Not too shabby really..

I got my Qs all gathered up last night and after the gym today I went to the better stocked Kroger. I got all my items that I could find and went to start checking out at the self-check and the spicy brown mustard rang up at $1.79 and not $1.25. I asked about it, and the CS guy went back and checked the endcap display I had gotten my mustard from. Well there was nothing to indicate that the spicy brown mustard was not part of the sale and cost more. So I ended up getting the first one free, and the second one at the $1.25 price.

That trip I got:

2 can sliced pineapple
3 Softsoap liquid soap
2 yellow mustard
2 spicy brown mustard
1 Duncan Hines cake mix
2 Ziploc storage containers
1 bag Jasmine rice
1 Scotch Brite dish scrubber (NailSaver type)
1 box whole wheat rotini
2 Double Early Edition Sunday papers

Total OOP - $10.23
Total Saved - $23.65 (70%)


I got the coupon inserts out of the paper before I even got in the car. I clipped ones I could use right away while Sophia got all mad, then fell asleep.

I ran over to the other Kroger near my house since I didn't have anything that could melt in the car (it's 80 here today). I found Glade Scented Oil Candles that were on sale 2/$5 and I had 7 $2/1 Qs! :disco: So I grabbed 7 of those. I got everything else I needed, and then happened to find some Fiber One yogurt on clearance (near expiration date) for $1 and I snatched up 3 of them and used 50c/1 Qs to make them totally free! :D

Transaction #1 items:

3 Fiber One yogurts
2 boxes Ronzoni elbow pasta
1 Land-o-Lakes butter (light)
1 Pilsbury sweet rolls
3 Pilsbury pizza crust
3 tubs Betty Crocker frosting
3 jars Ragu pasta sauce
7 Glade Scented Oil Candle holders

Total OOP - $11.28
Total Saved - $55.95 (83%)

Transaction #2 items:

3 Pilsbury sweet rolls
1 Pilsbury pizza crust

Total OOP - 50c
Total Saved - $6.86 (93%)


So $22.01 total, and saved $86.46.

Yes. I've neglected my blog. I'm bad. :P

I've had a few good transactions lately. Kroger currently has Quaker granola bars and cereal on sale where you get $4 off instantly when you buy 4. I also found that the Quaker site for the True Delights is unlimited prints (not sure if it still is) so I got 24 boxes of True Delights for 50c each! Then I used my Cap'n Crunch coupons and got 8 boxes for $6, and 12 boxes of Life for $12. Some was a little less because I also got the CAT for Pilsbury a few times.

Target has an awesome sale on Pepsi right now too. It beats the pants off WAGs Pepsi deal. At Target it's 5 12-packs for $15 and get a $5 gift card when you buy 5. I got my Pepsi coupons about a week ago so I did 2 transactions and got 10 12-packs for $20, and got two $5 gift cards. :D I then went back later on and got 6 boxes of Wheat Things Artisan crackers, 2 boxes of Soft Scrub Scrubby Pads, and 2 boxes of Pledge Multi-Surface Duster refills. OOP for that after the GCs was $1.6x. So under $22 OOP for all of it yesterday!

There is a $1/1 IP at softscrub.com, and the Artisan crackers had a tag saying "Sale thru Satruday" but the date said 3/xx - 3/30. Today is the 30th, so Target's bad. :D

Kroger Mega Deals..

How I love thee. I did the limit of 3 in a transaction, and added a couple sale items and a few clearance items. I had coupons for every item in my cart too!

Spent: $25.68
Saved: $76.02
Percent: 74%

I found a 50c/1 coupon on the inside of my box of Wheat Crisps too, and it's a VERY popular item in this house so I think I'll be putting together another transaction scenario. :D

Kroger... again.

I went and got a few more things since I came across some Cattlemen's, Frank's, and French's coupons. I also found the Kraft 2% blinkie well stocked at my store. :D

So I did one transaction and got 5 bars of cheese, 3 bags of shredded, and 2 bottles of mustard. OOP was $5.90, saved $28, 82%.

