Weekly Savings Review : Week of 10/4

Groceries:

Shaws: Shaw’s will take the Stop & Shop double dollar coupons and the A&P triple coupons (as long as you have a copy of the ad with dates) so I decided to shop there this week since there were a few things on sale there.   And I stayed under budget!!

Here is what I got:

A few of the deals broken down:

Fresh Express Ceaser Salad Mix, $4.69
Used $.75 cpn tripled ($2.25)
Final Cost: $2.44

(2)Cheerios, $2.99
Used $1.00/2 cpn (doubled to $2.00)
Final Cost: $1.99 each

(2) Hunts Ketchup, On sale $1.39
Used $1.00/2 cpn (doubled to $2.99)
Final Cost: $.39 each

Cains Mayo, On Sale $2.50
Used $1.00 cpn (doubled to $2.00)
Final Cost: $.50

(3) Gold Fish crackers, On Sale $1.00

Tyson Honey BBQ Chicken, On Sale $2.50
Used $.75 cpn (tripled to $2.25)
Final Cost: $.25  —> so glad I only paid $.25 for these because we didn’t like them! LOL

Total: $95.74
Total Saved: $38.91
Total OOP: $56.83
Total Savings of 41%

Family Dollar:  I stopped here to grab a few things.  I’m adding it into my grocery total since I usually just use my drug store budget just for drug stores with it being a lower budget.

Here’s what I got: 1 bottle of juice is missing, my girls got to it before I took the picture…

(2) Snuggle, $3.00
Used (2) $3.00 cpns
Final Cost: FREE

(2) Welch’s Grape Juice, $2.00
Used (2) $1.00 cpns
Final Cost: $2.00

Total: $10.00
Total Saved: $8.00
Total OOP: $2.00
Total Savings of 80%

Total Groceries: $105.74
Total Groceries Saved: $46.91
Total OOP: $58.83
Total Savings of 44%

My weekly budget for groceries is $85 so this week I was under budget by $26.17.  Great way to start off the month!

Drug Stores:

CVS:  I only went to CVS this week.  I wanted to pick up a few things at Rite Aid but I never made it there.

Here’s what I got:

(1) Gold Emblem Paprika, On Sale $.88
(1) Colgate Total, On Sale $2.99
Used $1.00 cpn
(2) Kleenex, On Sale BOGO Free $2.39
Used $1.00/2 cpn
(1) Gold Emblem Raisins, $1.00
(1) Conair Hair Elastics, $2.99

Used $8.00  ECB’s (Extra Care Bucks)

Total: $13.78
Total Saved: $13.40
Total OOP: $.38 (with tax)
Total Savings of 97%

Got $2.00 ECB’s for next week

My weekly Drug Store budget is $20.00 so I am under budget by $19.62.

How did you do this week?  Share your results in the comment section, I’d love to see!