My, my how plans change!

I've struggled a little in organizing my grocery shopping. I've still bought what was on sale, mostly from the B1G1Free, but my coupons have been struggling. Some weeks I haven't gotten a Sunday paper, some weeks by the time I got to printing coupons, there were no more prints. Blah, blah, blah....

I was determined to get my act together this week while the kids were at Music Camp. I got my coupon notebook updated, old coupons thrown away and new ones actually cut out and filed. I then went to my trusty website and got all my lists printed. I was excited because my three go-to stores (Publix, Bi-Lo and CVS) were all having good sales for my family needs.

I dropped the kids off at a Music Camp and Mac and I were ready to conquer the grocery shopping world - and Mac threw up! So, I was stuck at home.

Jason has been getting up at 5:45 and coming home around 3:30 to beat the heat, but today he was able to pick up the kids at 2:00 for me. Therefore, I was able to at least make it to one place - CVS.

I know some of you can blog about buying $200 worth of groceries for $20, but that isn't me, I was very excited about all of this for a little over $30. All items we use - my two main go-to hair products are Pantene and John Freida, Pull-Ups, Colgate, Excedrin and I got some Diet Dr. Peppers when I'm craving a bubbly Coke (trying to kick the habit). This all happened in three transactions. The 20% off was with a coupon I got e-mailed to me for an entire purchase, but could only be used for non-sale items, so, of course, those were in the first transaction.

Banana Boat Kids $11.79
-$1.00 manufacturers coupon
-$2.35 20% off
Banana Boat Sport $10.79
-$1.00 manufacturers coupon
-$2.15 20% off
-$7.00 ECB for buying two
2-pack Cologate 360 Action Toothbrushes $6.99
-.75 manufacturers coupon
-$1.40 20% off
-$3.00 ECB
Excedrin Migraine $.99
-$.99 ECB (free)
Huggies Pull-Ups $12.49
-$3.50 sale price
-$1.50 manufacturers coupon
-$2.00 ECB
Colgate Maxfresh Toothpaste $3.29
-.50 sale price
-.75 manufacturers coupon
-$2.00 ECB
Pantene Shampoo $4.99
-$1.50 sale price
Pantene Conditioner $4.99
-$1.50 sale price
-$1/2 manufacturers coupon
-$2.00 ECB
John Frieda Dream Curl $7.29
-$2.29 sale price
-$3.00 manufacturers coupon
John Frieda Frizz Control $7.29
-$2.29 sale price
-$2.00 manufacturers coupon
-$3.00 ECB
12-pack Coke Products $3.99x4
-$2.96 sale price
-$1.00 manufacturers coupon
-$3.00 ECB

Total: $86.86
-sale/coupons $32.44
-ECB $22.99

Spent: $31.43

Maybe tomorrow I can conquer Bi-Lo and Publix. Fingers crossed no others will be throwing up in the next few days.