Stop and Shop

There is nothing like going grocery shopping at 8 o'clock on a Friday night to make you feel cool.

Blueberries (pint) $1.25

Grape Tomatoes (pint) $2.50

Pears @ $1.59/lb $1.84

Peaches @ .88/lb .78

Whole Watermelon $3.88

Cucumber .75

Sweet Potatoes @ .99/lb $1.38

Butternut Squash $1.26

3 lb Bag Onions $2.99

Stop and Shop Bagged Salad $2.99

Boneless Chicken Breast @ $1.69/lb $5.71 - .57 scanner gun savings (10%)

Olives (can) $1.00

Lea and Perins Worcester Sauce $2.59 - $2.00 mc

A-1 Sauce $3.99

Kraft BBQ Sauce $1.00 - $1.00 free mc f/ Lea and Perins

Stop and Shop Garlic Powder $1.00

(4) 12 Packs Coke @ $3.49 each - (4) .50 scanner gun savings and $3.49 free mc

Bottle Deposit $2.40

4 Butterball Chicken Lunch Meat @ $1.50 each - (4) .75 mc (doubled) ***free***

Stop and Shop 1/2 Gallon Milk $1.79 - $1.70 free coupon

2 Newmans Lemonade @ $1.99 each - (2) .50 mc (doubled)

Stop and Shop Hot Dog Buns $1.25

Stop and Shop Hamburger Buns $1.25

2 Utz Potato Chips @2.50 each

Buy 4 Coke and 2 Utz Savings: - $5.49

Total: $42.40 after using a $4.00 Catalina from last week's Edys deal

The soda and chips were a great deal. After coupons and instant savings I paid $7.51 for four 12 packs of Coke and two 10 oz. bags of Utz Chips (I love Utz chips-Yum!). I really hate the bottle deposit. I know that I get the money back when I redeem the bottles at the store but what a pain and I sometimes feel like a bag lady when I am lugging my huge bag of empty cans into the store.

It seems as though I am set for food for my daughter's birthday party. Tonight I am going to make the cake, pasta salad and marinate the steak tips and chicken breast.

I tried out a new recipe for chocolate cake and used a 3-D bear pan to test it. The cake stuck a little bit so I think tonight I will use shortening and flour to prepare the doll pan instead of cooking spray and flour.