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My Stockpile

A lot of my friends and family are getting interested in the way I shop so I thought it might be helpful to show the stockpile that I have accumulated over the last 2 years. Many of them laugh when I say "all I need this week is peanut butter, tea bags, and clothes detergent." I'm sure they wonder how we can survive on peanut butter and tea. What they don't always see is that I have a mini-store located right here in my house. So over the last 2 years I have been able to stockpile my groceries at the "really cheap" or "free" prices when a particular sale comes up and there are also matching coupons.

These pictures were taken about 2 weeks ago so my stockpile of peanut butter, tea bags, and clothes detergent has increased since these pictures. :) I also was able to get a ton of snack food items and canned soup at the Kroger mega sale over the last 2 weeks. I will try and get some updated pictures of those items. Also, these pictures are only of my non-kitchen storage space. I do also have a jam packed kitchen pantry, cabinets, and drawers as well as 2 refrigerators and 3 freezers full of my cold/frozen goods. Those were a little too unorganized for photos but maybe I can add those soon too. :)

Keep in mind that most of the cleaning supplies and health/beauty items were either free or almost free. Once you get the hang of stockpiling or as I call it "strategic shopping" you will NEVER pay for another tube of toothpaste, razor, or bottle of shampoo again. :)

My total weekly budget for groceries and drugstore items is $50 or LESS for my family of 5.

Kroger 8/9/10

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $ 65.81
• My Savings at Kroger $53.89
• Out of Pocket Spent $ 11.92
• I Saved 82%

Publix 5/26/10

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $60.35
• My Savings at Publix $54.54
• Out of Pocket Spent $5.81
• I Saved 90%
• I had the "Buy 2 plates Get Napkins FREE" peelies.
• My store accepts $5/$25 Rite Aid coupons
• I qualified for ANOTHER $5 Sorrento Rebate!

Publix 5/24/10

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $43.56
• My Savings at Publix $36.97
• Out of Pocket Spent $6.59
• I Saved 85%
• Just the meat would have been $11.06!

Publix 5/19/10

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $46.25
• My Savings at Publix $42.16
• Out of Pocket Spent $4.09
• I Saved 91%
• I also qualified for a $5.00 Sorrento Cheese Rebate!

Publix 5/18/10

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $65.67
• My Savings at Publix $53.79
• Out of Pocket Spent $11.88
• I Saved 82%
• Note: This purchase qualified me for $20.00 in rebates!
• (3) x $5.00 Sorrento Cheese Rebates = $15.00
• and the Ziploc bags qualified me for another $5.00 SC Johnson Rebate.

Walgreens 5/11/10

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $30.60
• Out of Pocket Spent $9.60
• Register Rewards Earned $15.00
• FREE + $5.40 PROFIT!

CVS 5/10/10

FREE + .10 PROFIT!!

This week is a GREAT one for people just starting to "CVS".  These purchases were made using 2 Extra Care cards.

Total Before Savings & Coupons $124.72
Out of Pocket Spent $18.88 (on a RX transfer Gift Card)
Extra Bucks Used $19.00
Extra Bucks Earned $37.98
Net PROFIT! .10

Publix 5/6/10

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $52.82
• My Savings at Publix $37.46
• Out of Pocket Spent $15.36
• I Saved 71%
• Note: Just the milk, bananas and ground chuck would have been $7.73

Publix 4/28/10

More Cheez-Its! My kids love these and they don't expire until November/December so I decided to grab a few more boxes with my $2.00/2 coupons.

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $33.18
• My Savings at Publix $30.40
• Out of Pocket Spent $2.78
• I Saved 92%

Publix 4/27/10

I had several $2.00 off 2 Cheez-It coupons which made each box only .65  I stacked Publix store coupons with Manufacturer coupons to get the Windex and Scrubbing Bubbles for FREE.  I also used a $5 off $25 Rite Aid coupon to lower my out of pocket. I also qualified for another $5 SC Johnson Rebate!

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $92.65
• My Savings at Publix $83.53
• Out of Pocket Spent $9.12
• I Saved 90%

Weekly Totals 4/17/10 - 4/23/10

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $254.46
• My Total Savings $238.02
• Out of Pocket Spent $16.34
• I Saved 94%

Walgreens 4/22/10

I used the last of my $5 off coupons and got 2 more bottles of vitamins for FREE. Each bottle produced a $5 Register Reward which I used to purchase the toilet paper.

