Well, here are the results of my shopping trip today. I didn’t do too badly, if I do say so myself. I had 4 stops to make today, not including the bank. I stopped by the bank today and pulled out my usual $200. Here’s how I did:
Ingles
10 boxes spaghetti – $10
4 boxes medium shells – $4
4 boxes pinwheels – $4
1 box mini penne – $1
1 box penne – $1
Total: $29.09
Store savings of: $7.60
Total OOP: $21.49
Walgreens
2 boxes Wal-phed PE – $4.99 B1G1F
2- 12 Double roll packs of Angel Soft – $5.49 each
4 boxes Frosted Flakes Cereal = 4/$10 – $2.00 in coupons ($1/2) – $3.00 RR coupon print out = $5.00
Total: $ 43.75
Store Savings: $14.60
Register Rewards: $3.00
Coupons: $2.00
Total OPP: $23.16
Super Wal-Mart
4 gallons Milk – $13.76
2 boxes kosher salt – $3.56
2 jars Grape Jam $4.36
2 jars Roasted Red Pepper Strips $5.64
1 container regular oats $2.36
1 jar ground coriander $4.14
2 containers sour cream $ 3.16
4 lb margarine sticks $2.92
1 lb sharp cheddar block $4.18
40 ct box gallon storage bags $2.48
1 can diced tomatoes $1.00 (free after coupon)
Total: $51.16
Store Returns: $43.57
Coupons: $1.00
Total OPP: $6.59
Piggly Wiggly
10 lb potatoes $10.98
6 oranges $3.00
10 boxes Fruity Cheerios at 5/$10 = $20 – $10 in coupons (10/$0.50 doubled) = $10/10 boxes or $1.00/box
5 boxes at 5/$10 = $10 – $3.75 in coupons (5/$0.75 coupons) = $6.25/5 boxes or $1.25/box
5 (45 oz) tubs Country Crock at 5/$10
Total: $67.58
Coupons & Store Savings: $20.50
Total OPP: $47.08
Total Before: $ 191.58
Total OPP: $98.32
Amount of Budget left: $101.68
Total Savings: 51%
Not too shabby! Especially considering I very rarely buy cereal! This works out really well since we still need to go to Sam’s Club for a few stock up items.
Don’t forget to check out The Grocery Cart Challenge to see how everyone else did this week!
My Country Haven 
Under your WalMart purchases, you have a line for “Store Returns”, can you explain that? Or is that just $ from returning something? I’m really enjoying your blog!
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I had a few items to return (nongrocery) and I usd that money towards my purchases that day. One of the items was a Christmas gift that I did not have a receipt for so it went on an in-store credit gift card, so I just had them place the whole return amount on the card so that I could keep it all straight. Since it was money already spent, I did not want to count it twice!
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