My Grocery List!

So I know I promised to tell you about the potential new addition to the Overholt house and I promise I will, soon...and NO, it's NOT a baby! 

I wanted to take this time to post my HT grocery list for this week.  For the past few weeks I've been sharing my coupon spreadsheet with some coworkers and figured I should share with my faithful readers (all five of you!!) as well.

These are the deals that I think are either worth grabbing this week or things we need in our house.  This is by no means a list of all the great deals - those can be found on some of the amazing coupon sites that exist!

Item	Cost	Q Value	Doubled	evic	Total	Where to find
HT Cheese (5)	5.5	0	0	0	5.5	None
Honey Bunches of Oats	2	1	1		1	Printable
Barilla Pasta (Whole Grain)	$1.25	$1.00	1	0	0.25	Printable
Frosted Mini Wheats	$2.09	$0.70	1.4		0.69	SS 4/1
La Croix Water	$2.89	$1.00	1		1.89	Printable
Chex Mix	$2.00	$0.50	1	0.5	0.5	Printable
Yoplait Greek Yogurt (2)	$2.00	$0.50	1	0.5	0.5	SS 3/25

Lists of ALL match-ups can be found at either www.southernsavers.com or www.moolasavingmom.com

Anything catch your eye this week?  I'd love to know what you plan on grabbing!

What I Saved: Harris Teeter Super Doubles and a $0.49 CVS trip!

Ugh - so this was not my week for blogging!  I do have a few fun stories from this weekend and a new recipe or two to share, but I'll save that for later!  Although I will say that one involves a potential new addition to the Overholt house!

On to the savings! **DISCLAIMER: This post gets VERY coupon heavy...you have been warned**  Super Doubles were this week at both Harris Teeter and Lowe's Food, so I was pretty busy!  I got up at 5:30 on Wednesday morning to get my first round of SD goodies...and I was the only couponer in the store - I wasn't sure what was going on!! All I know is that I got everything I wanted!

Total value: $78.87
OOP: $10.48
Savings: 87%

That was the only trip I made during the week. I did make a trip on Saturday for the $0.77 Gain and a few other things.

Total value: $69.23
OOP: $10.18
Savings: 85%

Finally, I made two final trips today (I had to visit two stores to get everything I needed!).

Total value: $59.53
OOP: $14.80
Savings: 75%

I also ran to Lowe's Food today to pick up ice cream and coffee using the $1 off Turkey Hill ice cream from last week's paper and thw $1.50 off Seattle's Best coffee from the paper today!

Total value: $17.97
OOP: $4.99
Savings: 72%

Also on the agenda was a Target trip and a CVS trip! Target was good and CVS was GREAT!

Target total value: $6.97
OOP: $1.98
Savings: 72%

CVS total value: $23.49
OOP: $0.49
Savings: 96%

So what were some of my highlights?  Here is the Spreadsheet from some of the great deals I got at HT.

Item	Cost	Q Value	Doubled	evic	Total	Where to find
Emrald Breakfast on the go	$2.50	$1.00	2		0.5	Printable
Alexia Sweet potato	$3.00	$1.00	2		1	Printable
Smart Balance Milk	$3.99	$1.50	3		0.99	SS 4/1
Starbucks	$5.97	$1.50	3		2.97	Printable
Johnsonville Chicken Sausage	$4.99	$1.00	2		2.99	SS 3/25
Vlasic Pickles	$1.74	$0.75	1.5		0.24	SS 4/1
Belvita	$2.99	$1.00	2		0.99	SS 2/26
Gold Peak Tea	1.5	0.75	1.5		0	Printable
McCain Purely Potatoes	2.69	1	2		0.69	SS 4/8 and Lowes book
Kashi Meals	3	1	2		1	Printable
Wolfgang Stock	4.98	1	2	1	1.98	Printable
Carpet Fresh	1.69	2	2	0	-0.31	SS 4/15
Country Crock	2.19	1	2		0.19	Printable
I Can't Believe It's Not Butter	2.29	1.25	2.5		-0.21	Printable
Garnier Shampoo	2.99	1	2	1	-0.01	Printable
Garnier Style Product	2.99	1	2	1	-0.01	Printable

 
 At Target I used a $1 off Target printable for the Glade Air Freshener and a $1/2 Green Works Target coupon and (2) $1 Green Works manufacturers coupon.

