Classes on Thursday - You are Welcome to come!

I have 3 Grocerysmart classes scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, May 29th. 2 of which are at my home and anyone is welcome to come.

One is at 10:00 a.m. Moms with little kids are bringing them to play outside.

The other one is at 9:30 PM - this class has worked well also.

I am teaching a class at 7:00 PM and I know my friend wouldn't mind more visitors, so if that one suits you let me know.

Leave a comment and I'll check periodically - those who have my number, give me a ring!

Macey's Does a Checkbook Good!

I haven't been to Macey's for ages. I went today and got some great deals! I purchased other items not listed. These were just the coupon buys.

Subtotal: $37.48
Total Savings from Coupons: ($27.00)
Total Cost $10.48

6 pkg Farmland link sausage $.25 * 4 cans Bush's Baked Beans $.50 * 7 46oz jars Nalley Dill Pickles $.79 * 5 Solo Paper Plates & Bowls $.29

Smith's

I dropped by Smith's in Brigham City last night to pick up a lunch item for today (Kindergarten field trip - my last one) and when I walked in the Coke products greeted me. I had been interested in this deal but not large enough to make a special trip, but here I was. We are much soda drinkers (a coke for a headache and Tim likes Dr. Pepper after a 20+ mile run) but I was excited to see the pink lemonade and orangeade on sale also.

5 - 12 packs $12 - that's $2.40 a pack,

$.20 a can plus 2 free boxes of Cheez-its

Last Minute at Albertsons - better hurry

Phew! I barely made it. Last week was SSOOO busy I didn't get to the grocery store, but as fate would have it, it was a bonus! Sunday, May 18th, paper had some coupons that added to this week's deals!

I bought a lot of laundry detergent yesterday. I am not accustomed to using liquid but I am now going to be for a while. My sister-in-law says ALL works really well.

Price Comparison:
Tide (at Sam's) $27.49 for 180 loads = $.15 a load
ALL Small and Mighty (at Albertsons w/coupon) $1.00 for 32 loads = $.03 a load
ALL x2 (at Albertsons with coupon) $1.50 for 32 loads = $.04 a load
If you don't have coupons from 4/20 it would be 2.00 a bottle (after spending $15) = $.06 a load - still a great deal.

I won't lie to you - this weeks took me an hour and a half to get my list and coupons clipped (printer problems didn't help any).

They didn't have everything I wanted. You might want to call the store of your choosing and see if they have the main items in stock (ie ALL, Ken's dressing, Lawry's) I'm going to try a different store today for the items they didn't have at Layton.

Here is what I got:

Subtotal: $316.69
Preferred Savings: ($196.83)
Coupons: ($47.30)
Total Cost: $72.56 A total savings of $244.13

12 Lawrys Marinade $.17 * 5 Wishbone Salad Dressing $.63 * 6 Best Foods Mayo $1.27 * 2 Knorr Pasta Sides $.30 * 6 Ken's Salad Dressing FREE * 2 Snuggle Fab Softener $1* 11 ALL Small & Mighty $1 * 4 ALL 2x Detergent $1 * 16 Tic Tacs $.23 * 4 7UP 2 liters $.50 * 1 Breyers Individual $1 * 2 Breyers Icecream $2 * 4 S&W Black Beans $.50 * 1 Bertolli Olive Oil $4.01 * 1 Lawrys Seasoning Salt $1 * 1 Planters Trail Mix $1 * 2 Lipton Onion Soup Mix $.67 * 1 pair polka dot flip flops $6.99

I use Wishbone Italian Salad dressing in a favorite pasta salad recipe and 7up in chicken/turkey marinades for the summer BBQs. Hopefully all those other marinades will come in handy for BBQs as well. Best Foods is a staple in the Petersen clan (my family) and the Tic Tacs will probably be found in Emi's B-day take home bag this summer. A for the black beans, I am using them in my Black Bean Hummus I am making for my dinner group. Check out the recipe on my dinner group blog.

91 Boxes of Cereal on the Wall

91 boxes of cereal for only $5.46

This is my trophy purchase so far. . .

I've been wanting to post my photo and haven't had time. This was a sale a month ago at Albertsons. 7 Boxes for $4.00 and then I had a coupon for $4 off of 4 boxes. All I had to pay was $.42 tax. It was one of those sales where you had to pay after each group of 7. I unfortunately didn't have any cash. 13 Transactions later, I was joyfully driving home. . .

I was so proud. Tim was even bragging to people about me. Well, when one's head gets a little enlarged, BEWARE!

I purchased these items on payday and you know how sometimes it takes a day for the check to "process". To make a long, dreary story short - I had no money in my account. The following week I got 13 notices in my mail. I had been charge $18.00 for EACH $.42 transaction (luckily they paid Albertsons). AAAHHHH! $196.00 later.

I regretfully phoned Tim (that is the really scary part). He was actually really good about it. I think he was in shock. He took care of me. He talked with a branch manager from our credit union that just happened in his office. She thought the story was so funny; she went right back to her office and refunded all the fees. PHEW.

This week at Albertsons!!

Subtotal: $217.48
Preferred Savings: ($172.75)
Coupons: ($46.95)
Total Cost: $44.78 A total savings of $172.70

2 Breyer Icecream $2.77 * 3 Nabisco Snack Sacks * 2 Fruity Cheerios $.25 * 2 Lucky Charms $.45 * 4 Fruit Snacks $.70 * 1 Fiber One Bars $1.00 * 1 Cookie Mix $.50 * 24 variety of Golden Grahams, Cocoa Puffs Reeses Puffs, Cookie Crisp,& Kix Cereal $.50 * 6 Chex Mix $.50 * 12 Yoplait Yogurts $.32 * 2 Dove Chocolates $1.25 * 2 Hershey Bliss $1.25 * 2 Lunchables $1.38 * 1 Deli Creation $.75 * Oscar Meyer Hotdogs $1.50

I have extra Dove (buy one get one free) and Hershey coupons and Yoplait coupons