Walmart Price Matching plus good Internet Printables

I was never a fan of Walmart and still don't care for them that much. They like to claim they have the lowest prices in town but they do not. Case in point-Swiffer Sweeper they are $20.97 there and at the OVER PRICED HARRIS TEETER they are REGULAR price $19.99 and this month they have a special going on where you get a free bottle of solution with it. But this isn't about the sale, it is about regular prices. Typically they will adjust some items to the SALES of the other stores but in general not everything is cheaper.

How did I end up there you ask? I needed toilet paper. Toilet paper is just so difficult for me to mentally deal with sale wise. First the stores do the price per unit in different ways. Like Some do it by square feet, others by 100 ct...what the heck is 100 count? Squares? Packages? Rolls? Then there is the roll issue, they come in 3 different roll sizes, single, double, triple and then they have the 1 ply, 2 ply and 3 ply. I have read a lot of people do it by roll but today when I was looking depending upon the ply the length of the roll is different. And I know how I pull the roll, the ply or thickness doesn't matter I am a creature of habit and just pull not thinking I need less if it is Cottonelle or more if it is Scott. Free is always the best deal, but I rarely find free. I just decided to stop stressing over it (I am a bit OCD about the whole coupons/budget/sales thing) and buy when I think it is a good deal. So I buy mostly Scott Xtra Soft, Angel Soft and White Cloud. I usually get $1/1 coupons for these brands-plus we are not brand loyal, I mean you just flush it anyway. And a helpful hint even if you are brand loyal, your kids don't have to be, keep the cheaper stuff in the guest and kids potty. I know there are lots of loyal Charmin users out there...I like to call that the toilet clogger.

So that is how I ended up going to Walmart. But once I got there I did find a few things that are REALLY good deals. This is actually my 4th or 5th trip to Walmart over the past 2 weeks. I am lucky and they are only 2 miles from my house (along with Aldi, Harris Teeter, Food Lion, Rite Aid, Lowes HI plus more). I have to drive past all these when I drive my kids to school.

Today's purchases-

1 24 pack White Cloud ($2/1 IP found here ) price $9.87
1 4pk White Cloud Green earth (free wyb 24pk found here) price $2.78
1 Pineapple -price matched to Aldi for $.99 (I have NEVER seen them that cheap!)
2 Celery -price match to Aldi for $.69
2 Reddi Whip ($.50/1 Q) $1.88 (the double coupon store was $2.50)
1lb Carrots $.88
3 Jello ($1.25/3) $.50 each
1 Tomato Juice $1.12 (I need this for turkey soup)
2 Over the Moon Milk ($1/1 IPs found here ) $2 for Half gallon!

I paid $18.69 total...I don't think that is too bad.

The Over the Moon milk. They claim it is just like whole milk but theirs is fat free (skim). My husband will not drink Skim, but this he will drink (I also told him this is what I am buying so get over it). I don't think it is like whole milk BUT it is more like 1% which is what we normally drink. And $1 for a half gallon is a great price. Usually I find gallons of milk for $1.99 on sale every once in a while. This stuff is ultra pasteurized so it is good for more than a month. The chocolate milk my husband and son love, it is pretty thick and that too is fat free. The great thing about the coupon is it is a PDF which means you can print as many as you want. AND If you read the fine print on the coupon it actually says nothing like void if scanned or copies, unlike most other Internet printable. And I have priced this milk out, it was $2.99 at my regular target, it was $3.29 at Super Target and my friend said at CVS it was $2.99. I think Walgreen's carries it too. I also see circular coupons for this milk too and this past summer in NY I found a coupon machine for them too.