Thursday, February 11, 2010

Don't Think Couponing is Worth it? Think Again!

What can you buy with $100, a stack of coupons, some CVS Extra Care Bucks, and $5 in Walgreens Register rewards? I spent just under $100 of my January 2010 $150 grocery budget ($51.46 to spare) and this is what I bought:

Dairy/Frozen:
2 - Friendship sour creams
5 - Valio Real Goodness Milk Pints
3 - Mini Baybel cheese packs
2 - Egg Beaters
10 - Breakstone Cottage Cheese Doubles
1 - Friendship Cottage Cheese
5 - Packages of Perdue Flavor Bites
15 - Healthy Choice /Frozen Meals
1 - Box of Farm Fresh French Toast Sticks
4 - World Classic Coffee Drink 4 packs
1 - Package of (Fresh)Chicken Drumsticks
1 - (Fresh)Roaster Chicken
1 - Digiorno Pizza
1 - Package of Big Y eggs
2 - International Delight Creamer
2 - Bags of Sargento Shredded Cheese
1 - Package of Alouette Brie
1 - Kashi Chicken Rustico Pocket
2 - Farm Rich Panini/Quesadillas
2 - TGIF Appetizers
2 - Boxes of French Toast Sticks

Produce:
2 - Apples
3 - Bananas
1 - 1lb Bag of Carrots
3 - Olivia's Salads
1 - Bag of Grapefruit
2 - Bags of Fresh Express Salad

Cleaning Etc:
1 - Cascade Pure Essence Gel Pack Dishwasher Detergent
7 - Glade Fabric Refreshener Sprays (@ $3.99, get 3 ECB)= $3.99
8 - Oust Sprays
5 - All Laundry Detergents
4 - Glade Fragrance Collection Candles

Etc:
1 - Valentines Bag
2 - Highlighters
1 - Candy Necklace

Pantry:
2 - Packages of Chips Ahoy Cookies
4 - Bags of Chex Mix
2 - Toblerone Chocolates
4 - Large Bags of Hershey's Chocolate
9 - Small Bags of Hershey's Chocolate
1 - Box of Cupcake Mix
1 - Container of Big Y Coffee
1 - Package of Chinet Hot Cups
1 - Package of Rothbury Farms Croutons
6 - Cans Snow's Clam chowder
4- Healthy Choice Soups
1 - Loaf of Italian Bread
1 - Large Container of Honey
3 - Stop & Shop brand cat foods
3 - Fruit 2 O 6 packs
4 - Fruit 2 O singles
2 - Bottles of Ocean Spray Grapefruit Juices
2 - Starkist Tunas
1 - Musselman's Applesauce
1 - Box of Wheatables
1 - Container of Bakery Cookies
5 - Pepsi Throwbacks 20 oz bottles
1 - Package of coffee filters
1 - Bag of Value Time Sugar
1 - Bag of Bagels
1 - Package of English Muffins
1 - Bag of Oyster Crackers
1 - Idahoan Potatoes
3 - Bags/Boxes of Cereal
5 - Bags Quaker Quakes
4 - Assorted Juices (Apple, V8, Grapefruit)
4 - McCormicks Grinders
1 - Package of Unsalted peanuts (squirrel food)
4 - Cans Campbell's Tomato Soups
3 - Cans Progresso Vegetable soups
13 - Boxes of Ronzoni Smart Taste Pasta
1 - Bag of No Yolk Egg Noodles
1 - Arnold's Sandwich Thins
2 - Bags Gold Emblem Almonds
2 - Pepsi 2L Bottles
2 - Boxes of Soy Joy Bars
6 - Bags of Stacey's Pita Chips
2 - Pepsi 12 Packs
1 - Bag of Lays Chips
6 - Bags of Tostitos
3 - Jars Tostitos Salsa/Queso

Health & Beauty:
1 - Bottle of Tums
1 - Lumene Vit C Face Cream
2 - Blink Eye Drops
9 - Lip Glosses
1 - Blush
1 - Mascara
1 - Eyeshadow
3 - Boxes of Hair Color
1 - Crave RX Diet Spray
1 - Package of Cleansing Cloths
3 - Eyeliner Pencils
3 - Shampoo/Conditioners (Assorted)
2 - Large Packages of Huggies Wipes
1 - Nail Polish
4 - Bronzers
2 - Ivory Soap 3 packs

***Want to learn more about my $150 monthly grocery budget? Click here!


5 gave me some sugar:

Lisa B. said...

You did an outstanding job!

AStarrA said...

Awesome! (Can you come shop for me?) :)

katy said...

Wow! I want to be like you. I'll give you $100.00 to shop for me.

JusFrugal said...

Great January shopping!

Anonymous said...

Amazing! I pulled what I like to call a "Lindsay" at CVS the other day and then forced Jimi to sit and watch as I explained how I did it. You would appreciate it much more! :) Love ya Frug and Fab.

-Melissa