My Shopping Trips

Last night’s grocery shopping trip is a prime example of why you should always plan a grocery list before heading to the store…

Jesse stopped at Dillon’s last night to pick up a few things so we could grill out. He didn’t have a list and I hadn’t gone over the ad much, but I thought the Pace Salsa was supposed to be $0.99 per jar after the Mega Event discount, so I told him to pick up 10 jars. After he got home, I realized that they were $1.49 each after the Mega Event discount.

He misread the signs on the Vitamin Water/Tea and didn’t realize he had to buy in multiples of 10 to get the Mega Event discount, so instead of getting those for $0.50 each, he paid $1 each.

We had grocery money left for March and he’s gotten plenty of great deals through the years {and hey, he was kind enough to stop by the store!} so it really wasn’t a big deal.

{He told me to just tell you all that he screwed up on the shopping trip. But it was partially my fault for not reading the ad more carefully, so I take half the blame for the screwed up shopping trip! Instead of being frustrated, we both just decided to laugh about it–life’s too short to get frustrated over the little things, anyway!}

Here’s what he ended up buying:

2.11 lbs. bananas — $0.93
2.14 lbs. bananas — $0.95
Gold Peak Tea — $1.38 (not shown)
4 bottles of Vitamin water — $1 each (not shown)
10 jars of Pace salsa — $1.49 each
Green leaf lettuce — $1.89/head (not shown)
Hamburger Buns — $3.35
5 ears of corn — $2
Tomatoes — $3.19

Total with tax: $34.97

In more positive grocery shopping news, I stopped by the health food store today and picked up some apples and pears that were $0.99 per pound. I love it when I can find beautiful fruit for $0.99/lb. or less!

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I ran into Dillon’s last night and picked up the following:

1 loaf Iron Kids Bread — used a free coupon that Jessica gave me when I saw her two weeks ago. (I’ll use this to make homemade croutons.)

1 single-serve Silk PureAlmond drink — $1, used $0.55/1 coupon (doubled) that my friend Stacie emailed me about making this free after the coupon doubled. I just checked and it looks like it’s no longer available. Bummer.

5 packages of bone-in chicken breasts priced at $0.99 per lb.

Total with tax: $22.53

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We made a quick run to the health food store and Aldi today. Here’s what we bought:

Tuesday’s Shopping Trip

Health Food Store

4 bags of organic oranges marked down to $0.99 each!

Total with tax: $4.25

Aldi

2 bags of spinach — $1.69 each
1 gallon of milk — $2.82
1 tub artisan lettuce — $1.99
6 avocados — $0.29 each
1 head cauliflower — $0.99
1 bag sweet onions — $1.49
1 bag baby carrots — $0.99
3 multi-colored peppers — $2.69
1 package of kiwi — $1.69
2 bags of bananas — $1.21 + $1.29

Total with tax: $21.76

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I made a quick run to Dillon’s tonight with Kathrynne to take advantage of the Mega 10 event. Here’s what we bought:

10 cans of Hunt’s tomatoes — $0.49 each after Mega 10 discount, used 2 $0.40/2 coupons (doubled), used 2 $0.60/3 coupons (“doubled” to $1 0ff) = averaged out to $0.13 per can after coupons

6 half gallons of Blue Diamond Almond Milk — $1.99 each after Mega 10 discount, used 6 $0.55/1 blinkie coupons (“doubled” to $1 off) = $0.99 per half gallon after coupons. (There are also $1/2 coupons available here.)

4 boxes of Mom’s Best Cereal — $0.99 each after Mega 10 discount, used 2 $1/2 Mom’s Best coupons = $0.49 per box after coupons

Total with tax: $10.40

See the full list of deals at Dillon’s this week here.

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