First Shopping Trip of 2012!

Today was my first couponing/price matching trip of 2012 and with the sales going on, I got some amazing deals! 

These items regularly priced at Walmart would have cost me $256.89.  However, today’s total after price matching and using $39.50 in coupons was $96.70 – saving my family $160.19 or 67% of my grocery bill! 

If you look at the picture below, I’ve provided a handy visual.  If I had NOT couponed and price matched, I would have only been able to purchase the items on the top shelf (Tides, Chicken Breasts, Old Spice deodorants, and Diet Coke) for my total of $96.70.  But thanks to coupons and price matching – I got everything on the counter below for FREE!  And free is good – very, very good!!

So, what was I able to purchase for $96.70?  Here’s a breakdown (remember if I had NOT used coupons and price matching, I would have only gotten the items in blue for my $96.70 - but since I did - I was able to get all of the items in black for FREE):

4 – Boneless / Skinless Chicken breast packages (32 chicken breasts in all!)
4 - Old Spice Deodorants

3 – 12 packs of Diet Coke

4 – Tide laundry detergents

4 - Pantane Hair Products

4 - Crest toothpastes
1 - Vicks DayQuil

1 - English muffin packet

1 - Envelopes

4 - Jello Pudddings

1 – Sara Lee Bread

6 – GreatValue Frozen veggies

1 – Covergirl cotton pads

2 – Pillsbery Crescent Rolls

2- GreatValue Freezer bags

2 – Keebler Crackers

2 – GreatValue Shredded Cheese packets

1 – I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter

2 - GreatValue Honey

4 – Oscar Meyer Lunchmeats

1 – Hellsman Mayo

4 – Green Giants Steamable Veggies

1 – 18 count eggs

2 – Carrots

1 – Sponge

2 – Dole Salad Kits

1 – Marie Callender Pot Pie

1 – Pineapple
1 – 3lb bag of Clementines

1 – bunch of bananas

Don't you just love saving money??