Publix 3/30/09

I had a minute to check out another Publix before my sons' baseball games last night and they had Goodlife in stock! I used all but 1 of my Goodlife coupons and finished off the Lance cracker coupons. I had never been to this store before and wasn't sure if they accepted the Rite Aid coupon and was in a hurry to make it to the game so I didn't try using it. All of the Publix stores that I usually shop at have a Rite Aid very close by so I feel like I can justify using the coupon. This store was very crowded and I was more than happy to only pay $8.53 for all of this stuff! (but at my regular store my total would have been only $3.53!)

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $78.27
• My Savings at Publix $69.74
• Out of Pocket Spent $8.53
• I Saved 90%

CVS 3/29/09

(2 purchases using 2 different Extra Care cards)

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $82.69
• My Savings at CVS $73.95
• Out of Pocket Spent $8.74
• Extra Bucks Spent $23.97
• Extra Bucks Earned $25.96
• Net Cost $6.75
• I Saved 92%

Publix 3/29/09

I went today for my .01 item (salad dressing) and to use some more Goodlife, Lance and Q-Tip coupons. My store was out of cat food (not surprising since I got most of it yesterday, lol) I also had a few more J&J coupons that expired on 4/1 so I decided to go ahead and use them for some more soap bars.

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $70.42
• My Savings at Publix $59.68
• Out of Pocket Spent $10.74
  I Saved 85%

Publix 3/28/09

My Lance cracker and Q-Tip coupons came in the mail today and I needed some things for dinner tonight so I went to Publix for Round # 3 of cat food and Round # 1 of crackers and Q-Tips. I had 2 separate orders and used (2) $5 off $25 Rite Aid coupons. I saved the rest of my Goodlife, Lance and Q-Tip coupons to use Sunday and Monday when I go for my .01 items.

Total Before Savings & Coupons $127.46
My Savings at Publix $105.36
Out of Pocket Spent $22.10
I Saved 83%

3/20/09 - 3/27/09 Weekly Totals

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $319.49
• Total Savings $ 270.76
• Out of Pocket Spent $48.73
• I Saved 85%

Publix 3/27/09

• (10) Goodlife Cat Food BOGO 2/4.49 - 10 x 2.00 coupons = .20 each
• (2) Kellogg's Fiber Plus bars BOGO 2/3.19 - 2 x .75 coupons = .85 each
• Used $5 off $25 Rite Aid coupon
• Total Before Savings & Coupons $52.54
• My Savings at Publix $52.08
• Out of Pocket Spent .46
• I Saved 99%

Publix 3/26/09

This is my first of many trips to Publix for this week's sales. I have several $2.00 Goodlife coupons which = .20 bags of cat food. I also ordered some Lance cracker coupons and Q-Tip coupons off of ebay. My shopping this week will be kind of odd and will mainly be crackers, cat food, cleaning supplies and Q-Tips.

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $57.18
• My Savings at Publix $49.76
• Out of Pocket Spent $7.42
• I Saved 87%
  
  

Walgreens 3/24/09

I found 2 more Glade BOGO printables so I went for more Glade while they are still on sale.

(2) Glade Sense & Spray 9.99 each
(2) Glade Lasting Impressions 9.99 each
(1) Peeps candy (for my shopping helper) .69
Coupons Used:
(1) BOGO Sense & Spray coupon -9.99
(1) BOGO Lasting Impressions coupon -9.99
(4) Glade store coupons x 4.00 = -16.00

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $43.07
• My Savings at Walgreens $35.98
• Out of Pocket Spent $ 7.09
• I Saved 84%
  

Publix 2/24/09

My daily errands took me by 3 different Publix stores. 2 out of 3 had the Friday's Skillets in stock and the other store was sold out but had plenty of blinkies left. I actually tried one of these Sunday night for dinner and I was pleasantly surprised. My husband was not home for dinner that night but ate the leftovers the next day and he thought it was my leftovers from a restaurant. On sale and after coupons they were only $2.00 per bag and feed 2 adults. That is cheaper than 2 decent cans of soup and MUCH better. He happily made room in one of our freezers so that I could stock up on them. They are good until 2010 so we have plenty of time to eat them.

