Well, we went for a hike up the mountain yesterday morning. Man, am I out of shape! My friend Judy, her husband, and her 16-year-old cousin invited me and the bf to join them and their two gorgeous dogs for the walk. Barely fifteen minutes in, I was starting to sound like Darth Vader. Seriously...huffing and puffing...and I could feel myself getting red in the face. The only things that kept me going were the promise of freshly baked banana bread, and knowing that once we got to the top, it would be much easier coming downhill on the way back.
It was a beautiful day, and I have to admit that I was cherishing the fact that all my friends back east were dealing with SNOW, while I was enjoying the spring-like conditions. The view from the top was amazing, although technically we were only halfway up the mountain. I was definitely glad I had my new hiking boots on though, as it was quite steep in some areas. We had such a great time talking about so many different things that I could hardly believe we'd been hiking for nearly two hours!
Bf insisted on leaving as soon as we got to the parking lot (apparently he needed to use the 'loo') so I missed out on the banana bread. :( To make up for it, he would treat me to pizza. I had the bonus $5 card for Domino's from the book with me, so I asked him to use it!
Card savings: $5.00
Cumulative savings: $13.89
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Safeway Shopping Trip
Well, no new entertainment coupons used so far this week, but I did score big at Safeway yesterday.
Safeway has a "Customer Appreciation Day" the first Tuesday of every month, where they offer you a choice of 10% discount or 10x Air Miles. I try to hold off buying staples until this day -- it's like having your own sale on stuff that normally wouldn't go on sale, and if you're buying something that is already on sale, then you get an even better deal!
Score of the day: Advertised special was 3 Stayfree/Carefree products for $9.99 with a bonus of 25 Air Miles. I had just enough $2.00 off Stayfree coupons, so: $9.99 - $6.00 (3x$2) = $3.99. That's like buying one on sale and getting two free plus the Air Miles bonus!
Part 2: Now, I normally buy Honey Nut Cheerios, but I had a $1 off coupon for Oatmeal Crisp, plus it was on sale: reg. $4.99, sale $3.99 - $1.00 coupon = $2.99 which is a decent price for a 505 g box. The bonus is that General Mills has free Cineplex offers on selected cereals, and this one happens to be one of them :) ... which is why I thought it would be a good time to try this new (for me) cereal. Free General Admission at Cineplex is about $10...so I've actually gained an additional value of $7.01!
Summary from my receipt:
club card savings.....$94.79 (including the 17.32 10% discount at the till)
coupon savings........$ 9.50
Total savings value 41% .... $104.30
Paid amount ........$151.81
for 256.11 worth of groceries = not bad!
p.s. I took the 10% discount AND I earned 107 Air Miles, taking advantage of the promos for Purex bath tissues, Old Dutch snacks, J&J Stayfree, Primo pasta and the base 7 Air Miles.
(That's why you always take the discount...I saved $17.32 and still got over 100 Air Miles!)
:)
p.p.s. I was only able to shop like this because I left the BF at home! ;)
Safeway has a "Customer Appreciation Day" the first Tuesday of every month, where they offer you a choice of 10% discount or 10x Air Miles. I try to hold off buying staples until this day -- it's like having your own sale on stuff that normally wouldn't go on sale, and if you're buying something that is already on sale, then you get an even better deal!
Score of the day: Advertised special was 3 Stayfree/Carefree products for $9.99 with a bonus of 25 Air Miles. I had just enough $2.00 off Stayfree coupons, so: $9.99 - $6.00 (3x$2) = $3.99. That's like buying one on sale and getting two free plus the Air Miles bonus!
Part 2: Now, I normally buy Honey Nut Cheerios, but I had a $1 off coupon for Oatmeal Crisp, plus it was on sale: reg. $4.99, sale $3.99 - $1.00 coupon = $2.99 which is a decent price for a 505 g box. The bonus is that General Mills has free Cineplex offers on selected cereals, and this one happens to be one of them :) ... which is why I thought it would be a good time to try this new (for me) cereal. Free General Admission at Cineplex is about $10...so I've actually gained an additional value of $7.01!
Summary from my receipt:
club card savings.....$94.79 (including the 17.32 10% discount at the till)
coupon savings........$ 9.50
Total savings value 41% .... $104.30
Paid amount ........$151.81
for 256.11 worth of groceries = not bad!
p.s. I took the 10% discount AND I earned 107 Air Miles, taking advantage of the promos for Purex bath tissues, Old Dutch snacks, J&J Stayfree, Primo pasta and the base 7 Air Miles.
(That's why you always take the discount...I saved $17.32 and still got over 100 Air Miles!)
:)
p.p.s. I was only able to shop like this because I left the BF at home! ;)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)