Saving at Safeway

I recently attended a coupon class and now am super pumped up to save money! I went to Safeway today to use a bunch of their store coupons and while there came across several peelies/blinkies/man. coupons that I used to get stuff for cheaper- not free *sigh*, but cheaper.

Classico pasta sauce 2/$4 sale price....buy 2 get 2 Barilla pastas FREE which were on sale for $1ea. (OK, that's technically something for free, but I break it down like I paid $1 ea for the 4 items. ....especially since I NEVER buy canned pasta sauce).

Pilsbury Grand rolls: (again, I never buy these, but Chris mentioned recently how much he likes them and since I had a couple of coupons, I thought, wth). On sale 2/$4. I had 1 man. coupon $.75 off 3, 1 man. coupon $1 off 2, and 1 peelie (is that what it's called when its a coupon on the item itself?) $.50 off 4. So I bought 4 (regular $3.79 ea) for $5.75 all together. Not bad, right?

Store coupon for $1.50 off Breyers ice cream. Sale price=$3.49 ea. Total OOP= $1.99 ea. Yea!

I like that I can get brand name food for cheaper than generic. Kinda thrills my soul. :)

Also, went to Rite Aid to take advantage of their 4oz Crest toothpaste and toothbrush for $2.69, and after $2.69 register rewards, FREE.....but didn't go at midnight when the sale started so someone else walked out with all my free toothpaste. whoops. Better luck next time.

Am also proud of myself for asking at Albertsons if they honor competitors' store coupons. They don't. Would have paid only $1 ea for the Breyers ice cream if I could have used Safeway's coupon.