ($1 is my stock-up price), Dannon yogurt 4-packs x3, Dannon 32 oz x2, El Monterey Tornadoes, FlipSides x4, Keebler cookies x2, Fiber One yogurt 4-packs x2, Lysol toilet bowl cleaner x2, Hunt's tomato sauce x4, RoTel tomatoes x3, Oreo Fudge Cream cookies x2, bread x2, and the above Pillsbury items.

I also bought milk x4, bananas, lettuce, chicken breasts x5 lbs, Cascade x2, Nature's Source toilet bowl cleaner, whipping cream, and pizzas x10.

Weekly Groceries--$57

This week I did 4 transactions at Roundy's. I did 2 on Wednesday, and then went back to do 2 more on Saturday because my family wanted more Keebler FlipSides Crackers! :-) I was willing to oblige because we had room in our budget for the week and they were $0.82 per box after the promotion and milk catalina (which I count toward the crackers, since I buy the milk anyway)--a great deal in my book and no coupons needed!

All together, I spent $57.08 for the week, and I still have a $3 off milk catalina for next week.

These items were less than $1: 16 boxes FlipSides crackers, 2 packages Keebler cookies, Dannon and Yoplait yogurts x 24, bananas, Skippy Naturals peanut butter x 2, eggs, FREE Pillsbury Biscuits x 2, and FREE M&Ms.

I also bought 2 boxes pancake mix, Fruitables juice boxes, 5 gallons of milk (I made yogurt this week!), 3 lbs of grapes, caramels, and 4 All laundry detergents.

I am well stocked on laundry detergent for awhile because for some reason those seem to go on sale a lot. Why can't dishwasher detergent go on sale like that? Then I'd be all set!

Weekly Groceries--$61

We went out of town for a few days so it's a little late, but here are this week's grocery runs! My total for the week was $61.23. At Roundy's I did 2 transactions and spent $32.12.

For $1 or less I bought bread x3, bananas, broccoli, italian dressing, diced tomatoes x3, chicken nuggets, sliced cheese x3, shredded cheese x7, Reddi-Wip x2, bread crumbs x2, and Barilla pasta x4 (these were free). The only things over $1 were whipping cream, pizza x2, and milk x2.

At Walmart I spent $29.11 and got 12 pounds of Gala apples ($0.50 a lb!), 10 lbs of bread machine flour, 5 1/2 lbs of chicken, Jiffy baking mix, salt, applesauce x2, and iced tea mix.

Weekly Groceries--$60

Ted was out of town this week so I was going to wait until Saturday to do my Roundy's shopping. But then I found out it was double doubles (double 10 coupons instead of 5) on Wednesday so I HAD to go, even with all 5 kids in tow! I decided to do only 2 transactions and made sure to have my coupons ready. We were in and out in about an hour--I was shocked!! I knew it would be worth it, and it was--I got all that is pictured for only $5.64! I bought 6 boxes of cereal (free after coupons and promotion), 1 gallon of milk (free after catalina), 6 Greek yogurts (almost free), grapes, apples, toothpaste (free after markdown and coupon), Gain dishwashing soap (free after coupon), 2 chocolate milks (almost free), 2 boxed dinners, Chex Mix, and 8 boxes of pasta (overage after coupons and raincheck).

At Aldi I spent $28.65 on milk, sugar x2, dish detergent, tortillas x3, celery, cheese x2, tortellini x2, applesauce, peppers x3, bananas, broccoli, turkey pepperoni, and eggs. I went to another store and spent $26.06 on pizza dough and sauce, vegetables (fresh and frozen), fruits, cottage cheese, and chicken. So this week I spent a total of $60.35 on groceries.

Did you do double doubles on Wednesday?
Did you snag any other great deals this week?

Weekly Groceries: Under $52

I'm not promising that I'll be able to post pictures every week again, but this week I got my shopping done in less than 1/2 hour so I had time to take a picture. Of course I had also bought groceries at Aldi the day before, so that helped. Here is my Roundy's trip:I did two transactions and spent $27.12 with a savings of $56.67 or 84%!
These items were free: Yoplait Delights x2, Dreamfields Pasta x2, Quaker oatmeal x2, Pace salsa (last free coupon that I won playing sweeps), and Gain dish liquid (free coupon in the mail).

