Shopping blahs...

I don't know if it is all the Christmas shopping I had done in the past couple of weeks or what, but this week I did not feel like planning my meals (or shopping trips) around coupons.  This was probably one of my worst weeks in a year, but that's alright.  Everyone needs a break right???  I was completely out of meat, cheese, and lunch meat so that really caused my budget to bust.  The deals were not spectacular for me this week so I basically bought what I wanted.  I guess we'll call it an early Christmas gift ;)  Just a warning to those looking for great savings from this week...I did not try too hard and ended spending WAY over what I normally would.  The good thing is I am still on track to meet my ultimate yearly goal and my Christmas shopping is completely done!  That alone makes me super happy!  Another thing I didn't do is take pictures of all my trips.  I just wasn't in the mood.  I wanted to get everything put away and not worry about anything.  I just have the shopping blahs....

Price Chopper

Price Chopper
1 - 24 pack diet Pepsi
$6.99

1 - 15 oz Shedd's Country Crock $1
1 - $1/1 Shedd's Country Crock (December All You)
Free

1 - 16 oz Sour Cream
$1.69

2 - Kraft Shredded Cheese $2.99
2 - Kraft Cheese Cubes $2.99
1 - Nabisco Oreo Cookies $2.98
1 - $5 off WYB 5 participating products
$9.94 or $1.99 each

Fresh Meat Buy 5 for $25
3 - Packages Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast (4.94 lbs total) $19.46
2 - Packages Boneless Chuck Tender Roast (2.93 lbs total) $13.16
$25 or $3.17/lb (not a great deal, but better than paying full retail price for everything)

1 - Fast Fixin Chicken Nuggets $4.99
1 - $1/1 Fast Fixin Product (October All You)
$3.99

2 - Golden Grahams $1.79
1 - $1/2 General Mills Cereal
$2.58 or $1.29 each

1 - Honey Nut Cheerios $1.79
1 - $0.60/1 Honey Nut Cheerios (print limit reached)
$1.19

Best Choice White Vinegar
$1.85

4 - Ramen Noodles
$1 or $0.25 each

Oscar Mayer Turkey Bologna
$1

2 - Oscar Mayer Cheese Dogs
$5 or $2.50

2 - Imitation Crab Flake Style $1
$2


Hen House Market
1 - Tidy Cat Scoop Litter
$6.99

1 - Best Choice Flour Tortilla
$1.09

2 - Rice-A-Roni Spanish Rice
$3.18 or $1.59 each

2 - Ragu Spaghetti Sauce
$2.36 or $1.18 each

3 - Diet Pepsi 12-packs $4.89
$14.67 (the sign said 3/$13, but didn't notice these rung up this way until now...oh well)

4 - Best Choice Shredded Cheese
$6 or $1.50 each

2 - Totino's Pizza Rolls 2/$3
1 - $1/2 Totino's Pizza Rolls (print limit reached)
$2 or $1 each

1 - Best Choice Vanilla Ice Cream
$1.88 (apparently this rung up twice...I really wasn't paying any attention)

1 - NY Garlic Knots $1.98
1 - $0.50/1 NY Garlic Knots (doubled to $1) 11/6 SS Insert
$0.98

$1 - NY Garlic Bread $1.98
1 - $0.50/1 NY Garlic Bread (doubled to $1) 11/6 SS Insert
$0.98

1 - Perfect Pasta Tri-Color Cheese Tortellini $3.33
1 - $1/1 Perfect Pasta (Hen House Holiday Booklet)
$2.33

1.18 lbs Mild Italian Sausage
$2.92 (thinking I might go back and get more)

4.4 lbs Ground Beef
$10.90 or $2.48/lb

2.05 lbs Stew Meat (I never buy this because I normally just cube it myself)
$10.22 or $4.99/lb

2 - V05 shampoo and conditioner
$2.58 or $1.29 each

Aldi
2 - Gallons Milk $1.99 each
$3.98

Hy-Vee
2 - Hy-Vee Unsalted Butter
$3.76 or $1.88 each

2 - Hy-Vee Jumbo Flaky Biscuits 3/$4
$2.67 or $1.34 each

0.97 lb DiLusso Hard Salami $7.98/lb
$7.74

1 .01lb Shaved White Turkey $2.99/lb
$3.02

2 - Capri Sun Juice Boxes $1.99 each
2 - $1/1 Capri Sun Products
$1.98 or 99 cents each

5 - Assorted Hy-Vee Pastas (Lasagna noodles included!) 88 cents each
$4.40

1 - Hy-Vee Potato Bread
$1.59

1 - Sara Lee Honey Wheat Bread
$1.98

1 - Lucky Charms Cereal $1.99
1 - $0.60/1 Lucky Charms Cereal (print limit reached)
$1.39

2 - Kraft 5-pack Mac and Cheese $3.75
$7.50 or 75 cents per box

1 - Kool-Aid Jammers $1.99
1 - $2/1 Kool-Aid Jammers WYB Kraft Multi-pack mac and cheese (peelie)
Free

2 - Kraft Salad Dressing $2.18
2 - $1/1 Kraft Salad Dressing
$2.36 or $1.18 each

2 - Kellogg's Pop Tarts 2/$5
1 - $1/2 Kellogg's Pop Tarts (print limit reached)
$4 or $2 each

1 - Argo Baking Powder $1.28
1 - $0.30/1 Argo Baking Powder 10/2 SS Insert
98 cents

1 - Hy-Vee Paper Plates 2/$4
$2

1 - Midwest Country Fare 4 lb Granulated Sugar
$1.49

Total Spent: $180.99 (OUCH!  Haven't done that in a LOOOOONG time!)
Total Saved:  $94.99
That gives me a 34% savings this week.  Like I said everyone needs a break and even though my savings were not spectacular I didn't get a high percentage of savings I am still on track to meet my main goal which is most important.  Plus I think this helps me to gain my motivation back when I actually see how much I spend when I don't match sales, coupons, and ads diligently.  Not sure yet, but I may just take next week off (unless my blahs are gone and they are super deals of course!).