Albertsons Trip 14April2009

My catalinas were expiring on April 15th and April 20th. I waited until the very last day of the sale's ad (they run Wednesday to Tuesday out here) to see if I wanted to use my catalinas for the next ad, or this one. I am very unimpressed with the upcoming sales ad, so I decided to use them for this week's one.

What I Got:
All Small & Mighty (on sale for $3.99 from $5.99)
2 blocks of Philly Cream Cheese (on sale for $1.00 from $1.50)
3 boxes of PopTarts (on sale for 3/$5.00 from $2.79 per box)
2 boxes General Mills Cocoa Puffs (on sale for $1.99 from $3.89)
4 boxes Betty Crocker potatoes (on sale for $1.00 from $2.29)
2 Lipton Knorr Pasta Sides (on sale for $1.00 from $1.99)
2 cups of mini cookies from Nabisco (on sale for $1.00 from $1.49)
1 water bottle

Coupons I Had:
$2.00 off one bottle of All Small & Mighty (internet printable only availible for a day following Celebrity Apprentice)
$1.00 off one Philly Cream Cheese
$0.75 off one Philly Cream Cheese
$1.00 off two boxes of Poptarts
(2) $0.75 off one box Cocoa Puff cereal
(2) STORE COUPONS for $0.30 off one box Cocoa Puff cereal
$0.40 off one box of Betty Crocker Au Gratin potatoes
(3) $0.25 off one box Betty Crocker potatoes
$0.75 off two Lipton Knorr Pasta/Rice sides

After-Coupon Prices:
All Small & Mighty $1.99
2 blocks of Philly Cream Cheese $0.253 boxes of PopTarts $4.00
2 boxes General Mills Cocoa Puffs $1.884 boxes Betty Crocker potatoes $2.852 Lipton Knorr Pasta Sides $3.25

Without coupons/preferred card savings, my total would have been $48.95. I only paid $4.33 out-of-pocket. That's a 91% savings!!! I used the $15.00 in catalinas I had, so I am officially out of catalinas.

Obviously, the Nabisco cookies were snacks for Aurora. I find it easier to do couponing in-stores with her if she has snacks. These little cups are perfect for my "coupon bag", and fit very nicely in the cupholders of her stroller or in the cupholders in carts.

The water bottle was for Justin - he is preparing to go out to sea, so I wanted him to have a newer water bottle, since this is about twice the size of his current one.

The coupons I am most excited about are the All Small&Mighty internet printable for $2.00 off - it's not too often you get a great brand like All for $1.99! And I am also extremely excited about my Philly Cream Cheese coupons - getting two blocks for $0.25 is AWESOME.