I also got chocolate mix (to make more homemade hot chocolate mix for Ted's coffee), Life cereal x2, Quaker oatmeal x1, Aunt Jemima pancake mix and syrup, Hillshire Farm ham x2, chocolate milk x2, and 7 pounds of fresh chicken breasts. (See what I did with all that chicken right away here.) I got a raincheck for the Ronzoni Pasta BOGO free, which I have several coupons for, so I'll be getting that in the next week or two.

I also got groceries at Aldi the day before. There I spent$24.61, making my total for the week $51.73. I got a butternut squash, baby carrots, edamame x3 (F and I discovered we love them! Thanks Sara C!), milk, a mango, tri-color peppers, tortilla chips x2, marshmallows x2, plain raisins and yogurt covered raisins, animal crackers x3, macaroni and cheese x3, cranberries, and black beans x2.
*In case you're interested, I finally remembered to post the picture of last week's groceries here.

Weekly Groceries

It's been quite awhile since I've posted my weekly grocery run, though I assure you I have still been shopping! Some of you have mentioned that you miss seeing my pictures. Usually it's all I can do to get the groceries put away before I have to feed the baby, but since I got my shopping done in record time yesterday, and since she was still sleeping when I got home, and since you asked. . . I spent $53.68 and saved $57.58, or 52%. Not the best savings ever, but I also got 100 bonus box tops for our homeschool group, which is a value of $10! That's why I bought ALL those cookie and cake mixes! Ted and the kids were excited, too!

These items were free: Chi-Chi's meals x2

These items were $1 or less: bananas, bread x5, string cheese x7, YoPlus and FiberOne Yogurt x4, cake mix x5, cookie mix x9, frosting, and pudding x4 (remember how my hubby feels about pudding. . .!)

I also bought grapes, apples, 10 lbs of potatoes, milk x4, dish detergent, Wisk, and a DiGiorno pizza.

Don't worry, this isn't all we will eat for the next week! In fact most of these items will last us for several weeks or even months. When things are on sale, I buy enough of that item to last me until the next sale, so we have plenty of chicken, hamburger, tuna, pasta, fruit, veggies, cheese, cereal, and more in the freezer and pantry. Expiration dates are far enough out that stockpiling isn't only possible, it's smart!

Since I wasn't posting about my grocery runs, was I blowing the budget? Some weeks were lower, some were higher, but for the past 2 months I've averaged $250 a month on groceries, or about $60 a week.

Cindy emailed me and let me know that she bought 6 Hamburger Helpers for $2 (after coupons) and got a catalina for $3 off her next meat purchase. The deal is buy 3, get $1.50, buy 4 get $2, buy 5 or more get $3 off your next meat purchase. This catalina deal runs through 10/3. Thanks Cindy! Great shopping!

Weekly Groceries--FREE Cereal!

I've been taking a break from posting my groceries (for good reason!), but I wanted to post about my cereal deal today! These General Mills promotions at Roundy's are the reason I don't pay for cereal, because I can always get it for free or better than free after promotions, catalinas, and doubled coupons. I did 2 transactions today:First transaction was 6 boxes of cereal, 2 red peppers, and whipping cream. I used one free Cheerios coupon and doubled 5 more coupons and my total was $3.57 with a savings of $24.33. I also got a catalina for $3.50 off milk and $1.75 off eggs to use next week.

Second transaction was 6 boxes of cereal, bananas, and 3 Reddi-Wip. I doubled 5 coupons for the cereal and my total was $9.21, a savings of $17.88. I also got a catalina for $3.50 off milk and $1.75 off eggs to use next week.

My total OOP was $12.78, of which $9.69 was for the items other than cereal. That means I spent $3.09 for 12 boxes of cereal, PLUS I have $10.50 in catalinas for milk and eggs! My experience with the General Mills catalinas is that they take off the full amount, even if milk and eggs don't cost that much, which means I will likely have overage on the eggs and milk. If eggs are $1.09 and milk is $2.60, I will have $3.12 in overage to cover the $3.09 I spent on the cereal, making all 12 boxes of cereal, 2 gallons of milk, and 2 dozen eggs FREE!!!

