Saved 50% at Publix

I had a pretty good/yet very random trip to Publix this week.  A lot of things were on sale, but I didn't use a lot of coupons.  Keeping this in mind, I am happy with my 50% savings.

I bought:
1 Natures Own English muffins (BOGO)
1 Publix WW bread
1 get well card
1 bag apple chips
3 Hunts chocolate pudding (used $.50/2 man Q and $1/2 Publix Q)
3 GG frozen veggies (used $.60/3 Q)
2 Pam sprays ( used 2 $.50/1 man Qs and 2 $1/1 Px Q)
2 Ragu pizza sauces (BOGO)
2 Ragu spaghetti sauces
1 Mueller lasagna noodles (used free wyb 2 Ragu Q)
4 Gulden mustard's (used 2 $1/2 Px Q)
4 8 O Clock coffees (used $2/2)

Spent $34.89 (saved $35.17)

I saved big at Toys R Us this week!

I made a pretty significant effort at getting some Christmas shopping done this week.

I went to Toys R Us with my coupons in hand and did great!

I bought:

1 Strawberry Shortcake berry cruiser (on sale and $5 off Hasbro Q)
1 Strawberry Shortcake story in a box set
1 Elefun Ball Popper (on sale and $5 off Hasbro Q)
1 Girl Talk Game
1 Spider Ma web slinger (on sale and $5 off Hasbro Q)
1 Pictureka Disney board game (on clearance)
1 Pink Hair extension (I needed this to get my total above $75, after Qs)
-used the in ad spend $75 and get a $10 gift card

-so although my total was $76.86, I walked out with and extra $10.

So I spent $76.86, saved $33.25, and earned $10.  This is a savings of 36%!

Bi Lo Trip

Well, my percentage may not be as good as it was at Publix (even though I did buy fresh shrimp there), but this tally will show you more of what we actually eat!  I feel like I did a good trip...but Bi-Lo...I was disappointed that you didn't even have many of the items I was looking for (flank steak, asiago cheese, red curry sauce, stuffing mushrooms, coffee syrup, bologna, everything bagels).  I felt like I was at the Food Lion for a moment!

Hershey's Caramel syrup (instead of real coffee flavored syrup)
Pringles Sour Cream and Chives
Arnolds Bread
Water Chestnuts
2 Dawn dish soap (free with 2 $.50/1)
La Looks Gel (man $1/1)
2 International Coffee Creamer (2 $.5/1)
cheese slices
turkey lunchmeat
bacon
bag of apples
mushrooms

As you can see, I didn't use very many coupons, but got out pretty cheap.

Total Spent: $24.33
Total Saved: $14.07
Total Percentage Saved: 37%

Publix Trip

I did pretty good at Publix this week.  It would have been a lot better,  but they were out of or I couldn't find a few key items.  I would have had a way better percentage if I had got 2 free soft scrubs (which I really need), and had been able to use my free Qs from joining the Px baby club (free coco butter lotion, hand sanitizer, and alcohol). Oh well, here's what I did get...

2 Cheez Itz colby (2 man .70/1)
1 Beech Nut rice cereal (free baby club Q)
2 Beech Nut mini meals (Px BOGO Q, man $1/3)
1 Ronzoni garden pasta (man $.5/1)
1 Quaker Oatmeal (BOGO)
1 Pita Bread (BOGO)
1 Lysol Kitchen Cleaner (man $1/1)
2 Cutter Bug Spray (Px $2/2, 2 man $1.5/1)
2 Advils (Px $5/2, 2 man $2/1)
2 Cascadian Edamame (Px $2/2, 2 man $.5/1)
1 Benedryl Itch Cream (Px $.75/1, man $2/1)
3/4 lb jumbo shrimp ($6.20)

Total Spent: $24.46
Total Saved: $40.47
Percentage Saved: 62%

Publix Baby Trip-saved 64%

I have spent an arm and a leg at the grocery store this week, and although I tried to meal plan for company with the sales in mind, a lot of what I bought was without coupons.  So this little trip to Publix with all my baby coupons made the hit that my grocery budget took feel a little less painful!

I bought

• 1 package of eggroll wrappers ($2.29 not on sale)
• 1 Miracle Whip ($2.45 on sale)
• 2 Beechnut Mini Meals (used Px BOGO Q and 2 $1/1 Qs)
• 2 Earthsbest organic cookies (used 2 Px $1/1 Q)
• 2 Gerber Lil Entrees (used 2 Px $1/1 and 2 man $1/1)
• 2 Gerber Puffs (used 2 Px $1/1)

Total before sales/coupons:  $25.72
Total after:  $9.69

Publix Trip-saved 76%

I had a small but great trip to Publix today.  They had stacks of the Big Baby Bargains flyer (I got 2) and the 1 page baby Q's flyer (I got 2), but they were out of the Publix hot dogs for a penny (bummer) so I got Popsicles instead. 

Here's what else I got...