My second transaction had 2 sets of items for the mega sale, plus some Cottonelle TP and a tub of yogurt. I spent $16.41 OOP, saved $34.04, 67%. My Cottonelle IPs didn't want to work so they had to enter them manually and they didn't get doubled. :( It was a $1.50 I lost, which isn't much, but would have put my total at just under $15. Oh well. I did very well again so I'll live with it.

Kroger and WAGs

I hit up Walgreens before going back to my 24 hour Kroger. I went in after Citrucel soft chews. They're on clearance for $5.59 for a 60 count box. There's a $3 Q in teh ESR booklet, and I had $2/1 Qs. I got all 4 they had on the shelf, and paid $2.36 OOP. I saved $41.60.

On to Kroger..

I got the following

Green Giant Steamers x 17
Quaker High Fiber Instant Oatmeal x 3
Totino's Pizza Rolls x 4
Kleenex x 1
Kleenex Anti-Viral x 4
Nature Valley Bars x 3
Rotel x 5
French's Yellow Mustard x 3
Dial Foaming Hand Wash x 3


I got that over 4 transactions that looked like this

OOP - $6.58
Saved - $20.57
76%

OOP - $4.43
Saved - $21.70
82%

OOP - $4.38
Saved - $20.80
82%

OOP - $1.22
Saved - $24.20
94%

Total OOP @ Kroger = $16.58
Total Saved @ Kroger = $87.27

Kroger Sale

EDITING THIS POST TOTALLY...

Kroger was out of Green Giant Steamers. I'm going back later to see if they have more when they stock tonight. Here's what I got...

Ken's Dressing x 2
Kraft Mayo x 1
Ro*Tel x 3
Nature Vally Granola Bar x 2
Hormel Chili x 8
Kraft Shredded Cheese x 2
Kleenex x 3
Glade Spray x 8
Pace Salsa x 1
Kroger Sliced Cheese x 3
Milk 1 gal. x 1
Select Harvest Soup x 6
Organic Bananas x 2.78 lbs
Blueberries x 1 clamshell



Total OOP after coupons was $27.08, saved 69% or $61.41. *w00t*

Kroger Clearance Table

I was at the store earlier today for milk and egg nog (yum!) and noticed a bunch of the air freshener machines sitting there. I went back a bit ago armed with my 2 coupons for $5 off. At first I thought that they only had another brand on sale, but there were the Lysol Neutra Airs there. They were on clearance for $5.99 each. With my coupons it came out to $1.98 for both!

Thanksgiving is cramping my planning!

I went to the Kroger website at like 2am fully expecting to see the new weekly ads as per usual. No dice. I checked Sprout's, same. Thanks a but load Thanksgiving for cramping my meal planning for the next 2 weeks. Now I have to wait. I even went and looked in my freezer in the garage at 2am to see what I still had for protein.

Looks like I only have to shop for a few items needed to make a couple of the meals, perishable items, and quickly used stuff.

Kroger Mega Bake Sale

Carnation Evap. Milk 50c x 2 = $1
MQ 50c - doubled = $1
OOP - $0

Domino Sugar $1.50 x 2 = $3.00
MQ 35c - tripled = $1.05 x 2 = $2.10
OOP - 90c

Eagle Sweetened Cond. Milk $1.50 x 3 = $4.50
MQ 55c x 3 = $1.65
OOP - $2.85

Crisco Veg. Oil $2.00 x 1 = $2.00
MQ 45c - doubled = 90c
OOP - $1.10

Nestle Chocolate Chips $2.00 x 1 = $2.00
MQ 50c - doubled = $1.00
OOP - $1.00

Land O Lakes Butter $2.00 x 1 = $2.00
OOP $2.00

Sub Total OOP - $7.85

Mega Bake Sale Discount with Kroger Card - $5.00
MQ from Kroger Holiday Mailer - $2.50

Total OOP - 35c