Weekly Groceries

I went over budget again this week, mostly because I wanted to put up some things in the freezer to use after baby is born. I spent $66.01 and saved $99.43 or 60%.

These items were free: Mom's Natural oatmeal x2, Tree Top juice boxes x2, Fiber One yogurt x4, and YoPlus yogurt x2.

These items were $1 or less: Welch's juice x2, Capri Sun, Carrots x3, whipping cream x4, Ziploc freezer bags x2, 3 dozen eggs, Simply Go-Gurt x6, Weight Watchers yogurt x10, and lettuce.

I also bought Johnsonville brats, 3 lbs of strawberries, bananas, cole slaw mix x3 (to make Mahndu), frosting x3 and cake mix (we have birthdays coming up!), 6 lbs of fresh chicken breasts, 4 lbs of boneless pork ribs, orange juice, 5 gallons of milk, ricotta cheese, and italian sausage.

Weekly Groceries

I was able to stay on budget this week, mostly because I only went to one store--staying home always saves me money! :-) If I run around chasing deals, I always end up spending more. There were some great sales on cheese and pizzas in December and January, so I had stocked up then. It was time for another stock-up, so no, this isn't what we are eating all week!

These items were free: Deli Creations x3, Old Orchard juice x1, DiGiorno 200 Calorie pizza x2.

These items were $1 or less: Kraft mac and cheese x4, Rhodes rolls x3, Totinos Pizzas x4, Old Orchard juice x2, Crystal Light x2, Frigo string cheese x2, sausage links, coffee filters (BOGO free-we're good for the year!), Ritz pretzel crackers, and Rhodes rolls x3.

I also bought oranges, broccoli, bananas, milk x4, pancake mix, shredded cheese x9, DiGiorno Pizza and Breadsticks x2 ($2 each after coupons!), Edy's ice cream x2 ($1.29 each after coupon), New York Garlic Bread x2, Nesquik (to make my homemade hot chocolate mix), and lasagna noodles.

I spent $56.80 and saved $82.61, or 59%. My monthly total so far for May is $130.27.

Weekly Groceries

There were a lot of $1 deals that I took advantage of this week at Roundy's.  Surprisingly, I did 2 transactions (because of the milk sale), but I only doubled 4 coupons!  Craziness!  My total at Roundy's was $48.26 with a savings of $37.77 or 44%. 

This item was free:  Danonino yogurt.


These items were $1 or less:  Bagels x2, Philly cream cheese, bread x6, Oatmeal x8 ($1 was more than 60% off and my kids go through oatmeal like it's out of style), 5 lbs. potatoes, salad, Mott's juice, Barilla, Francesco Rinaldi spaghetti sauce, Yoplait Delights, Scotch Brite sponges x2, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, and chicken patties.

I also did some loss-leader shopping at my local store.  I spent $25.21 and saved $19.22 or 43%. Nothing was free, but these items were $1 or less:  Hamburger buns, bread, tomatoes, sour cream x2, whipping cream, singles cheese, and 3 blocks of cheese.

Other items I bought this week were 3 lbs of chicken, 3 lbs of hamburger patties, 3 lbs of ground beef (see? I do buy meat!), 4 gallons of milk, Mom's Natural oatmeal x2, bananas, pears, strawberries, cottage cheese, ice cream, and cookies.

My overall total for the week was $73.47.  I'm hoping I can make myself skip a week of shopping later in the month after baby is born so that my monthly total will still be on track.  You know it's hard for me to pass up the grocery deals, though!  ;-)

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Weekly Groceries and April Total

I stayed under budget this week!  That was my goal, since I was over budget a couple of times this month.  I only did double coupon day at Roundy's, so this week I spent $44.55 and saved $72.32, or 62%.  That makes my April grocery total $218.85, an average of $54.71 a week.

These items were free:  Yoplait Delights x2 and 8th Continent Soymilk x2.

