Fruits and veggies

Our weekly Door To Door Organics delivery consisted of the following organic produce:

(3) bananas
(2) avocados
(1) lb. strawberries
(2) valencia oranges
(1) mango
1.5 lbs. yellow squash
(1) green pepper

Total: 23.00

We also stopped at a produce stand yesterday and purchased:

(6) ears of locally grown corn
(2) peaches, which were not local but were promptly consumed by my children.

Total: 3.50

Total-total: 26.50

This week's Kroger trip.

(1) organic milk @ 2.99
(6) Horizon organic milk singles @ 1.00 each, used 1.00/3 coupons
(2) Cascadian Farms organic steamer veggies @ 2.50 each, used 1.00/1 coupons
(2) Van's organic waffles @ 2.50 each, used 1.00/2
(1) red pepper @ 1.67
(1) pint Michigan blueberries @ 1.48
(1) lemon juice @ .99
(1) Danactiv yogurt @ 1.88, used 1.00/1
(3) Clif ZBars @ 3/$2, used 1.00/3
(1) Oral-B toothbrush @ 1.00, FREE after 1.00/1

Total spent: 19.92
Total saved: 20.17

Yet another Meijer post.

1 lb. organic carrots @ 1.99
(2) organic mushrooms @ 1.00
(2) organic nectarines @1.58
1 lb. organic cherries @ 2.99
(3) 28 oz. cans organic tomatoes @ 1.50 each
(1) celery @ 1.00
(2) Dole salad blends @ 1.00 each, FREE plus overage after 1.50/2 manu q and 1.00/2 Mealbox q
(2) Silk soy milk @ 2.99 each, used 1.25/2 and 1.00/2 Mealbox q
(1) cage free eggs @ 3.19, used .50/1
(1) Pillsbury grands @ 1.00, used .35/1
(8) Land O'Lakes spreadable butter @ 1.00, got all for FREE after .50/1 (separate transactions)
(1) Aunt Millie's bread @ 1.00, used .35/1
(2) Meijer Naturals salsa @ 1.00 each
(1) Ben and Jerry's flipped ice cream @ 2.49, used .75/1
(3) Ben and Jerry's pints @ 2.49 each, used 1.00/2, got back a 2.00 oyno cat
(2) Aunt Millie's bagels @ 2.00 each
(2) Kashi frozen pizzas @ 4.99 each, used 1.00/1 coupons

I had 4.20 in bottle refunds from recent get togethers/parties/beer drinking at our house.
I used a 4.00 oyno I had from the cheese deal I guess.

Total spent: 34.57
Total saved:37.22

More Meijer Deals

This week seems to be a great week to hit Meijer! Between the 10/10=11 deals and the Huggies deal I was able to stock our pantry, donate a big bag to the food pantry and grab two packages of diapers for under $27!! Our grocery bill (without diapers) for the week was $8.86!! Yipee! Maybe I'll post our menu so you can see that we aren't living on ramen noodles :)

Here is the deal for huggies: If you buy $10 worth of Huggies, Kleenex, Cottonelle or Scott paper products (any combination), you instantly get $10 off 3 pkgs of Fruit of the Loom Basics Tees, underwear or socks. Fruit of the Loom Basics are on sale for $3.99/6pk little boys socks. Adult socks are on sale too. I bought 1 pkg Huggies at 9.99+ 1 pkg Pull-Ups 10.99 (wish me luck~ we're potty training this week :)) + 3pkgs of socks =32.95 -$10instant rebate -$3MFC for huggies -$2MFC for pull ups =$17.95 for all that! Considering the socks alone were $11.97, I basically got 2 pkgs of diapers for $5.98. Plus with school starting in a month ~gasp!~ I got a head start on much needed new socks.....and maybe even a stocking stuffer :)

You could easily make this deal sweeter buy just purchasing the $9.99 diapers and a $1.29 mini package of huggies wipes + 3 packages of socks for a total of $10.25 after instant $10 rebate and $3MFC for diapers. That's what I call a good deal!!

Some Meijer info.

I recently ran across this great Detroit-area blog, called Macomb Money Savers. Since I don't ever do sales/match-ups here, I thought those of you Meijer shoppers who may be interested could bookmark that site.

Also, I don't think I've posted it here before, but My Price Savings is a great site you can use to preview the Meijer ads for the coming week. The ads are typically posted on Friday afternoons, but sometimes as early as Thursdays. Keep in mind if you are in Ann Arbor or Ypsilanti the prices tend to run slightly higher.

And finally, there are some fabulous deals at Meijer this week. They're running their 10/$10, 11th item free sale which means when you purchase 11 eligible items you will get each for 90 cents. Plus there are coupons available for many of the items which means you can fill your pantry, fridge and freezer for pennies. Be cautious with this sale though... there are items included that are typically less than a buck but the prices get raised for this "sale". The Gerber baby food is an example.

The moneymakers this week are:
Coffeemate creamers @ 1.00 each. Buy 3 and use .50/1 coupons (the first two will double). You'll pay .50 and get a catalina for 1.00 off your next order. (Thanks, Jessica!)

Dole bagged salads @ 1.00 each. Buy 2 and use the 1.00/2 Mealbox coupon. Then go to the meat/seafood department of your Meijer store and look for the Meijer Living Naturally booklet, which has a 1.50/2 manufacturer's coupon. You can stack this with the Mealbox q to get overage.

The only really good organic item included in this sale is organic mushrooms. I'll be getting a few, especially with the overage I'll have from the salad and coffeemate.

Also free or close to it with coupons... Betty Crocker Warm Delights and Land O'Lakes spreadable butter. Anyone see anything else?

Also tropical fish are included in the 10/$10 sale. Which creeps me out for some reason.

All things considered, a successful CVS trip.

Lesson 1- Neutrogena makeup, though advertised as BOGO, did not ring up that way. I noticed after I was back in my car.

Lesson 2- Huggies megas do not follow you out of the store when you leave them sitting on the ATM. I did not notice until I was home. I had to go back.

(1) Smart Start cereal @ 3.34, will submit for full-price rebate (I've had the form forever.)
(2) Kashi cereal @ 3.33 each, used 1.50/1 printables
(6) Kashi GoLean bars @ 1.25 each, used 1.00/2 coupons
(1) Huggies mega @ 13.99, used 1.50/1
(1) CVS tampons @ 1.89
(2) Pilot pens @ .99 each
(2) composition books @ .99 each
(1) sticky notes @ .99
(1) mini stapler @ .99
(2) pencil cases @ .99 each
(2) binder clips @ .99 each
(1) Colgate @ 2.88, used 1.00/1
(1) Neutrogena eyeshadow @ 8.99, used 3.00/1
(1) Neutrogena lipstick- FREE after BOGO sale, used 3.00/1

I used a $10/$50 and 16.96 ECBs.

Will receive 3.34 back as a rebate for the Smart Start, which makes my oop 11.87 (less than the sale price of the diapers!), and I earned back 18.79 in ECBs.