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CVS: OOP $16.66, Saved $56.36 (77%)

Aldi: OOP $5.92

Kroger: OOP $9.64, Saved $2.00 (17%)

Meijer: OOP $19.45, Saved $34.52 (64%)

Weekly Totals: OOP $51.67, Saved $92.88 (64% savings)

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Kroger: OOP $17.64, Saved $26.61 (60%)


Aldi: OOP $5.50

Meijer: OOP $27.82, Saved $35.12 (56%)

Weekly Totals: OOP $50.96, Saved $61.73 (55%)

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Kroger: OOP $10.92, Saved $40.37 (79%)

You can read about the details of my Kroger trip here (starting Monday). 

Meijer: OOP $37.23, Saved $44.72 (55%)

 

Weekly Totals: OOP $48.15, Saved $85.09 (64%)

I've been pretty happy with my shopping the last few weeks. I have stayed within my budget and still been able to prepare meals at home and gather my donation items for our church's upcoming Imagine campaign. Hopefully, I can keep this up!

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Kroger: OOP $12.77, Saved $9.57 (43%)

CVS: OOP $9.69, Saved $16.25 (63%)

Weekly Totals: OOP $22.46, Saved $25.82 (53%)

I really wanted to get out to Meijer and Walgreens this week, but it just didn't happen. Oh well, that just means I was easier on the budget. :-)

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Kroger: OOP $13.36, Saved $27.50 (67%)

Target: OOP $11.67, Saved $8.12 (41%)

Meijer: OOP $26.15, Saved $25.55 (49%)

Weekly Totals: OOP $51.18, Saved $61.17! (54% savings)

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CVS: OOP $.06, Saved $5.98

Love getting ECB's for milk!

Target: OOP $1.45, Saved $3.74

Meijer: OOP $35.80, Saved $50.08

You can see the details of my Meijer trip here.

Kroger: OOP $0, Saved $6.54

Aldi: OOP $5.42

Weekly Totals: OOP $42.73, Saved $66.34 (61% savings!)

I made a couple extra stops this week because I had the FREE Pepsi Next 2-Liter at Kroger and I wanted to pick up some fruit that was on a great deal at Aldi. 

 

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Kroger: OOP $14.30, Saved $26.34

Walgreens: OOP $0.69, Saved $18.78

Walmart: OOP $3.19, Saved $8.89

Meijer: OOP $32.18, Saved $46.24

Aldi: OOP $1.50


Weekly Totals: OOP $51.86, Saved $100.25! (66% savings)

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CVS: OOP $12.55, Saved $59.98!

This was actually done in two trips since I didn't have the softsoap coupons on my first trip. My oop was a little (ok, a lot) more than usual at CVS, but it was still a pretty good week there. And, I'm sad to say that my gift card I purchased a couple months ago is gone. :-(

 Walgreens: OOP $2.19, Saved $17.38!

Kroger: OOP $2.70, Saved $1.31!

 

Meijer: OOP $43.71, Saved $26.95!

Definitely not my best week at Meijer. I bought quite a few things without coupons since I want to try a few new recipes next week (from Pinterest!)

Weekly Totals: OOP $61.15, Saved $105.62! (63% savings)

The Great Grocery Challenge - Week 20

Walgreen's: spent $14.78, saved $50.07

 CVS: spent $1.74, saved $24.16 

(ugh...forgot my CVS gift card again!)

Kroger: spent $23.35, saved $8.74  

(I'm still learning here, and I purchased dog food.)

Meijer: spent $31.21, saved $43.58

Weekly Total: spent $71.08, saved $126.55 (64% savings)

The Great Grocery Challenge - Week 16

I'm a little behind in posting last week's purchases, but I've been sick. :-( Luckily, I felt fine through Drake's party on Saturday and this didn't come along until Sunday night, but it was pretty nasty. Fever of 101*-102* through yesterday and now it's in my ears and sinuses. Hopefully it doesn't stick around long.

This was definitely not a good savings week since we had to purchase some things for the party on Saturday. I included a little information about my trips since a few people requested it. Hope this helps, but I know it doesn't explain everything. The basic idea is to purchase items when they are on sale and you have a coupon.

Walgreens: spent $11.60, saved $32.94

Bought - 2 Gillette Fusion Razors @ $9.99 each, 3 Dove deodorant & 1 Dove body wash @ 4/$15
Used - 2-$4/1 coupons on the razors, 3-$2/1 coupons on the deodorants and 1-$1/1 coupon on the body wash
Got - 2-$4 RR on the razors and a $5 RR on the Dove products

(2 transactions)

Target: spent $13.88, saved $29.19

Bought - 2 Gerber Yogurts, Swiffer Sweeper Starter Kit, Swiffer Sweeper refill, 2-Olay bar soap, 2 Secret deodorant, 4 boxes of Kellogg's cereal, 3 Market Pantry Tomato soups

Used - 2-$0.75/1 Gerber coupons, 1-$1/1 Swiffer starter kit, 1-Buy 1 Swiffer starter kit, get 1 refill free coupon, 2-$2/1 Olay bar soap, 2-Buy Olay bar soap, get a free Secret deoderant, 2- B1G1 Kellogg's cereal (Target Q), 4-$1/1 Kellogg's cereal (manufacturer coupon), 1-$1/3 Market pantry soups (Target Q)

Schnucks: spent $2.39 (needed milk!)

Kroger: spent $1.19, saved $40.70

Bought - 4 Rotel tomatoes, 2 Electrasol Tabs, 2 Heinz ketchup, 2 DelMonte corn, Dog food

Used - B3G1 Rotel, 1-$0.30/1 Rotel, 2-$2.25/1 Electrasol and my $25 gift card from Cady!

This was my first time shopping at Kroger. I loaded all kinds of coupons onto the card, but I have no clue how to keep track of them. Personally, it's a little overwhelming so I basically didn't worry about them. I just gave her my card at the check out...apparently there was a $1 coupon there that worked with what I purchased. :-) I'm not sure if I'll go back or not. It seems like there are some really great deals to be had there, but it will take some time to get used to the layout and get organized.

Meijer: spent $152.14, saved $77.49

I won't go into this trip since there was a lot of stuff. I was kind of shocked at the savings since I was picking up some things without coupons for the party on Saturday. By the way, the place was BARE! They were almost completely out of produce, bread, frozen pizza, etc.

CVS: spent $4, saved $77.08 (paid $4 for a $10 gift card a few weeks ago - can't remember the website)

This was a great trip! I used $14 in ECB and got $15 in ECB back! Plus, I still have $3.99 on a gift card. 

Walmart - spent $17.94

Weekly Total: spent $201.95, saved $257.40