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Walgreens: OOP $3.20, Saved $6.20 (74%)

I must say that I probably won't be shopping Walgreens much anymore. Unless they have some great RR deals, I just don't want to deal with their new Balance Rewards program. I stopped in this week to use up an expiring RR.

 Target: OOP $5.94, Saved $19.88 (77%)

I was pretty excited about my Target trip this week! Haven't had one like this in a while. Go here or here to see the details.  

CVS: OOP $13.55, Saved $38.88 (74%)

Meijer: OOP $29.03, Saved $51.79 (64%)

Weekly Totals: OOP $51.72, Saved $116.75 (69%)

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 Walgreens: OOP $9.56, Saved $12.18 (58%)

You can see the details of this trip here.

CVS: OOP $7.34, Saved $13.47 (65%)

Meijer: OOP $85.01, Saved $54.23

Weekly Totals: OOP $101.91, Saved $79.88 

YIKES! This week was awful at the store. My month isn't going so well...

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CVS: OOP $5.03, Saved $13.58

Walgreens: OOP $9.73, Saved $5.50

Meijer: OOP: $34.78 , Saved $38.61

Weekly Totals: OOP $49.54, Saved $57.69 (54%)

Not too bad - stayed under budget and picked up dog food! We'll see how this week goes since there is the AWESOME Kraft catalina going on. Now, hopefully the stores will be stocked with products. :-)

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CVS: OOP $8.02, Saved $8.60

I was so excited about the razor deal for my hubby this week. We haven't seen them for quite some time, and I hope this means they will be back for a while.

Target: OOP $10.06, Saved $22.70 (69%)

Walgreens: OOP $17.33, Saved $31.50 (65%)

Aldi: OOP $5.18

Weekly Totals: OOP $40.59, Saved $62.80 (61%)

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CVS: OOP $4.56, Saved $3.10 (40%)

Walgreens: OOP $9.81, Saved $21.45 (69%)

Meijer: OOP $32.24, Saved $43.25 (57%)

Weekly Totals: OOP $46.61, Saved $67.80 (59%)

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This was one of those weeks where there were some really great deals and I had to try really hard to stay under budget! It's definitely hard to balance buying when there is a good deal and your stock pile is low versus just buying because it's a good deal (even when you don't need it).

 Target: OOP $22.26, Saved $33.60 (60%)

You can see the details of my Target trip here. 

 CVS: OOP $11.02, Saved $42.44 (79%)

You can see the details of my CVS trip here or here.

Walgreens: OOP $16.06, Saved $37.04 (70%)

Aldi: OOP $2.91

Weekly Totals: OOP $52.25, Saved $113.08! (68% Savings)

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Walgreens: OOP $7.96, Saved $16.86 (68%)

CVS: OOP $2.69, Saved $22.70 (89%)

You can see the details of my CVS trip here.

Meijer: OOP $36.35, Saved $40.97 (53%)


Weekly Totals: OOP $47.00, Saved $80.53 (63%)


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 Walgreens: OOP $7.30, Saved $29.44 (80%)

You can read about my Walgreens trip here.

Target: OOP $26.81, Saved $21.12! (54%)

Meijer: OOP $39.38, Saved $24.76! (39%)

Weekly Totals: OOP $73.49, Saved $75.32! (51%)

Not a bad week considering I got dog food and 4-12pks of pop & ice cream for our family gathering this weekend that I normally wouldn't purchase.

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Target: OOP $0.14, Saved $2.00

I picked up the FREE Heinz Vinegar at Target along with some other items that don't come out of the grocery budget. :-)

Meijer: OOP $24.00, Saved $31.09 (56%)

I picked up a couple things that were on sale but I didn't have a coupon for that I normally wouldn't buy (chips and pop - not pictured) so not too bad! 

Walgreens: OOP $25.55, Saved $30.29 (54%)

I was hoping for a little better deal at Walgreens, but the first store I went to didn't have my hubby's razor blades in stock. I wanted to roll the $10 RR into my 2nd transaction, but instead, I have it for later use. Hopefully there are some good deals at Walgreens next week so I can use it!

Weekly Totals: OOP $49.69, Saved $63.38 (56%)

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Walgreens: OOP $14.51, Saved $17.90! (55%)

We were in need of paper towels and this was a great deal at only $0.50 per roll so I had to stock up. The macaroni and cheese boxes were less than $0.10 each with my B1G1 FREE coupons, the shampoos were free and will be donated, and the salt was on clearance for $0.37 and used as my filler item.

  Target: OOP $4.86, Saved $11.65 (71%)

Meijer: OOP $24.43, Saved $0.58

Jason picked up milk and dog food, and I didn't make it back to the store. :-)

Weekly Totals OOP $43.80, Saved $30.13

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CVS: OOP $0.38, Saved $12.28! (97%)

Meijer: OOP $32.27, Saved $40.58! (56%)

Walgreens: OOP $3.83, Saved $29.19! (88%) 

You can see the details of my Walgreens trip here.