These items were $1 or less:  Mott's applesauce x2, Mott's apple juice, hot dogs, hot dog buns, broccoli, salad, Mission tortillas, Mission chips x1 (the rest were only $1.25 each after peelies!), Fruit Chillers x4 (raincheck), McCormick cinnamon, Star Olive Oil x2, Kraft mac and cheese x4, pasta sauce and Barilla pasta.

I bought blueberry pie filling and strawberry and raspberry jello to try to make some Rhubarb Berry Jam that Staci told me about.   I also got italian sausage, pancake mix x4, apples, bananas, ice cream, and 2 gallons of milk.

How did you do this week?  Did you use a lot of the coupon book coupons?

Weekly Groceries

With this week being "super doubles", I thought I would only do 2 transactions and double 20 coupons, but I did 4 transactions and doubled 39 coupons!  I still managed to stay on budget with my Roundy's trip, spending $49.53 and saving $192.32, or 74%.

These items were free or better than free (overage):  6 boxes of General Mills cereal, 6 pouches of Betty Crocker potatoes, Manwich x2, eggs, Dawn, a CFL lightbulb, 7up 2-liters x2, Muir Glen large can of tomatoes, and I Can't Believe It's Not Butter (which I'll submit for the Land O Lakes rebate and get a coupon for FREE Land O Lakes butter!)

These items were $1 or less:  Ortega Salsa x2, Taco Bell Salsa, PastaRoni x6, bananas, string cheese x14 (perfect for snacks and picnics, and good until October!), Special K Granola x2, Puffs x2, Pillsbury Cookie Dough, Plain Yoplait (to make homemade yogurt with some of that milk!), Crystal Farms cheese x2, Fruit Chillers x11. 

I also bought lettuce, 3 lbs of ground beef, 4 gallons of milk, and 4 big jars of natural applesauce. 

So I did well at Roundy's, but I went over my weekly budget of $55 because I spent $19.01 at Aldi, making my total for the week $68.54.  At Aldi I bought 2 gallons of milk, bananas, broccoli, strawberries, macaroni and cheese x6, chili beans x2, whip cream, tortillas x6, and some cake mix and frosting. 

My total for the month is $185.28, but if I take off the diapers and vitamins that I counted in my groceries the past couple of weeks, it makes my overall total for the month $164.28, an average of $54.76 a week.  (That makes me feel a little better.)

Weekly Groceries--A Much Better Week!

I kept myself to only one store this week, which always helps my bottom line! If I go shopping the loss leaders at other stores I always end up spending more. I guess sticking with what is simple is sometimes best. Over 4 transactions I spent a total of $39.94 and saved $92.41, a savings of 70%. Now that's more like it! :-)

These items were free or better than free (overage): Yo-Plus and Fiber One yogurt x8, Ronzoni x 7, Tree Top apple juice 3-pks x4, Pace salsa (won in sweeps), Vitamin D milk, and Uncrustables.

These items were $1 or less: V8 Fusion x2, Life cereal x3, and Quaker Oatmeal x2.

I also bought ricotta cheese x2, cheese slices x3, eggs, 2 more gallons of milk, chicken nuggets, Mission chips, 2 packs of Huggies Overnites, bananas, strawberries x2, and romaine lettuce. I wouldn't normally count the Huggies in my grocery budget, but I did use them as fillers to get up to $25 which is why I counted them. But if I subtracted the cost of the diapers ($5.49 each after coupons, a good price), then my grocery total for the week would be only $28.96!

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Weekly Groceries--OUCH!

It feels like I fell off the bandwagon this week. I went over my $55 weekly budget and spent a total of $76.80 at three stores. The first one was Aldi, where I went to buy an Easter ham on Saturday. I spent $14.01 there. Then I went to a local store on Tuesday to grab some loss leaders and spent $14.72 (I say I'm not going to bother going, but $0.98 milk gets me every time!). Still not bad, and I thought I could still stay on budget, but I spent more at Roundy's this week and didn't save as much as usual.

