A Couponing Oops

Saturday we went to Safeway… mostly because we were bored. And got a metric butt ton of pizzas and then did our normal shopping trip on Sunday – which, went a little awry.

Saturday’s Safeway Run:

1 bottle Tartar Sauce - $2.89 ($3.19, Store Savings -$0.30)

27 Totinos frozen pizzas - $0.74ea ($1.29, Store Sale 5/$5, MFG Coupons $1/4 (6) $1/3 (1))

2 tubs Butter – $1.99ea ($3.69, Store Coupon -$1.70)

2.10lbs Green Grapes - $1.62 ($2.29/lb, Store Sale $0.77/lb)

0.89lbs Broccoli - $0.88 ($1.49/lb, Store Sale $0.99/lb)

2 bags prepared Salad - $1.99ea ($3.99, Store Sale BOGO)

Total @ Full Price: $60.33

Final Amount Paid: $34.16

Total Savings: $26.17 (44%)

Sunday’s Safeway Run:

3 boxes Fiber One Chewy Bars - $0.99ea ($3.99, Store sale $1.99, MFG Coupon $1/1(3))

12 Cans Campbell’s Cooking soups - $1.25ea ($1.59ea, Store sale $3/2, MFG Coupon $1/4(3))

2 bags prepared Salad - $1.99ea ($3.99, Store Sale BOGO)

6 bottles Dr. Pepper 10 - $0.00 ($1.99, Store Sale $1.29, MFG Coupon one free up to $1.99 (6))

Total @ Full Price: $51.61

Final Amount Paid: $22.59

Total Savings: $29.02 (57%)

So, in total, we got $111.49 worth of foodstuffs for $56.75. But here’s where it went wrong: We walked into the store on Sunday morning with the intention of buying our 12 Campbell’s soups for $0.25 each ($12 less than what we ended up paying for them) and that was because I didn’t pay enough attention as I was gathering the coupons.  And so our coupons did not work for the soups that were 2 for $1, but rather those that were $3 for 2… and there’s where we should have just said, “Nevermind, we don’t need soup, so let’s skip it.) but we didn’t.  So here we are. We did come in right at our budget though - $60 for the two weeks, so these two trips plus the 3.70 from last week puts us at $60.45.