We made it back from the big shopping trip, and both of the kids did great. I was shopping with a migraine, so I didn’t do so great. Today we shopped across state lines where the sales tax is a little less, but the great grocery savings were nowhere to be found. I did stay under budget, just barely.
Staple items were more expensive by $.20-$.50 an item. Also a dozen eggs were $1.98 where they are $1.70 here. I did find a few items that were less, Baby Formula was about $5.00 less for a 25.75 oz (large) container. I splurged and bought the large can of formula that should last me about 2-3 weeks, so big savings there. Also there was a lot of Wine on sale, some bottles were under $4.00, maybe that one was a Valentine’s Day sale 😉 Milk prices were very high, but I did buy some tasty Organic Carrots (1 lb) for a mere $.98 🙂
The big savings today was stopping for gas while I was there. Along the trip I saw gas $.10-$.26 less than what we are paying locally. I gassed up on the way home, and saved some that way, but my headache was feeling worse, so I was in need for some coffee. We stopped off at Sonic for a Java Chiller and a Small Drink for Thade, it was Happy Hour there, so Thade’s drink was only $.59, my Java Chiller was full price. Well there goes the gas savings, at least it was on a tasty Vanilla Java Chiller 🙂
All in all it was a fun and informative trip. I am saving at my local Supercenter versus going across state lines for the lower sales tax. In the next few weeks I’m going to check out the local grocery stores and see if the prices are any lower. I’ll keep you posted 🙂