$20 dollars today: 6/4/09

Well I blew it, I got a magazine at check out and wet over budget. To my defense I did have a coupon for it and happen to know 'Real Simple' is always chalked full of additional coupons for me to use.

Here's the breakdown:

2 Trix Cereal - $1.25/box
1 Ken's Balsamic Dressing - $1
1 Post Trail Mix Cereal - $.49
3 Ronzoni Bistro Sauce - $.44/pouch
2 Herdez Salsa - $1.20/jar
2 Hefty OneZip gallon bags - $1/box
1 Hefty OneZip quart bag - $1
1 Egglands Best - $3.13
1 Reynolds Recycled Foil - $1.44
1 Real Simple Magazine - $3.99
5 Peaches - $.49/peach
4 Del Monte Fruit cups - $.75/cup
2 Athenos Feta crumbles - $1/pack

I also got my .06 cents off for bringing my own bags, earned a .10 cent fuel discount, and I received credit toward my next air mile reward.

Total cost - $23.46

Total saved - $45.58

Overall saving of 66%