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Well today I hit Walmart, Target and Walgreens. Guess which one I was most disappointed with? Walmart! Can you believe it. I use to shop at Walmart ONLY because I thought they had the lowest prices. But not only did I find that not to be true I also found that our Walmart prices are higher then others across the nation. Plus I now realize why I could never stick to my grocery budget when I was a Walmart shopper- IMPULSE BUYS! Yep, I walked by the toy section and noticed a neato toy that was 50% off so I got it for a future gift (not included in grocery budget nor reported below). No biggie, but I think I was sooo much more prone to those impulse buys when I use to be a Walmart shopper. On to Walgreens....

At Walgreens I was pumped to pick up my 2 free Yes to Carrots lip balm and I went ahead and got the rest of my FREE after rebate items. The big disappointment was the Nature Valley Bars I had wrote about. Across the Internet people wrote about the $1.19 granola bars, well folks I don't know what's up but our Walgreens had them marked at $4.19! $4.19 who in their right mind would pay $4.19 for a box of granola bars. I even had them do a price check because I was just sure it had to be wrong. So needless to say I did not buy the granola bars. But at Target.....

I was most excited about my Target purchases. I do need to warn you that the Kashi granola bars were marked at $3.29 instead of the $3 I had been told and reported to you. Regardless I got 5 boxes for $0.29 each and 1 box for free (Vocalpoint coupon). I also got 3 boxes of goldfish for $0.79 each. But what I was most excited about was that they had my Morningstar Black Bean burgers for... are you ready for this...........$2.99! That is a whole $1.40 cheaper then Kroger and $0.73 cheaper then Walmart. Who would have thought Target would have the cheapest food?! Oh and I also picked up 6 Johnson Buddies soap for FREEEEE!

Altogether my 3 trips cost me $64.15 out of pocket but only $47.69 after rebates. I saved $66.56 with coupons and rebates. Not bad But I am going to be WAY over my weekly budget once I tackle Kroger!

3 boxes of BeachNut Toddler Crackers

1 2lb bag of Frozen Tilapia

1 bag of Frozen Salmon

Quaker Rice Cakes

2 boxes of Pantyliners

6 boxes of MorningStar Blackbean burgers (1 at Walmart, 5 at Target)

2 bags Wheat Thins

Walgreens Multi Purpose Contact Solution

Thermacare Heatwrap

Garnier Fructis Moose

2 Yes to Carrot Lip Balms

3 bags of Goldfish

6 boxes Kashi Bars

1 Morningstar Chicken Nugget

Target Baby Wipes

6 Johnson Buddies soaps

TOTAL: $47.69