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Friday, April 9, 2010

Saved 84% This Week

I didn't do a whole lot of shopping or saving last week, but I made up for it this week. I got to know quite a few cashiers at Kmart. And at Schnucks, my favorite cashier was working. I even impressed him with my savings, and he's used to my fist full of coupons.


Kmart
Double Coupon Event, six days, 31 items (one of the items I got free with a Kmart K'ching award coupon) - priceless.

Before sales & coupons: $85.59
Total spent: $0.00
Total saved: $85.59 for 100%

Walgreens
I'm still Register Reward free, but couldn't pass up the pen deal - especially since I will make money buying them when I send in the rebate.

Before sales & coupons: $10.47
Total spent: $0.57
Total saved: $9.90 for 94%

Schnucks
This was a great week for Catalina coupons at Schnucks. I did three transactions to roll the Catalinas. 1st purchase was the Pillsbury rolls; I spent $2.50 and got a $4 Catalina. 2nd transaction was Pebbles and 7 UP; spent $0.12 after coupons and the $4 Catalina, and got back $4.50 in Catalinas. I bought all the other items in the 3rd transaction for $1.30 after coupons and spending my $4.50 Catalina. Thank you readers who left comments on what great deals you were finding at Schnucks.

Before sales & coupons: $59.63
Total spent: $3.92
Total saved: $55.71 for 93%

Dierbergs
My last stop shopping this week was at Dierbergs. My plan was to spend the rest of my budget there, and I did. I take my calculator with me and keep a running total of how much I have in my budget left to spend. There were some great deals at Dierbergs this week. I might have to go back before their sale week is over.

Before sales & coupons: $64.06
Total spent: $15.96
Total saved: $48.10 for 75%

Shop 'n Save
I couldn't come up with enough good deals at Shop 'n Save to get to $50 to save the $10, so I just picked up the couple of items I wanted and called it quits.

Before sales & coupons: $11.59
Total spent: $4.41
Total saved: $7.18 for 62%

Aldi
Comparable Schnucks price: $22.78
Total spent: $14.81
Total saved: $7.97 for 35%

My Splurge

My splurge this week was Parmesan Encrusted Catfish from Dierbergs. Ymm!

Spent: $7.98

Weekly Totals
Before sales & coupons: $254.12
Total spent: $39.67
Total saved: $214.45 for 84%

Year to Date Totals
Spent: $584.10
($42 weekly average)
Saved: $2,058.91 ($147 weekly average)

Splurge Funds: $105.92

For those who don't read my blog on a regular basis, my splurge funds are the difference between what I've actually spent and my $50 budget. They are for those items I never find on sale or that I don't have coupons for.

10 comments:

  1. I love to see what you have saved and bought each week! Such inspiration! Check out what we got this week. We only have the Schnucks and Aldi's, but are still saving tons. I'm a little bummed that our Schnucks didn't have the CAT deal for the Pillsbury items. Oh well, I returned them after no CAT printed. :) Thanks for all your help!

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  2. Jeri - I love to see your $85 of free stuff from KMart! I wish I would have been able to go more than once this week. Hope they have doubles aain soon.

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  3. Hi Mrs. Fisher - Thanks for sharing what you bought this week. I love to check out what others bought and saved too.

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  4. Hi CJ - I made Kmart a game this week. I never shop there unless they do doubles. I also hope they do it again soon.

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  5. I have been wondering how much would the Soft Scrub Total be after double coupons at Kmart. Looks like they're free after the $1.50 Q.

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  6. Hi coupon.girl - Soft Scrub Total is on sale at Kmart for $2.99. The City store shelves were full one day and all gone the next. As of yesterday, they didn't have any on the shelves.

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  7. THe Hunts ketchup was $1/bottle a KMart and I had 3coupons for $1/2.....so I got 6 bottles of ketchup free! And I also used the Conagra pudding coupons ($1/3) with pudding on sale $1 each.....so I got 3-4pack of puddings for $1!! A KMart employee told me that they may do this again next month!!

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  8. Hi Denise - Thanks for sharing your Kmart finds. I sure hope Kmart double coupons again soon.

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  9. Jeri,
    AHHH I have a ton of Marcal TP coupons I need to burn, and can't find a store that carries. Do you know if SNS carries the single rolls that the coupon has for free??

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  10. Hi Julie - I haven't found any store in the St Louis area that sells the single rolls or Marcal TP. The best use of the coupon has been on the multi-roll packs at SNS when they put it on sale.

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