Awesome Hy-Vee shopping!

Did I mention I LOVE to find bargains?  Tonight was a good one at Hy-Vee-beat of all, the sale goes on through Tuesday, so you can go stock up, too!
Let me tell you what I got and then you can guess at what I spent(hint...my husband was pretty far off!)
My list:
2 Apple-Cinnamon cheerios
2 Cookie Crunch cereals
2 Honey Nut cheerios
3 cans Hy-vee creamed corn
36-pack hard taco shells
3  Midwest Fare spaghetti sauce
1 six-pack Musselman's applesauce
2 pkg. Ball Park franks
3 sixteen oz shredded mozzerrella cheese
And the total was.......


$18.60  :)  AND....I got a $6.00 coupon for my next shopping trip!!!

This was a great week for cereal--just grab their weekly ad and there is a coupon for $10 off the purchase of 6 General Mills cereals.  Hopefully you have some manufacturer's coupons for these cereals, because you can use them , too!  Then, at the end of your check-out, they should hand you a $6.00 coupon with your receipt--if they don't, ask them, I have noticed some cashire's just throw them away~~tsk, tsk!!!
I had some good deals from last week, but I want to keep this current, so you guys can take advantage of the good deals out there.
Just an example, last week I spent $46.80 at Cub foods and saved $18.16~total savings=28%
Also, another Cub food trip--a savings of $22.80, which was a 44% savings!!!
Another great trip to Walgreen's: spent $7.79 and saved $19.30(that was a good one, even the cashier was impressed!)
So, hopefully, you can see how easy it is to save ALOT of money-one of these times i will put up come of my favorite coupons/sample sites, so you can start saving, too!!!!!

Grocery shopping

So many of you know that I have a 13 year old garbage disposal(really, my son Zach!) that can eat anyone out of house and home.  I never knew that saying was really true until he turned 13!
Our grocery bills could really get out of control if I let them, so that is why I scour the grocery ads and stock up on all the sale items I can!  I think I am getting pretty good at it and would like to share my recent trip to Hy-Vee.  Keep in mind that I rarely buy anything that isn't on sale, except milk-gotta have our AE products no matter what!
12 pk Hy Vee pop reg $2.50
can deposit .60
2 twin packs Hamberger Helper $3.76
2 Right Guard Sport deodorant $3.76
2 Hy-vee mac and cheese $1.18
2 pkg HyVee buns $1.98
TOTAL- $13.78

Now let me subtract my coupons:
coupons found in monthly ad for Hy-Vee:
12 pack HyVee pop $1.39
2 twin packs Hamberger Helper $3.00
weekly ad:
2 hyvee mac & cheese @ .19
Newspaper coupon:
Buy one get one free Right Guard deodarant $1.88

And the best one-$5.00 off ANY purchase from a previous Hyvee promo

So my total was $4.27  YAY

So, I know you are thinking that it was a waste of time and gas to go pick up these few things, but in my defense, I never just go out to go to one store.  I was on my way to Staples(which has GREAT ad items right now) and stopped in at HyVee.  Also, I have a pretty good stockpile of sale groceries, so I usually can get by with just getting ad items and I do get as many as I can!!

Just trying to show people how they can save money and still eat the same way they are used to!!
I will save my Staples trip for another time-let's just say it did not go as well as planned!!!!

Walgreens Bargains

So..off to Walgreen's I went in search of the items I had seen in the ad.  My one gripe with Walgreen's is that they are frequently out of what I am looking for, but tonight was OK.
I always look through the ad on Sundays and find the sale items I can use, along with manufacturer's coupons to pair up with Walgreen's coupons.  then, (when I am in the area, I have my list already to go!)
So here is what I found this week:
Scrubbing Bubbles Gel cleaner(2)-$3.65
school box .84
Gilette Fusion Power Razor-$8.41
10 pk #2 pencils(2) .09
loose leaf paper(2) .38(claerance item--down from 1.49)
The prices above were the special prices with 15% off everything today coupon as a special "Friends & Family" promotion that was on their website.
After the cashier used that coupon, I gave him the rest: 
BOGO for the bathroom cleaner
.34 off school box
$4.00 off Fusion razor
PLUS, I got a $5.00 coupon back (for buying the razor) for my next Walgreen's purchase!
So, this is what my savings looked like today:
Friends & Family discount-$3.07
Walgreen's coupons-.34
Manufacturer's coupons-$7.65
Advertised savings-$7.65
TOTAL SAVINGS=$15.61
TOTAL BILL=$10.68

This wasn't even one of my better trips, but I got things I needed and saved money, too!
Hopefully, you enjoyed this first attempt at blogging-stick woth it, it will get better!!!!
Jane