Also, I did, like, a b'zillion errands today.
Walmart:
1 gallon of pickles: $5.97
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King Soopers:
Italian sausage (four 18oz packages): $7.96
Pasta: $1.96
Protein bar: $0 (free friday item)
Almond milk: $1.89
Tortillas: $.99
Cheerios: $1.58
Total receipt = $14.38. Yes, I managed to get Cheerios for $.79/box. The ad listed General Mills cereal as $1.79 for sizes 11.1oz-24.2oz...I looked and looked, but couldn't find ANY GM cereals that were 24oz with an appropriate sale tag. So I asked at the customer service desk-- told them I had looked and couldn't find anything the advertised size with a sale tag, and asked if perhaps I had missed something-- service desk lady told me to take the big box of cereal and show the ad to the cashier and they'd honour the price. So I did. It also turned out that the General Mills cereal coupon on my card ALSO applied to the sale price, so that was an additional savings of $1/box! The way the coupon was worded, I expected it to only be $1 off
two boxes (i.e., $.50/box), and even then, I didn't expect it to show up at all, since e-coupons often don't apply when the cashier manually puts prices in; but they did, somehow. Breakfast cereal is literally one of my favourite foods of all time, so I'm pretty pumped about this, lol!
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Sprouts:
Celery: $.98
(2) Cucumbers: $1.00
Eggplant: $.50
(.89lbs @ $1.50/lb) Green beans: $1.34
(2) Green peppers: $1.00
(6) Red peppers: $2.00
Leaf lettuce: $1.29
(8lbs @ $.98/lb) Honeycrisp apples: $7.86
(1.64lbs @ $.50/lb) Tomatoes: $.82
(1.16lbs @ $3.99/lb) Sesame seeds: $4.63
Total receipt = $21.42. The eggplant....is an experiment. I've never tried eggplant before, so worst-case scenario is that it's terrible and I'm out $0.50. The red peppers and apples I have had rainchecks in my wallet for weeks now, so I'm glad to clear them out of my wallet. The sesame seeds are hopefully going to end up as tahini for more hummus-- we'll see how they turn out in the food processor.
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Total food spending today: $41.77