A Day of Shopping

It's 2009!! Time to eat better and make better choices!! I cleaned out the fridge yesterday and made room for new stuff!! I haven't been on a large shopping trip in a long time... over a month. Can I whine now that I miss double coupons & my 10% savings at Vons?! No pictures, because I went to so many stores today, I put it all away as soon as I could!! BC = Before Coupons & Store Savings AC = After Coupons & Store Savings * Vons - BC: $89.94 AC: $27.57 * Ralphs - BC: $66.04 AC: $10.93 OOP (& $13.93 on a gift card that I didn't buy!) * Ralphs - BC: $12.00 AC: $1.00 * Smart & Final - Total: $9.34 (I got some more 5 oz. plastic cups to make SF Jello in) & apples * CVS - BC: $264.92 AC: $4.77 (paid with gift card & used $47.40 of ECB's ($42 was a new printer ink cartridge) * Albertsons - BC: $53.06 AC: $28.94 So I got $495.03 worth of stuff and spent $77.78 OOP!! I'm pleased considering most of this will last 2-4 wks. I'll have to add milk, bread, eggs & fresh fruit. Some of the stuff I purchased included: * 5 Boxes of cereal (Crispix & Rice Krispies) * 2 Gallons of milk * 1 Dozen eggs * 4 Fruit cups * 2 Progresso Soup * 3 Chef Boyardee (for Ashley) =P * 2 bags of pasta * 4 Toothpaste (Crest & Colgate) * 2 Sensodyne Toothpaste (for mom) * Lots of fresh Cherries (2.5 lbs) * Huge bag of string cheese * Nature Valley granola bars * Tostitos chips * 2 Special K Eggo Waffles * 2 Ben & Jerry's (I got them free, going out with a bang!) * 16oz. Shredded cheese * Hot dog buns * 2 Yogurts (Yo-Plus) * 2 Ralphs Cream Cheese * Tropicana OJ * Toilet Paper * 3 lbs Cauliflower * 2 lbs Broccoli * 1 lb. Baby carrots * Lettuce * 2 Russet potatoes * Jennie-O turkey sausage links * Foster Farms fresh chicken breast tenders * Granola mix (on clearance - yummy on yogurt!) * 8 Gala apples * Mylanta (for Hays) * Viactiv Vitamins * HP Ink Cartridge * Garnier Conditioner * 4 LA Times newspapers * 2 Bags of water softener salt * 2 Hot Pockets (for Ashley) * Cinnamon Raisin bread * Paper plates * 3 bags of frozen fruit * 2 Lean Cuisines ...off to make Jello & steam veggies to make puree's for recipes (See Jessica Seinfeld's "Deceptively Delicious" cookbook!!