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$310 of grocery's for $27

June 7th, 2006 at 02:41 pm

I needed a challenge today. Having a down day, and wanted a tangible success. And, I needed something interesting to blog about. The question was asked about how I shop/save/spend...so, I gave myself a challenge.

My challenge: get a months worth of stuff, or at least grocery products across the board (hey, I've already got a HUGE stockpile - one more tube of toothpaste and I'll be in the dog house with DH, and the freezer is PACKED), for as little as possible. Keeping it real.

Realism, well, I did NOT want to use any FREE PRODUCT coupons, or do anything that every one else can't do fairly painlessly, and routinely, once they have built up their savings muscles (good analogy, Baselle!) It's not real to save up all your super show stopper coupons and dump them down in one fell swoop and then claim the wonders of couponing.

Well, I do plan to do that for an article, but as a different challenge. Today was just, well, rather spontaneous.

So...here's what I brought back, for $27:



Yep, that's crab-stuffed fresh salmon, fresh organic beef, four pounds of premium bacon, fresh asparagus, corn, portabella mushrooms...peanuts for my dear squirrels, dog food, drinks, CheerFree, Dole...an array of what WE needed to balance our STOCKPILE.

Part of our three month plan.

How? It started this morning, got today's ad, nothing at all exciting, but I made a list, cross referenced against coupons and our stockpile/needs, and went out shopping, with DH in tow, of course.

The details, well, Jeffrey has requested an article, and it shall be coming once he is back and running. Stay tuned!

Back to the savings challenge:

Totals before savings, $310. So, saved $283.

Also received the Mopar rebate from the car...great and surprising find! $40

Current savings:\\
2006 $20 challenge: $4668
2006 grocery savings: $6370

Posted in $20 Challenge, savings of the day, coupon discussions | 14 Comments »

14 Responses to “$310 of grocery's for $27”

  1. Joan.of.the.Arch Says:
    June 7th, 2006 at 02:50 pm

    Eh?

  2. Joan.of.the.Arch Says:
    June 7th, 2006 at 03:17 pm

    Oh, sorry. The first time I read your blog, it was cut off at "So...here's what I brought back, for $27:" but it is all there now. Amazing! Just amazing! Can you pull off this kind of saving week after week?

  3. contrary1 Says:
    June 7th, 2006 at 04:48 pm

    Can't wait for the article with all the details!!

  4. boomeyers Says:
    June 7th, 2006 at 05:38 pm

    You are the coupon goddess!!

  5. LuckyRobin Says:
    June 7th, 2006 at 06:36 pm

    Oh, that's just teasing us! Hope the article comes soon.

  6. mjrube94 Says:
    June 7th, 2006 at 08:35 pm

    You never cease to amaze me...

  7. carol Says:
    June 7th, 2006 at 09:16 pm

    Hello!! I'm amazed and impressed, esp., with the picture showing what all you got for $27. That tops anything I've ever heard of and I must say that my curiousity is sky high. I can't wait to read your article. My hat's off to you.

  8. Thrifty Ray Says:
    June 8th, 2006 at 07:31 am

    I am looking forward to it....when I 'grow up' I want to be just like you... Big Grin

  9. KarenSue Says:
    June 8th, 2006 at 10:45 am

    Wow! I really liked that you added a photo to this post so we could see all of the goodies you got. You can teach us all a thing or two - keep it up.

    {{hugs}} to Yoda of the supermarket Flash

  10. flash Says:
    June 8th, 2006 at 11:07 am

    Hugs...I need hugs! Coupons I got, hugs are priceless!

  11. flash Says:
    June 8th, 2006 at 11:09 am

    And apologies for the teaser, but Jeffrey is out of pocket right now. He did manage to get a new article up before he left...

    http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/stockpiling-groceries.html

    from my husband's perspective!!!

  12. jeffrey Says:
    June 18th, 2006 at 10:23 pm

    The article from Flash on how she did this is now live: $330 In Grocercies For $27

  13. miclason Says:
    June 22nd, 2006 at 04:03 pm

    oooohhh!....I'd love to be able to do something like that...unfortunately, we don't have coupons here...there are ocasional manufacturer's or distributor's sales or, the specials at each store...and even on the rare occasions where there might be some coupons available, they are always Embarrassmentffer not available with any other offer or something like that, so that you can only apply coupons for regular-priced items, for example! Frown

  14. flash Says:
    June 23rd, 2006 at 11:28 am

    Just a note...usually when it says cannot be combined with any other offer, it doesn't refer to a sale, it means another manufacturer's coupon. Like using $1 coupon on Hamburger Helper and then a second one on the same item, or trying to ALSO use one that is $1 on hamburger when you buy Hamburger Helper. One item, one coupon. The "sale" is usually a store promotion, and is in addition to anything the manufacturer offers. And...even if you don't have coupons, you can still shop the sales and stockpile the best deals, so you don't get caught having to pay full price down the road.

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