Groceries!!

One of the things that surprised me about this bloggy break were the comments about the lack of grocery posts. Which, I have to admit, surprised me. Granted, *I* like seeing how I'm doing budget-wise, and posting here helps keep me honest, but I never really thought anybody else liked reading about them either.

This week I had the good Albertson's coupon, as well as a $2/$5 worth of produce from Food Lion to help me out.

In a bit of an aside, a mistake in the beverages I bought one week inadvertently resulted in my going caffeinated-beverage free. I would say entirely caffeine-free, but I love chocolate a little too much for that! I mention this because the Dr. Pepper we bought this week is, believe it or not, a bit out of character. But I can't resist the BOGO or cherry-flavored, so we're going to try it out.

So, here's the breakdown:

Total Cost of Items: $124.55
Coupons: $11.92
Sales: $52.49
Total OOP: $60.14
SAVED 52% (YEAH!!)

* = coupon
Items on Sale (sale price listed)
Items on BOGO (price of one item listed)

(2) 2-L Pepsi brand soda - $1.57 (can't believe how high the price has jumped in just a few short months!)
2L diet cherry dr. pepper - 1.57, but really free!* (had a coupon for a free 2L)
(2) generic soda - $0.69/each
gallon generic OJ - $2.49
gallon generic 2%milk - $2.89 (gone are the days when OJ cost more than milk! at least for now...)
(2) Gatorade bottles *
(4) packages Crystal Light mix - $3.99 (2 of them were those sets of single-serve packets)
apples - $3.69
strawberries - $1.67 (let's hear it for fruit in season!)
(2) canteloupes - $0.97/each
olives - $1.35
(2) Pompeiian olive oil - $10.99 **
welch's squeezable grape jam - $2.29
generic 6-pack kids' yogurt - $1.67
(3) 8oz pots generic yogurt - $0.40/each
(2) packages generic sliced mozzarella cheese - $1.67/each
turkey lunchmeat - $1.67
generic loaf of wheat bread - $1.59
(2) boxes Kellog's miniwheats - $4.19 (have no idea why I don't also have a coupon!)
(2) boxes Kellog's nutri-grain bars - $3.49
(2) boxes Uncle Ben's rice - $1.99 *
(4) packages of Lance crackers - $2.29 (this will take care of snacks for Husband for quite some time!)
(2) Betty Crocker muffin mixes - $2.55 (Bug takes these to school when he has to bring snack for everyone! and you never know when you need a snack for something)
packet unsweetened cherry kool-aid mix - $0.20 (for my new slushie addiction)
flour tortillas - $2.49