My shopping day was great today but this budget is much harder than I expected it would be, especially as I donated about ninety percent of my stockpile to shelters to help with Hurricane Sandy. But I am not giving up....yet.
ShopRite is really helping me keep the budget this week because I was able to get my FREE turkey! My neighbor is also getting me a FREE turkey. My lovely neighbors give me their free turkeys/hams and whatnot during the holidays and I make them soups, pot pies, breads, etc. It is a win/win situation.
I spent $42.73 at ShopRite, more than I expected but I bought a few extras. I wanted to make Egg McGlone Muffins so I had to buy some canadian bacon and some english muffins. I also bought some creamer for my son per his request and it is hard to say no to such a simple request. The rest of my trip was all sale items. Kleenex hand towels are on sale and if you buy two you get a coupon for $1.50 off of your next shopping trip, I had two coupons for $1.00 off each. I bought two bags of Gold Medal flour, I am in full baking mode today, white bread and cinnamon bread, along with chocolate chip cookies, Hershey baking chips are on sale and there is a coupon for $1.00 off of two in today's paper. Five cans of Swanson broth, two boxes of Triscuits, 4 cans of Progresso soup, 3 bags of ShopRite cheese, (for homemade pizza), 2 blocks of Cracker Barrel cheese, 4 boxes Totino's pizza rolls, and three boxes of Green Giant vegetables. One of those is spinach, I had a request to make lentil soup so I am making that tomorrow. And last, my 18.55 pound turkey, of course I picked the biggest one I could find. Total savings, $72.93!
So remember last week I received $4.00 in ExtraBucks? This week I turned that $4.00 into two tubes of toothpaste. Colgate MaxFresh, 6 oz. tubes, are on sale for $2.75. I had two coupons for $0.35 off of one tube. CVS does not double coupons so I got $0.70 off of the two tubes, bringing my total down to $4.80. I then used my $4.00 ExtraBucks from last week and brought the total down to $0.80 for both tubes. With tax I paid $1.18. Best part, there is an ExtraBuck offer on each tube, $2.00 for each tube, and you could get two offers, so I received another $4.00 in ExtraBucks for next week!
$43.91 spent this week! Have a great day and great week and keep on keepin on.
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