This weeks shopping consisted of many different quick trips to different stores. I have gotten my pantry & freezer so well stocked that I am back to the point where I am only getting super cheap or free items. Love it when I can do that.
I started during the week at Target. If you remember my trip where I spent $3.43 for $41.74 worth of products.
Then I hurried over to Shoprite before the snow storm to do my first round of purchases. I used a $10 catalina from the Quaker Chewy Bars and paid $2.59 for $77.59 worth of groceries. Plus received a $5.00 catalina for the Sun Crystals. Okay, every single time I see how much I saved on my receipt, I am amazed that there was a time I paid that much for things like this. What was I thinking!!
Then I went back to Pathmark for more Ellios Pizza before the sale ended. I paid $6.29 using a $5.00 catalina from the previous purchase and got back a $5.00. That was for $31.65 worth of groceries.
Then I did 2 more trips to ShopRite where I rolled more catalinas. My combined out of pocket for all this was $8.34 for $104.64 worth of groceries. Plus I got another $5.00 catalina. 
Then, finally, I went back to Pathmark to take advantage of the Free PureVia. The best part of this is my son was with me and watched me gather everything up. We went to the self checkout and he stood there while I started scanning. At the self checkout it says the shelf price of the items so he heard $4.19 each time I scanned it. He then went to the end to bag everything for me. When I was done he heard the register say, “and your total is $.84″. My son immediately said, “how much?” I said $.84 and he continued bagging and looked around like we were stealing something. He had this panic look on his face and quickly finished bagging. As we walked out he said, “Mom, how did you get all that for $.84, they were like $4.00 each”. I said, “Patrick, your mom is good, you should know that by now”. And that is how I left it.
Does he need to know I had 5 $2.00 coupons and the PureVia were on sale for $1.99 each. I think not. He just needs to think I’m amazing 
And, this “amazing mom” spent $21.49 out of pocket for $278.56 and I have a $5.00 catalina at ShopRite and a $5.00 catalina at Pathmark. That is a 92% savings….AMAZING!!
How did you do this week? Send me your best deals and I’ll post them up!
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Cindy Livesey is the force behind Living Rich With Coupons which provides its readers with all the resources they need to shop smart so they can get life’s luxuries for a lot less. Her family of 5 has saved over $11,000 a year in groceries. And you can too.