1 Fresh Express Salad Kit- used $.75 off Q
2 Men's Speedstick Deodorant- used 2 $.50 off Q
1 large bag Doritos
2 Bailey's Creamer-used 2 $1 off Q
1 Smart Balance Milk- used $1.50 off Q
2 Bic Mechanical Pencils- used 1 $1/2 Q
1 Freezer Popsicles-penny item

Total Saved: $24.20
Total Spent: $7.78

Publix trip

Yay!  Publix has eight o'clock coffee BOGO this week.  Last time it was on sale, I only bought 4 because I was broke and we were VERY close to running out.  So, although I didn't really need anything, I went there for the coffee (and a few other things). 


I bought:
9 bags of coffee (BOGO) used 3 $2/2 and 3 $1/1 Q's, paid $2.49 a bag
1 bag Santitas corn chips $2
3 Pop tarts (BOGO), used $2/3 Q, paid $4 for 3
3 frosted mini wheat's (BOGO) used $2.25/3, paid $1.07 a box
3 Crayola crayons $.33 a box
1 Publix bran flakes, penny item

I spent $31.01
I saved $57.98 (about 66%)

Saved 60% at Bi-Lo!

I made a quick run to Bi-Lo this morning to get some of the Chicken Sausage on sale and felt like I hit on a few good deals!



I bought:

2 Ocean Spray water flavoring (BOGO) $3.29 for both
2 Southern Home water flavoring $3.00 for 2
1 loaf of 100% WW bread (BOGO) $1.39
1 Lysol wipes (BOGO), used a $1/1 Q, paid $.49
2 Bounty paper towels (BOGO), used 2 $.25/1, paid $.75 for 2
2 dozen eggs $1 each
3 Johnsonville chicken sausage (BOGO), used 3 $.50 off Qs, paid $3 for 3

Total spent:  $13.48
Total saved $20.74!

Walgreens Trip: saved 66%!

Now, this was just a small trip to Wags inspired by the fact that my niece and nephew are coming to visit soon.  I have pictures framed on the wall of the oldest (5 yr old) but none of the youngest (3 yr old) because I haven't touched the arrangement since I nailed it to the wall before she was born.  I didn't want her to not be up there, so I ordered 4 pictures to be picked up in store.

While I was there, I decided to get a few other things!

Transaction #1
Pictures:  2.16
Hyland's Teething Gel:  was $4.99, used a $1 Q, got back $5 in WAGS rewards


Total:  $6.59

Transaction #2
2 Packages of Walgreens D Batteries: BOGO $5.29
1 Huggies wipes:  was $2.49, used $1 WAGS Q and a $.75 man Q
used the $5 WAGS reward

Total:  $1.50

I spent a total of $8.09 for $23.62 worth of goodies!

I Saved 34% at Bi-Lo

Although I did pay full price for a lot of stuff, I feel like I had a great trip today.  I'm at $250 total for the month, and really only need about $30 worth of "stuff", mostly produce, to finish the month off.  This seems incredible to me that I can get through November spending under $300 for groceries, in fact I spent more last month and there was no big holiday or house guests.  I guess that speaks for planning, couponing, and working the sales!


My biggest "non-coupon" spending went to ingredients for the spiced tea (see Sunday's post) and the walnuts.



So anyway, to my big Bi-Lo trip.

2 2-Liters Pepsi
1 2-Liter diet cherry 7-UP
1 2-Liter Root Beer
1 Peprich Farm stuffing cubes
4 lb bag Dixie Crystal sugar (used $.50/1-paid $1)
2 Kraft Miracle Whip (used 2 $1/1 Face book Qs)
2 Dole Mandarin Oranges (used $.50/2 All You Q)
1 Lipton Instant Decaf Tea
1 6 Qt Tang
2 Nestle Coco Mix (Bogo)
3 bags walnuts
Bread (Bogo)
2 store brand potato chips
2 store brand saltine crackers
2 sparkle big rolls of paper towels (used $1/2)
1 Bounty Napkins (forgot my darn Q but got anyway)
2 Smart Balance Milks (used 2 $2/1)
1 gallon milk (used $1 off wyb Sara Lee Bread peelie)
2 LOL real butter (used $1/2)
1 store brand large sour cream
18 count eggs
1 lb chicken livers
1 head romaine lettuce
1 bag cranberries
1 Bartlett pear
4 bananas

Subtotal:  $98.21
Total: $65.15

I'm going with a savings of 34% which is close, but I'm too lazy to do the math!

Great Shopping trip-saved 51% at Ingles

Well, although I was pretty ill and busy this week, on my day off I did hit up Ingles to pick up the things I need on sale.

3 Chex Mix's (2 $.50/1, 1 $1 off)
1 Wheat Thin ($1 off)
1 Jello Instant Pudding
3 No Yolk Noodles (all free with 3 $/50 off)
2 unidentified dollar items-i can't believe I don't know what I bought!
1 Oscar Meyer Bacon (for eating)
1 Carolina Pride Bacon (for cooking)
10 lb bag potatoes ($3)
5 lb bag apples ($3)
4 lb bag oranges ($3)
1 salad (on managers special also with $.75 off)

Total before Q's and sales:   $44.54
Total After:$21.55

Food Lion Trip-saved 76%

Although I was pretty down this week, I did get out on Tuesday (my day off) to catch a few sales...I've been trying to get what I need for Thanksgiving week and Christmas baking ahead of time so I'd get the best deal.  

