Weekly Totals 6/12/09 - 6/19/09

Almost a week late, here are my weekly totals. My Kroger trip almost spolied my under budget week but the CVS trip helped things out a bit!

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $361.66
• Total Savings $303.17
• Out of Pocket Spent $58.49
• I Saved 84%

Kroger

I went to Kroger to pick up some things that were FREE with coupons that came in the mail from Kroger and ended up picking up a few more things that they had on sale. It does me good to go to Kroger once in a while to realize why it is that I don't shop there more often. Even with the good sale prices, I always spend more than I plan to.

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $95.96
• My Savings at Kroger $61.48
• Out of Pocket Spent $34.48
• I Saved 64%
  

CVS 6/17/09

I got a tip on this deal from southernsavers.com and iheartcvs.com and decided to stop on my way home from work to see if I could find these.

I was able to pick up 4, using 2 different Extra Care cards and made a nice profit!

• Total $3.96
• Extra Bucks Used $4.00 (adjusted down to 3.96)
• Extra Bucks Earned $20
• Net Profit $16.00!
  

Publix 6/17/09

One last trip for Chex Mix and FREE Soft Soap. I also had a special request for some Bud Light Lime and although that normally would not be considered part of my grocery budget, I had just made $16 at CVS so I splurged on the beer for him. :-)

I had 2 separate transactions and used (2)$5 off $25 Rite Aid coupons. I used Target coupons for $1.00 off the strawberries and stacked Target coupons with my manufacturer coupons for the Chex Mix. The Chex Mix makes great ballpark snacks and my husband takes a bag to snack on at work. The Lay's potato chips I did not have any coupons for but with the kids home for the summer we go through some chips. I like to stock up when they are on sale.

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $83.89
• My Savings at Publix $64.88
• Out of Pocket Spent $19.01
• I Saved 78%

(The beer and the ground chuck was $11.00 so everything else was only $8.00)

Publix 6/15/09

I had a great trip to Publix today! I found a new in-store coupon sheet with .50 coupon (doubled 1.00) for Soft Soap and the Soft Soap with Aloe Bonus Size was .99 so bunches of FREE soap. I also stacked more Target coupons to stock up on more FREE Chex Mix! I had 2 separate transactions and used (2) $5 off $25 Rite Aid coupons.

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $ 133.24
• My Savings at Publix $119.11
• Out of Pocket Spent $14.13
• I Saved 90%!
  

Walgreens 6/15/09

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $44.61
• Out of Pocket Spent $1.87
• Register Rewards Spent $19.00
• Register Rewards Earned $14.00
• Net Cost $6.87
  

Weekly Totals 6/5/09 - 6/12/09

Here are my weekly totals a few days late. I did some extra shopping through the week in advance of a crazy busy weekend that I knew I would not be able to shop. My budget next week should balance out the overage for this week.

Total Before Savings & Coupons $409.90
Total Savings $313.20
Out of Pocket Spent $96.70
I Saved 77%

Publix 6/12/09

More Playtex and Chex Mix. lol

Total Before Savings & Coupons $50.80
My Savings at Publix $41.89
Out of Pocket Spent $8.91
I Saved 82%

Publix 6/11/09

Yes, a very odd trip today and I'm afraid my next couple of trips will look very similar. There is not much I needed at Publix but cheap Chex Mix is always a good thing and I needed some chips to eat with all of that FREE Helluva dip we got a couple of weeks ago. And well, the Playtex, a little over a dollar a box is a great deal! It's amazing the things you can stockpile. Last week I was stockpiling hair dryers and this week it's feminine products. lol

• Total Before Savings and Coupons $37.64
• My Savings at Publix $30.48
• Out of Pocket Spent $7.16
• I Saved 81%

Publix 6/9/09

Sorry I have gotten way behind on posting my trips, we have been crazy busy this week! I LOVED this trip since I had several of the Family is it's own Reward booklets which meant cheap Bertolli pasta sauce and frozen pasta dinners, Breyer's ice cream, and Klondike bars. Just in time for Summer! I also found some of the Conagra Rebate booklets with the Hunt's coupons so decided to pick up some more ketchup. I stacked Target coupons with manufacturer coupons for some really cheap Kraft mayo.

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $160.18
• My Savings at Publix $123.88
• Out of Pocket Spent $36.30
• I Saved 78%
  
  

FREE Groceries from Southern Savers

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Walgreens 6/7/09

I have collected quite a bit of Register Rewards over the last couple of weeks and am down to my last couple of bottles of clothes detergent so thought this was a good way to stock back up and roll some register rewards. The cookies were 2/5.00 and produced $3 RR so they ended up being $1.00 each. Not too bad. :-)

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $66.98
• Out of Pocket Spent $1.58
• Register Rewards Used $39.00
• Register Rewards Earned $16.00
• Net Cost $24.58
• I Saved 64%

Publix 6/6/09

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $94.30
• My Savings at Publix $74.55
• Out of Pocket Spent $19.75
• I Saved 79%

Weekly Totals 5/29/09 - 6/5/09

What a week at Walgreens! Tons of FREE stuff. At Publix there was not much that I needed but hard to pass up the Freebies and nearly free cleaning supplies. I'm am thrilled with my totals and looking forward to another slow shopping week. YAY for my monthly budget.

• Total Purchases $382.71
• Total Savings $371.52
• Total Spent $11.19 (remember I bought 5 hair dryers this week!)
  
• I Saved 97%

Walgreens 6/1/09, 6/3/09, 6/4/09

FREE + $3.42 PROFIT!!

This has been a crazy week at Walgreens. I have been to several stores multiple times since they were all out of one item or another that I was looking for. I didn't always have my Register Rewards with me to spend so I ended up spending more than I usually do out of pocket but that's OK.

• Total Products Purchased $195.09*
• Total Savings $129.51*
• Out of Pocket Spent $65.58
• Register Rewards Used $25
• Register Rewards Earned $94
• NET PROFIT $3.42!
• * (To keep from overinflating my savings amount the cost of the meter is being reflected as 10.00 and the savings is 10.00 (versus the 79.99 cost and 69.99 savings on the receipt)
  

Publix 6/3/09

One more trip to Publix before the sale changes. I had a ton of the Crystal Light and Fantastic coupons left to use. I stacked a Target coupon with a manufacturer coupon on the trash bags and also used a CVS $4 off $20.

• Total Before Savings and Coupons $83.84
• My Savings at Publix $80.58
• Out of Pocket Spent $3.26
• I Saved 97%
  

Note: The water alone was $3.99 so I basically got a discount on the water and everything else was FREE!

Publix 5/31/09

• Total Before Savings & Coupons $ 103.78
• My Savings at Publix $92.43
• Out of Pocket Spent $11.35
• I Saved 89%