My shopping trips today!

I decided to hit the grocery stores today since it's the first day of the sales and things tend to sell out. I needed some bread and hot dog buns anyway, so I was going to need to get those somewhere. So I studied the ads, lined up my coupons, and set out for Kroger, Schnucks, and Piggly Wiggly.

Schnucks:
fresh boneless, skinless chicken breast: 8.45 lbs @ $1.87/lb = $15.81
3 sandwich cookies (for church): 3 @ $1.78 = $5.34
Suddenly Salad: 2 @ $2.49 - BOGO free sale = $2.49 - $.50Q doubled = 2/$1.49 or $.75 each
Oscar Mayer bologna: 2 @ $3.49 - BOGO free sale = $3.49 - $1/2 Q = 2/$2.49 or $1.25 each (These are BIG packages, and my family loves bologna.)

Schnucks Total: $27.13 - $2 in coupons = $25.13 + $2.06 tax = $27.19
We have enough chicken and bologna to last a while now! ;)

Piggly Wiggly:
bread: 2 @ $1.49 = $2.98 (Not a good deal, but we had to have it.)
hot dog buns = $1.09
Pop Tarts: $2.00 sale - .55Q doubled = $.90
Grapes: $1/lb sale = $3.83 (I never buy them if they are more than $1/lb.)
Crest toothpaste: $1 sale - .50Q doubled = free
Texas garlic toast: 2 @ $1.67 sale - .50Q doubled & .40Q doubled = 2/$1.54 or $.77 each
Ziplock slide storage bags: 5 @ $1.50 each sale = $7.50 - 2 $1/2 Qs & .40Q doubled = 5/$4.70 or $.94 each
(I needed these to store all the chicken and hamburger in!)
Dawn dish detergent: $1 sale - .25Q doubled = $.50

Piggly Wiggly Total: $22.74 - $7.20 in coupons = $15.54 + $1.91 tax = $17.45

Kroger:
Lysol lemon pourable: $1.84 clearance - .50Q doubled = $.84
Lysol spray cleaner: $1.59 clearance - .50Q doubled = $.59
Lysol mildew spray: $1.97 clearance - .50Q doubled = $.97
Kraft grated cheese: $3.79 - BOGO free sale = 2/$3.79 - $1 Q = 2/$2.79 or $1.40 each
Kraft 2% grated cheese: $3.89 - BOGO free = 2/$3.89 - $1 Q = 2/$2.89 or $1.45 each
Kraft 2% slices: $3.99 - BOGO free = 2/$3.99 - $1Q = 2/$2.99 = $1.49 each
Kraft slices: $3.35 - BOGO free = 2/$3.35 - $1Q = 2/$2.35 = $1.18 each
Country Crock: $1.99 - .25Q doubled = $1.49
Yoplait: 6 @ .50 each = $3.00 - .40Q doubled - .50 Cellfire Q = 6 @ $1.70 = $.28 each
chicken leg quarters: 8 lbs @ $.57/lb = $4.56
ground beef: 7.58 lbs for $12.63 = $1.67/lb (some were clearanced and some were on sale)
Kroger coupon: $3 off $15 from meat dept

Kroger Total: $43.60 - $11.80 in coupons = $31.80 + $3.05 tax = $34.85

Today's grocery total: $93.47 - $21.00 in coupons = $72.47 + $7.02 tax = $79.49

Not GREAT savings, but really good considering that I got 7 1/2 lbs of ground beef, 8 lbs of leg quarters, 8 1/2 lbs of boneless chicken breast, and 2 lbs of bologna! :-D