Grocery deals this week

We have got some good deals this week: Wednesday Feb. 24 - Tuesday Mar. 2

Viva supermarket
Thursday only: Ground beef $.99 lb
Ground chicken: $1.59 lb

FoodsCo
10 lb bag Russet potatoes: $.98
Pork spareribs or beef back ribs: $1.17 lb
Tomatoes: $.57 lb
Fresh cucumbers: 4 for $1
Kraft Mac and Cheese: $.68 each
French bread: $.98
Carrots: 3lb for $.99
20lb bag, Blue Ribbon rice: $6.98

Safeway
Foster Farms whole chicken: BOGO free ($1.69 each)
Campbells Healthy Request Condensed soup: $1 each
Eating Right salad blends: BOGO free ($3.49 each)
(Saturday and Sunday only)
Jimmy Dean Bacon and Sausage: $1.99 each
Bananas: $.48 lb
Kraft Mac and Cheese: $.50 each (limit 4)

Raleys/ BelAir
Boneless, skinless chicken breasts: $1.67lb
Red Seedless grapes: $.95 lb
Glaceau vitamin water, Fuze, Smart water: 10 for $10

Happy Shopping!

Crazy Monday

So yesterday we had so much fun! ha ha. Our plan for the day was this. Go to my doctor's appointment. Meet the realtor to look at houses. Visit my brother-in-law and sister-in-law. Go grocery shopping. Come home. Have dinner. Go to bed.

This is how our day really went. Went to doctor appointment. Had to wait 45 minutes before I was seen. Call Nolan and tell him to just meet me at the first house we were going to see. Leaving hospital, Nolan calls and tells me that we're pushing the realtor appoinment back 30 minutes. Get home, grab Nolan and Oliver and leave. See 2 of the 3 houses. (not good houses) Start having car troubles. Need to eat lunch, so we go to Togos. Car is smoking at Togos, problem coming from power steering. We go inside because we need to eat anyways. Make lots of phone calls while we're eating. Wait for Nolan's dad to come get us. He follows us to sister's house so we can leave the car there for my brother-in-law to look at. Drive to Nolan's parents because the 3rd house is close to them. Leave Oliver, take my FIL truck to next house. Look at house, love it, 7 other people want it. Back to In-laws, chill, leave Oliver again, take truck to sister's house. Nolan works on computers, BIL looks at car. Replace power steering pump. So, Nolan and BIL go to buy parts, come back, Nolan works on computers more, eat dinner, pick up Oliver (BIL driving). BIL drives us home. Nice relaxing bath. Oliver finally to bed around 12 midnight. Hope to get car soon.

New grocery deals

Hi, it's been awhile, but life has been very busy. Shopping tip: wait to use your coupons when there is a sale, and save even more.

Grocery deals: Jan. 27- Feb. 2

Viva Supermarket
Boneless, skinless chicken breasts: $1.49 lb
Naval oranges: 4 lbs for $.99
Ground beef: $.99lb
Ground turkey: $1.49lb
Ground chicken: $1.59lb

Raley's and BelAir
Boneless, skinless chicken breasts: $1.77lb
Naval oranges: $.38lb
Campbell's tomato or chicken noodle soup: 2 for $.88
Nabisco oreo cookies: buy 2 get 2 free

Foodsco
Tree top apple juice: $1.78
Skippy peanut butter: 2 for $3
Fritos or Cheetos: 3 for $5
Naval oranges: 3lbs for $.99
Pork Spareribs: $.99 lb

Safeway
green seedless grapes: $.98 lb (this Saturday and Sunday only)
Russet potatoes: 10lb bag for $.99
3 selected pepsi products and 1 bag Tostitos Tortilla chips: $7.99
Golden Grain Pasta: $.75
Lucerne 18-count eggs: Buy one get one free.
Ragu pasta sauce: 4 for $5

Happy shopping!

This weeks grocery deals.

I'm back! Christmas has kept me really busy these past couple of weeks. Here's the shopping tip of the week: Plan your meals around what you find on sale, instead of planning your meals then seeing what's on sale.

Here are the best deals this week: Dec. 30- Jan. 5

Viva Supermarket
Ground Beef: $.99 lb
Best Yet Apple Juice: 2 for $3
Ground Turkey: $1.59
Jumbo yams: 3lbs for $.99

Safeway
Naval oranges: $.39 lb
Hillshire Farms Lil' smokies: 2 for $5
Thomas English muffins: BOGO free

Raleys and Bel Air
Boneless, skinless chicken thighs or breast/thigh combo pack: $1.97lb
7-up brand sodas: Buy 2 get 3 free

Foods Co
Avocados: 4 for $1
cucumbers: 3 for $.99
Beef back ribs: $.97 lb
Boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs: $1.77

