Busy Monday! Jakob started 1st Grade and Saving at the Stores!

Ashlyn and I had a busy day after dropping Jakob off for his first day of First Grade!  It seems really odd to still be off of work, but I am still enjoying my time off with her of course.  :) We went to the bank, Staples, Target, and Kroger.  I used a $6.00 reward from turning in empty print cartridges at Staples and picked up paper for my students along with cord cover so my students or I do not trip over the cords running from my projector to my computer.  Using my $6.00 reward, I spent $7.30 and saved approximately 45% off my purchase!

At Target, I returned an item and then quickly before getting the Kids SpinBrush Toothbrush for Jakob.  They are normally $5.79 and were on sale for $4.63 and I had a $1.00 coupon!  Between all the savings including my Target card, I spent $3.26 and saved $2.78!

Kroger did not have everything I was looking for today, but next week's ad is the same to my knowledge according to Southern Savers.  I spent $36.03 and saved $35.65 or 49% today!  I might check back next week for the items they were out of stock on with next week's purchases.  Here's the break down of everything I purchased today at Kroger. Items in red are the coupons and Kroger still triples coupons that are 35 cents (or less) to a $1.00 and doubles coupons that are 40-50 cents up to a maximum of $1.00.  No pictures this week...Ashlyn was hungry about halfway through my trip - had to stop and let her have a bottle!  So overall, I was pretty exhausted after all the trips.  We are on track of our weekly spending goal of no more than $100 counting everything from groceries, household, fast food, etc!  This should really help with our budget especially with Ashlyn starting school soon too!

Fridge or Frozen:
Jimmy Dean Breakfast Skillets or Sandwiches, 14.8 -18 oz, $3.79
-.75/1 Jimmy Dean product (Facebook) printable

Groceries:
2 - Old El Paso Re-fried Beans 99¢
1 - Old El Paso Seasoning

-FREE Old El Paso Seasoning WYB 2 Old El Paso Product

2 - Betty Crocker Boxed Potatoes, 99¢

-.50/2 Betty Crocker boxed potatoes, excl buds and pouch printable

5 - SpaghettiOs, 14-15 oz, 49¢

-.50/5 Campbell’s Spaghettio’s pasta printable

2 - Del Monte Fruit Cup, 4-8 ct., $1.49
2 - Kellogg’s Cereal Frosted Mini Wheats, 17-25.5 oz, $2.49
-$1/2 Kellogg’s cereals, 8.7 oz +, RP 8/07
 3 - Pop Tarts, 8 ct., $1.59
-$1/3 Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts or Mini Crisps, 6 ct +, RP 7/24
2 - Heinz Ketchup $1.99

-.50/1 Heinz Ketchup 8/21 Insert

-.50/1 Heinz Ketchup 8/21 Insert

2 - Nature's Own 100% Wheat Bread $2.99 (B1G1)
King Hawaiian Snacker Rolls

-FREE King Hawaiin Snack Rolls

2 - Wolf Chili $1.67

-.50/2 Wolf Chili (Kroger Catalina Coupon)

Kroger Relish $1.00

Produce: 
Bananas $0.49/lb - $1.62
Red Potatoes $1.29/lb - $1.92
Red Apples 5/$2.00 - $2.00

Meat:
2 - Oscar Mayer Bologna or Wieners, 16 oz, $1.99

Personal Care:
Desitin Cream, 2 oz, $2.99

-$1 off Desitin Rapid Relief Cream printable