2 trips combined - used (2) $5 off $25 Rite Aid coupons

(14) Friday's Skillet Meals BOGO 2/7.99 - 14 x 2.00 off blinkies = 2.00 each
(1) T-Bone steak 6.80 - 2.00 Target coupon = 4.80
(1) T-Bone steak 6.63 - 2.00 Target coupon = 4.63

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $145.81
• My Savings at Publix $116.27
• Out of Pocket Spent $29.54
• I Saved 80%

Publix 3/22/09

I went to Publix for some more Fridays Skillet Meals and they were all out so instead I just gathered enough stuff to get my .01 item this week. I didn't have any papers yet so I bought a $2.50 bundle pack and grabbed the .01 coupon from inside at the checkout. The 2 reusable bags were free with 2 boxes of Hamburger Helper. My store had the peelies stuck on the boxes but I used the coupons from the paper last week since they expire sooner. The peelies don't expire until 2010.

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $20.89
• My Savings at Publix $16.67
• Out of Pocket Spent $4.22
• I Saved 80%
  

3/13/09 - 3/20/09 Weekly Totals

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $408.80
• Total Savings $327.34
• Out of Pocket Spent $81.46
• I Saved 80%

A little over my budget this week but I'm still happy with my totals. Our dinner Friday night would have cost $50 at any decent steakhouse and we have 4 steaks left for future dinners!

Publix 3/20/09

I realized that there was a Target coupon for the steaks and decided to go pick up a few more plus I wanted to pick up some things for our dinner tonight. This trip blew my weekly budget but it's OK. Dinner was WONDERFUL and we still have 4 more T-Bones for later.

(1) Oscar Meyer Hotdogs (In-Store Special) BOGO 2/2.99 = 1.50
(1) bag of Idaho Potatoes 2.49
(1) Bananas 1.97
(1) Sliced Mushrooms 1.99
(used a 1.00 off potatoes coupon from Target + a 2.00 off 5.00 produce purchase Food Lion coupon) = 3.45 for all produce
(1) Glad garbage bags 4.99 - 1.00 Glad printable = 3.99
(1) Hormel Bacon Pieces 1.99
(4) 12 pack Coke Products 12.00 - 2.00 Kroger home mailer coupon = 10.00
(1) T-Bone Steak 5.10 - 2.00 Target coupon = 3.10
(1) T-Bone Steak 4.37 - 2.00 Target coupon = 2.37
(1) T-Bone Steak 4.71 - 2.00 Target coupon = 2.71
(1) T-Bone Steak 4.76 - 2.00 Target coupon = 2.76

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $64.72
• My Savings at Publix $38.81
• Out of Pocket Spent $25.91
• I Saved 60%

Although my savings percentages got messed up and I went over my weekly budget with this purchase, $10.00 of my $25.91 total was for Coke products so for $15.91 my husband and I had a restaurant quality steak dinner. (plus we have 4 steaks left in our freezer!)

Publix 3/19/09

I decided to go on to Publix today and grab some of the Fridays Skillet Meals before the stock gets low this weekend. We have never tried them before but for $2.00 each (BOGO 2/7.99 - (2) 2.00 off blinkies) I thought it was a good time to give them a try. They also had some wonderful looking T-Bones on sale and decided to splurge this week and pick up a couple for dinner Friday night.

• Total Spent Before Coupons & Savings $90.97
• My Savings at Publix $73.61
• Out of Pocket Spent $17.36
• I Saved 81%

Publix 3/16/09

2 quick trips to Publix this afternoon for some more .01 Tortilla Chips. I also got 2 more FREE reusable Publix bags (not pictured) for purchasing 2 more boxes of General Mills Cereal (peelie on box) and 2 more bottles of Tide.

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $56.86
• My Savings at Publix $49.72
• Out of Pocket Spent $7.14
• I Saved 88%
  

CVS 3/15/09 & 3/16/09

$52.53 in products for $6.63

All of the FREE Garnier last week was nice but it is fun to get great deals on my favorite brands(2 trips to CVS using 2 different Extra Care cards.)

• (2) Pantene Shampoo
• (2) Pantene Conditioner
• (4) Pantene Hairspray
• (2) Irish Spring Body Wash
• (2) Tootsie Pop bundles (filler item/reward for my little shopping helper)

• Coupons Used
• (2) Irish Spring .50
• (4) Pantene Shampoo/Conditioner $1.00 off
• (2) Pantene FREE Hair Products WYB Shampoo & Conditioner
• (2) Pantene $2.00 off WYB 2 Hair Products
• Extra Bucks Used $20.98
• Out of Pocket Spent $3.63
• Extra Bucks Earned $17.98

Publix 3/15/09

I also got 3 FREE Publix reusable bags (not pictured) 2 for buying 2 boxes of General Mills Cereal (peelies on box) and 1 for buying 2 Tide products.

