Saturday Savings Roundup, Week of January 19
{What I Needed + Stockpiling}
This was a great week for stockpiling on rock-bottom priced (or Fuh-REE!) items at the Kroger Mega Savings Event. I rocked that sale:
Spent: $75.30
Saved: $115.10, or 60%
For the full breakdown of the coupons I used, click over to my Let's Go Krogering! post where I list 'em all for you. And while you're there, add your own link to my weekly Let's Go Krogering! feature if you rocked the deals at your Kroger this week.
I also hit Walgreens to load up on goodies for the family get-together we have planned on Sunday for our son's third birthday. The RR deals at Walgreens this week are high dollar ones meaning it was a great stockpiling event, too.
My transactions:
Spent: $28.12
Saved: $56.66, or 67%
For the full breakdown of the (3) transactions with the coupons I used, go read my Walgreens 1/19 - 1/24: Get Your Party ON! post here.
And, can I confess? Although I told you here in this post how *unabashedly* Kroger-loyal I am, I made a quick run last Friday night to Meijer. I caught a look at my friend Andrea's post about the sweet 10 for $10, 11th Item FREE sale at Meijer and saw a LOT of great coupon matchups for stockpile items. Add to that the rock bottom prices Meijer was running on fresh produce (blueberries for $1.00!) and I knew it would be well worth my time to make a quick run over to Meijer.
No pictures (it was SO late!); here's the breakdown on money spent/saved.
Spent: $28.54
Saved: $32.54, or 53%
~~~Weekly Totals~~~
With my *extra-curricular* trip to Meijer last Friday night, I came in quite a bit over my $100 budget; that's ok with me. I budget for the month, not for the week. As long as I break even for the month, I'm satisfied.
What aiming for a monthly budget total allows me to do is to spend a bit more during weeks when the best sales occur, sales with items at rock-bottom prices that I can stockpile. Right now, my freezer and pantry are loaded with goodies; all I really need to buy next week are a few perishable items and I'll be good to go!
Total Spent: $131.96
Total Saved: $204.30, or 61%
How'd you do saving at the stores this week? Share your success in a comment!
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Everytime I read how much you saved, I get depressed because we have no Kroger. :( We don't have much of anything around here in fact.
ReplyDeleteWe have Brookshires and Walmart. Or, if I drive an extra 40 miles, there are Albertson's and HEB.
*sigh*
A Cowboy's Wife: You can still save some $$ at Wal-Mart with coupons. Go visit my friend Andrea@Mommysnacks; she does a coupon match for Walmart each week. So does my bloggy buddy Denise@TheCentsibleSawyer.
ReplyDeleteAlso, if you go visit the Grocery Gathering at BeCentsAble.net, you'll see there are (2) bloggers who cover the deals at Brookshires. You should find good coupon matchups with them, too!
Hope that helps!
Thank you:) I appreciate you referring me.
ReplyDeleteI'll go check that out but I'm still gonna watch your Kroger posts and pray that one comes close to me one of these days!