I Hit The Stores Today!

I hit two stores today, spent under $20, and brought home about $170 of fun! Who doesn't love using coupons??!!

Let's start with HyVee - that three day sale sucked me in! Just LOOK at that 4# box of strawberries (that weighed 4.75#) for under $4!  Just look at those babies - HUGE and super sweet! I got one of the last ones...

I DID get my 1# salmon for $3.99 (everyone else has it at $9.99/#) but I did NOT get the ground beef deal - but took home a nice rain check instead! Remember, HyVee rain checks have NO expiration dates!
=)
Grand total spent: $7.98, saved $9...(53% savings)

If you are reading this on Saturday -

RUN to your Madison HyVee and get your rain checks for the strawberry deal
and the ground beef deal -

They were sold out and the rain checks do NOT expire!!!

Now - for Copp's!

Double Double day is our friend! I did three transactions - there was a stack of Philadelphia Cookbooks for $19.99 that were FREE when you bought four items from Philadelphia!

Transaction #1
7 Philadelphia Cooking Cream @$2.00 (normally $2.99)
2 Uncle Ben's Ready Rice @$1.75
Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts@ $4.53 (was $10.53)
1 Silk half gallon chocolate milk @$2.50 (was $3.55)
1 cookbook @$19.99

Coupons used:
seven $1/1 Cooking Cream (all doubled), two $1/1 Uncle Ben's (doubled to $1.75), $1/1 Silk (doubled), two $1.50 off chicken when you buy any Philly Cooking Cream, FREE cookbook!

Total: $58.31 for $2.03  AND I got $4 back for my next order.  I wasn't expecting a Catalina and really think it was from the person before me, now that I look back at it!!
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Transaction #2

4 Reynold's Foil @$1.98 (normally $3.39)
Reynold's Parchment paper @$1.98 (normally $3.19)
4 Uncle Ben's Ready Rice @$1.75
Village Hearth Cottage Bread @$2.59
2 Roundy Cheese @$1.99
1 Silk half gallon vanilla milk @$2.50 (was $3.55)

Coupons used:
5 Reynolds $1/1 (doubled), four $1/1 Uncle Ben's (doubled to $1.75), $1/1 Silk (doubled), Store Coupon to bring cheese to $.99 ($2), $4 Catalina from trans #1

Total: $34.14 for $1.24
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Transaction #3

3 Idahoan Potato Pouches @$1.19
2 Twenty Ounce Diet Pepsi Max @$1.69
Eggo Buttermilk Waffles @$1.66 (normally $2.39)
Patrick Cudahay Bacon @$4.49
3 Balance Bars  @$1.00 (normally $1.39)
5 Philadelphia Cooking Cream @$2.00 (normally $2.99)
1 cookbook @$19.99


Coupons used:

Five $1/1 Cooking Cream (all doubled), $1/3 Potatoes (doubled to $1.75), $1/1 Silk (doubled), two $.50 Pepsi Max(doubled), $.55 off PC bacon (doubled), $1/3 Balance Bars (doubled), store coupon for Eggo  ($.67),   Store coupon for bacon ($1.50), FREE cookbook!

Total: $53.07 for $6.96
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Grand Copp's Total $ 145.52 for $10.23 (93% savings)

Not bad, $162.50 today for under $20 and it was 43 items!!

I came home and put that chicken into the crock pot right away with a bottle of Lawry's Marinade (from my stockpile) and let it rip on low while I did my coupon class in Madison at the Lakeview Library for 35 cool people!

Just look at how beautiful it is - ready for a quick batch of rice pilaf to join it on our plates for dinner! We  will only eat 1/3 of it tonight, the rest will be shredded for other chicken dishes - that you see on the recipe tab, under chicken.

What did YOU score at the stores today?

My Monthly Total:

$100.00 (starting budget balance)
-$1.89 Copp's --4/2
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$98.11
-$3.46 Wags --4/5
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$94.55
-$8.69 Copp's --4/6
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$85.86
-$2.11 Wags --4/6
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$83.75
-$4.07 Copp's --4/9
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$79.68
-$.98 Walgreen's --4/12
-$3.70 Copps-- 4/13
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$75.00 to go!
-10.13 A &W
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$64.87 to go
-7.98 HyVee-- 4/16
-10.23 Copp's-- 4/16
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$44.66 to go this month!

You can see from my stockpile that I am sitting pretty good right now...

I even have what I need to make Easter Dinner next week!
My Inlaws are buying the ham, I have the scallopped potatoes that I will dress up a bit, the stuff to make the Orange Jell-O Fluff (we call it Yum-Yum) and the hot crossed buns. A few family members are in charge of drinks, appetizers, veggies and desserts so all it looking good!