This is what we call the essentials - Costco. Of course, no coupons - rarely - and not on this trip.

I cook a lot from scratch - and just happens that I ran out of a lot of my "staple" spices - so I sent DH to Costco - and he did very well sticking to the list (mostly) - the stuff he got is acceptable to our budget as he uses them as snacks to keep at his desk at work rather than hitting the vending machine. Pretty much he got about $50 more stuff than I was expecting -...

Publix: 1/12/2008

Merchandise Purchased: $8.35
Savings: $0.00
OOP: $8.35

Seems fresh fruit and veggies are hard to find coupons for.

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Year To Date:

Merchandise Purchased: $293.28
Savings: $231.41
OOP: $37.25

CVS: 1/12/2008

Total: $77.86
Coupons/Sale: $77.63
OOP: $0.23
Rebate: $29.99
ECB's: $5.00

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Year To Date:

Merchandise Purchased: $284.93
Savings: $231.41
OOP: $28.90

Shopping: CVS
1/8/2008

Total: 117.90
Coupons/Sale: 104.61

OOP: 13.29
ECB's: $24.00
Rebate: 29.99
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Year To Date:

Merchandise Purchased: $207.07
Savings: $153.78
OOP: $28.67

Ok, here goes:

1/8/2008

My 1st shopping trip for the new year began at Winn-Dixie:

Total: $89.17
Coupons/Sale: $49.17
GC: $25.00

OOP: $15.38