Albertsons Trip 06April2009

Well, the hubs was a sweetheart today and went with me to the Silverdale Albertsons because he got off work incredibly early. He was such a wonderful distraction to Aurora that I could dig through their Post stock and find some Trail Mix Crunch (no where to be found at the Bremerton Albertsons)!
Thanks to Justin's willingness to participate, I accomplished two transactions today.



FIRST TRANSACTION:

I got 5 boxes of Post Cereal: 4 Trail Mix Crunch and 1 Honey Bunches of Oats. I only had (3) coupons for $2.00 one box of Trail Mix Crunch, so I ended up paying $2.35 for five boxes. Hey, that's still not bad. I got back a $5.00 catalina. (So I "made" $2.65!)

Total transaction savings = 90%!

SECOND TRANSACTION:

I got 2 jugs of Tropicana 50% less sugar orange juice, a dozen eggs, 3 boxes of Trail Mix Crunch, 2 boxes of Honey Bunches of Oats, and a Full Throttle energy drink for Justin. Total out of pocket: $6.49. I got back a $5.00 catalina. (So I guess I only "paid" $1.49!)

Well, Albertson's this week had a coupon for free eggs when you buy 2 Tropicana orange juice, which was priced 2/$6.00. I also had 2 coupons for $1.00 one jug of Tropicana orange juice. I used the Albertsons's coupon doubler for those to make it $2.00 off each jug. Overall, I paid $2.00 for 2 jugs of Tropicana AND a dozen eggs. I'm happy with that.

I also used 2 coupons for $2.00 one box of Trail Mix Crunch, as well as an Albertsons store coupon for $1.50 off two boxes of Trail Mix Crunch. Technically, because boxes only cost $1.57 each when you buy them in multiples of two, then two boxes of Trail Mix Crunch only cost $3.14, and I had $5.50 total in coupons, I "made" a credit of $1.86 that was used to deduct some cost.

Total savings this transaction = 82%. Not bad, considering that I "splurged" for an energy drink for Justin.

So, overall today, I spent $8.84 out of pocket. I got $10 back in catalinas. And my total savings today was $52.78!!!!! Overall, I have to say, I'm pretty pleased with these transactions.

And for anyone who's keeping track, I now have 20 boxes of Post cereal! But don't worry, I eat more cereal than anyone I know, so it will not be going to waste. I also have a box of food set aside that I plan on donating for the Post Office food drive coming up, so if my mailman has confirmation tomorrow that cereal is accepted, they will be getting a few boxes. Hey, I shouldn't be the only one who benefits from "free" food. :)