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $29.98
• Total Savings $27.84
• Out of Pocket Spent $2.14
• I Saved 93%

Publix 4/21/10

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $88.23
• My Savings at Publix $81.84
• Out of Pocket Spent $6.39
• I Saved 93%
• As an added "perk" this purchase qualified me for a $5 SC Johnson Rebate!

Walgreens 4/20/10 - 4/21/10

 

 (not pictured: 1 pack of toilet paper)

The $4 for the Angel Soft may not be the best value for toilet paper this week but to me was an easy way to spent my $5 RR that I earned on each bottle of vitamins. If I don't spend the RR immediately, sometimes I forget about them.

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $86.08
• My Savings at Walgreens $83.84
• Out of Pocket Spent $2.14
• $2.14 for 6 bottles of vitamins and 8 packs of toilet paper!
• I Saved 97%

Publix 4/19/10

 

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $50.17
• My Savings at Publix $44.50
• Out of Pocket Spent $5.67
• I Saved 89%

Weekly Totals 4/3/10 - 4/9/10

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $34.35
• My Savings at Publix $32.32
• Out of Pocket Spent $2.03
• I Saved 94%

Publix 4/8/10

 

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $34.35
• My Savings at Publix $32.32
• Out of Pocket Spent $2.03
• I Saved 94%

Weekly Totals 3/20/10 - 3/26/10

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $182.54
• My Savings $164.21
• Out of Pocket Spent $18.33
• I Saved 90%

Weekly Totals 3/13/10 - 3/19/10

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $172.00
• My Savings $154.58
• Out of Pocket Spent $17.42
• I Saved 90%

Publix 3/25/10

 

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $53.57
• My Savings at Publix $44.92
• Out of Pocket Spent $8.65
• I Saved 84%

Publix 3/22/10

 

• Total Before Savings and Coupons $128.97
• My Savings at Publix $119.29
• Out of Pocket Spent $9.68
• I Saved 92%

Publix 3/19/10

 

• Total Before Savings & Coupons  $60.55
• My Savings at Publix $57.60
• Out of Pocket Spent $2.95
• I Saved 95%

Publix 3/19/10

 

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $40.15
• My Savings at Publix $33.95
• Out of Pocket Spent $6.20
• I Saved 85%

Publix 3/16/10

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $71.30
• My Savings at Publix $63.03
• Out of Pocket Spent $8.27 (on RX transfer Gift Card)
• I Saved 88%

Trying to catch up . . . again!

I know I have been MIA for a few weeks but with 3 kids and their schedules, I have been swamped! I have been shopping, and taking pictures and saving receipts but not taking the time to post them. I hope to be able to catch things up over the next couple of days. This week I have been scoring some great deals at Publix and Walgreens and it has motivated me to bring my blog current and share my great finds!

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Weekly Totals 3/6/10 - 3/12/10

Another slow week of shopping. I'm getting spoiled with the low out of pocket! I'm sure there will be some deals come along soon and I will make up for these slow weeks.

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $48.34
• My Savings $47.29
• Out of Pocket Spent $1.05
• I Saved 98%
• Actually, everything I purchased this week was on an RX transfer Gift Card so it didn't cost me anything! :-)

Publix 3/11/10

I had a rain check left for the Good Life cat food and I wanted to use it before my coupons expired. I also used a $5 off $25 Rite Aid coupon.

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $30.42
• My Savings at Publix $26.23
• Out of Pocket Spent $4.19 (on a RX transfer Gift Card)
• I Saved 86%
• Just the pork chops and ground chuck were $9.78

CVS 3/9/10

My store FINALLY got in more of the Dove Men + Care from the Extra Bucks deal a couple of weeks ago. I also had some $1.00 coupons for the Dawn that was on sale for .97.

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $17.92
• Extra Bucks Used $7.00
• Out of Pocket Spent $1.86 (on a RX transfer Gift Card)
• Extra Bucks Earned $12.00
• PROFIT $3.14!!
• I love when CVS pays ME to shop!