• Total Spent Before Savings & Coupons $143.72
• My Savings at Publix $119.30
• Out of Pocket Spent $24.42
• I Saved 83%
  

Another Buddie Soap Bar Coupon!

I ran across a coupon that I hadn't printed yet and wanted to post the link here for my fellow soap bar stockpilers. This one is $2.00 off any 2 Buddie products. You should be able to print it twice. 2 coupons should = 4 FREE or almost FREE Buddie Soap Bars.

http://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?tqnm=rgardzu38101945&bt=vi&o=51057&c=JB&p=LvUgYxHB

3/6/09 - 3/13/09 Weekly Totals

Another under budget week, YAY! This week was mostly about drinks, toothpaste, hair care products and air fresheners. I did get a bunch of FREE mac & cheese also. The drinks/juice should last us for several weeks/months. Coming into Spring/Summer it's nice to have drinks stocked up for family outings, vacations, etc. When we go to the beach we ALWAYS take most of our groceries down with us. It saves time and is much cheaper!

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $638.41
• Total Savings $578.47
• Out of Pocket Spent $59.94
• I Saved 91%

Kroger 3/12/09

I stopped in a different Kroger than I normally shop at to see if they still had the Cottonelle 4 packs, and they didn't. Looks like our FREE Cottonelle is no more. (wonder if we can talk Publix into selling it) I had my Whisker Lickins coupons and my $3.00 Johnson's Catalina which made the cat food FREE and the Buddie bars were .09 and I even earned a new $3.00 Catalina on my purchase so the cycle of (almost)FREE soap continues.

• Total Before Coupons & Savings $18.97
• Total Savings $17.90
• Out of Pocket Spent $1.07
• I Saved 95%
  

Walgreens 3/11/09 & 3/12/09

More FREE Glade, Garnier & Colgate!

$100.79 in Products for only $4.77.

This is two trips to two different Walgreens combined. I really didn't need any more toothpaste but I had a $1.50 coupon which created a bit of an overage to help offset the tax on the other stuff. I also only had 1 more Garnier coupon but my cashier sent me back for more because she had extra coupons to share. She actually had a huge binder by her register that she would flip through and hand out coupons to the customers. It was amazing. The book was so neat and organized with TONS of coupons! It was refreshing to be in a store that so happily accepted and ENCOURAGED them. I plan to visit that location more often. :-)

Publix 3/11/09

I went out today for some last minute cheap Publix sodas and to grab a few deals using Food Lion coupons before the sale changes tomorrow.

• (6) Publix sodas .50 each - (2) 1.00/3 Food Lion coupon = .17 each
• (6) Dr. Pepper .99 each - (3) 1.00/2 Food Lion coupon = .49 each
• (6) Sweet Baby Rays BBQ Sauce - BOGO 2/2.29 - (6) 1.00 off Food Lion coupon = .15 each
• (4) Hi-C 10 pack juice drinks 1.50 each - (4) 1.00 off Food Lion coupon = .50 each
• (1) Pork Chops $5.69
• Used $5 off $25 Rite Aid coupon

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $ 47.16
• My Savings at Publix $39.43
• Out of Pocket Spent $7.73
• I Saved 84%
  

Publix 3/10/09

2 Separate Trips. Used (2) $5 off $25 Rite Aid

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $101.05
• My Savings at Publix $88.66
• Out of Pocket Spent $12.39
• I saved 90%

CVS 3/10/09

$19.92 in products for FREE + .57 PROFIT!

• (4) Herbal Essences 4.69 on sale for 2.88
• (1) Cabury Cream Egg (not pictured) .50

• Coupons Used:
• (2) Herbal Essences 3.00/2 coupons
• (1) $3/2 CVS coupon printed from kiosk
• Extra Bucks Spent $2.99
• Out of Pocket Spent .44
• Extra Bucks Earned $4.00

Walgreens 3/9/09

$160.98 in products for only $13.90!

I was able to find a Walgreens that had the Glade in stock and I was able to pick up 8 more FREE Glade, 10 more FREE Colgate and 5 more FREE Garnier. My cashier would not use the full value (7.99) of the BOGO coupon but he did allow me to use it for 3.99 so I was happy to get them FREE. The overage would have been nice though. I thought my total was too high since everything except the Coke products should have been FREE but (I'm assuming that) Walgreens charges tax on the total BEFORE coupons unlike CVS and Publix. You learn something new everyday. :-)

• My Subtotal was $9.79 (and the Coke products were $13 so there was some overage on something but can't figure it out from the receipt)
• Tax = $7.11
• Total Out of Pocket $16.90
• Register Rewards on Coke $3.00

Note: All of my Glade products had $3.00 coupons inside the box so if I can find some more in stock, I can pick up several more for only .99 each!

