Weekly Shopping Trip---Savings $63.50

I had my shopping intentions set of doing some stockpiling this week, but I got stopped in my tracks by my hubby.  He looked at the freezer and the pantry shelves and exclaimed that they were too full!  I don't have any pics to show you but it is safe to say that they are no where near as full as what they were almost a year ago!!  I am doing alot better with restraining myself, however, he thinks that we need to pull back more in how much we keep on our shelves.   So it is back to finding a happy medium in what is acceptable levels of a stockpile. 

So this week, despite the fact that there was some great deals, I refrained from getting the majority of them!  I still went shopping but had a bit of a different focus--getting items that we needed and not worrying about adding to our stockpile. The only coupon I used was for my hubby's new insoles for his work shoes.  So as you can see from my savings total, I shopped the sales this week for my savings. 

Here is a breakdown of my trip..  

Family Fare(1st trip):

• 2 Snickers bars $1.00
• 8 boxes 8ct Poptarts $14.00

Total: $17.22

Total OOP: $15.00

Total Savings: $2.22

Family Fare(2nd trip):

• 10.98lbs whole chicken $8.46 (2 wholes @ 77¢/lb!)
• 3 bags Fritos chips $7.00
• 1 head lettuce $1.29
• 1# California strawberries $1.88
• 1 bag 61-70ct shrimp $4.99
• 3 cans tuna $2.00
• 4-64oz Indian Summer apple juice $7.00 (used a raincheck!)

Total: $52.35

Total OOP: $32.62

Total Savings $23.49

Meijer: 

• Dr. Scholls insoles $8.99
• shoe laces $1.59
• 2 bottles Meijer multi vitamin $12.99
• 2 bottles Meijer kids multi vitamin $16.94
• 6 candy bars $2.22
• 6 Reeses cup eggs $2.04
• 4 boxes Capri Sun $7.56

Total: $90.87

Total OOP: $53.08

Total Savings: $37.79 (Meijer Promotions $4.26; Non-cpn savings: $31.53; cpn savings: $2.00)

Grand Total: $164.20

Grand Total OOP: $100.70

Grand Savings Total: $63.50

For more savings stories head over to MoneySavingMom's Super Saturday Savings or to BeCentsAble's Centsable Savings Stories.