Finally, what did I do at CVS?  I had two transactions - which I don't really like doing but had to this time!

Transaction 1:
(1) Blink Eye drops at $8.99
Used 1 $1 off printable coupon
Used $7.50 in ECB's
Total spent: $0.49
Got back $8.99 in ECB

Transaction 2:
(3) American Greeting cards - $0.99 each
(1) Physician's Formula concealer - $5.99
(1) Nail polish -  $1.99
Used (1) $2/3 American Greeting CVS printable
Used $8.99 in ECB's from first transaction
Total spent: $0.00
Got back $10 in ECB

All things considered, this has been a GREAT week for me.

My totals look like this:
Total value: $256.11
OOP: $49.92
Savings: 83%

Any couponing successes this weekend for you?  Did you do anything fun this weekend?

Jalapeno Popper Chicken and What I Saved: The hubs strikes back!

So I've been out of commission a little recently.  We have taken on some projects around the house that are kind of big and we were fighting off some sort of illness last week - it never really took hold but it was a pain all week!

We have been doing a LOT of yard work!

I'm starting to get ready for Harris Teeter's Super Doubles (which start on Wednesday) but I scooped up a few good deals this afternoon...although my savings don't reflect it! And that's thanks to the husband!  He decided he wanted some mixers and soda (none of which as on sale) so that raised my price significantly - although I only went a few dollars over my $50 budget.

My totals value: $90.12
OOP: 41.82
Savings: 54% (probably my lowest since I started couponing!)

None of my deals were that spectacular and everything I did can be found on some of the other amazing coupon sites so I thought I'd take this time to share a really good and easy dinner I made this week.

Jalapeno Popper Chicken

4 ounces cream cheese, slightly softened
1 jalapeno, diced
4 chicken breasts, sliced to stuff
Breadcrumbs
Shredded cheddar cheese

Mix the cream cheese and jalapenos in a bowl

Slice the chicken horizontally leaving one side connected (so the chicken could open like a book)

Stuff each breast with a tablespoon of the cream cheese mixture

Mix the breadcrumbs and cheese and coat the chicken breast in the breadcrumb and cheese mixture

Bake for 40 minutes at 375 degrees

I severed ours with smashed potatoes and Darrin's Aunt Shirley's green beans which are pretty much the most amazing thing ever!

So again, let me say, sorry for the radio silence, but hopefully the time off has left me fresh and with a lot of new material to blog about!

Did you do anything fun this weekend?  What's your favorite chicken dinner?

What I Saved: I spent nothing OOP at CVS today!

So this was a pretty decent week for savings.  It started out with an amazing Money Maker at HT, which you can check out here if you missed it.

I took advantage of both Saturday Specials and picked up with Glad trash bags and Gain laundry detergent, plus a few other evic items.

My trip today was pretty uneventful.  I took advantage of the Harris Teeter Pharmacy Promotion (which ends on April 3rd, by the way) and had a new prescription filled at the HT Pharmacy and had $20 added to my vic card, that made what I used from my gift card minimal!

Here's what the trip looked like:

I didn't use many coupons:

I grabbed two dozen eggs using the printable available here
I also used (2) $1/2 Kellogg's cereal, stacked with a sale and the $4/4 evic coupon
I had a coupon for a FREE Kraft Fresh Takes so I'm excited to try that out!  I got the coupon in the mail by the way.
I also used a $1 off coupon from the 3/25 SS on a frozen pizza and paid $2.77

It was NOT a coupon heavy trip, but I really didn't need much.

I did pretty well at CVS today though.  Here's what the trip looked like:

I used (3) $7 off coupons for the allergy meds from today's SS
There was a $1 off peelie on the contact solution and that gave me back a $8.99 ECB
I just needed the hairbands!

I have $11 in ECB from my trip last weekend plus another $2.50 printed out this morning from my last quarter spending.  After all the coupons and ECB's I ended up paying nothing but tax OOP - plus I got another $8.99 in ECB's and didn't have the use the $2.50 that printed out today!

My weekend looks like this:
Total value: $143.64
OOP: 10.82
Savings: 92%


I'd love to hear about your savings but I must get ready for Mad Men...and take care of my sick husband (who I think has given me his germs because I'm not feeling so hot myself!).