Publix BOGO Preview 3/12/09 - 3/18/09

The upcoming Publix ad arrived in the mail this morning and here are the upcoming BOGO deals.

Curly's Baked Beans with Pork
Banquet Original Breaded Chicken
Bertolli Pasta Sauce
Planters Trail Mix
Kellogg's Fruit Snacks
Post Cereal
Uncle Ben's Rice
General Mills Cereal
Bertolli Olive Oil
Vlasic Pickles
Stubb's Marinade
Kraft or Seven Seas Dressing
Cheeze It
Thomas' English Muffins
Orville Redenbacher's Popping Corn
Hershey's Kisses
Lay's Potato Chips
SeaPak Shrimp
Breyers Ice Cream
Tai Pei Dinners
Kodak Power Flash Camera
Electrasol Automatic Gel Detergent
Lysol All Purpose Trigger Spray

Walgreens 3/8/09

$81.06 in products for only $4.68

• (10) Garnier Products 2.99 - 10 x 2.00 Store Q - 10 x 1.00 Manufacturer Q = FREE
• (6) Colgate Toothpaste 3.49 - 6 x 2.50 Store Q - 6 x 1.00 Manufacturer Q = FREE
• (1) Crest Toothpaste 2.49 - 1.00 Manufacturer Q = 1.49 - 1.00 Register Rewards = .49
• (2) Glade Sense & Spray 7.99 - 2 x 4.00 Store Q - 1 x 4.00 Manufacturer Q = 3.98
• Total Products Purchased $81.06
• Total Savings $75.38
• Out of Pocket Spent $5.68
• Register Rewards Earned $1.00

My total should have been at least $7.99 less, my cashier would not allow me to use a BOGO coupon on the Glade purchases. She said they received an email that they could not use the BOGO coupon with the store coupon. I am going back this week to see if I can at least use my other $4.00 Manufacturer coupon. So my total should come down by $4.00.

Publix 3/7/09

I had some Kraft Mac & Cheese coupons that expired today and I couldn't stand the fact of missing out on some almost FREE Mac & Cheese! Also, the deal on the Publix soda is so good I plan on getting a few more before the week is up. I don't drink soda very often but the kids do and they can never finish a whole can so it's nice to have the 2 liter bottles.

• 12 Publix sodas .50 - 4 x 1.00/3 Food Lion coupon = .16 each
• 9 Ocean Spray BOGO 2/3.69 - 9 x 1.00 Publix coupon = .85 each
• 5 Cheerios BOGO 2/4.29 - 5 x .50 doubled = 5 x 1.00 stacked with 5 x 1.00 Food Lion coupon = .15 each
• 16 Kraft Mac & Cheese BOGO 2/1.19 - 8 x 1.00/2 printable = .10 each
• 5 Chex Mix bars 2/4.00 - 5 x .50 doubled = 5 x 1.00 coupon = 1.00 each
• 2 Tropicana 3.00 - 1.00/2 coupon stacked with Target 1.00 coupons = 2.00 each
• Bananas 1.92
• Used $5 off $25 Rite Aid coupon

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $108.48
• My Savings at Publix $92.51
• Out of Pocket Spent $15.97
• I saved 85%

2/27/09 - 3/6/09 Weekly Totals

Not a bad week considering I got stocked up on several packages of Ground Chuck, Bread, Progresso Soup, Pop Tarts, Mac and Cheese, Tropicana, Ocean Spray, Canned Veggies and more Canned Chicken. I'm expecting a slow shopping week this upcoming week and hoping to be under my $75 weekly budget for 2 weeks in a row!

• Total Before Savings at Coupons $495.66
• Total Savings $434.37
• Out of Pocket Spent $61.29
• I saved 88%

Publix 03/06/09

My first trip to Publix with the new sales. I was going to wait until tomorrow so that this would be on next week's totals but needed the cooking oil and cream of chicken soup for dinner tonight. I plan to go back a few more times this week for more Ocean Spray and Publix sodas. The Ocean Spray is only .85 after BOGO and coupons and the Publix sodas are .16 when you use a Food Lion competitor coupon for $1.00 off 3. The weekly coupon matches can be found here http://www.southernsavers.com/2009/03/publix-weekly-deals-34-310/

• Total Spent Before Savings and Coupons $85.97
• My Savings at Publix $69.69
• Out of Pocket Spent $16.28
• I saved 81%

Publix 03/04/09

I had to make one last run for the cheap Ground Chuck, Pam, bread and cheese before the sales changed. I also had 5 more $1.10 off 1 Progresso soup coupons left which made them only .15 each.

