Trip to Price Chopper:

Sierra Mist 1.49 (thirsty)
Post honey bunches w/chocolate cereal 3.49-$2q=1.49
(4)Dreamfield pasta 1.99ea-1.00q doubled = FREE
Yoplait Yo-plus yogurt 2.69-$1q doubled=.69
Hebrew National hotdogs 4.59-$1q doubled=2.59
ICBINB spray 1.25-.50q doubled = .25
4C iced tea 2.99 - B1G1 = FREE
Lipton caramel pyramid tea 3.29 - free q = FREE
Kraft live active cheese 2.99-$1 q doubled = .99
Kraft live active...

scentednights2002

This week we budgeted $40 for clothing for the kids - especially DD who is basically down to just 2 pairs of good pants because the knees have worn out most of the others (she's much harder on her clothes than both boys put together). So we headed out to a children's consignment shop hoping to find some bargains. I'd never been to this store before and was quite disappointed in the prices. The pants were all priced at $6 or more. Tops were about $4 and upwards. I did find a cute little Gymboree...

Carolina Momma

8 Beech Nut Stage 2 baby foods
6 Beech Nut DHA+ baby foods
2 Butoni pasta
1 Muir Glen diced tomatoes (FREE!)

Total oop: $7.85
Total savings: $10.83

Carolina Momma

Kroger

5 Softsoap hand soaps
4 Nestle Milk Shakes (FREE!)

Total oop: $1.76
Total savings: $13.76

As everyone else was stocking up on milk and eggs for the impending snow (yes, the threat of 1-4 inches of snow is enough to send North Carolinians to the grocery store en masse ) I was getting free Nestle and .30 hand soaps!

Lowes

2 Horizon Organic Whole milks
2 White House apple juices

Total...

Carolina Momma

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 -...

jkmur827