How Much Did I Spend?

So I am trying a new way of buying groceries in order to help cut costs as well as hopefully build up a little food storage. The idea is to collect coupons and only use them when an item is on sale. Hopefully, you have a few coupons for each item on sale and you stock up on the item. So, Albertsons (I never have shopped at Albertsons before, I am usually Walmart through and through) had a big sale last week and this is what I got.

Here's a list in case you can't see everything:

2 Boxes Instant Potatoes

9 Boxes of Tuna/Chicken/Hamburger Helper

2 Boxes frozen vegetables

3 Boxes Brownie Mix

1 Pantene Shampoo

1 Pantene Conditioner

Dozen Eggs

4 Bags Malt O Meal Cereal

20 Yoplait Yogurts

1 3 lb Tub of Butter

1 Bag Baked Lays Chips

1 2 lb Block Cheese

1 5 lb Bag Potatoes

9 Rolls Toilet Paper

3 10 packs of Minute Maid Juice Boxes

3 Boxes Toaster Strudels

24 Bottles Dasani Water

16 20 oz Bottles of Powerade

And I have a $15 in store credit on my next purchase!

I only spent $60 which I thought was a pretty good deal and I still have that $15 when I go back. It was definitely a lot of work. I spent about 2 hrs the night before cutting coupons and getting my list organized. Then, I spent roughly 2-3 hours at the store because you had to buy it a certain way. Anyway, I think I am going to try this for a few months and see how it goes. There is a whole other world out there of coupon people. I had no idea so many people did this. I guess people lined up outside of Albertsons at 6 am on the 1st day of the sale. I don't think it's quite worth that much effort, but I'll see how things go.