I paid $6.40 for all of thatHow?!? is what everyone is asking. Well here is what it worked out to:
First, I hit up alberstons. With them, its hit and miss. Today I had a really nice cashier, so it made things easy.
I got the kens at albertsons. I HAD a $1/1 coupon from two weeks ago. This week they were on store coupon for .99 a bottle. The cashier took the whole dollar off (never had luck with this before) so, I got them for free Plus a 4cent credit.
I also had a coupon for .79lb chicken, but I really didnt want to spend a lot, and the cheapest chicken I could find was about $3. As I was browsing, I saw the meat. Its the manager special meat, that I call, use it/freeze it, or lose it meat. Its meat that is expiring, but if you cook it or freeze it that evening you will be fine. I get this meat a LOT, and have NEVER gotten sick. So, it was normally $5.23 for the pack, but there was a $2 off coupon on the pack. for $3 I got thin sliced pork-chops, froze half the pack and had some last night for dinner. It was delicious!
Total spent $3.2o Total saved $$20.80
On to the next store (I will tell ya what I am going to do with it all a bit later)
Next, I hit up Safeway. I have all kinds of luck there, just because we live next door, so we go there a lot for food, beer and Chinese food. (its delicious)
I had loaded some coupons onto my Safeway card (I do this every Monday) and I had seen on a blog that there had been a coupon for Klondike bars and Dryers. So, I checked, and sure enough there was those on my card. The Bars were .50 CENTS because I had a $2 off coupon on my card. which brings me to a great point. ALWAYS load EVERYTHING to you card. you never know what you can get for pennies or free. I would never normally buy these, but they were .50 cents.
okay, back to shopping. With another e-coupon the dryers was 1.49. I have been craving vanilla ice cream ever since I made homemade blueberry syrup a couple weeks ago. So I splurged on that.
The salad bags were free, thanks to a $1/1 coupon I had for doing a survey at vocalpoint. at Safeway it was on sale .99 a bag. SCORE
I also got the chef boyardee for .25 because if you pledge to shop at Safeway on facebook, they will give you a coupon for .25 chef boyardee. Facebook is a great place for coupons and free offers.
Total Spent at Safeway $3.20 Total saved $17.30
So, back to the salad dressing. I am not ashamed to say, currently I have 12 bottle of dressing in my pantry. WHY?!?! is the other question I hear. A LOT. Well, When salad dressing or peanut butter (10 jars), or pasta (7 boxes) or beans (22 cans) go on sale, I get what I can get, JUST my limit, which is usually 4. I stockpile it. I do not clear out the store, but if I can get a good bunch of goods, I will.
Here is a few things I plan on doing with the stuff
Salad dressing - Joe, My hubby, takes a salad every day for lunch. He gets a small container of dressing. Times that by 5. Every two weeks its a bottle of dressing. We will go through that dressing in about 6 months. I also use the Italian dressing for pasta salad, which brings us to
Pasta-- I LOVE stockpiling this because it can last on the shelf for at LEAST 6 months. I make pasta salad for lunches/dinners. When we both work late, I can make a fast dinner of garlic Alfredo and pasta, or spaghetti.
Peanut Butter-- Ah love having PB on hand. I make very good Peanut butter cookies. I would rather make them then buy store bought cookies. Also, when you are broke, or just down to the bare cupboards, you can always make a pb and jelly sandwich. I also eat peanut butter on apples, or on toast in the morning.
Tune in tomorrow to see what I use all the beans for. Hint, its very yummy and easy for a cold rainy day.
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