I did three transactions at Roundy's and doubled 15 coupons, plus I used a $2 OYNO catalina and a free milk catalina from last week. I spent $48.07 and only saved 55%. I don't know what went wrong, and I looked over my receipts at the store, but everything looked right. Disappointing. I must not have been on my "A" game.These items were free: Danonino x2, Lunchables x2, and Vitamin D milk.

These items were $1 or less: Old Orchard juice x8, bread x5, Ortega enchilada sauce x4, Peeps x2, Yoplait Whips x7 (I only meant to buy 6), Fiber One yogurt, bananas, and pudding x3.

I also bought 3 lbs. of hamburger, 4 more gallons of milk (yes, that's a total of 6 for the week!), 3 lbs. of apples, Flintstones vitamins x2, whip cream x2, vegetable oil, trash bags, and Tide (I found a coupon from last Sunday so it was $2.97).

I did just notice that I got charged for one too many Old Orchard juices ($1). I only bought 8, but there are 9 on my receipt. Oh well. Hopefully next week will be better (and under budget!).

Weekly Groceries--$53

This week I only did double coupon day at one store. I did four transactions spending $53.09, a savings of $83.95 or 61%, and I still have a $2 OYNO catalina and 2 free milk catalinas to use next week. That puts my March total at $257.71, an average of $51.54 a week.These items were free: 1 gallon of whole milk, eggs, Grands biscuits, Kraft deli deluxe cheese x2, Kraft 100 cheese x2, Uncle Ben's wild rice, and Del Monte fruit chillers x4 (raincheck).

These items were $1 or less: Kellogg's cereal x7, Reddi-Wip, bananas, Philadelphia cream cheese x4 (.19 ea), Dole Mandarin oranges x2 (.23 ea), Crystal Light mix (.25), crescent rolls x3 (.11 ea), and Garnier Fructis x2 (.54 ea).

I also bought 3 lbs of boneless skinless chicken breasts, 8-piece fried chicken (for Ted--I don't like chicken with bones!), milk x4, strawberries x2, lettuce, marshmallows x2, Nestle chocolate chips x2, and canned chicken x2.

Did you see the ingredients for our Resurrection Crescents? I'm looking forward to a few batches of those! :-)

I wasn't going to do the Kellogg's deal until I did the math and thought that basically the cereal would be free since I buy the milk anyway. Unfortunately, the milk catalinas didn't work the same way as they usually do (they only took off the amount of the milk instead of taking off the full $3.50--no overage), so I ended up paying $0.45 per box of cereal. Still not a bad price, but I prefer to get it when it's free! (I usually can with the General Mills deal.) Oh well.

So how did you do this week? What deals did you snag?

Weekly Groceries

This week I went to two grocery stores. I went to one of the local stores just to pick up their loss leaders. The milks were $1.48 each and everything else in the picture was $0.98 or less, but I still ended up paying $20.12 at that store, with a savings of 52%.

Then I went to Roundy's for their double coupon day and did 4 transactions. I did the Kellogg's/Keebler transaction first, because I didn't know if the products were going to ring up at regular price or the sale price, so I didn't know if I would need $10 more worth of groceries to get my coupons to double. So I had $10 more in products in my cart just in case and asked her to try doubling the first coupon. It did! Plus I apparently hit my personal perks goal of spending $90 last week because I got $4.50 off my bill (what?! you know I didn't spend $90 last week, but it must go off shelf prices). So that first receipt was only $1.74!

I put that stuff out in my car and came back in for 3 more transactions. Overall I spent $47.34, but I will get $5 back for the Jennie-O rebate (making those turkey burgers only $0.99!).
These items were free: I Can't Believe It's Not Butter x2, Yoplait Delights (I could only find 1 coupon! Grr!), Campbell's soup x4, Goody hair product, YoCrunch, and Keebler Cookies.

These items were $1 or less: Frigo string cheese x2, kidney beans x4, PastaRoni x2, Jennie-O turkey burgers (after rebate), Quaker oatmeal, Yoplait Grande x2, Kellogg's cereal x6, and Eggo syrup.

