My Safeway shopping trip. Total = $5.14!!

I saw a couple posts this morning about some good deals at Safeway this week.  Now let me say this: I hate shopping at Safeway.  I don't know why, but nothing ever seems to go quite right there for me.  But at least they DO seem coupon-friendlier now since they revised their coupon policy and supposedly trained all their checkers on coupons.  But word to the wise, make sure to watch the register and check to make sure you got every deal you were supposed to before leaving the store, especially their in-store Buy X Save $X instantly deals - these have failed to ring for me numerous times.  All that to say I don't normally shop Safeway on a weekly basis, but could NOT pass up the Barilla pasta deal this week, so headed over this afternoon after school with my kiddos.  Boy am I glad!  I got everything you see here for $5.14!!!!!  And it includes two packages of meat, which were $7.36 by themselves!

If you need pasta, or Arm & Hammer toothpaste (or can print the coupons and want to donate some) then RUN, don't walk to Safeway this week!  Here is what I did, if you want a little inspiration!

Transaction 1:
3 Arm & Hammer toothpaste $1.49
7 Barilla Piccolini pasta $1

Saved $3 instantly for toothpaste
Used 3 $1/1 Arm & Hammer toothpaste
Used 7 $.75/1 Barilla Piccolini from SS 8/29
OOP = $.36 + received a CAT coupon for $2/3 Barilla Piccolini pasta!

Transaction 2:
3 Arm & Hammer toothpaste $1.49
4 Glad Lock Storage bags $2.49

Saved $3 instantly for toothpaste
Saved $2 instantly for a Buy 4 Save $2 promo that was on the Glad bags price sticker
Used 3 $1/1 Arm & Hammer toothpaste
Used $2/2 Glad bags Cellfire e-coupon
Uses 2 $2/2  Glad bags from Safeway Make a Muscle coupon book
OOP = $1.52

Transaction 3:
3 Arm & Hammer toothpaste $1.49
Lucerne milk 1/2 gallon  $1.79-50% because the Sell By date is in 6 days, but we'll use it first!
2 green onions $.59

Saved $3 instantly for toothpaste
Used 3 $1/1 Arm & Hammer toothpaste
OOP = $.69

Transaction 4:
3 Arm & Hammer toothpaste $1.49
Mission Tortilla chips $2.29
4 Welch's Healthy Start 100% Juice $3.00
Meat $5.16
Meat $2.20
3 Barilla Piccolini pasta $1.00

Saved $3 instantly on toothpaste
Used 3 $1/1 Arm & Hammer toothpaste
Used 2 $.55/1 Mission e-coupons from Cellfire (they both were on my acct and both came off!)
Used $.55/1 Mission product from Safeway Make a Muscle coupon book
Used 4 $1.50/1 Welch's Healthy Start Juice printables
Used Safeway ad coupon for $1.29 Mission chips
Used Safeway ad coupon for $1.99 Welch's juice
Used $2/3 Barilla Piccolini received in Transaction 1
Used $3 CAT from a couple weeks ago
Used $3 CAT from a couple weeks ago
OOP = $2.57

Total Cost = $5.14
Ok, so $11.14 if you don't count my CATs from a couple weeks ago, but still with milk and meat that had no coupons, pretty awesome since that means everything else cost only $2.88!