Monday Madness

I usually go shopping first thing Monday morning. I like getting out of the house early and then being able to come home, put Tyson down for a nap, and check out my deals. The bad part is, I am bored the rest of the week so I usually go again even though I don't need to. (oh wait, I never NEED to).

Anyway, I'm having fun tracking all my spending in Excel (I LOVE spreadsheets) and seeing how much I am really spending. I'll try and get a link up soon to my spending. So, everyone knows how bad at budgeting I really am.

I ran by Shannon's this morning in hopes she would come with me and she did! It was way funner having a friend come with me even though she, and I, had tons of house cleaning to do. We took time and went shopping!!

First Stop, Walgreens: I got my gift card reloaded this morning so all my shopping is FREE!!

I got a bunch of cleaners that I am excited about. Fantastic Spray, Shout, Pledge Wipes, Pledge Spray with Free Duster, Windex Wipes, and Scrubbing Bubbles Bathroom Wipes. Then I got 4 toothbrushes, 2 yummy candles, and 10 gift bags. I had $15.49 in coupons, then I used my RR’s and Gift Card for the remaining $15.93. Oh, then I submitted for $8.00 in rebates.

CVS Land: I bought 2 toothpastes and some kids sanitizing hand spray (Play land here we come) for 18 cents. Then I bought 1 Soleil Razor and some razor refills along with some glacier water for 27 cents. Then, I splurged on face cream which I needed, and bought 2 bottles Eurcein redness relief cream and 2 bags of autumn mix candy for my jar and I paid $9.67, Ouch!!! (I gave one bottle to Shannon for her little girl) Then I used the rest of by ecb’s to get my camera card which was on sale. I got a 2 GB SD card and only paid $7.99. I only left with .50 in ecb’s for next week though.

Albertson's: They have a pretty good sale right now for General Mills products if you have coupons to make the deal better. Which, of course, I did. So, although I can buy many of these things way cheaper at the commissiary, with this deal I made out and my pantry snack shelf is restocked. I got:

5 boxes of fruit by the foot/gushers/fruit roll-ups, 9 boxes of chicken or hamburger helper, 2 chex mix turtle bars (yummy yummy) 2 boxes of potatoes, 2 jars of frosting, 4 mini warm delights brownies, 2 Pillsbury cinnamon rolls, and 4 Pillsbury crescent rolls. I got a total of 30 items and paid 28.64. Oh, I added a bottle of olive oil to that and it added $4. I only paid about .80 a box for each item.

So, today I spent $46.75 but got $218.40 in groceries and household items.