The Reluctant Clipper - February 10, 2011 Edition

Yes! I took a picture of my groceries. lol. I'm a very visual person and when I look at my receipts I can feel discouraged by just looking at the names of the products. So this is my little way of putting a visual to the price. Our total this week for all our groceries was $46.56. Not amazingly stellar, but I accomplished my goal by including all our food, toiletries and household items in that price. Baby steps, Laura...baby steps.

We made a LOT of stops today. 4 Total, which is a lot when you have a toddler with you. We hit Albertsons, Safeway, Sunflower Market and Walmart. None of the stores had knock 'em dead sales (unlike Kroger last week! I could've stayed there all day!) but we were able to find enough deals to complete our menu for the week as well as get lots of fresh fruits and veggies.

Here are some of my favorite deals.

-Tyson bags of chicken nuggets were By One Get One Free at Safeway, plus I had a $1 off coupon. That brought the final price down to $6.99 for two bags or $3.50/bag. I thought that was a great price considering they are big bags of chicken nuggets with no byproducts or fillers so they will be great for quick lunches.
-Nestle Semi Sweet Chocolate chips. $1.49/bag after sales and coupon. That's Aldis prices, people! And I'll betchya these taste waaaay better! :-)
-Ragu Pasta Sauce. $0.69/jar after sales and coupon.

-Grapes were marked down to $0.88/lb at Sunflower Market
-Stawberries were $2.00 at Albertsons. (Combine those two fruits with the cantaloupe we got last week! Can you say fruit salad?!)
-Yogurt. They had a promotion for 10 for $4, plus I had a $0.50 off of 8 coupon. Final price per yogurt was $0.35/each.
-Huggies Wipes. $0.22/each after coupon
-Vaseline Cocoa Butter. $1.97 after coupon. I could've waited until I got this for a better deal, but I'm out of cocoa butter and preventing stretch marks is worth spending an extra dollar in my opinion!

It was past lunch time by the time we wrapped up our stops but Braxton was incredibly good the entire time. I know 4 stops (5 when you include that we had to swing by my OB so I could get a blood test) is a lot for a little guy, and I was so pleased that he behaved so well! I rewarded him with one of his favorite lunches (guilty admission - mine too!), Hamburger and French Fries!! It's been a while since we hit up Burger King so we treated ourselves...and of course we had a coupon! :-)
Can't say there's no fillers or byproducts in this meal, but boy is it yummy!