Grocery stop $100 worth of groceries for $60

Albertsons has boneless skinless chicken breasts on sale for $1.79 lb. That is a good price and is the bulk of our meat diet. I stocked up!

About 9.6 pounds chicken $17.23
bpa free bottles $3.49
plum sauce $3.99
Sesame oil $2.9
Stir fry veggies $1.67
Garlic sauce $3.29
2 mac & cheese $2.58
Full price $66.25
I paid $38.96 (something was taxed .30)
Saved $26.99

Safeway
2.81 lbs apples $4.19
2.82 lbs organic apples $2.82
2 lb carrots $1.69
Rice noodles $1.25

Full price $16.4
I paid $9.95
saved $6.45

So far thats $48.91 paid
and $33.44 saved.

Red apple market


2 packs strawberries $6
2 bunches organic celery $1.76
2 wheat thins $8 on sale $4 (- $2 coupon) $2
2.33 pounds oranges $2.05

Full price $17.80 (more but it doesnt show all of the full prices)
After sales $13.80
After coupon $11.80

Saved $6

Total $60.71
Saved $39.44

$60 is way over my $40 limit. Why did I spend so much? Because now my family is stocked up on meat for weeks. At a great price.

Weekly groceries

This weeks groceries. Sorry there isn't a picture!

Safeway

4 cans ragu $5.98 (saved $5.98)
Chicken breasts $5.83 (saved $5.27)
3 avocados $3 (saved $2.97)
10 pounds Oranges $3.99 (saved $4)
2 packs blueberries $3 (saved $4.98)

Spent $21.80
Saved $23.80

Save-A-Lot
Applesauce $1.29
4.62 lb cabbage $1.16
2 lb Carrots .99
Celery $1.49
2 Mac & cheese $.70
4 cans tuna $2
3 cans green beans $1.45
Generic Nilla wafers $1.29
Generic wheat things $1.49

$12.35

Total $35.55

I still need to hit the bread outlet. That will probably send the budget over $40. We usually spend $7 there.

Groceries from the commissary

This is my commissary haul today. I did not bring coupons with me and I didn't look through the ads before going. *gasp* Why not? Simply because our car accident has greatly affected my back. I spend $23.80. The commissary posts coupons on the isles, I used .80 in commisary coupons.

Tomorrow we will have pizza for dinner. Normally I make the crust but with coupons the crust was .50 cents for 2.
Wensday we will have the steaks, Homemade mac & cheese, and peas
Thursday chicken soup with biscuits.
Friday- No dinner (hubby wont be here for dinner)
Saturday- who knows? lol

Weeks worth of groceries $30

Since I've put a set amount of money to our grocery budget, I have to pay attention and get to best deal possible. Yesterday we spent $30.47. I had $25 from last week's grocery budget. I'm going to take $5 out of this week's budget leaving $35.

At Safeway we bought:
Corn flakes generic $1.88
Wheat things generic $2.79
Tostitos $1.88
String cheese $5.99
3 pounds apples $1.99
Total $14.53
Saved $9

Grocery outlet:
3 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts $4.99
Bag of grapefruit $2.99
Feta $3.39
2 pounds carrots $1.59
2 containers philly cream cheese $1.98
3 containers hummus $1! (Seriously! Because they expired that day. YUM)
Total $15.9
Saved $25


That is $64.47 worth of groceries for $30.47

Lazy saturday? Ha!

Yesterday I planned on being a big bum. Dh and I were going to stay home all day, lounge in pjs and just relax. My plan was to read in bed all day. When I woke up Saturday morning I jumped onto my bloglines to see what had been posted. Money saving mom had posted a link to another blog's safeway deals. What a haul! It was too good to ignore, I had to go! I had neglected my coupons for TWO WEEKS. Which meant I spent a large chunk of the day clipping, organizing and planning my attack. I worked at the best deals combined with the coupons I had, making a list for each transaction. We ended up doing two, since I had dh doing his own I put each transaction's shopping list and coupons in its own baggy.

My transaction
Before sales and coupons: $41.21
After sales: $21.50
After $10 off 10 deal: $11.50
After coupons: $5.60

Hubby's transaction
Before sales and coupons: $38.34
After sales: $24.04
After $10 off 10 deal: $14.04
After coupons $10.29

That is $79.55 worth of groceries for $15.89
WOW! I LOVE moneysaving mom! And the new blog is going on my bloglines. I cant tell you how many times reading frugal blogs has saved me money, especially moneysavingmom in particular!



I'm not going to make a list, so here's a picture of the goods.

Late night grocery stop

Last night my husband and I needed to run to the store for dish soap. I took the opportunity to pick up a few more things

we bought

egg nog $3 (hubby took the opportunity too! Yuck)
half gallon of milk $1.99
parmesan $3.69 (2.69 after coupon)
2 cookie chubs $4 (3 after coupon)
2 joy dish washing soaps $3 (2.70 after coupon)
3 pounds of clementines $2.99 (2.49 after coupon)

Total before sales and coupons $29.99
Total after sales $18.93
Total after coupons $16.08