Week 8 - Walmart

I went to Walmart tonight while Phillip was enjoying youth night at church. He had a great time, and Libby and I had fun price-matching!
Price matched items:
5 electrasol dishwasher gelpacs regularly 3.50, matched to Meijer at 3.00 = 15.00 (saved 2.50 with the match)
- 5 coupons x 2.50 = -12.50
= 2.50 (YES!! I have enough dishwasher stuff to last me 5-6 months for less than 1 box of the generic stuff that only lasts a couple of weeks!! These are the deals I love to find.)

1 pound strawberries regularly 1.50, matched to Meijer at 1.33 = 1.33 (saved .17 with the match)
= 1.33

3 cans Hunt's spaghetti sauce regularly .98, matched to County Market at .69 = 2.07 (saved .87 with the match)
=2.07

1 gallon milk regularly 2.55, matched to County Market at 1.99 = 1.99 (saved .56 with the match)
=1.99

So, just on price matching, I saved 4.10.

8 cups yogurt x .50 = 4.00
- 1 coupon x 1.00 = -1.00
=3.00

4 double rolls toilet paper x 2.00 a package
- 1 coupon x .50 = -.50
=1.50

I also got- without them being on sale, and without coupons- bacon and cinnamon rolls. Guess what we're having for breakfast tomorrow!

My out of pocket at Walmart was 19.16
savings of 14.00, between matching and coupons.

Some people say that price matching for just a few pennies isn't worth the trouble. I think it is. Every penny adds up. If you save just a couple of dollars every time you go into Walmart, you'll save a couple hundred over the course of a year!

Weekly spending total: 67.13
Weekly savings total: 50.55
YTD spending total: 388.50
YTD savings total: 472.02

Darnit. Over for the week. But that's OK. I've had enough weeks where I was quite short that a week here and there where I am over is OK.