maceys

Retails: $37.96

Total Spent: $13.41

Percent Off: 65%

How did I do it?

• compiled list from pinchingyourpennies
• Manufacturer coupons: $6.19, Store coupons: $2.39
• Everything I bought had a coupon. With sales and coupon, the yogurt was $1.13, the milk was $.67, the cheese was $2.99 for a 2 pound loaf, the bread was free, the candy was like $.15.
• This week a calendar came in the mail that has the best coupons. There are coupons in it for $1 off milk and free bread at Maceys. Don't throw this calendar away! If you don't want it, I would love to take it off your hands.

Money Left for the Month: $129.50

menu 10/6

Yes, that heading is correct. I am posting a menu. I guess I'm so good I only need a weekly menu like once every other month. Ha. Ha. Ha. Pathetic.

Anyways, here it is.

Main Dish:

• Chicken Pot Pie
• Paella (de-li-cious.)
• Cream of broccoli soup with homemade bread sticks
• Mexican Lasagna, (thanks Pioneer Woman. If you've never been to her site, check it out but only if you are NOT on a diet as everything calls for 2 sticks of butter, a cup of cream, or a tub of sour cream. Mmmm.)
• Calzones with peppers, sausage, salami, ham (basically, I'm working on cleaning out the freezer)
• Chicken enchiladas

Sides- fresh/canned/frozen fruit &/or veggies, rice, black beans, whatever else I feel like...

Need to buy for the menu:

• fresh fruits and veggies- Buy Low tomorrow
• cheese- Maceys today

I love that I don't have to buy a whole bunch of stuff to make any meal. Because I'm a bargain shopper, I buy when things are really cheap, at my price point, and buy multiples of them when I can. Then I plan my meals around what we already have stockpiled. This works good too because I'm constantly building up a food storage and actually using it!

target

Retails: $48.85

Total Spent:$22.53

Percent Off: 54%

How did I do it?

• compiled list from Hip2save
• hardly bought anything on list- they were out or didn't carry them. Instead, I got some good clearance deals and used coupons on top of them.
• there's a Mott's promotion right now- buy 5 at $1.75, get a $5 gift card, making them $.75 each for the 64 oz juice or 6 count apple sauce cups, no coupons required.
• coupons: $10, sales: $4.36, clearance: $5.12, gift card from Motts: $5 (did 2 transactions and used it on the 2nd)
• I got the elmo bowl in the dollar section in the front of the store. Sam is obsessed with Elmo and LOVES the bowl. He told me all about it as he ate from it for lunch.
• FYI: we accidentally ended up with an extra True Delights box a few months ago (I decided against buying it after the cashier rang it up and he forgot to take it out of the bag and I didn't catch it until we were already home) It sat and sat and sat on the shelf, ready to take back but I don't go to Target very often and every time I did I would forget about it. Then it got opened. I will not name any names but it wasn't me and it wasn't the baby. Today I actually bought 2 boxes but left one there in the store to replace the one that we accidentally stole.

Money Left for the Month: $142.91

print those coupons

There are a few coupons on coupons.com that look pretty good. If you are in Utah or Idaho, print off those $1 off 2 lbs of cheese coupons and $.75 off any yogurt coupons. (they reset at the beginning of the month) Also, there are high value Hasbro coupons for things like a sit n spin, My Little Pony, Potato Head guys and more and they don't expire until January 15! Talk on the town is print them now, use them for Black Friday or after Christmas clearance. Nice.

Oh, and to print on coupons.com you have to be using Internet Explorer or Firefox. You do have to install a coupon printer that takes a grand total of 2 seconds. Also, don't forget that you can print each coupon twice, so after you print, go back and do it again. All of the coupons you printed will be moved to the last page for the second print.

buy low

Savvyshopperdeals is no longer rating Buy Low's deals. I am so sad. I had to compile my own list from my own mind, darn it, using their ad here. I talked to the store manager and I guess savvyshopper stopped because it is sponsored by the Herald and Buy Low has stopped putting their ad in the paper. Too bad.

Retails: $39.97

Total Spent: $16.40

Percent Off: 59%

Money Left for the Month: $165.26

maceys

I have no idea how these blog ladies post so frequently. I'm lucky that I get anything up at all. I hit Maceys the other day but haven't had a chance to post it.

Retails: $43.39

Total Spent: $18.34

Percent Off: 58%

How did I do it?

• compiled list from pinchingyourpennies
• only bought what was on sale

Money Left for the Month: $181.66

September Budget Review

This month I was able to stock up on a lot of basics that tend to not have a whole lot of coupons.

Retails: $415.87

Total Spent: $198.80

Percent Off: 52%

In addition to fresh stuff, I was able to get diapers, wipes, bubbles (essential stuff, eh?), saltines, jello, Ritz, fruit snacks, tortilla chips, pasta, tomato sauce, olives, juice, vinegar, diced chilies, yeast, butter, canning supplies, suckers, seasonings, lemon juice, cheese, bacon, chicken broth, mandarin oranges, flour, pinto beans, bottled water.