One of my goals this year is to combine shopping trips to save gas and time and limit it to once per week. I prefer shopping on weeknights to avoid the long lines and traffic. I originally planned to just go to Winco this week. However, I got an email from Staples this morning with a 1 cent sale on school supplies for teachers! I knew I needed to go today to get all of the deals. Also, several items were on special and I needed some thin Expo markers for school that were 30%. Here's what I got for $5.08: 8 pack of Expos for $3.84, 5 24 packs of crayons, 5 8 packs of pencils, 5 100 packs of index cards, 5 12 pack eraser toppers, plus an orange Scentos marker that my son Austin begged for that was $1. Austin goes to Kinder next year, so these supplies will come in handy for him.
So...since I was out at Staples I figured I would hit the Target and Kohls in the same complex. Target had a special on Oxi-Clean, buy 2 5 lb packs get $5 gift card. I am gathering supplies to eventually make my own laundry soap. Two coupons printed with my receipt: $5 off 2 tubs of Enfamil and $2 Target gift card by getting some new app called Shopkick. So I downloaded the app (which is kinda cool), got the gift card and did another transaction to get two large tubs of Enfamil AR for the baby using the $7 in gift cards and $5 coupon so it was $18 for each tub. Any time I can save on formula, I am grateful because this baby's weekly formula expense is more than our total weekly groceries half the time! At Kohl's I had a $10 coupon and found some 18-24 month winter clearance clothes for the baby next year.
Last stop was my beloved Winco.
To top it all off, I recieved this little beauty in the mail.
Sweetness!!! So I stocked up on a few things to get to over $50 so I could use it.
If you live in NW Vegas, Winco is hands down the best deals for groceries. Every grocery store does shop and compare with them. However, they purposely pick certain brands that they know Winco carries that will be a little cheaper at their store's current sale price. If you do not have brand loyalties, you can get the cheapest price on most everything at Winco without ever having to worry about shopping sales or cutting coupons with other stores. Winco does not send out grocery ads or take credit cards (only debit) so they can pass the savings on to you! Their Hy-Top brand is super cheap, it's not always the best quality, but there are lots of other national brands that have low prices. For one, I will NOT get the Hy-Top milk. They carry Viva, so I will happily spend the extra 50 cents for it. However, the Hy-Top cream cheese, baking supplies, and tomato sauce are perfectly fine and very low price. Then there is the Winco bulk foods section. I love this because I can just get a tiny amount of what I need for a certain recipe. I can also get a few small bags of candy for 25-50 cents that will give us a little weekend treat.
Some of the great prices at Winco today were:
Cottonelle toilet paper jumbo 12 pack $3.48
Scott paper towels 6 double rolls $3.48 plus 75 cent off coupon when you buy 2.
This sale has been going on for 2 weeks so I now have a year's worth of paper products!
Red delicious and Granny Smith Apples 68 cents a pound!
5 lb bag of russet potatoes 78 cents!!
What deals did you find this week? If you have a smart phone, check out the Shopkick free app, register, then got to shopkick.com/target9 for the $2 gift card promo.
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