Saturday, April 17, 2010

Big Shopping Trip....$137.69 after coupons...whew!

Ok...I have had better trips and I didn't find as many sales on meats (thus we didn't buy much of that)...This one was kinda long ( or maybe I am just getting too old for this!!LOL) Anyways, We left at 10:30 and returned at 3:30...5 hours. Gas spent $6.43 ( according to the gas mileage cost calculator I found on line) OOP for all the stops was $137.69 and I got $10.00 in gift cards back.  It would have cost me $276.43 that includes the sale prices ( not the full prices, because who in the world would pay full price?) So about a 50% savings off the sale prices. Averages to $45.89 per week for 3 weeks. You will see in my menu that I am using a lot of items from the Stockpile.

I didn't take pictures....

Sentry:
2 packs of shredded cheese, on sale
4 boxes of Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks
Total after Coupons:$5.70

Sentry:
4 boxes of Fruit Snacks
Total: $2.34

Sentry:
4 boxes of Fruit Snacks
3 cans of Red Gold Tomatoes
1 box of speghetti noodles
Kiwi Shoe polish
Total after coupons: $4.72

Woodman's
2 bags of Taco Chips, on sale .89 cents
2 packages of Sugar
5 4 pks of Marcal TP, $1.29, I had the $1.00 off coupons
2 single rolls of TP, free after coupon
2 Yoplait Yo Go's
5 Frozen Pizzas
1 pack of Marcel Napkins'
Total After coupons: 21.17

Walgreens
1 egg coloring kit, ( 75% off and we are ready for next year!)
1 bag of Gummy Bunnies, .24 cents
1 12 roll TP, On sale for $5.00, had a $1.00 off coupon
4 TGIFriday's Snacks, $1.99, had the $1.50 off coupon
5 bottles of Snuggle, $3.99 on sale, .99 cents after coupon
1 J&J first aid kit, had a $1.00 off coupon
1 can of Cashews, on clearance for $1.00
1 boxs of Puffs tissue, on sale and I had a $1.00 off coupon
Total after coupons: $15. 78

Target:
2 boxes of Crystal Light TO GO drink mix
2 bottles of Frank's Hot sauce
1 cup of Express Oatmeal
4 CFL Light bulbs
2 Cat Treats
3 Scrubbing Bubbles Extend a Cleaner, $7.99, had $5.00 off coupon and if you buy 3  you get a $5.00 gift card
3 Scrubbing bubbles cleaner, $2.49, had .75 cents off coupon and if you buy 3 you get a $5.00 gift card
Total after coupons: $12.12 and I got $10.00 in gift cards for next time.

Aldi's
4 cat litters
2 clearance fruit snacks from Easter, .25 cents
1 tub of strawberries
5 packs of Jumbo Hot dogs
2 packs of cheese slices
3 cans of speghettios
5 pounds of ground turkey
1 bag of corn chips
1 jug of coffee creamer
2 boxes of salisbury steaks
1 box of chicken Parmagiana
5 boxes of Mac and Cheese
3 frozen concentrates of Apple and grape juice
2 Easter Play doh Sets, 49 cents each
1 5 pound bag of sugar
Total: 48.62

Piggly Wiggly:
6 packs of bacon
4 dozen eggs
1 pack of Bagels
1 pack of English Muffins
2 pounds of grapes
2 packs of Oreos
1 gallon milk
Total after coupons: $14.68

Kwik Trip
2 cake donuts, Free with Kids club card
2 milks, Free with Kids Club coupons
4 dozen eggs
4 bags of milk
4 loafs of bread
2.8 pounds of bananas
1 tomatoe
1 10 count bag of brat buns
Total: $12.56

Okay...now my menu:
Breakfast (Goal: 21 breakfast/ 4people)
Cereal with milk ( 8 meals- pretty much any school day)
Yougart with fruit ( 4 meals - the other school days)
English muffin/egg sandwich (2 meals)
Eggs and bacon (4 meals)
Eggs and sausage ( 1 meal)
Cinnamon Rolls ( 1 meal)
Instant Oatmeal ( 2 meals)
Bagel with Cream cheese ( mommy on the go!)
Crepes (1 meal)
Pancakes (1 meal)

Lunches: Husband ( 21 lunches), Myself ( 15 work lunches, 6 home lunches), kids ( 15 school lunches, 6 home lunches) - Kids lunches at school are not included in menu.
Kids Home Lunches
Mac and Cheese (2 meals)
Hot Dogs, applesauce (2 meals)
Speghettios ( 1 meal)
Grilled Cheese Sandwich ( 1 meal)

Husband and I lunches
Hot Dogs and applesauce ( 2 meals)
Mini Pizzas ( 6 meals)
Ramen Noodles ( 2 meals)
Soup ( 3 meals)
Pizza Pockets ( 2 meals)
Beef Enchilda Frozen Meals ( 2 meals)
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches ( 1 meal)
Bagel Bite Pizza Snacks (1 meal)
Steamables Chicken Meal for 2 (1 meal)
Taco Salad ( 1 meal)
and left overs. :)

Dinner ( 21 meals)
Salisbury steak meals with side dish ( 2 meals)
Chicken Parmisana (1 meal)
Walking Tacos ( 1 meal)
Turkey, side of veggies ( 4 meals)  We got a big 19 pound turkey after Thanksgiving, my husband plans on cooking it this week! I know we will get more than 4 different meals out of it...but I am being conservative.
Frozen Pizza (3 meals)
Pot Roast in Crock Pot (2 meals)
Hamburger Helper (4 meals)
Speghetti ( 4 meals)
Tacos ( 1meal)
Edited to add...found 5 bacon wrapped steaks in the chest freezer...I will make a meal out of that too!


Sides
Veggies
Fruit
Applesauce
Pasta Roni
Rice a Roni
Stuffing
Mashed Potatoes
AuGraten Potatoes

Drinks
Milk
Water
Kool Aid
Crystal Light
Juice

Snacks
Fruit Snacks
Bananas
Strawberries
Grapes
Chips
Sun Chips
Youplait Yo Gos
Dannon Dinominos
crackers
Oreos

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