Today's Shopping - the stats

3 stores
2 hours time

Total retail value - $207.97
OOP spent - $88.53
Total savings - $119.44
Overall percentage saved - 57%

Plus have $4 for Walgreen's next week, and a new $0.50 cpn from PC, plus earned $0.10 in gas credit

Today's Shopping - cont'd yet again

Price Chopper:

• 1 Magnum ice cream bars  $3.99 - $1 (manuf cpn) = $2.99
• 3 Healthy Choice dinners (reg $2.99 ea) $8.97 - $2.97 (Adv crd savings) - $2 (2 manuf cpns) = $4 for 3
• 2 pkgs egg noodles (reg $2.19 ea) $4.38 - $2.20 (Adv crd) - $1 (manuf cpn) = $1.18 for 2
• 1 pkg chicken nuggets (reg $4.50) $4.50 - $0.50 (Adv crd) - $1 (manuf cpn) = $3
• 3 pkgs fresh brkfst sausage (reg $3.99 ea) $11.97 - $4.47 (Adv crd) - $3 (3 manuf cpns) = $4.50 for 3
• 2 cans coffee (reg $4.79 ea) $9.58 - $3.60 (Adv crd) - $0.98 (PC cpn) - $1 (manuf cpn) = $4 for 2
• 4 jars peanut butter (a three pack special pack and another single jar) (reg price $4 and $2.79) $6.79 - $1 (PC cpn) - $1 (manuf cpn) = $4.79 for 4
• 1 Mio water flavor $3.99 - $3.99 (PC cpn) = $0.00 - free
• 1 pkg hot dog rolls (reg $2.99) $2.99 - $0.99 (Adv crd) - $1.01 (PC cpn) = $0.99
• 2 boxes Trix cereal (reg $3.29 ea) $6.58 - $1.58 (Adv crd) - $2 (PC cpn) - $1.10 (2 manuf cpns) = $1.90 for 2
• 2 boxes Cheerios cereal (reg $3.19 ea) $6.38 - $1.38 (Adv crd) - $2 (PC cpn) - $1 (manuf cpn) = $2 for 2
• 2 bags petzels (reg $2.99 ea) $5.98 - $0.98 (Adv crd) - $1 (PC cpn) = $4 for 2
• 3 12-pks soda (reg $5.29 ea) $15.87 - $3.90 (Adv crd) - $0.97 (PC cpn) = $11 for 3
• 1 8-pk soda (reg $4.69) $4.69 - $0.70 (adv crd) - $3.99 (PC cpn) = $0.00 - free
• 1 16 oz soda - $1.79 (son needed a drink)
• Plus had $5 cpn off total order from last week's shopping - this more than covered the bottle deposits and tax

Total OOP including deposits and tax - $44.01    Total savings - $57.31    57% savings

Today's shopping - cont'd

Walmart:

• 2 Pretzel Crisp Crackers ($1.98 ea) $3.96 - $1.98 (B1G1 cpn) = $1.98 for 2
• 1 pkg lunch meat $3.48 - $2 (manuf cpn) = $1.48
• 2 Starkist tuna pouches (sale price $0.78 ea) $1.56 - $1 (2 $0.50 manuf cpns) = $0.56 for 2
• 4 cans Manwich ($1 ea) $4 - $1 (b3g1 manuf cpn) = $3 for 4
• 1 box rice $1.50 - $0.75 (manuf cpn) = $0.75
• 2 bottles olive oil ($6.98 ea) $13.96 - $6.98 (b1g1 manuf cpn) = $6.98 for 2
• 1 Frigo cheese stick ($0.33 ea) $0.33 - $0.50 (manuf cpn) = free + made $0.17
• 1 All You magazine - $2.49 - no discount, but this month's issue has over $85 in cpns in it

Total OOP - $17.07    -    Total Savings - $14.21    45% savings

Today's shopping trip:

Didn't do too bad in the savings department today.  I had already matched up this week's sale ads with my stockpile of coupons, so armed with my three pre-sorted envelopes, (and of course my full supply of coupons in case I saw a deal I couldn't pass up), I had my son drive me into town.  I still can't drive because of my broken shoulder, or lift too much so having an extra set of hands is still a necessity.  We went to Walgreen's, Price Chopper, and Walmart - each for a very specific list of things.  I'll put these in three separate posts. Here's what I got, and how much was saved, and a couple of lessons learned:

Walgreen's:

• 3 boxes Kleenex (reg $2.29 ea) $6.87 - $3.60 (Wag cpn) - $0.50 (manufac cpn) = $2.77 for 3
• 8 Act-II popcorn singles (reg price $0.99 ea) $7.92 - $4.72 (sale price) - $1.20 (Wag cpn) = $2.00 for 8
• 2 Nexcare bandages (sale price $2.99 ea) $5.98 - $1 (manuf cpn) = $4.98 for 2
• plus can get rebate for $2.99 - Lesson #1 - read the rebate form - if I had gotten two different types of bandages, instead of both the same, I could have gotten rebate for both boxes.
• 3 boxes 100 ct Splenda (sale price $2.99 ea) $8.97 - $8.97 (3 manuf cpns for $3 ea that were adjusted down to $2.99) = $0.00
• plus got $4.00 in Register Rewards for next shopping trip
• 3 cans chunk white tuna (reg $1.50 ea) $4.50 - $2.43 (Wag cpn) = $2.07 for 3
• 3 candy filled Easter eggs (50% off) $5.67 - $1.50 (Wag cpns) = $4.17 for 3
• 1 Stayfree maxi pad (sale price $2.99) $2.99 - $1 (manuf cpn) = $1.99
• Lesson #2 - because I used the $3 register reward certificate that I got on Sunday for purchasing this same item, on this order, I couldn't get the advertised $3 reg rwds again - lesson learned - don't use register rewards on same item earned from
• 2 other candy items - Turtles and Ghiradelli Squares (sale $3 ea) $6.00 - $2 (manuf cpns) = $4 for 2
• 1 pkg pistachios (sale price $2.99) $2.99 - $1 (manuf cpn) = $1.99
• 1 box envelopes (reg $1.29) $1.29 - $0.60 (Wag cpn) = $0.69
• 2 boxes envelopes - $1.99 ea = $3.98
• Lesson #3 - watch when coupons are ringing up.  These envelopes should have been included in the Walgreen's coupon to make them $0.69 ea.  Didn't notice until after I was home that discount wasn't given.

Total OOP, after all cpns and plus 8% tax = $27.45 (plus I have $4 in register rewards that I'll use next week) -- Total savings (sales and cpns) = $47.92   64% savings