Worth a thousand words (and way more than $45).

// February 13th, 2010 // Budget, Couponing, Money Matters

I went shopping today while Jesse stayed home and played with Grandma and Grandpa. I read my coupon blogs, gathered up my coupons, made a list, and hit the town. I went to Homeland, Crest, CVS, and Aldi and I got all this for $45:

Kind of hard to see what all is there, but that’s quite a lot for $45, in my opinion. Yes, I know there are coupon gurus who probably would have paid less than 23 cents for that, but I’m just a noob. This pile includes 2 3lb. bags of frozen chicken breast, 3 half gallon jugs of juice, 5 2-liter soft drinks, 4 jars of spaghetti sauce, 3 deodorants (two of them were .18 each), and 7 protein bars (which, regularly priced, would have been $14 by themselves), 6 bags of frozen vegetables (including 2 Steamfresh), kitchen trash bags, bread, 2 packages of tortillas, bananas, pears, blueberries, a package of frozen rolls, oatmeal, salad dressing, and 8 containers of yogurt.

My best deals? The 18 cent deodorant, 25 cent salad dressing, and FREE oatmeal.

I have now got my oatmeal free so many times that I’m going to be really annoyed when I actually have to pay for it.