My Shopping Trip: ShopRite

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My Shopping Trip: ShopRite

Did you think I wasn’t shopping?  You were right, I actually wasn’t.  Some of you may already know that we sold our house and are looking for a new house in central Jersey.  We have finally taken the plunge and are moving closer to my parents and closer to Pat’s work.  But, I have to be honest and tell you that this is just SOOOO stressful.  So much of my time has been looking for houses and with that comes less time to do anything else, especially couponing.

Thankfully we have a great stockpile and I only needed to run in for a few items here and there.  But, truth be told, we have been eating out more the last couple of weeks as we are house hunting.  I can tell you, that because my grocery envelope was overflowing, we have not even had one bit of guilt doing it.  It’s times like these that couponing really pays off and in ways you can not even measure.  If I did not have a stockpile to live off of or extra money in my grocery budget to grab take out, who knows how much I really would have spent.  Honestly, it’s a great feeling!

Today, I was having my husband run to ShopRite for me.  I was a bit nervous because there were a lot of coupons.  But he eagerly left to go to ShopRite only to return minutes later to inform me that it was too crowded.  Well, after I nicely asked (okay, begged, pleaded, whined), he headed back to work through the crowd.  And, he had success.

Here is what we scored:

ShopRite Transaction:

  • (2)ShopRite 18 pack eggs $1.47 each
  • (1)Post Great Grains Cereal $3.49
  • (1)Shoprite Skim Milk $4.19
  • (4) Scrubbing Bubbles Toilet Cleaning Gel $3.79
  • (3)Pledge Multi Surface $3.69 each
  • (4)Land O Lakes Butter $1.97 each
  • (4)Sorrento Mozzarella Cheese $1.99 each
  • (1)Sorrento Ricotta Cheese $2.99
  • (1)Kraft FreshTake $3.29
  • (4)Glade Room Spray $0.99 each
  • (4)Birdseye Chef Favorites $0.99 each
  • (2)Gold Peak Tea $1.25 each

Coupons Used:

  • (1)0.50/2 Eggs (NLA)
  • (1)Free Post Great Grains Coupon (from company)- deducted $3.49
  • (1)Free Milk wyb 3 Breakfast items (NLA) – $4.19
  • (4)$0.75/1 Scrubbing Bubbles Toilet Cleaning Gel
  • -$1 Scrubbing Bubbles ecoupon
  • (3)$0.75/1 Pledge Multi Surface (all from various magazines)
  • -$1 Pledge eCoupon
  • (4)$0.75/1 Land O Lakes Coupon (NLA)
  • -(4)$1/1 Sorrento Coupon from the 2/12 SS
  • -(1)$1/1 Sorrento Coupon from the 2/12 SS
  • -(1)Free Kraft FreshTake Coupon – deducted $3.99
  • -(2)$2/2 Glade Room Spray Coupon (NLA)
  • -(4)$0.50/1 Birdseye Chefs Favorites Coupon (only 2 were deducted but then there was an extra $0.55/1 that was doubled)
  • $1 Birdseye eCoupon
  • -(2)$0.50/1 Gold Peak Tea Coupon (NLA)
  • -$14 in Catalinas
  • Tax: $1.67

Total Out of Pocket = $10.81

Received:
(2)$5.00 Catalinas (Spring It On)
Will Receive: $1 SavingStar Deposit Scrubbing Bubbles & $1.25 Pledge

Total Savings including sale prices and coupons: $112.15 which I will be adding to the LRWC Reader’s Grocery Savings Counter.  Be sure to add your savings so we can see how much we have all saved in 2012

Here is an update to my Grocery Budget:

      • Total in envelope as of 3/13: $559.03
      • $31.29 from Shopping Trip on 3/15
      • Total in envelope as of 3/15: $527.74
      • Added $150 to Grocery Envelope
      • -$6.02 quick trip to ShopRite
      • -$3.81 from Shopping Trip on 3/17
      • -$75 giving my son to go grocery shopping at school
      • Total in envelope as of 3/17: $592.91
      • -$26 misc trips
      • -$126 in take out meals from the last 2 weeks
      • Added $150 to Grocery Envelope 3/30
      • -$10.81 from Shopping trip 3/31
      • Total in envelope as of 3/31: $580.10

If you’re interested in seeing how we set up our budget envelopes, make sure to check out, How To Set Up a Budget and Stick to It.

How are you doing on your grocery budget?

LRWC Reader Grocery Savings Counter: Be sure to add your weekly grocery savings to the the LRWC Reader Grocery Savings Counter below. You can check out the counter in the sidebar to see how much we have all saved so far in 2012!


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