Sooooooo.....I couldn't resist.............

I went back to Kroger's today and stockpiled on some more stuff! The sale this weekend was continued over from last weekend's mix and match and I couldn't resist!

One of the things I went for today was meat. I bought quite a bit of meat and will freeze it for future meals. They had their spiral hams on for such a great deal.....I bought a $30 ham for $10!! Pork Loins were on for $1.77 a pound - I got them for $4 and $5 dollars a piece!! Chickens were on sale for .88 cents........I bought two of them for $4 a piece.................

The sale that was going on was a mix and match sale.....you buy 10 items that were participating items and they would give you $5.00 off......so, I went through the sale paper - picked out the items that fell in the mix and match category and separated them by groups of 10...example

5 Kraft Mac Cups
3 Rotel Tomatoes
2 Philadelphia cream cheese

etc.

Some examples of what were on sale: they had "Can't believe it's not butter" for .99c - I had a $1.00 coupon........which means they were FREE. (I had 3 coupons - bought 3 butters).....

When I sit down with the sales paper - I pick out what I want to buy - then I comb through my coupons.......I mainly buy what I have coupons for - unless it's rock bottom prices - like the butter on sale for 99c....I would have bought that anyway because it was so cheap.

Another example - they had Dreyers Ice cream on sale for $2.77 - I had a $1.00 coupon........I got ice cream for .77c.....I had three coupons - I bought three of them - .77 cents a piece.

I bought Lays chips - my son loves them - on sale for 1.88....you can FREEZE chips.
I bought Tostitos - you can freeze them too

My total today was $389.00 - I walked out for $180.00............amazing!!!

Now, please note that I do not always spend over $300 in two weeks - EVER. but, the sale was that good and I have tons of meat products now and other stuff that I have stockpiled. My total would have been well over $800 these past two week and I would have never been able to do it - but with the coupons and the loadable coupons on my Kroger card (that you get from www.cellfire.com and www.shortcuts.com ) I was able to swing it...............

for those of you saying - "I'll never stockpile" - that's ok - you don't have to do like me. I've always been a planner and a saver - so, what you can do to maximize your savings is start clipping coupons - loading your coupons from the two websites above and just start using the coupons. I've also heard "I never buy anything that has a coupon - we don't eat that"....well, you have a choice - if you are interested in saving money - you can switch your eating habits.....instead of shopping around my meal plans - I make meal plans around what I have purchased. It's all a matter of what you want. I want to save money on food and spend it elsewhere (like vacations,etc)....so, I choose to purchase food that is on sale and change some of my habits......we are all different - so you make it work for your family - but I promise you - if you start watching the sales papers and start buying things on sale (using your Kroger card)....you are going to be amazed!

btw - I'm not bashing HEB - I love HEB and shopped there for years - unfortunately, they don't triple and double coupons and that is where you will find the most savings. I do, however, go there when I want really good produce and meat............so, I'm plugging them too :)

Stay tuned.......on the 27th - I have Melanie Perego coming to teach my group of friends some additional ways to save.............so excited and then on March 27th - I'm hoping to have someone from my parents church come and share her success story!!! It's so much fun............get a group together and start your own group. It's a great way to share ideas and save money together!

Until then - clip, clip, clip!
Karen