I'm so tired, y'all! Seriously. I spent most of the afternoon making up a grocery list and clipping q's from inserts that I haven't clipped yet. It's exhausting, but rewarding. In the end, it was worth it. I ended up with this:
Yup... it's my first 'haul' photo in my new place! We live in an older house - probably about 50 years old or so. I love it! It's so beautiful. I know, I know, it's hardly frugal to live in an energy sucking house, but on the other hand it's hardly frugal to be spending twice as much in rent for a perfectly sealed one either. The table was frugal, at least. I had a yard sale while staying at my in-law's and their neighbor donated this table. I liked it much better than the rectangle one I had been using, so I got rid of that in favor of this. The tablecloth had been purchased almost 3 years ago on a trip to Wisconsin at the K-Mart Christmas clearance. I think I paid about $3 for Martha Stewart! Until now it had been used as a curtain. LOL
Back to the trip. I researched as much as I could with I Heart Kroger, Katy Couponers, Zeal for a Deal and Frugal Reality. I had missed a bunch of sweeeeeeeet deals like free hummus, but I scored on others like free liquid soap. I didn't bring my binder even though I needed some items that weren't on sale, but I definitely could've used coupons toward those items. I'm not too terribly upset, though. I'm more upset that I didn't realize I had 13 items from the current mega event instead of just 10. I guess I shouldn't be too upset. Five of those items were completely free, Mega Event or not.
Would you forgive me if I didn't break everything down? No? How about this:
Does that make you forgive me? No. :( Didn't think so. Here's the best I can do:
Regular Items
- 2 Kroger Beer & Cheddar brats $1.99 each
- 2 Yakisoba noodles on sale for $0.80, used 2 $0.50 coupons that fully doubled to $1.00 off!
- 3 Sunny D's $1.00, used 3 $0.25 off coupons that tripled, paid $0.75 for all 3
- Asparagus on sale for $1.99/lb, paid $1.93
- Broccoli crowns on sale for $1.00/lb, paid $0.83 (it didn't look super good therefore I only got 1)
- 2 Angel Soft Bath Tissue $1.00 each
- Mission Low Carb Fajita Tortillas $2.89
- Cat Litter $2.79
- Kroger Value Iced Oatmeal Cookies (been craving something sweet) $0.99
- 2 Jennie-O Ground Turkey marked down to $1.59 each
- Kroger Crackers $1.00
- 2 Big K 24 pack can soda $3.99 each
- Kroger Hot Dog Buns $1.00
- Kroger Deluxe American Slices $2.99
- Yoplait Yo Plus yogurt on clearance for $0.49/4 cartons
- Cat Chow Cat Food $3.00
- Dial Liquid Soap $1.00, used $0.35 off coupon that tripled and gave me $0.05 overage each
Mega Event items (prices before $5.00, or $0.50 each item, taken off):
- 4 Kids Cuisine Entrees $1.89 each, used some coupons, paid very little
- 3 Bird's Eye Frozen Vegetables $1.89 each, used buy a Steam Fresh vegetable get a sauce item free coupons, total of 6 for $5.67 or $0.95 each... but the cashier took the entire amount of 2.99 each off instead of $1.49 for 3 off essentially making them all FREE
- 2 Hungry Man Dinners $2.28 (used FaceBook coupon for $2.00 off)
- 1 Tombstone Pizza $2.49
Meal Deal
Buy this
- Kroger Fajita meat (I chose the beef over chicken) $8.99
Get this free
- Mission Tortillas
$1.00 - Eddy Sausage
$4.99 - Dole Shredded Lettuce
$1.69 - Kroger Potato Salad
$1.99
WIC Items:
- Sara Lee Bread $1.89
- Springdale White Milk $2.68
- Kroger Medium Eggs $0.88
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