Smith's just keeps giving us great sales!!

Smith's had a GREAT sale on several things last week--fortunately the sale is continuing on many of the items through this week--so get your coupons ready and go stock up!! It's been a while since there has been a really good cereal sale and with my baby coming soon, I wanted to stock up on what I could--my husband LOVES cereal and if he had the choice, he would live off of it completely!

Total Spent:  $59.39 

Plus I received $11.50 in catalinas to use on my next shopping trip!

Bought:  38 items 

Not including individual bananas and apples--I have about 6 bananas and 10 apples, 

making it 54 items.

Total Saved:  $107.23

What's in the picture?

10 LARGE boxes of cereal

5 fruit roll-ups/fruit by the foot (for every 5 you bought, you got a $3 catalina)

5 boxes of granola bars (for every 5 you bought, you got a $3.50 catalina)

5 16 oz. pkgs of Kraft cheese (for every 5 you bought, you got a $5 catalina)

1 peanut butter--it was the last one--they are on sale for $1/18 oz.

3 Sunny Delights--these were only $.53 each after the coupon!

3 Hamburger/Chicken Helpers

1 package of popcorn

1 London Broil family pack (5.3 lbs total)

a bunch of apples

a bunch of banans

2 lbs grapes

1 loaf of bread

I was quite pleased with this shopping trip because I got 3 smallish London Broils in the meat pack and quite a bit of produce.  I was REALLY pleased with the cheese sale--if you bought 5 Kraft cheese packages, you got a $5 catalina and we were about out of cheese from the last time I stocked up!  This sale is one where you buy certain items and for every 8 of those items, you get $4 off.  They are always really nice about counting to make sure you have even groups of 8 and they have never given me a hard time about coupons.

Okay, so I went back for more!!  

And it was a good thing too, because although they are having pretty much the same sale again this week, the Kraft cheese catalina has ended (catalinas have nothing to do with sales, but is a promo done by seperate companies--they are listed at the bottom of the shopping list on the individual grocerysmarts lists so you know when they are available).  And I just throw the packages of cheese in the freezer!  They freeze great!

Total Spent:  $31.99

I used my $11.50 in catalinas, and I got $7.50 more to use on my next shopping trip!

Bought:  30 items

Total Saved:  $70.06

What's in the Picture?

11 boxes cereal

3 boxes granola bars

1 package of nut clusters

5 16 oz packages of Kraft cheese

4 18 oz peanut butters

4 large yogurts

2 loaves bread

Yes, I know it's a TON of Golden Grahams, but that is one of my husbands FAVORITE cereals and it hasn't been on a good sale for a while!  And Trix is one of our kids' favorites--and they get a box for their birthday and on Christmas. It's great to be stocked up on cheese, yogurt, fruit roll-ups, granola bars, cereal,  & peanut butter (though I plan to get more of that this week for $1 each)!  Great way to start off the school year!

Smith's AWESOME Coupon Sale!!

Smith's had a "3-day coupon event" where all coupons for less than $1 automatically go through as $1.00!!!  They had a GREAT P&G promotion as well, and I even got several things free!

Total Spent:  $185.42

Bought:  110 Items 
This means the average cost was $1.69 per item--the only item that would not be around that price or more normally (except maybe at a gas station) would be the cans of tuna-fish.  All of the other items would generally be more than that and many of the items would be TONS more than that--I LOVE IT!!

Total Saved:  $205.56 

($85.52 in coupons--coupons really can pay off--they almost doubled the savings from the store's sale!)

The Details:

5 16-double roll packages of Charmin toilet paper ($4.99)

4 boxes Tide-146 oz. powder ($8.99)

2 cases Pampers wet-wipes ($7.49)

6 packages Pampers diapers ($5.99)

2 packages duracell batteries-20 count AAA & 4 count 9V ($7.99)

4 Scrubbing Bubbles Fantastic Spray ($2.09)

8 cans Dole pineapple ($.29)

3 cans Dole pineapple juice ($1.19)

4 boxes Honey Bunches cereal ($1.25)

4 Crest toothpaste (FREE)

15 cans Bumblebee tunafish ($.29)

2 Ivory Soap body washes (FREE)

2 3-packs Ivory bar soap (FREE)

2 Softsoap handsoap ($.50)

7 Dawn dish detergents ($.50)

2 32-count Cascade Packs ($3.99)

4 Deodorants (FREE)

7 Herbal Essences Shampoo/Conditioner ($.99)

4 Satin Care shave gels ($.89)

10 Yoplait Greek Yogurts ($.19)

5 Weber Grill Seasoning packets (FREE)

4 Gallons milk ($1.79)

2 dozen eggs ($.79)

2 loaves bread ($1.25)

I was really pleased as I put things away and had to really make room to fit it all in cupboards and food storage!  I have been working on trying to get stocked up on things well--aiming for that 1-year supply and trying to get ready for the baby. As I put things away, I realized that I have 1-year supply of soap, toothpaste, dish-soap, toothbrushes, floss, shampoo/conditioner--pretty much the bathroom needs.  I don't have a full year of toilet paper--I am not sure how much we actually use each month--but we have quite a bit--probably at least 4 months worth.  We also have at least 6 months worth of laundry detergent and 1 year of other laundry and cleaning supplies (bleach, fabric softener, stain removals, fabric sheets, pine-sol, toilet bowl cleaners, etc.)!  The best part about it all is that I haven't had to spend anything extra to get all of it!!  In-fact I spend half of what I used to on my groceries and household supplies--yet I get so much more!  That is why I LOVE grocerysmarts!!  Thank you grocerysmarts!