Today's grocery adventure.......

Here are some of the dry good that I picked up today while grocery shopping. I bought a ton of other groceries but they did not all fit in the photo. I went to Albertson's specifically for the buy $30.00 in groceries get a $15.00 catalina for your next trip.

Today's totals

Combined- Total out of pocket expenses = $163.36
Savings = $251.42
Rebates =$6.99
Total Savings = $258.41 a 61% savings

I also received $20.00 in Kohl's gift cards from Safeway on top of this savings. I will be returning a package of batteries for $8.99 that was rung up wrong at Safeway. This has not been deducted from the total above.

Here is how it breaks down:

Albertsons -Total Spent out of pocket in 3 transactions = $32.31
-Savings at Albertsons = $90.84
-Mail in Rebates = $4.49
Total Savings = $95.33, a savings of 75%

Transaction 1
Mazola Vegetable Oil $4.49
There is a tag attached to it for a full mail in refund for trying the product
5 Boxes Betty Crocker Potatoes
2 Boxes Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal
5 Pouches Betty Crocker cookie mix
2 Packs of Yoplait Delights
2 Packs of YoPlus Yogurt
2 Boxes Pillsbury Toaster Strudel
2 packages Wholly Guacamole
These are b1g1 free at Albertsons. You can use 2 $1.00 coupons from the paper which took them down to $.99 for both packages. If you used 1 double coupon you would get these for free.

Total Expense $52.01
Coupons -$27.26
Out of pocket expense = $24.75
Catalina coupon printed for $15.00 off next purchase.

Transaction 2
2 Boxes Cheerios
3 Boxes Golden Grahams
3 Boxes Trix
6 Packages of Knorr sides
2 Packages Yoplait Delights
2 Packages Yo Plus yogurt

Total Expenses $49.42
Coupons -$31.58
Catalina from last transaction -$15.00
Total out of pocket expense $2.84
Catalina coupon for $15.00 off next purchase printed

Transaction 3
2 Bottles of 7th Generation Laundry Detergent

Total Expenses = $21.72
Coupons -$2.00
Catalina from last transaction -$15.00
Total out of pocket expense $4.72

I had planned on getting some other items but Albertsons was out of them. Thankfully I had all of my coupons with me and was able to change my shopping list a bit.

Safeway
I am not going to list out everything I bought because it would take up many pages. In total I bought 133 items at Safeway and paid $$131.05 out of pocket. When I got home I realized I was over charged for the batteries and was not given an item for free that I had a coupon for.

A things I was reminded of today:
- Always bring all of your coupons with you. You never know what is going to be out of stock or you may find a great deal while in the store.
- I found Oil of Olay lotion on sale for $2.99 at Safeway today. I had a $3.00 off coupon from the paper and was able to get 2 bottles of Oil of Olay lotion for free.

-Always look for mail in rebate tags on items.
-I found 2 items today that had full mail in rebate stickers or tags attached to them. I was able to match these with coupons I had to make money on the items.

-If you get a cashier that is really great about coupons make sure you thank them.
- I had two cashiers today at Albertsons that were amazing. They were really happy to take my coupons and got excited to see how much savings I was able to get. I am going to refrain from talking about the other stores cashier because it was not the same experience.