Another Safeway run this evening. My hobby is shopping...

5 gallons milk
5 Honey bunches of oats cereals
5 pounds tangerines
8 big bixes Ritz crackers
4 boxes Teddy Grahams
10 more Green Giant vegetable bags (the coupons expired at midnight which is why I went one more time!)

Got all of the above for $12! The milk alone was $2.39 each before coupons, so that is pretty good! My freezer(s) are stuffed, fridge is stuffed and shelves are stuffed. I'm not planning on a lot of other shopping this week, but there is a very tempting Albertson's sale and I know I can always donate a bunch of milk to the food bank if I need to make some room.

These Sunday "all by myself" shopping trips are becoming addictive. I went to three stores today (and went in and out of Safeway 4 times).
Spent $42 and came home with $20 in coupons good off my next purchase of nearly anything, so $22 net.

The goodies: (no picture this week. It was mostly frozen stuff and I had to get it into the freezers)

At Fred Meyer
2 Purex Laundry Soap
1 green pepper (those three items were just four cents after some careful couponing at Fred Meyer.

At Safeway
1 bag of half price chocolate valentine candy for DH (the list of stuff he most wanted included smoked salmon... he got chocolate at least!)
1 bag animal crackers
1 Skippy peanut butter
1 Pillsbury toaster strudel
6 bags of Green Giant frozen vegetables the steam/microwave ones)
4 El Monterrey "Tornados" that look like rolled up tacos

Safeway Trip #2
7 Purevia sweetener
8 frozen Yoplait Smoothies
1 Old Orchard juice

Safeway trip #3
2 huge packs of Charmin (24 rolls each, supposed to be double rolls)

Safeway trip #4
1 Swiffer mop starter kit
1 Swiffer refill package
2 Febreeze air fresheners

At Food 4 Less
Mushrooms
2 avocados
2 cucumbers
2 tomatoes
bean sprouts
1 frozen chicken meal (family size)
2 Haggen Dazs bars (only fifty cents each, not even on my list. Even I splurge sometimes).

Total value of groceries before any coupons: $180.00

Not too shabby!

Fun Safeway run tonight. I came home with all of this:
6 cookie doughs
6 boxes cheese nips crackers
4 six packs coca cola
1 real vanilla extract
4 progresso soups
2 frozen meals for lunches
Saved 95%

I spent $4.62 and got a coupon for $4 off my next order. That was fun!

I've been shopping at Costco more lately because we have been eating a lot more fruits and veggies and I like their fruits and veggies, but this reminded me to get back to work saving.