Lazy, lazy, lazy

I clearly have been too lazy for this, but I thought I would give it another try.....I went shopping last night and had another of what has been a string of great shopping trips. I got a bunch of stuff that I most likely would not have bought if it wasn't super cheap, or free. I have a few more trips this weekend planned for cheap cheese, pop and chips. I know...super healthy, but it is stuff that is nice to have - especially when it wouldn't normally be in the budget really.

I went to Safeway and did two trips.

First: $2.54

I bought :

4 Hamburger Helper - $6.00 - used 2 $1 off 2 stickers, 4 .50 off Safeway coupons (from a book in the store...make it at home, or something like that) and $2.25 in e-coupons = -.25

Cheese Nips $1.99- used $1 off from SW coupon book, and $1 off from Newspaper = -.01

Lucky Charms - $2.00 - used $1 off printable and $1.10 off ecoupons = -.10

2 Pillsbury Pizza Dough - $6.98 used $1 SW coupons, $1 printable, and $3.40 in ecoupons = $1.58

2 Pillsbury Cinnamon Roll - $ 4.98 used $1 SW coupon, $1 printable, and $3 in e-coupons = -.02

2 Pillsbury Biscuits - $3.98 - used $1 SW coupon, $1 printable, and $.90 e-coupons = $1.08

And then I got back a $4 catalina for the 6 pillsbury products so I made about $1.50!



Then I did another transaction and Spent $4.24:

The Lucky Charms, Pillsbury, and Hamburger Helper were the exact same as before , so they cost $2.29.....

The Trix were $2, and I had a $1 coupon and a .55 e-coupon, so =.45

The Ronzoni was .75 a box, no coupons = 1.50

Taco seasoning 2 for $1, = $1

Ritz was $2.50, -$1 SW coupon, and $1 insert coupon = .50

Frosting was $1.79 - $1.50 e-coupons (I thought there was one more...oops) = .29

The creamer was .10...supposed to be free with a free coupon from facebook, but she put it in wrong = .10

and this is the best. Seriously, take note. The 5 lb chub of hamburger is $2.99 all week. I went crazy last week and bought 4 when they were $4.95 because I thought it was a great deal. Um, no. $2.99 is a great deal. 59 cents a pound! I broke mine into three or four sections so I have some frozen bags with different amounts of hamburger in them. And this is what we will be eating for a while. Hamburger. It is 80/20, but hello, you can drain the fat off and it is still light years cheaper than the leaner stuff. These are usually $12.95 a pound. So, crazy. I will be buying as much as I can fit in my freezer because you really can't beat it. Thank you, random lady at Safeway who pointed this gem out to me.

Anyways, I paid with my first $4 catalina and another $1.50 catalina I got last week and it was $4.24.

All told, I spent $6.78, but still have a $4 catalina, so all of this was cheaper than the crazy cheap hamburger!!

New Budget! Plus Safeway and Walmart

Well, it is a new month, so my budget is re-set. Maybe now that I am writing it down, I will actually stick to it.....

So, it is $160 for the month.

Tonight, I went to Walgreens, finally got a cashier to use my Theraflu coupon from the Walgreens coupon book. I bought 3 for $12, had $6 in Walgreens coupons and $6 in Theraflu coupons (not available anymore) and paid $1 and some change. I got back $8 in RR.

got Vaseline lotion using the $1.50 off printable (here),

a few clearanced school supplies, and three candy bars (I didn't have enough for my RR)

it was $8 and some change and I got back $7 in RR.

Last, I bought what I actually needed which was a big old package of TP. It was also $1 and some change.

So I still have $6.50 in RR to use!

At Safeway (my second attempt there today as I was there earlier, but locked my keys in the car. Typical)

I bought 6 2 Liters of Diet Coke, which were buy 3 get three free. I used two $1 off 3 coupons Jenn and I found at Walmart, $3.96

an 8 pound ham for $7.68

2 pounds Tillamook cheese for $3.99 (used coupon from Safeway ad)

1 Chef Michael's dog food (for until I can make it to the pet food store) I used a $2.50 coupon from chef-michaels.com $1.49

3 boxes Kleenex $2.97 minus a .50 off 3 coupon from in front of the Kleenex. I also got a $3 catalina (Safeway store coupon....like Register Rewards)

I spent $21

Note: the Kleenex is a really good deal because after the catalina it is free...better if you have the coupon. I need Kleenex all the time for school, so I will probably get more. It works until Saturday.

Um, what a horrible picture.

Safeway and Albertsons $2.16

I went to Safeway and Albertsons tonight.....

At Safeway I bought

1 Warm Delights - $1.76 but I had a .50 coupon and $2.00 in e-coupons came off
2 Bisquick biscuits (the right kind this time!) $4.58 I had a $1.00 coupons and $2.00 in e-coupons came off
2 Ultimate brownie mix $4.00 I had a .75 coupon and 1.50 in e-coupons came off

It was $1.62 (all the coupons I used were from coupons.com

At Albertsons I bought

1 2 Liter of pop $1
1 bag of popsicles for my sore throat $1.76
1 gallon of milk $1.99
4 Soup at hand $4.00 with 2 $1.00 coupons and two double coupons, so free
1 Healthy Choice meal $2.00 with a $2.00 off coupon from healthychoice.com
8 pack of Soap for Randy....apparently the pomagranite body wash was doing nothing for him. Anyway, it was on clearance for $3.76

I used $8.00 in Albertson's catalinas (store coupons) and paid $.54

On another note if you shop at Safeway, you should definately be using e-coupons because you can use them with a paper coupon together, and also because if you have more than one on there for the same thing, they all work, so you can get free stuff!

Safeway Trip $5.66

So I stopped by Safeway on my way home...here is what I got:

2 Nature Valley Granola clusters $5.00 used 2 $1.60 off printables and 1.40 in e-coupons

2 boxes Fruit Roll-Ups $5.00 used $.50 in e-coupons

1 Yo-Plus yogurt $2.50 used $1.00 printable and $2.00 e-coupons

2 Grands Junior biscuits $3.00 used $1.00 printable

1 Safeway 2 Liter pop $.83

1 really big pork chop $2.65

So was a little dissappointed. I realized after that she didn't give me the 50% meat discout which would have been about $1.35, I forgot a coupon, and I bought the wrong biscuits. So this all should have been under $1.00. Whoops.