Target Deals

This is what we purchased at Target:

5 - Johnsons Bath Buddies Soap (0.97 ea, less 2 $2/2 coupons, less 1 0.75/1 coupon)
3 - Aveeno Lotion (2 oz) (2.99 each, less $10/3 coupon)
5 - Market Pantry Fruit Snacks (3.2 oz, by the registers) (0.89 each, less 5 $1/1 coupons)
1 - Cotton Squares (2.19)
1 - 100 count file folders (3.89)

Total Value of Items Purchased: $24.35
OOP: $5.45
Savings: $18.90 (78%)

Great Buys at CVS

We paid a visit to CVS tonight. Here is what we purchased:

4 - 20 oz. bottles Sobe Life Water (B1G1, plus 2 B1G1 coupons)
1 - Sensitive Enamel Protect Colgate (3.99 ECB WYB 1 @ 3.99, minus $1 coupon)
1 - Sensitive Whitening Colgate (3.99 ECB WYB 1 @ 3.99)
2 - 16 oz. Lemon Ajax Dish Soap (0.99 each)
2 - boxes Lorna Doone cookies (1.00 each)

Total Value of Items Purchased: $23.32
OOP: $3.30
Total Saved: $20.02 (85%)

Chadwick's Free Item WYB One Item

Hi there- wanted to share with you that you can order from Chadwicks and choose any item free when you buy one item. The free item is the lowest priced item in the order. Just enter Promotion Code CH21033. Happy Shopping!

This Week's Produce

Andrew and I take Saturday morning trips to the Farmer's Market near our house. Because of the wonderful prices they have on everything produce, I have a budget that allows me to spend $15-$18 each week on fresh fruit and vegetables.

Let me also say, that, before, when I would go to the store for my produce, I always felt guilty for spending money on fresh veggies. Isn't that strange? It's because I knew we couldn't spend that kind of money each week to eat fresh. Well, I don't feel an ounce of guilty anymore. In fact, I feel rather victorious, and I think you will see why. Look at what $18 bought us this morning (minus one apple, as Drew ate it for a snack):


1 pineapple
6 fuji apples
3 eggplant (thanks, Cherie L)
2 green bell peppers
1 red bell pepper
3 orange bell peppers
8 zucchini
7 yellow squash
5 tomatoes
1 lb. green beans
8 large carrots

If I would have purchased these exact items, even if from Wal-Mart, I would have paid at least
$38 to $40. And I don't know about the rest of you, but I try to get all my groceries for an avg. of $60 per week. I don't want to spend 2/3 of that budget in produce.

I encourage you to visit the Farmer's Market closest to you; while I can't vouch for the prices in each one, two that I know for sure have great prices: the one at the Collier Co. Fairgrounds (that's where we go) and the one at the Promenade Shopping Center in Bonita Springs. There are more around town, wherever you look. I just don't know what they are like.

Drew and I took a little trip to a BIG store tonight... Whole Foods Market. Yes, I know it's been there for months, but this is the first time I've made it.

My reason for visiting is different- my son is allergic to everything. I went just to scope things out (not spend much money) and see what they had to offer. WOW... as the mother of someone whose non-allergy list is shorter than the actual allergy list, this place was a vision.

Of course Drew loved the 'car' part of the cart. I could not believe some of the things I came across. I was OVERWHELMED, but in a good way. It made my head spin! SO, SO many things that would help me get a better balance of things into him while still keeping the allergens out of his food. I think the section I found most surprising as it relates to us was the baking aisle. There were so many ingredients and mixes that would be Drew-friendly, I could hardly speak.

UN-related to us, I could not believe the ready-made food available at this place! And, no surprise, expensive. I did find quite a few things on sale, and the way I shop, you can be sure I know a good deal when I see one, especially on groceries.

We did buy two bags of Veggie Pirate's Booty (the kind with no cheese or milk ingredients), and I found a bottle of the Whole Foods Store Brand gummy vitamins for Drew for which I just happened to have a coupon (no shopping trip is complete if I don't have my coupons!). We spent $11, which I'm certain is no small achievement! So, as if I don't have enough incentive already, I can feel better about all my coupon craziness when I know it will perhaps allow me to buy Andrew a few things now and then at Whole Foods.