One More Time...

I didn't break my promise.... I stayed out of the store for the rest of last week.  But since today is a brand new week, obviously all bets are off.  I am planning on this being my one and only trip to the grocery store this week (although I'm not making any promises...) but I really had to take advantage of Smith's great sale one last time. I didn't realize last week that the Hunt's tomato sauce was included in the sale, and I am a Hunt's tomato sauce snob--no other brand will do...so I really needed it.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Other than that,  I didn't get a lot, but I sure got a lot for the small amount of money I spent:

• 3 boxes of Raisin Bran (one FREE, the others were 1.49)
• 6 cans Hormel chilimaster (.29)
• 30 cans Hunts Tomato sauce (.16 for 6 cans, .49 for the rest)
• 2 bottles Frank's Red Hot Sauce (.69)
• 20 (more) bottles La Victoria salsa (FREE + .50 per bottle)
• 9 Sobe Lifewater (FREE...plus they got the 2 new flavors in...could I actually skip that?)
• 2 Philadelphia cream cheese (.49)
• 4 packages Keebler cookies (.19)
• 4 quarts Dreyer's ice cream--not pictured (1.49)
• 1 gallon chocolate milk (2.00)

After all my really good coupons and a catalina I had left over from last week, I only paid $17.94 for ALL of that and I SAVED $157.91 (I compare what I paid to what I would have spent on the same things if I was shopping at Walmart for everything with no coupons or sales the way I used to.).  Now THAT'S what I call a bargain.  Now, hopefully, no other stores will have a can't-miss sale this week and I can call it a day on the grocery shopping for the week. Tomorrow it's time to actually put together a menu and make plans to cook all this food.