Shopping Successes for the Week!

Not a ton of good deals this week, but there were a few, so only a few successes to share with you. Now, you might think it's a bad thing to not have many successes to share, but I look at it as a good thing. Once you get your pantry stocked and up to date, there will be weeks when you won't need to pick up anything (or anything other than a few staples/perishables), so you won't have a lot to share. And guess what? Thanks fabulous because that not only means that you are pretty well stocked, but it also means that you are saving a ton of that week's grocery money! And isn't that what this whole process is about? Stocking up and saving?

So hooray for those of you who didn't have to go out this week and purchase a whole ton. And for those of you who are still working on getting stocked up, if you didn't spend a whole ton of money this week, good for you too! Because odds are that you are at some point along the way and you are more than likely saving money even though you are still picking up a few things you aren't completely stocked up on and still need each week. And for all of us, save all that extra money for use in stocking up on other weeks when there are more deals or for when more caselot sales roll around!

Now that I'm done with that, here are the shopping experiences I have to share with you (most of these are thanks to my sister and her willingness to share with us!):

Smiths:



Items Purchased (1 transaction):
3 4 packs of dannon fusion smoothies
1 powerade
3 bags of doritos
1 eggo waffles
2 butter
1 milk
1 orange juice
2 strawberries
3 gum (free)
6 hot dogs

Total Spent: $23
Total Saved: $17


Albertsons:



Items Purchased (2 transactions):
4 12 packs of coke
2 2lbs of cheese
4 cheez it crackers
4 poptarts
12 rice krispie treats
2 mission corn tortillas

Total Spent: $42
Total Saved: $85

Smith's:



Items Purchased (1 transaction):
5 Tyson Frozed Chicken Patties
5 boxes Fiber One Granola Bars

Total Spent: $23.07
Total Saved: $26.00

Happy Shopping, Happy Saving, or Both - which ever it was for you this week!