Shopping Day: 2 children, 3 stores, BIG savings!

Here are the results of my shopping trip today! I love to post my deals because it really motivates me to continue shopping strategically in order to spend our family's grocery money wisely. In addition, what originally inspired me to begin to shop this way was seeing other bloggers' shopping trip savings. So, I hope that seeing my deals (although they certainly aren't always amazing) is motivating to some of my readers as well!

I am always trying to incorporate more organic items into our menus. Although this can be a strain on the budget, shopping sales and using coupons makes it much more affordable!

Publix

Items Purchased:
2 - Kashi Organic Cereal (Sale - $2.50/each)
1 - Organic Valley Milk (Sale - $3.50)
1 - Organic Romaine Hearts (Sale - $2.99)
1 lb - Organic Strawberries (Sale - $2.99 - not pictured)
1 - Cucumber (Sale - $.75 - not pictured)
1.58 lb - Bananas ($1.09)
2 - Smuckers Jelly (BOGO - $3.19)
4 - Classico Pasta Sauce (Sale - $2.00/each)
4 - Publix Chocolate Chips (50% off - $.99/each)
4 - Birds Eye Frozen Broccoli Florets (50% off - $1.09/each)
4 - Birds Eye Frozen Green Peas (50% off - $.89/each)
1 - Birds Eye Frozen Green Beans (50% off - $.89)

Coupons Used:
2 - $1/1 Kashi Cereal Q's (Go Organic Booklet)
1 - $1/1 Organic Valley IPQ (HERE or HERE)
2 - $1/1 Smuckers Target IPQ
4 - $1/1 Classico Target IPQ
3 - $1/3 Birds Eye Veggies IPQ's
1 - $3/$15 CVS IPQ

Regular Price Total: $64.85
- $ 24.66 (sales)
- $ 15.00 (coupons)
Total Out-of-Pocket: $25.19


Saved 62%



Walmart

Items Purchased:
1 - Earths Best Organic Applesauce 6pk ($2.38)
1 - 10 lb bag potatoes ($5.97)
1 - 1lb cheddar cheese ($4.88)
1 - Nature's Own Organic Bread ($2.78)
2 - Elmers Glue Stick 2pks ($.22/each)
3 - Kraft KoolAid Lemonade ($.20/each)
1 - Family Size Wheat Thins ($3.48)

Coupons Used:
1 - $.55/1 Nature's Own Bread (newspaper insert)
1 - $3.48 - FREE Wheat Thins when you buy 3 Kraft/Nabisco/Oscar Mayer products (tearpad @ Publix)

Regular Price Total: $20.53
- $4.03 (coupons)
Total Out-of-pocket: $16.50

Saved 20%



Office Depot

Items Purchased:
20 - Pocket Folders ($.01/each)
5 - Rulers ($.01/each)
5 - Eraser 12-packs ($.01/each)
1 - Protractor ($.01)
2 - Highlighter 6-pack ($.99/each)

Regular Price Total: $23.72
Total Out-of-Pocket: $2.46
(including tax)


Saved 90%

Weekly Totals...

Regular Price: $109.10

Out-of-Pocket: $44.15

Saved 60% Overall!