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