Meijer Savings!

Typically, when I go pick up deals at drugstores or grocery stores, I check various couponing blogs, let them figure out the deals for me, and then follow the instructions to a T. This week, however, I stepped out on a limb and tried to figure out the deals for myself- not everything, just a few. I was happy with the results:

Can you believe I got all this for under $10?

From the left:
2 cookie mixes, on sale 2 for $3
- .40 off 1, doubled to .80
- .50 off 1, doubled to $1.00
TOTAL: $1.20 for 2

Steamfresh Dinner for 2, $6.99
- $6.99 - won a Free coupon
TOTAL: $0.00

3 Green Giant boxed vegetables, on sale $1 each
- .50 off 2, doubled to $1
- .25 off 1, doubled to .50
TOTAL: $1.50 for 3

Betty Crocker Potatoes, on sale for $1
- .35 off 1, doubled to .70
TOTAL: .30

Brownie Mix, on sale for $1.34
No coupons here, just needed this for a recipe I want to try
TOTAL: $1.34

Warm Delights, on sale for $1 each
- .50 off 2, doubled to $1
TOTAL: $1 for 2

3 Grands Biscuits, on sale for $1 each
- .50 off 2, doubled to $1
- .35 off 1, doubled to .70
TOTAL: $1.30 for 3

3 loaves Aunt Millie's bread, $3.19
- Buy 1, get 2 free
TOTAL: $3.19

GRAND TOTAL: $9.83
Sales + Coupon savings (according to receipt): $28.13

Not too shabby. This stocked me up for a long while in the prepared-food department. As a bonus, there were coupon peelies on the Grands biscuits I can use later, and the bread is whole-grain and HFCS-free, which I wouldn't have bought otherwise but know is better for me. Another bonus: I still have a significant part of the grocery budget left for the week! I'm no couponing expert, but having days like this makes me think I'm not a total couponing failure, either.