Weekly Totals: OOP $36.48. Saved $82.05! (69% Savings)

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CVS: OOP $19.71, Saved $33.71

This was kind of an expensive week at CVS, but I picked up two packs of diapers, wipes, and 2 gallons of milk. I was also able to use the gift card I purchased here as well as the coupon I got here. 

Meijer: OOP $50.83, Saved $25.31

Yes...I spent my entire budget at Meijer this week. And, I really didn't get much, but I hate not taking advantage when P&G/Meijer has a Spend $40, Get $10 offer especially when we are in need of dog food. So, I ended up getting a box of diapers there, too, which I never do.

Walgreens: OOP $7.93, Saved $13.12

I made it there on Friday for the Friends & Family discount, but they were out of the Finish dishwasher tabs and the Complete contact solution...which I figured they might be. I didn't have time to run to another store, so I just got the rest of the stuff on my list and went about my night.

Aldi: OOP $2.70

Lettuce, baby carrots, and sour cream...not too bad. I'm starting to really like shopping at Aldi, especially for produce!

Jewel: OOP $0.79, Saved $10.40!

I don't shop here much, but the University discount ended on Saturday and I had a catalina to use up. Unfortunately, there wasn't another catalina promotion to keep it going. It's been a great couple weeks!

Weekly Totals: OOP $81.96, Saved $82.54! (50% savings)

Let's just say that I probably won't be spending much next week to make up for what I spent this week. :-)

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Meijer: OOP $19.01, Saved $28.88!

I didn't see many deals at Meijer this week, and we didn't need much so a lot of this will be going to our church food pantry.

Target: OOP $8.29, Saved $5.54!

Walgreens: OOP $3.55, Saved $2.55!

CVS: OOP $.64, Saved $5.00!

Weekly Totals: OOP $31.49, Saved $41.97! (57% Savings!)

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Meijer: OOP $27.57, Saved $49.52!

CVS: OOP $3.22, Saved $26.40!

Target: OOP $1.54, Saved $4.88!

*Plus, I was really excited to find chlorinating tabs for the pool on clearance for 50% off! Chemicals really add up over the summer so any discount on them is awesome.

Walgreens: OOP $1.88, Saved $3.63!

Sam's Club: OOP $25.96
We were out of garbage bags and I recently discovered that Sam's Club has the best price - $9.98 for 150 which equals out to 6 cents each! I also picked up some pistachios for the hubs. :-)

Weekly Totals: OOP $60.17, Saved $84.43! (58% savings)

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Walgreens: OOP $0.23, Saved $3.00

CVS: OOP $7.09, Saved $13.10

Target: OOP $7.99, Saved $33.67

Meijer: OOP $58.60, Saved $46.01


Weekly Totals: OOP $73.91, Saved $138.79 (65% savings)

I am definitely OVER budget this week. But, we are headed out of vacation so I know I won't be grocery shopping and we're taking a ton of snacks, beverages, etc. with us so we won't be eating out all week either. 

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Walgreens: OOP $6.98, Saved $23.78!

CVS: OOP $12.69, Saved $43.05!

Meijer: OOP $35.63, Saved $36.98!


Weekly Totals: OOP $55.30, Saved $103.81!

A little over budget...not quite as good as I planned, but it works and we are stocked up on quite a bit (especially breakfast foods).


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Target: OOP $4.96, Saved $28.25!

Walgreens: OOP $7.91, Saved $32.47!

Meijer: OOP $34.99, Saved $60.38!

CVS: OOP $2.50, Saved $20.15!

Weekly Totals: OOP $50.36, Saved $141.25! (74% savings!)

This is my best week in quite a while, and I stayed right at my budget (if you count going over by 36 cents...and I do. ;-)).

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CVS: OOP $6.05, Saved $16.66! 

Can I just say how excited I was to see another CVS gift card deal this week? If you haven't done this before, it is SO worth it if you're going to be shopping there anyway. Check out Living Social's deal here. Hopefully it is still available, but I can't guarantee it. (Now, if I would just remember to print it out and take it to the store! ;-) Totally forgot before my 2nd trip this week.)

Walgreens: OOP $7.04, Saved $10.48!

Meijer: OOP $74.90, Saved $42.86!

Weekly Totals: OOP $87.99, Saved $70.00! (44% Savings!)

Another week over budget, but I had a good excuse...we celebrated a special little guy's birthday this weekend!

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Target: OOP $0, Saved $2.88!

Our Target is a complete mess right now. They are adding produce and moving things all around. This week, I ran in looking for a few things and ended up with a hat and gloves at 70% off and free macaroni and cheese!

Walgreens: OOP $5.45, Saved $4.80

CVS: OOP $2.91, Saved $8.78!

Meijer: OOP $49.83, Saved $52.94!

Weekly Totals: OOP $58.19, Saved $69.40! (54% savings!)

It's been a while since I hit all four of the stores I like to shop at! There weren't too great of deals at Walgreens and CVS. But, we were getting low on Kleenex (Walgreens) and it's always great when you can get milk on sale (CVS). I also had to pick up dog food this week which usually throws my grocery budget over, and it did this week, too. (Too bad she couldn't wait until the nice Iams coupon came out today.)