• Total Spent Before Savings and Coupons $80.18
• My Savings at Publix $65.09
• Out of Pocket Spent $15.09
• I saved 82%

CVS 03/04/09

$41.96 in Products for $1.53

• These purchases were made using 2 different CVS Extra Care Cards.
• (2) Gillette Fusion razors 11.99 on sale for 7.99 each
• (2) SlimQuick 4.99 each
• (2) CVS Vitamin D 2.99 each
• (2) Cadbury Eggs .50 each (used to absorb Extra Bucks overage)
• (2) Gillette 4.00 off coupons used.
• Out of Pocket Spent .53
• Extra Bucks Used $24.93
• Extra Bucks Earned $ 23.96
• I saved 97%

I have no idea what the SlimQuick or Vitamin D is for but I had Extra Bucks about to expire that needed to be rolled. :-) Gotta love CVS!

Publix 3/2/09

I stopped by real quick for the .01 item which was toilet paper this week. I also had some more Progresso coupons and wanted to take advantage of the Publix $5 off 20 deal.

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $61.02
• My Savings at Publix $58.76
• Out of Pocket Spent $2.26
• I Saved 97%
  

Basically I paid for the Ground Beef (was actually $2.61) and everything else was FREE!

CVS 3/1/09

More FREE Stuff at CVS! $96.48 in products for just $1.37

I actually just went in to use my Reese's Whips coupons. I had 12 coupons for 1.00/2 and they are on sale this week for 2/1.00. I scanned my card and got a $10 off $50 so my plan changed.

I Purchased:

• (3) One Touch testing meters 19.99 on sale for 14.99 each
• (24) Reese's Whips .63 on sale for .50 each
• (2) Bounce 5.99 on sale for 3.99
• (1) Dawn 1.99 on sale for .97

Coupons Used:

• (3) One Touch ($20 adjusted down to $14.99 each)
• (12) Reese's Whips 1.00/2
• CVS $10 off $50

I actually had coupons for the Dawn and Bounce but was not expecting the $10 off $50 and actually just grabbed those items to absorb my overage. It was too cold to go back to the car for the coupons.

• Total Products Purchased $96.48
• Total Savings $95.11
• Out of Pocket Spent $1.37

My total was off a little bit, looks like there was a limit of 10 on the Reese's Whips. That's OK. I'm happy with spending $1.37 for that much stuff. :-)

Publix BOGO Preview 3/5/09-3/11/09 ad

Is it sad that it thrills me to get the mail on Monday and find the upcoming Publix ad? I love having the extra days to plan, order coupons or clip the ones I will be needing for the week. I've listed a few of the coupon matches that I looked up for things that will be on my list.

Birds Eye Frozen Veggies (50% off)
Nathan's Beef Franks
Hellmann's Mayonaise
Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce
A.1. Steak House Marinade
Mt. Olive Sweet Relish or Pickles
Ken's Steak House Dressing
Cheerios Cereal 2/22/09 SS
Kellogg's Cereal
Kraft Mac & Cheese Dinner
Ocean Spray Juice 1/11/09 RP
Ragu' Pasta Sauce
Monster Energy Drink
Nabisco Ritz Crackers
Keebler Chips Deluxe or Sandies Cookies
Nabisco Cakesters
Mars Chocolate Bars (25 count box)
Ruffles Potato Chips
Ore-Ida Steam n' Mash Potatoes
Publix Allergy Relief Tablet
Klondike Ice Cream Bar
Smucker's Uncrustables (Not BOGO) 3/6.00 1/4/09 RP
Red Baron Pizza 1/11/09 SS 3/1/09 RP
Mrs. Pauls' Fish

Publix 2/28/09

My second trip to Publix for this week's sale. It's hard to pass up the stacked coupons deal on the Tropicana, Pop Tarts and Nature's Own bread. Also I found a deal on the Suave and was able to stack some manufacturer coupons with a Food Lion coupon to make 8 bottles of shampoo FREE!
I will probably make one more trip back this week for more juice, bread, and maybe the pasta sauce. I also have a few more Captain Crunch coupons to use.

• Total Spent Before Savings & Coupons $130.05
• My Savings at Publix $105.29
• Total Out of Pocket Spent $24.76
• I saved 81%