Go to Tom Thumb!

Its time to head to your local Tom Thumb (or Safeway, Randalls,etc)...I saved 72% at Tom Thumb yesterday!  Here's what I did: they have a coupon in the weekly ad for $5 off a $15 frozen food purchase.  You can pick up the ad at your store, so you don't need to already have it.  They have a lot of frozen items on sale, but I combined that coupon with another deal they are running:

Buy 5 Lean Cuisine meals at $2@, get 2 free Dreyers milkshakes/smoothies!

I ended up getting 2 Lean Cuisines that were $2 each and 3 that were $1.88 each.  That got me 2/3 of the way to $15...just $5.64 to go (and yes, I used my phone calculator in the freezer aisle to add up exactly how much I had!) :) I added a box of FiberPlus Eggos for $2, a clearance priced box of Jamba Juice fruit bars for $2, and a few mini ice cream cups (Tom Thumb brand, each about 80 cents).  This put me just over $15.

Coupons used:
$5/$15 Tom Thumb
$1/3 Lean Cuisines - frozen foods coupon book found in the freezer section of TT
$1.10/2 Lean Cuisines - printed
50c/1 Eggo waffles, doubled

I ended up paying just over $7 for 5 lunches, 4 breakfasts, and 8 ice cream type treats!

Kroger deals!

We semi-ate through our pantry and freezer in January, so I'm excited to get back into the full swing of couponing now that its February.  Kroger has a great mega-event going on, so I took advantage of that on Thursday night.  Good thing, since 6" of snow has kept me in the house tonight!  Here's what I got:

Pictured:

• Garden of Eatin tortilla chips $1.79*
• Krusteaz Buttermilk pancake mix $1.49* - $1 coupon = 49 cents
• Original Chex Mix* $1.49
• Turtle Chex Mix* $1.49 - $1/2 coupon = 49 cents
• Gardettos $1.49* - 50c e-coupon = 99 cents
• I Can't Believe its not Butter sticks $1.79* - 75c coupon = $1.04
• 4 pack Dannon Light-n-fit $1.88 - $1 coupon = 88 cents
• 4 packs Mott's apple cider @ 25c = $1
• 2 Bic Soleil razor packages @ 6.44 = 12.88 - B1G1 free coupon = $6.44
• 1 gallon milk $1.99
• Ghiradelli brownie mix $1.99*
• 1 box hot chocolate packets $1.25
• Dove deoderant $2 - $2 e-coupon - $2 newspaper coupon = free + $2 overage!
• 2 Honest Teas @ 75c* = $1.50 - $1/2 hangtag = 50 cents

Not pictured: 
granny smith apples, gala apples $3.05 total
Kraft 2% singles $0.99* - $1 coupon = free!
1 dozen eggs $1.69
2 bags Kroger shredded cheese @ 1.50 = $3

I paid $26.69 and saved $34.51...anytime its over 50% I get really excited, and this is 56% ! The starred items were part of the "buy 10, save $5" promotion.  They would have each been 50 cents more had I not bought 10 of them.

This is a pretty 'snacky' trip, so I'll be on the look out for some good produce and meat deals this upcoming week.  I'm also planning a trip to Aldi to stock up on some baking essentials and frozen items - they always have the best prices when you need to buy something and can't wait for a sale!

Back to blogging....Tom Thumb trip

Sorry to have been away from the blog world for so so long! but, I am back and have a great Tom Thumb trip to report on. The Tom Thumb by our house had a grand "re-opening" so they sent a ton of coupons for free items, and a free reusable bag (a cute one!). I'll just hit the highlights, since I didn't take a picture.

Full price $70.75
Saved $44.91 - 63%
Spent $25.85

Some of the best deals:
fresh tortilla soup from the deli - free with coupon
1/2 lb deli meat - free with coupon
organic salad - $1
pineapple - $1
organic white cheddar popcorn - $0.59 (after $2/any organic product coupon)
eggs - free with coupon
peanut butter - free with coupon
apple juice - free with coupon

We ran out of our June grocery money a little early, so I'm so excited to have a new month to get deals! Hopefully I'll have some other deal posts, and some great new recipes to share during July. Happy 4th!

Sunday Shopping

Before I post our Meal Plan tomorrow, I thought I'd give the blog world a peek at my grocery shopping today. This picture includes a trip to Sprouts and Kroger. I took a side trip to Tom Thumb, but all of that got put away before I got the camera out. Here are the details:

Sprouts (left section of photo):
Stacy's Pita Chips
bulk spices (chili powder, minced onion, bay leaves)
fresh green beans
apples
green pepper
zucchini squash
Total: $5.34
all were sale items, no coupons used!

Kroger:
Lays BBQ chips (new with all natural ingredients) *$1
Progresso soup - chicken gumbo, italian style meatball
corn tortillas *.75
elbow macaroni
Fiber plus granola bars
minced garlic
Granny Smith apple chips *mgr special
Red Delicious apple chips *mgr special
Barilla whole grain penne *.55
6 Yoplait yogurts *.40 (doubled to .80)
petite diced tomatoes
tomato paste
butter
parsley
milk
eggs
bananas
Kraft pepper jack cheese *$1/2
Kraft colby cheese *
Total: $30.68
*s represents items with coupons

Tom Thumb (not pictured):
1 lb snow crab meat *mgr special
1 lb jumbo gulf shrimp *on sale $4.99/lb
6 Smart Ones entrees *on sale for $1.50 each, *buy 5, get 1 free
Total $15.48

We enjoyed half the crab meat tonight for dinner, and are saving the other half to make crab cakes! Its so much more fun to eat crab when you don't have to do all the work yourself :) I'll update with the crab cake recipe and let you know how it went later in the week. Stay tuned tomorrow to see what we are doing with all these groceries!