This was a slow week for me at the grocery store!  I only went to Publix once and spent a whopping $5.81. I did go to CVS twice and my plan was thwarted by the fact that everything I had intended to purchase was not in stock. So rather than come up with a new plan–I blew a bunch of ECB’s on diapers and chocolate (my ECB’s were expiring so I figured I used them on something we can always put to use 🙂 )
Here is what I got for $5.81:
Bushs Baked Beans x 4 (used two $1/2 IP’s)
Smuckers Toppings x 4 (used B3G1 and $1.25/2 coupons and $.55/1)
Grill Mates x 2 (used two $1/1)
Publix Tortilla Chips (penny item)
Philly Cream Cheese (used $1/1 Grape mag Q)
*Pampers Diapers x 5 (used five $1/1 MQ from P&G insert)
*M&M Mega Tubes x 3
*Bliss Chocolate x 2
*3M Metallic Hooks x 6 (Raincheck + six $2.50/1 MQ’s)
According to my receipts I saved $167.41 which means my savings percentage was 97% this week. Remember I only report actual out of pocket expenses. My CVS* transactions were paid by ECB’s and the tax of $2.51 came from a gift card.
I am also going to try something new this week. A few of you have requested that I post my “game plan” or what I am planning on purchasing and the corresponding coupons. So–I am going to give it a try! Here is my general plan for the beginning of next week. This is a general plan–I may add or delete items based on the upcoming ad or if I see we need something else before then 🙂 

Product

quantity

price

 

minus Q

TOTAL

Q details
Mueller’s Pasta

6

0.65

3.9

2

1.9

two $1/3 IP’s
A1 Marinade

10

1.45

14.5

20

-5.5

10 $2/1 MQ’s from 6/14 SS
Planters Nuts

1

1.6

1.6

1

0.6

$1/1 IP
Simply Potatoes

2

1.5

3

2

1

$1/2 Tearpad + $1/2 SSS booklet
Smart Balance Spread

2

1.4

2.8

1

1.8

$1/2 from 6/21 RP
Smart Balance Milk

2

3.79

7.58

7.58

0

Two Free Milk WYB from 6/28 RP
Klondike

2

1.8

3.6

2.5

1.1

Two $1.25 Family is Its Own Q’s
Kraft BBQ***

3

1.4

4.2

2.25

1.95

three .75/1 Mq’s from 6/14 SS
Apple & Eve Juice Boxes

5

1.39

6.95

9

-2.05

three $.50/1 from Greenwise + one $1/2 MQ + Five $1/1 PQ from SSS
Goldfish crackers

2

2.19

4.38

2.89

1.49

BOGO Baby club mailer + .35/1 Peelie (doubles to .70)
Rosetto Pasta

2

2.1

4.2

1.5

2.7

$1.50/1 IP
Peaches-lb

1.25

0.88

1.1

1

0.1

$1/1 Produce Winetag
Gas card

3

50

150

30

120

In Ad Q $10/$50 Gas card
Kraft Parm Cheese***

3

3.2

9.6

3

6.6

Three $1/1 Tearpads
Alexia crunchy snack

1

2.49

2.49

2.49

0

Free Product Q Home Mailer
Kraft 2% Cheese***

3

2.5

7.5

3

4.5

Three $.50/1 tearpad Q’s (doubles to $1)
A1 Steaksauce***

3

2.1

6.3

6

0.3

BOGO raincheck + three $2/1 MQ’s
 Penny Item

 

 

0

 

0

 
 

 

 

0

3

-3

$3/$30 Art Calendar Q
Total OOP

 

 

0

 

136.49

 

Items qualify for Full Plate Rebate – earn three $10 gift cards
Send in MIR for full Rebate of $2.49
I will wait until Monday to do this transaction.  Some of the prices are estimates –should be pretty close though!  $120 of the $136 will not be included in my grocery budget but will be pulled from the auto budget.  So I will really only spend approx $18 after tax for all the items and have all the required Full Plate Rebate items purchased.  I will still need to spend about $14 OOP to complete the requirements for the rebate–but I will worry about that next week! I wavered on whether to do the rebate since the requirement called for the totals to be after coupons this year.  I had previously traded for the Kraft Parmesan coupons so I had planned on purchasing those and the cheese is always needed here…so I am actually spending $1.98 total to get the $30 worth of gift cards. I don’t want or need the BBQ sauce or  A1–but I figured it was a $28 money maker so I would bite the bullet –hee hee!
Give me some feedback on the game plan concept. Is this something that you all would like to see again or is it of no help? 
Okie Dokie–how did you all do this week? Leave a comment or link to your Weekly Totals.