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On the 22nd I made two trips. One to Big Lots where I got an 8 pack of paper towels, 3 packs of bagels ($1 each!), 2 candy bars, 2 Clif bars, and one box of Sour punch bits. Odd, I know.

Total at Big Lots: $11.74

On the 22nd I also went to Food City where I got the following:
-3 boxes of Kashi Heart to Heart cereal ($2.50 each and I had $1.50 off coupons for each box. $1 is an UNHEARD OF price for Kashi!)
-1 box Dunkin' Sticks
-1 box Honey Buns
-1 box Oatmeal cream pies
-1 box Devil creams (those were each $1, much cheaper than Little Debbie)
-Tortilla chips
-2 gallons water
-Angel soft bath tissue
-Tide ($10.99...GOD. I did have a $1 off coupon)
-Bounce
-2 boxes of tissue

Total spent at Food City: $33.73

Saturday I went to Target to get some items for a baby shower I was hosting. I'll won't list the things I bought as gifts, but I will list the paper goods, etc. that I purchased for the party:
-Febreeze Air effects
-2 Drano
-Mr. Clean Magic Eraser
-2 Lays Stax
-8 boxes Chex Mix bars
-2 Right Bites
-3 bags Chex Mix
-1 2liter Diet Dr. Pepper
-1 2liter Dr. Pepper
-Bag of ice
-Plastic forks
-Plastic cups
-Napkins
-Plastic Plates

Total was $47.36 for those items, but I had two $10 gift cards, so I'm calling my total $27.36.


Today I made two trips. First trip was to Food City. I got:
-6 Boxes Hamburger helper (these were on sale for $1 each and I had two $1 off coupons. Total I paid was $4 or 67 cents each)
-3 Pillsbury Cinammon rolls ($1 each and I had a 75 cents off coupon. Total cost was $2.25 or 75 cents each)
-13 Smart Ones (I had $3 off when you buy 10 and 3 Free flatbread coupons so my total was $17 for the 13 or $1.31 each)

Total spent at Food City $29.31. I saved $37.68

Then I went to Kroger. The sales have been kind of boring lately at Kroger, but I did get some good deals.
-5 gallons water
-2 Breyers yogurts (disadvantage of shopping with kids)
-Mission Tortillas
-1 Kroger french fries
-1 gallon skim milk
-3 Hershey's Almond bars
-3 Hershey's Special dark (free)
-1 twin-pack Red Baron pizza
-1 California Pizza kitchen pizza
-1 Freschetta Pizza
-3 Kandoo wipes ($1.79 each and I had $1 off coupons for each one. Yay for cheap wipes!)
-2 Pillsbury Cinammon rolls ($1 each and I had a Shortcuts coupon for 40 cents off, plus a paper coupon for 40 cents off, which doubled. Final cost was 80 cents or 40 cents each)
-1 Johnson and Johnson Baby Powder ($2...didn't need, but will need)
-Dannon Smoothies ($1 after coupon)
-1 pack Kroger hashbrowns
-2 Met-Rx bars ($1.34 total after coupons, or 67 cents each)
-3 Ortega taco seasoning mixes
-1 Ortega taco shell
-Bakery rolls
-2 Budding Turkey
-1 Budding ham (These were a great deal...they were $2.50 each and I had a $1 off coupon for each one. They were 12oz.)
-Wesson vegetable oil ($2.50 and I had a 50 cents off coupon, which doubled so I paid $1.50 for 48oz of vegetable oil. Cheap!)
-Kroger provolone cheese
-Kroger ground beef ($8 for a 5lb package)
-Two Grillmates marinades (free after coupons)
-Diet Citrus soda (12 pk)

I spent $60.04 and saved $44.11.


Total spent: $162.18
Total spent in 2010: $2057.10
Remaining annual balance: $3142.90