So we are doing fairly well on our “Living off the Land” challenge, 13 days in – $48.25 spent on groceries alone including today’s shopping trip. However we did eat out tonight. Tonight, yes it was one of those days. I didn’t sit down until about 3:30pm today and even then it was to sit down and work. When my husband got home at 5pm it set in that I had completely forgotten about dinner, you see lunch happened so late as it was I didn’t even realize it was 5pm. One of those days. So Little Ceasers came to our very cheap rescue. How are you doing, are you finding the challenge, well… as challenging as I am?
I did a quick shopping trip tonight at Safeway, there are a few really good deals. I got 8lbs of meat for $9.92 (chicken and ham!)
Coupon Deals –
Safeway Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast $1.69 lb (limit 2)
Sold in a 4lb Bag
Use $1/1 Safeway Coupon Link loaded to your club card
Final Price: $5.56 or $1.44 per pound!
Quaker Granola Bars – $0.99ea (limit 3)
$0.55/1 Quaker Chewy Granola Bars, exp. 2-13-10 (RP #2 1/3/10)
$1/2 Quaker Bars Printable Coupon
Final Price: As low as $0.44 per box
Quaker Quakes Rice Snacks 5/$5
$0.75/1 Quaker Rice and Multigrain Snack, exp. 2-28-10 (RP 01/10/10)
Final Price: $0.25 ea – HOT Price!
Craisins – BOGO @ $2.99ea
Used a Buy 1 Craisins get a 100 Calorie 6 Ct Bag Free coupon from a Sunday Parade Insert (can’t remember the date)
Final Price: $3.00 for all 3
Ocean Spray Juice – 2/$5 – Ouch!
Used a Tearpad Coupon for a FREE 6ct Bag of Grapefuit wyb 2 Ocean Spray Juices
Final Price: $5.00 for all 3, not too bad and I really wanted grapefruit ($2.99 without coupon)
Clearance Finds!
Ham – $2.18 ea after extra 50% off
They are 2lbs ea, so basically $1 per pound, I’ll be sharing on my family’s favorite recipes using this ham soon!
Pampers Easy-Ups – $6.00
Used $2/1 from teh 12/27 P&G Insert
Final Price: $4.00 for a huge pack!
Total OOP – $23.74 (minus $4.00 for the Pampers – not included in my challenge totals)
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I can’t believe you got diapers for $4. I’m so impressed!
(re: deals at Safeway)… Oddly enough, I just started to really cost-compare between the stores I now shop at: Safeway, TraderJoes, 99Ranch, SeafoodCity and 99cent-only… I almost didn’t buy half/half at TJs thinking Safeway *must* have a better deal. To my dismay, Safeway’s prices were 2X (yes, twice) TJs price on a pint of half/half (and the TJs should be “better” with no growth hormone). Whipping cream was also 2X the price. Salad greens were also 2X the price (but with a BOGO deal, it evened out). I know TJs can be more expensive on the convenience-packaged things, but I was either (1) amazed at Safeway’s price increases or (2) TJs hidden low prices… and so far, I’ve been really impressed with the price of produce at both 99Ranch and Seafood City — sometimes 1/2 of Safeway… I’m thinking twice before heading to Safeway again — and then only sticking to the super-deals.
The quaker coupon on redplum says that it is for quaker “true delights” or “fiber and omega 3″ bars only… but the picture you have shows the regular ones, did it work for u?
I didn’t use that one, I used the one from the Sunday paper the coupon says good on ANY Quaker granola bar right? Even if the image doesn’t match up – the text is what you go by. I don’t have a copy in hand or I would check for you.
i dont have the $0.55 /1 one from the paper, i was looking at the $1/2 printable link above
Could you tell me which paper you’re buying on Sunday? Mine didn’t have several RP coupons that others seemed to have. I figured it was a regional thing, but I don’t have the Quaker coupons and I’m in the bay area too.
Susan, it was either the Contra Costa Times or the SF Chronicle, sorry I can’t be more helpful right now!
Great Job!! Wish i had a safeway by me!