Costco: $38.64
IGA: $24.03
Supabarn: $18.87
Aldi: $92.30
Woolworths: $42.52
Reject Shop: $10.00
Coles: $85.98
Total: $312.34
With 7 stores to shop, with Tom, I split this week's expedition over two days. Costco, IGA and Supabarn on Thursday, Coles, Woolies, and Aldi on Friday (plus a quick dash into the Reject Shop for Karen's Saturday Night Treat of salt and vinegar chips.
I went to Costco for the massive jars of Skippy peanut butter for James, saving over 25% over the Coles brand he usually gets. I also grabbed some 3 kg bags of sugar (only saves me about 10 cents per bag compared to Woolies, but since I was out there anyway, I grabbed them), and a 4-pack of canned chili for quick lunches (at $2.75 a can, it's cheaper than regular price, but not as good as the ones I got for $2 a can on sale). My impulse purchase was a dozen cans of diced tomatoes for $7.29. I'd planned to buy them at Coles for $9.48, so I saved $2.19, so I'm hoping they're as good or better in terms of quality.
Then at the IGA I grabbed some items I saw advertised in their weekly sales insert. 4 small jars of Kraft peanut butter for Karen (I wasn't sure at first, but after checking my price book, $2.59 for a 375 g jar was a 30% savings over the cost of the larger jars, even when they're on sale for $5), and two boxes of Twinings tea bags (100 count) for $5.99 when I'm normally paying over $10, and feeling lucky when I can get them on sale for $6.99.
And at Supabarn I grabbed another kilo of those chorizo sausages for $10, two 2 kg bags of brushed potatoes for $1 each, and some apples and mandarins for $2.49 per kg. Oh, and my totally-NOT-on-sale treat of sugar-free Kopiko coffee drops that have become one of my weekly indulgences.
On Friday I started with an Aldi shop, then hit Woolworths to load up on canned beans (borlotti and lentils, 89 cent a can) and Coke (4 2 litre bottles for $10, which is about as good as it gets, so I bought 8 and hid 4 of them from Karen in hopes of stretching them out over 2 weeks). Then to the Reject Shop to get Karen's chips, and this is where I blew the $300 limit. I got her two bags (hid one for next week, but she's got a lot of stressful work shit on this weekend, so I might give them to her if she really needs a fix) and bought the last 4 cans of Dublin Dr. Pepper they had on the shelves.
At that point I was still within the budget, but I forgot to add the extra purchases into my shopping list app. Then I went to Coles, and the only big bargains I got were 4 cans of Heinz tomato soup for $1 each, and packets of San Remo La Pasta side dishes for 85 cents each. I'd budgeted for 10, but when I saw that I was under budget, I added 6 more. But 1) I hadn't added in the extra bag of chips and the Dr. Peppers, and 2) my shopping list app was calculating the cost of 5 loaves of bread as $1 instead of $1 each.
So due to technical error (mine, not the app's), forgetfulness, and "bargain fever", I blew out the budget by $12.
Looking back over the last 7 weeks of shopping totals, that means if I want to do as well this month as I did last month, I need to spend $168.48 or less next week.
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