We got $42 worth of groceries for just over $14 tonight at Kroger, and I was actually disappointed. My math wasn't quite right, as I estimated our before-tax-total to be around $10, when it actually proved to be about $12.
So why am I unhappy? Your guess is as good as mine.
We got a lot of really useful stuff for pretty good prices. We even got some freebies. But we got spoiled with the Mega Event savings. I have to be able to accept that not every shopping trip is going to be a home run, especially if we are buying things we need and not just buying things because they're cheap or free.
Boy, to his credit, has a much healthier perspective on it and is really happy with our savings tonight. I need to get on his level.
Here is our haul from tonight, minus some free oatmeal that I forgot to include (like a dumb dumb):
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| Final cost: $14.64; Total Savings: $29.73 |
In the interest of full disclosure, the milk was a separate transaction. The Wisk detergent was a great price at $3.99, minus a $2 coupon, and then it printed $2 in Catalina after that. We used the Catlina on the 2 half gallons of milk. If you need milk, go to Kroger. Half gallons are $1 right now, making a gallon $2, as opposed to the 1 gallon container price of $2.89.
The Garnier shampoo and conditioner were on closeout and with a coupon, were just $.88 cents each. The cereal, the biscuits, and the cheese were all under $.80 after coupons and the Benefiber and the Almond Breeze milk were $1 after coupons.
We had an oatmeal freebie, but I forgot to include it in the picture.
All in all, we got a lot of great stuff. Breaking it down just now made me feel better about it. The Wisk is an especially good deal. We have a plan that we're going to try tomorrow, and if it goes well, I'm sure you'll hear about it :)
In excellent news, I borrowed my old computer back from my mom and I'm able to print the coupons.com coupons. I've heard of several other people who can't print them on Macs (and other people who can), so I don't really know what to do about my actual computer. I'll cross that bridge when I get there.
I have felt dissappointed with some of our shopping trips like that as well. One was when we went to 5 different stores and got roughly $206 worth of groceries for $75. We saved 67% but I was dissapointed because what we spent was way above what I had wanted to spend. I think it will just take a little getting used to, and like you said, realizing that every shopping trip will not be a homerun.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, I still don't ever want to pay full price for anything ever again. I have found myself looking at clearance racks and thinking those prices were too high for me.
I know! We were walking around in the Dean Road Kroger the other day and the prices were so high! I can't believe how much money I've wasted over the years!
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