There were really no drugstore deals that excited me this week. That’s right, dear readers, I did not even darken the door of a CVS!! I hear this week is going to be a little better at least. I hope so! I am starting to get nervous!
In the absence of any exciting deals at the grocery stores I frequent, and in preparation for my Once-a-month-cooking adventure, I decided to try my hand at ALDI this week! I had never been there before! That’s right, this frugalista was an Aldi Virgin. Can you believe it?? Here’s what I got:
I got all this for $19.35! I was especially pleased with the price of the milk at $1.89/gallon! The butter, minced garlic, soy milk, and mozarella cheese were all exceptionally good deals I thought. So, I was pretty pleased my first time out and I’ll definitely shop there again when they have good sales!
So that’s all the great bargains I did this week, but I now have one for you! You may have read my “Things I Love Thursday” entry last week where I featured Swagbucks (it’s here). Swagbucks is a fun way to earn prizes just by searching the internet! I use Swagbucks for all my regular Google searches now, and sometimes win bucks which I can then redeem for great prizes! I am saving my SwagBucks up to redeem for some Amazon gift certificates so I can get some books and videos I’ve had my eye on. But there are TONS of prizes to choose from. And now, if you sign up as a new user, we have a special code for Mommin’ It Up readers to get TWO additional SwagBucks! You’ll get 3 for signing up and 2 additional if you enter the code MOMMINITUP (case sensitive) – so you’ll start out with FIVE Swagbucks! Awesome! All you have to do to get started is register here.
Well, that’s all the great saving I did this week. Hopefully I’ll have more next week! To see how everyone else did, check out Shopping Superstars at the Thrifty Mama and Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom!
I do 90% of my shopping at Aldi’s. It’s my favorite!
~Liz
My only Aldi’s advice is to not buy their version of Cheez-its. Stick with the name brand. There however are many Aldi’s brand that I prefer over the competition.
WHAT?? YOU had never been to Aldi?? I’m shocked!! Before talking with you about couponing at Panera, I always went to Aldi. Now I’m hitting up more of the other stores, but Aldi is still great for the basics. Now you will be happy to know that I have my own baseball card holdin’ coupon binder. Its my new fun game. Glad you’re diggin’ Aldi…
I was looking for a good reason to sign up for Swagbucks. Enjoy the extra points. 🙂 I *heart* Aldi and can’t live without it.
One of my losses when we moved was that we have no ALDI within 40 minutes of our new house. BUT now there is a sign that ALDI is coming SOON ot our area right across the street from krogers!!! Yippee! It is also great for things like napkins, trashbags, ziplocs,etc….prices can’t be beat unless at a dollar store somewhere..have fun with it!