Wednesday Weekly Shopping: Lunchables? Me?

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"Can we have some Lunchables?"  This is a question my daughter asks pretty much every time we go to the local grocery store.  Those smart store managers display the Lunchables in the first refrigerator case you get to when you enter the store, so she sees it and asks for it.

Now, I'm not a fan of Lunchables.  They're expensive, not all that healthy, and they have a lot of packaging that has to be thrown away.  So I say no, and she's disappointed, until we walk fifteen feet and get to the Trix yogurt.  "Can I have that?"

So, this week, I saw that there was a sale at Target for Lunchables for $1.00.  That, combined with a Target printable coupon for $1/2, reduced the cost to 50 cents.  So..... I decided to buy two, as a treat.  But just this once!  (but I'm still not happy about the packaging)

I used lots of coupons at Target this week.  I had a coupon for a free dozen eggs from a mailer, and got $1 off a bag of apples, a loaf of bread, and a produce item of my choice (I chose strawberries).  If you haven't checked out Target's store coupons (go to target.com and click on Coupons), you definitely should.

I also cherry-picked the sales, and combined them with coupons, at Winn-Dixie and Publix.  I see a lot of macaroni and cheese in my future, as between sales and coupons I bought 12 boxes of  Barilla pasta for 20 cents each, and 10 bags of Kraft cheese for $1.00 each.  I also bought a few produce and dairy items at a local grocery chain.  I didn't need any meat or vegetables this week, as I had lots of leftovers from the bat mitzvah.  I didn't go to any drug stores this week, but I'll need to soon to use up some CVS Extra Care Bucks that will be expiring.

Overall, I spent $66.04 ($14 under budget) for items worth $137.87, or a 52% savings.

See all my shopping here.

Check out the following to see how others shopped this week!

• Super Savings Saturday @ Money Saving Mom
  
• Shopping Superstars @ The Thrifty Mama
  
• Weekly Totals @ I Heart Publix
  
• The Cha-Ching Challenge @ Cha Ching on a Shoestring
  
• Coupon Super Savers @ Coupon Savings Game
  
• Friday Finals @ Southern Savers
  
• Week-Ending Finale @ The Frugal Freeloader
• The Savings Bungalow @ Saving a Bundle
• Deal Day @ Organizing for Everyone

How did your shopping go this week? What bargains did you get? Please leave a link to your blog post about your weekly shopping. Please link up directly to your post, not to the blog itself. I'd appreciate it if you put a link to Wednesday Weekly Shopping in your post as well. If you don't have a blog, please leave a comment!