Day 21 - Grocery Run!

Okay, so I've been doing the coupon thing for a few months now, and the forum that I lurk on does a breakdown like the one below. I find it really helpful to see everything and look at the numbers, so in case anyone ever reads this (Bueller? Bueller?) and is interested, here you go! Oh, and we shop 2 weeks at a time so it looks like a lot and adds up to a lot, but we save on gas and impulse buys that way!



IMPULSE BUYS - Things we didn't intend on getting, but got thrown in the cart anyway.

- Rug for the kitchen - $5.96
- Hot sauce - $1.36
- Queso cheese - $2.68
- Emery Cat - $3.00
TOTAL: 13.00

Seth's uniform stuff - he needs certain items for his trip to police academy in the spring, so he picked some things up. This comes out of his allowance, though, but I feel like listing it because it's on the ticket.

- Fleece Pants - $10.00
- Shorts x 2 - $15.00
- Pants - $6.00
- Sweatshirt - $6.00
-T-shirt x 2 - $9.00
-Beanie? He must have thrown that in - $2.00
TOTAL - $42.00

Groceries
-Cherrios x2 $2.50 each - $1/2 coupon = $4
- Eggs - $1.68
- Milk - $2.28
- French's Mustard - $1.28 - $1/1 coupon = $0.28
-Rotel x4 - $3.52 - B3G1F = $2.64
- GV Tomato Paste x2 = $.80
- GV Black Olives - $1.38
- Salad - $2.78
- Bananas $1.13
- Kikomans Soy Sauce - $1.42 - $1/1 = $.42
- Turkey Smoked Sausage - $1.94
- Fiber One Cottage Cheese - $2.50 - $1/1 = $1.50
- Whole Chicken - $6.62
- Ground beef 1lb - $2.08
- Bacon - $2.98
- Welch's Light Grape Juice - $3.00 - $1/1 = $2.00
- Welch's Other type o' juice I can't remember - $2.50 - $1/1 = $1.50
- Green Olives - $1.46
-Mushrooms - $1.88
- String Cheese - $2.98
- GV FF Re-fried Beans - $.72
- Bob Evans Sausage Roll x2 = 6.56 - $.55/2 = $6.01
- GV Half & Half - $1.63
- Water Chestnuts - $.72
TOTAL = $51.41

Home Goods
- Airwick Freshmatic Refill x2 = $9.96 - B1G1F = $4.98
- Febreze Air and Fabric Refresher x2 = $9.94 - B1G1F and $1/1 = $3.97
- Castor Oil - $2.76
TOTAL = $11.71

Pet Food
- Whiskas Trays x 5 = $2.50 - B1G1F AND B2G1F = $1.50
- Ceasar Food Trays x 3 = $2.40 - B2G1F = $1.40
- Purina One Dog Food 34 lbs = $26.30 after price match for Petco
- Meow Mix Indoor Cat 14.2 lbs = $9.77 after price match for Petco
TOTAL = $38.97

Our grand total after tax was $173.75 which for us is a lot, but we buy dog food maybe once every 3 months or so by buying in bulk, and it cuts the cost down a lot that way. So I guess if you take out the impulse buys, Seth's uniform stuff, and the pet food we only would have spent $71.13 before tax, which isn't terrible for two weeks.

Of course, we still spent the money. Which sucks, but eh, what can you do? The kids need to eat and I don't want to feed them the cheapest stuff there is. And Seth needs clothes for academy. And we only impulse bought $13 worth of stuff, which isn't terrible. It's all still a work in progress.

Speaking of which, I did get some castor oil in my haul (but couldn't find jojoba!) so we shall see about the oil cleansing method...