Savings

I am behind, but hey, at least I'm getting it up here.

*disclaimer: I am also going to be lazy, I should take a picture, but it is dark out and I don't feel like the extra effort to take a few, load them, edit them AND post them here. So I am just going to tell you. Believe me because you should. ;>

On Monday last week--August 16, 2010--Eric and I went to Fry's grocery store. We had been gifted by our home teacher with coupons for various already sale items, plus the info on Fry's current offer of you buy 8 items from the sale list (any 8, it does not have to be all the same) and you get $4 off. He also told us that right now they are taking all manufacture's coupons at $1 even if it only says $.39 off or $.75, or whatever is written, all at least $1 off.

We spent over an hour at the first grocery store (that's right we went to 2 different fry's, but the second we only bought one set of 8 things that the first didn't have in stock). It was the fullest cart Eric and I have ever had in our two years of marriage. I can remember shopping with my mom and having full carts like that--but my mom was shopping for 9 people, not two! We only bought 3 items that weren't on the "8 set" list, one of which we had a coupon to use.

Totals:

purchased items: 79

subtotal: $176.10

coupon savings: $8

8 item set savings: $85.07

purchase total: $83.03

percent savings: 53%

purchased items: 8

subtotal: $20.12

coupon savings: $3

8 item set savings: $11.08

purchase total: $5.04

percent savings: 74%

Total Savings: $108.15

Average percent savings: 64%

The moral of the story:

We bought $196.22 worth of groceries, and only spent $88.07--less than half. That is awesome. We are proud.