In Other News...

...I am going grocery shopping.  I know, I know!  I wasn't supposed to shop this month at all, but the wise Big Steve pointed out that, thought he knows my goal was to not shop in May, it makes more sense for me to get things I need when I can get them FREE or CHEAP!  And, I gotta say, he's right.

Harris Teeter is having Triples this week, which means they will triple any coupon up to $.99.  All of the coupons I'm using today are from Red Plum (RP) and Smart Source (SS) inserts from the week end paper with the only exception being a few coupons where I signed up to get free products (why don't YOU do that?) and they mailed them right over and the Athenos Yogurt Coupon can be found here (if you don't also have the B2G1 Free coupon, you'll still get 2 for free).

Here is my plan for the week so far.  My plans never go as planned.

Transaction #1 (today)

3 Frenchs Honey Mustard - FREE
1 Frenchs Worchester Sauce - FREE
3 Mahatma Rice - FREE
1 McCormick Garlic Powder - FREE
2 McCormick Inspirations - FREE
1  Smart Balance Pop Corn - FREE (so yum!)
1 Frenchs Spicy Brown Mustard - FREE
3 Dozen Egglands Best Eggs - $2.25
3 Luigi Italian Ice - $.50
8 Power Bars - $4.00
1 Jack Daniels BBQ Sauce - $1.24
Milk - $3.29
1 Earthbound Salad - $2.99 (received coupon in the mail)
1 Kraft Touch of Philly Shredded Cheese - FREE (received coupon in the mail)
1 Breakstones Cottage Doubles - FREE (received coupon in the mail)
1 Breakstones 4 pk Cottage Cheese - FREE (received coupon in the mail)

TOTAL: $14.27 + tax

Transaction #2:
2 Special K Crackers/Chips - $1.68
3 Nature Valley Granola Thins - $3.72
2 Texas Toast Croutons - $1.38
3 Bisquick Easy Pour - $3.00
4 Keebler Pie Crusts - $3.00
6 Totinos Pizza - $6.00
3 Eggo Waffles - $3.12 (if I can appropriately use this on regular waffles, they'll be much cheaper; not sure about the specifics of the coupon yet)
4 Yoplait Greek Yogurt - $1.40
3 Athenos Greek Yogurt - FREE

TOTAL: $23.30

Transaction #3:

3 Betty Crocker Super Moist Cake and 3 Betty Crocker Frosting - $3.48
3 Welches Juice - 5.22
1 Frenchs  Honey Dijon - $.99
6 Yoplait Greek Yogurt - $2.10
2 Desitin $4.48
3 Snuggle Dryer Sheets - $2.22
2 Fiber Plus Cereal - $4.58
2 Texast Toast Garlic Bread - $2.00
3 Athenos Greek Yogurt - FREE

TOTAL: $25.07
Transaction #4:
4 Swanson Chicken Breast Chunk $4.16
3 Texas Toast Garlic Bread - $3.00
2 Best Life Butter - $2.18
3 Welches Jelly - $1.50
1 Jack Daniels BBQ Sauce - $1.44
1 Smart Balance Cooking Spray - $.94
1 Smart Balance Peanut Butter - $.74
1 McCormick Crushed Red Pepper - $.24
2 Yoplait Greek Yogurt - $.70
1 Bisquick Easy Pour - $1.00
1 French Honey Mustard - FREE
1 Welches Juice - $1.74

TOTAL: $17.64

All of this is assuming my calculations are correct...which is rarely the case!  Often, though, it is less than what I'd anticipated because I always forget my VIC card coupons, so I'm quite looking forward to it!  Yes, I know that's a lot of mustard on there, but it's not overboard and there are so many recipes that use mustard.  Hopefully things don't fly off the shelves like they do during Super Doubles or I think I'll end up missing out on a few really good things :(.

Happy Couponing!