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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Weekly Roundup #17 - April 24-30, 2012

This week I exceeded my $50.00 budget due to a careless mistake. That combined with the mistake I made last week took me $8.80 over my monthly budget. A lesson to me to slow down and focus better in the store!

 
Purchases
Food
Gallon Milk - 1                                         Iceberg Lettuce - 1
Tomato - 1                                               Bananas - 4
Kraft Fresh Take - 2                                  Philadelphia Cooking Creme - 1
Breakstone Sour Cream - 1                       Land of Frost Sliced Ham - 1
Lean Ground Beef - 1                               Goya Kidney Beans - 6
Goya Black Beans - 10                         Nature's Own Bread - 1
Whole Wheat Hamburger buns - 1       Special K Granola Bars - 4
Tostitos Chips - 2                                 Tostitos Salsa - 1
Bullseye BBQ Sauce - 1                       Dole Frozen Blueberries - 6
Ocean Spray Juice - 6                          Coca Cola 12-packs - 6
Kelloggs Raisin Bran cereal - 4            Rice Krispies cereal - 2
Giant Oatmeal Cookies - 1                   Dentyne Ice gum - 6
Mike & Ike Theater box candy - 8         Oreo Single Serve cookies - 4

 Health & Beauty
Tums Freshers - 1
Alka Seltzer Cold - 2
Samy Fat Hair Root Lift - 1
Colgate Power Toothbrush - 6
Colgate Toothpaste (travel size) - 1
Maybelline Eye Shadow - 1

Household
Scott Naturals Paper Towels (8 pack) - 2
Scott Naturals Toilet Paper (12 pack) - 2

Rebates                                   
Bud Light NBPR - Save up to $4.00 on the purchase of 2 bags of Tostitos                                             

Expenses
Rite Aid - $10.01
Giant - $56.97
Total - $66.98

Total for April - $208.80

My mistake:  I read on a blog that Goya beans were only 50 cents a can at Giant after a combined sale and coupon. Not the best price ever, but not bad. I grabbed 16 cans and threw them into my cart without really studying the price. I was shocked when my total came up high, and I later realized that the sale in my area was not the same as the one I had read about. I had actually paid $1.00 per can! I guess we will be having a few rice and bean dinners next month.



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