Albertsons 12-16-10

Here's what I purchased this week at Albertsons. I was planning on going back with my double Albertsons coupons for some really cheap cheese, but when I got home I realized someone had accidently thrown my double coupons away! :( I can't find them anywhere, so that's what must have happened to them. I'm still happy, though. I have TONS of pasta and aluminum foil now. I easily have enough pasta for 6 month-1year. I'm probably going to donate some of it, though.

Total before coupons, etc.: $92.48
Total after savings: $36.04
Plus, I got two catalinas for my next trip with: $4.50
My savings excluding the catalinas was: 61%

Not bad. Not bad at all. I still want to get my savings up to about 65%, but I'll get there. Unfortunately, I haven't been at this long enough to have all of the stuff that I need for meals stockpiled so I'm still having to pay full price for tons of stuff. Also, I don't have groceries purchased for my husband's birthday on Wed. or our Christmas meal on Fri. which means I'll be spending a rather large chunk of change this week on those meals.

P.S. This is post #94 post #100 will have a great GIVEAWAY! Don't miss it.

Coupons!

I don't know if any of you do coupons, but I was searching for coupon blogs over in this area of the States and came across a few good ones.

My SLC Mommy

Utah Deal Diva

Crazy Colorado Coupons

Babe with a Budget - Not sure where she is located

Bargain Blessings - This one is my fave.

I love that she includes a rating system. The only bummer is that she doesn't do Smith's/Kroger.

At this point I'm only doing e-coupons. I just don't have the patience for anything else. Hopefully, these blogs will help someone, though!

I tried my luck at shopping with coupons on Monday and here is what I bought:

Here is what I payed:
$3.96 (including $1 Smith's Cash)

Not bad. I didn't purchase any newspaper to get the coupons, either! So, this was a really great deal.