Savemart
Fresh cooked crab: $2.99 lb
Boneless, skinless chicken breasts: $1.77lb
Russet potatoes: $.97 for 10lbs
Avocados: $.47 each

Crawling

How do you decide the difference between crawling and scattered movement with lunging? Well, anyway Oliver has started crawling last week. It's hard to pinpoint an exact moment because he had to practice a lot over the last week, but on Saturday he definitely got the hang of it more than he had all week. I would post videos, but I've tried and have not figured it out yet. So I'll have to wait until my genius husband has some time to help me. It's scary having a baby that is mobile, but also a lot of fun. It should make Christmas a lot more interesting. Oliver also has 3 teeth now. He has his bottom 2, front and center, and then one on top to the left side. My mom discovered the third tooth on Thursday while she was babysitting him. Luckily Oliver is really good when he's teething, the only difference I noticed was that he was more drooly this week than usual.

New Ads

Attention shoppers! Shopping tip of the week: if you feel overwhelmed by too many sales and coupons, then don't try to do it all. I focus on only 2-3 stores. I choose a main one where I get most of my items, a second that does the best with coupons and another store that has really good sales that week. I use Winco for all my main shopping, Safeway for coupons and then look through the ads to see who has the best price on meat. I completely ignore the drugstores, because I felt overwhelmed trying to include those too.

So here are the best deals this week:

Viva supermarket: prices good Dec. 16-Dec. 29 (2 weeks this time)
Russet potatoes: 10lbs for $.99
Jumbo Yams: 6lbs for $.99
Cool Whip: 8oz $.99
Boneless, skinless chicken breasts: $1.99 lb.

Safeway: Prices good Dec. 16-Dec.25
Coca-cola, pepsi, or 7-up brand sodas: $2.48 each when you buy 3. (limit 3)
Yams and Potatoes: $.49 lb.
Cuties clementines: 5lb box, $4.49 ($1 off coupon from Sunday paper)
final price: $3.49
Nestle Tollhouse morsels: $1.89
Betty Crocker Frosting: $1.69 (download coupon onto Safeway card and print out coupon online for total savings of $1 for final price of $.69)

prices good Dec. 13-Dec. 19
Chex cereal: $1.99 each when you buy three or more. (Download two coupons onto your safeway card then print out two coupons online $1 off of two. Total savings: $4 Total price: $4 for 4 of them).

Safeway also has free item coupons when you spend $20 in one transaction. You can find these coupons in their Sunday ad, or you can even print them online at safeway.com Only one of these coupons per transaction and the coupons are good for one day only. I went shopping on Tuesday and got a free carton of eggs. There is one coupon everyday until Christmas.

Happy Shopping!

It's Wednesday!

It's Wednesday! And that means that the new grocery ads have come out. Remember, these prices are good starting today Dec. 9 and are good through Dec. 15. But first, here is my next grocery tip: Safeway's bakery department offers fresh hot french bread everyday at 5pm. And if the bread is not ready and out by 5pm then it's free! So next time you are at safeway around 5pm remember the bread, and check it out. At the checkstand just tell them that the french bread was not out by 5. The tricky part is resisting the smell of fresh baked bread even if it is out by 5.

FoodsCo
Kroger Value Sliced Bacon: 12oz 4 for $5, which makes them only $1.25 each
Fritos or Cheetos: 8.25-9.25 oz, 3 for $5, which makes them $1.67 each
Crest Toothpaste: 6.4oz, 10 for $10
Fresh Pork country style ribs: family pack, $.87 lb.
Skippy peanut butter: 15-16.3oz, 2 for $3 ($1.50 each) Sunday paper coupon (12-6) $.75 off two Skippy jars: Final Price: 2 for $2.25. Plus, buy 2 Skippy jars and receive a free 32oz jar of Tropical Strawberry Preserves.
Final Price: 2 jars peanut butter, 1 jar strawberry preserves all for $2.25

Raleys and BelAir
Coca-cola brand sodas: buy 2 get 2 free 12 pack. Single price $5.49
Haagen Daz ice cream: 2 for $5

Safeway
Fresh Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breasts and thighs: $1.97 lb. (this is a great price and I stock up at this price. I take the chicken and put one breast in a sandwich bag or two thighs in a sandwich bag and then put them in the freezer)

12 pack Pepsi brand sodas: $2.49 each but you must buy 4.

Pillsbury Cookie Dough: $1.99 with coupon from Safeway ad. Download coupon onto your card for $.75 off two. Final price: $3.25 for two.

Viva Supermarket
Tyson Whole Chicken Fryers: $.79 lb. (Great for cooking whole, then shredding the meat for pizza, chicken salad, etc.)

Ground beef: $.99 lb. 30%lean

Ground Turkey: $1.49 lb.

Fresh Jumbo yams: 4 lbs for $.99