Shopping Week 2/27-3/5----Under $25 Again! and 90% Savings!

I mentioned in my weekly shopping post last week that I was thinking about a reduced budget for March.....

Well, I've set my goal for the weeks 5 weeks beginning 2/27 and ending 4/2 at an average of $25 per week.

After last week's ground turkey deals and taking careful stock of our current pantry items, I am pretty confident that I can make this work!  That being said, I know I made it work this first week!

I spent $22.29 this week and saved $192.59!  That's a savings of 90%!

Here are the photos that show it all!

Shoprite: -$0.26

One of my Qs gave overage that I had not planned for, so I actually got back 26c from the cashier!

CVS: $0.87

Stop & Shop: $5.26

Dollar Tree(newspaper): $1.00

Shoprite: $0.60

Adams: $4.40

Mother Earth's Warehouse: $4.25

Shoprite: $0.60

$0.00

(I had a gift card from a previous deal!)

Shoprite: $2.85

Adams: $2.72

 

So, there you have it!

There's $2.71 left from this week's $25, so check back next week to see if I manage to stay under $27.71!

Shoprite Printable Match-Ups 3/7/10-3/13/10---a beginning

Here it is!  The new planned Printables ONLY Shoprite Match-ups. 

 (You can read about my decision to do printables only over here!)

Updated!

FREE-International Delight Creamer 99c-55c/1 IP
49c- Naturally Delicious Salad Dressing $1.49-$1/1 IP when you register
50c - Green Giant Steamers $1.50- 50c/1 IP
50c each WYB2- Sobe Life Water $1-buy2 and use B1G1 here
99c-Huggies Wipes tub $2.49-75c/1 IP
99c- College Inn Broth 48oz $1.99-$1/1 IP when you register
$1.45 each WYB2- Hormel Compleats 2/$4 MB2- 55c/2 IP when you register
$1.50 each WYB2- Classico Pasta Sauce 2/$4 MB2 - $1/2 IP when you register
$1.50 each WYB2-Arm N Hammer 2x Laundry Detergent $2-$1/2 IP

General Mills Cereal Savings:
Buy 4 for $8 (must buy 4, additional or lesser quantities will scan at $4)
50c- Fiber One Cereals $2-75c/1 IP
35c- Reese's Peanut Butter Puffs $2-55c/1 IP and 55c/1 Cellfire
(the cellfire Q will only deduct for one box in your transaction)
90c-Reese's Peanut Butter Puffs $2-55c/1 IP or here or here
$1-Multi Grain Cheerios- $2-$1/1 IP

Catalina Deal:
99c each-Johnson's Baby Products $2.99-$1/1 IP
Receive $1 Onyo Catalina
Final Cost = 99c

Did you find a great printable match-up that I missed?  Leave a comment and let me know!

Through tomorrow (3/4) you can pick up zucchini for 79c/lb at Adams!

Wednesday Tip Day-----How I saved BIG on trash!

PHOTO COURTESY OF RUBBERMAID

Like any good frugalista, I love to talk about the ways in which I save!

Well, sometime last summer, my Mom mentioned they had recently gotten rid of curbside trash pick-up.  They live in New England and were paying around $45/month for pick-up 2 times a month.

They had finally had enough of that and decided they would take their trash to the dump. 

They bought a permit for $15 and were ready to go.

My Dad has informed me that they are averaging 2 large bags every other Saturday (and that includes taking my uncles trash, too!) to the tune of $2/bag.

Now, when we do the math it's about $1.25/month for the permit plus 4 bags/month x $2 for a Grand Total of $9.25.  They do spend a little gas getting to the dump, which is about 2 miles across town, so we can add $1 for gas!

That means that every month they save just under $35 on trash!

Now multiply that by 12 months and it's a whopping $417 a year!

Now, that got me thinking!

So, I made a few phone calls.  I called around to see what the best rates were on curbside trash.  Our bill at that time was $29/month. As I made my calls, I knew the $2-$5 savings I might see per month was not what I was looking for.  So, we stopped by the local dump, where we were informed  the yearly cost for the permit is $20 and the cost per LARGE bag is $3.  I did the math and am proud to say we have been gladly escorting our trash to the dump every ten days (or so) for the past 6 months.

So, here's the math for my trash!

The permit is $1.67/month plus 3 bags/month x $3 for a Grand Total of $10.67/month.  (We don't really need to factor in the gas because our dump is on the way to just about everything in town and we don't make a special trip for our trash!). 

This means that every month we save just over $18 on trash!

Now multiply that by 12 months and it's a whopping $220 a year!

Now, that's not as great as the savings my parent's are experiencing, but I can think of a lot of things to do with $220 besides throwing it away!

This may not work for everyone, but it definitely works for us!

A little change.....Shoprite match-ups ( a new printables only weekly post)

You may have noticed that my Shoprite Match-ups have been sporatic lately.

I've been thinking on this matter and have reached a decision.

There are so many places you can find match-ups that I don't feel that another site with the same match-ups is warranted.  I've found that I enjoy the match-up post less and less lately and I'd rather spend time sharing things I enjoy.  However, I have found that in my personal shopping I am using printable coupons more often than Sunday Supplement coupons.   With that in mind, I have decided that instead of a weekly Shoprite Match-Up post with all of the good deals, I will be doing a weekly Printable Only match-up.  I also plan to share any other AMAZING deals as they arise, but will keep the focus on shopping the sales at Shoprite without buying the Sunday paper!
I hope this "new" weekly match-up will offer something a little different, but I'd encourage you to check out the full list of Shoprite Match-Ups that Jenn posts over at FrugalMomJenn !