The girls will be excited about the Cuties, which I haven't been able to find at other stores--and I was excited to finally be able to double my $1/1 coupons! I never buy bottled water, but it was less than $2 for the 24 pack and I figured it would be good to have around. The Palermo's pizza was $2 ADC (from All You I think), and my Nestle chocolate chip coupons were expiring, so I wanted to use them. I also bought two boxes of Chai tea, one black and one green (anyone know if there is a difference in taste?)--I've been sick this week and have been going through tea like crazy!

My overall total for the week was $62.46 for 68 items, with a savings of $101.56 or 60%. Not too bad, but I was disappointed with myself for going over $55 for the second week in a row. However, my monthly total is $204.62, which is an average of $51.15 a week, so I'm still okay. Whew!

What deals did you score this week?

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It was a good week for double coupons at Roundy's this week, especially with the extra store coupons from the coupon book that came with Sunday's paper. The cereal deal worked fine as usual, and I would have done it more than once except that we already have enough cereal (plus some to donate)!

These items were free: Chex x2, Total x2, Kix x2, Kashi (free coupon from Vocalpoint), Frosting x3, Philadelphia cream cheese minis, Keebler cookies, Nature Valley Nut Clusters x4, and 2 gallons of milk.

These items were $1 or less: Cascadian Farm cereal x2, Goldfish x2, Cake mix x5, Warm delights, Go-gurt x2, margarine, eggs, cottage cheese, carrots, flour, Armour sausage, Ragu, and hairspray.

I also bought batteries, apples, bananas, hash browns x2, Tostitos, Brownberry bread, ice cream, and 3 more gallons of milk.

My Roundy's total was $40.76 with a savings of $97.35, or 70%. My overall total for the week was $57.99, including a trip to get some chicken, strawberries, and other items that were on sale at another store last weekend (and I had my kids with me, which is why there are a few impulse buys!). I went a smidge over this week, but the last two weeks were both low, so I'm still on track for the month, with an average weekly spending of $47.49.What did you score this week? Did you do the cereal deal or get other free items? Let me know in the comments!

Weekly Groceries--Under $49

I did something uncharacteristic this week and went to four different stores. I usually only go to Roundy's each week and sometimes hit Aldi, but this week one of my local grocery stores had several things on sale for $1, including a gallon of milk! Considering how much milk our family goes through in a week, and that milk prices seem to have risen again, and that F had run out of her milk, I decided to go for it. I spent $9.15 at that store.

Then I went to Walmart to use the $2/1 Land O'Frost coupons that were expiring and also got Borden cheese for $0.88 after coupon. Next was Aldi to get more milk and tortellini--a treat! My total for Walmart and Aldi was $13.53.

Last, Roundy's for double coupon day. I scraped together 2 transactions, doubled only 8 coupons and spent $26. The highlights were Sara Lee strawberry cheesecake x2 for $0.35 each (!!!), Blue Bunny ice cream x2 for $1 each, McCain potatoes for $0.50, No Yolks noodles for $0.39, Thomas bagels x2 for $0.99 each, and apple juice for $0.99. I also got 2 more gallons of milk, bananas, strawberries, grapes, lettuce, broccoli, and lasagna x2.

My overall total this week was $48.68.
What deals did you find this week?

Weekly Groceries Part 2--Total $35.49

I did go back to the store last night and did two more transactions. I didn't divide these up for the picture. Together, I spent $26.48 on these two transactions. Added together with yesterday morning's trip, I spent $35.49 total for the week.I used doubled coupons for Kraft singles x4 (2 coupons), Ortega taco seasoning x2 (1 coupon), Betty Crocker potatoes x3, Knorr Sides x6 (2 coupons), Cream of Wheat x2, Sara Lee Wheat bread x3, Act II popcorn x2, Hunt's pasta sauce x2 (1 coupon), and Hungry Jack pancake mix x2 (1 coupon), for a total of 17 coupons, plus $0.20 off for bringing my own bags. I also had a BOGO free coupon for the Purex sheets, which were marked down 50% off--low enough that I'm willing to give them a try! I also got more milk, more chicken breasts, bananas, and some jumbo pasta shells.