This Week at the Grocery Store

This week at the grocery store I turned in my coupons and saved big bucks, enough to actually pay for a haircut on my way home!  My Mother has always done double coupons at Homeland and her house has always been stocked with cheap, or free, food.  I, on the other hand, go to Wal*Mart thinking it is cheaper and end up paying over one hundred dollars on every trip I make.  There comes a point in time when you find out just how much a month's worth of Wal*Mart adds up to and figure out that you can't handle it much longer.  That is exactly how I have felt for the past few months.  So what did I do about it you are wondering?  Well, I started buying two Sunday newspapers a week and clipping coupons.  I have always hated this and thought that it took up too much of my valuable time.  Well, for thirty minutes worth of clipping each week this is what I saved today:

Alka Seltzer - $2.19 per box, $1.00 coupon doubled, $0.19 total cost
Scope Outlast - $2.99, $1.00 coupon doubled, $0.99 total cost
Parkay Butter - $1.00 each, $0.75 coupon doubled, FREE
Country Crock Side Dish (Garlic Mashed Potatoes) - $3.29, $1.00 coupon doubled, $1.29 total cost
Swanson Chicken Broth - $0.50 each, $0.50 off two doubled, 2 cans FREE
Reynolds Oven Bags - $1.99 each, $1.00 coupon doubled, FREE
Rhodes Rolls - $2.49, $1.00 coupon doubled, $0.49 total cost
Karo Syrup - $2.00, $0.75 coupon doubled, $0.50 total cost
Lindsey Olives - $1.00, $1.00 coupon doubled, 2 cans FREE
Imperial 4 lb. Sugar - $1.79, $0.50 coupon doubled, $0.79 total cost
Sea Salt - $2.59, $1.00 coupon doubled, $0.59 total cost
Zone Protein Bar - $1.39, $1.00 coupon doubled, FREE
Carnation Evaporated Milk - $1.00 each, $0.50 of 2 coupon doubled, $0.50 each
Ritz Crackers - $2.50, $1.00 coupon doubled, $0.50 total cost

This is not all that I bought, and I bought in two separate orders to make sure all coupons would be doubled at this particular store.  An order that would have cost me $42.61 ended up costing me $11.30, tax included.  I believe that this $30+ savings is well worth 30 minutes of my time, don't you? 

P.S.  My mother was in front of me in the grocery line and only ended up spending a dollar and some change on one of her orders...I guess I still have some learning to do!