Grocery Roundup and a Post 301 Giveaway!

First thing's first - we'll get to the giftie later. :)

So, I went to the more expensive store in town this week, because they were having a good sale, and plus - drumroll, please - they were doing a partnership with Kraft where if I spent $40 in Kraft products, I would get a FREE ticket to Hershey Park!!!! This was *exactly* what I needed, because since we weren't able to go for Josie's birthday with her friend, I still have the three tickets, but now that it will be the entire family going instead, I'll need four. Ta-da!!!! Fuh-ree, baybee! So, even though Kraft is generally more expensive than the store brand, I also had a lot of coupons for their stuff, and they have a good variety, so it was easy to do.

Here's the breakdown:

Items purchased: 109
Coupons used: 18
Total spent: $320.43
Coupon savings: $18.70
Bonus card savings: $55.22
Total saved: $73.92
Percent saved: 19%
Gas savings: $.30 per gallon

PLUS, a free ticket to Hershey! Woot! If you count that in my savings since I would have had to buy one, anyway, I really saved $118.92, or 30% of my bill. Not too shabby!

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I made some new jewelry yesterday!


Now, since this is my 301st post. To reward those of you who have joined up and stuck around, I'm doing a giveaway! In one week, I will draw a name from the comment-bin, and the winner will get this:


Comment away! :)