I went to he Food Lion really because of the buy 4 Kellogg's Cereals and get an instant $5 off your bill.  So I bought 2 Rice Krispies (2/$4 with $1/2 Q) and 2 Strawberry All Bran's (2/$4.27  with $1/2 Q).  This got me 4 boxes of cereal for  about $1.27, and the Rice Krispies had a peelie, buy 2 get a pack of marshmallows free!  Jackpot!

Here's all I got

4 boxes of cereal (really cheap)
1 pack marshmallows (free)
2 Hunt's tomato sauce (FL printable, $1/2)
2 Treasure cove blue cheese ($1/2)
3 lb ground beef

My total before Q's and sales was $44.20, and after everything, I paid $10.99.


                                     

Food Lion quick trip-72%

I did a fast run into Food Lion this weekend, basically to get some free toothpaste.



I got:

2 Crest Toothpastes (used 2 $1 off and got them both for free)
3 2-Liters Diet 7-UP
1 2-Liter regular 7-UP (used 2 BOGO Q's)

This means I got $9.46 worth of stuff for $2.62! This is about a 72% savings.

Ingles Shopping Trip-I saved 70%!

I had 2 $5/5 Kraft coupons left that were going to expire in 12 days, so I took them to Ingles where assorted Kraft cheese was on sale for $2.  Here's what I did...

2 Kraft cubed CJ
2 Kraft shredded swiss
2 Kraft shredded sharp cheddar
1 Kraft shredded monteray
1 16 oz Breakstone cottage cheese
2 16 oz Breakstone sour creams

Total Before Qx and sale prices: $34.45
Total After/Out of Pocket: $10.54

Publix Shopping Trip

I had a great shopping trip at Publix this week.  I bought VERY few things that were not on sale and I didn't have a Q for.  Doing this, I saved 77% at Publix!

1 Frozen Peprich Farm Dinner Roll (these has a try me free rebate on them)
1 Jenny O Turkey w/gravy meal for 2 (used a $.55 peelie-paid $1.45)
1 Saltine cracker
1 Pringles Xtreme (used a Free Q)
4 Craisins (BOGO)
1 Corn Tortilla
4 Green Giant canned Corn (used 2 $.50/2)
2 Os-Cal tablets (used a Px $5/2, and 2 $3 man Qs-getting $1 overage)
1 Old El Paso taco seasoning (buy 2 get one free Q)
1 OEP refried beans ($.50 Q)
1 OEP taco shells
3 Stonyfield plain yogurts ($.50/3)
1 Rubber Maid Produce Saver (used Px $1 and Man $1-made it $.69)

Total I Paid: $17.46-but I'll get a $3.49 rebate from the rolls
so I'm counting the total as $13.97 paid for $60.34 worth of groceries.

Odd shopping trip at Publix

I bought 8 Thai Kitchen noodles (used 8 $.50 off-all doubling to make these free)
1 cauliflower
1 broccoli
1 lb asparagus

Total: $5.89

I was thrilled to have 8 free packages of my new favorite thing, and the prices on these fresh veggies were the best I've seen in a while.  I've got a ton of items in my stockpile, but nothing really compares to fresh veggies!

If you're a couponer, check out this post to do some purging of expired coupons.

Ingles Shopping Trip

I don't go to Ingles very often.  I usually find  their coupon policy annoying, and I especially hate it during triple coupons days.  I always have some problem or headache that occurs.  But I headed there today to get a few things.  Mostly I wanted to get Krusteaz Muffin mixes and I NEEDED dog food.

I only had about $35 left in my grocery budget this month, and I went over, but for a good cause...you'll see.  I'm also stocking up for the holidays.  I have a (very long) list of non-perishables I need for the Thanksgiving Day and weekend, and I'm trying to get them as they go on sale.

3 Krusteas Muffins (used 3 $.50 Qs)
1 Diet Sierra Mist 2-Liter
2 gold Medal flours (too good of a deal to pass up)
2 Jiffy Corm bread mixes (also pretty cheap at $.44)
1 Corn chip
1 rotel tomato
1 marked down cottage cheese (the produce/dairy mark downs are my favorite thing about this store!)
1 can creamed corn
2 Yellow cake mixes
1 salad mix (marked down to $1.50, I used a $.75 Q)
4 Crescent rolls (used 2 $.40/2)
1 dry dog food (used $1 off-here's where I blew the budget, but the small $5 bags are not lasting long enough and I'm sick of running out.  So I got the $16 bad that is 4x bigger-totally worth it)
2.8 lbs ground beef
1 sausage roll (marked down to $1.79-I cooked that day and froze)

Total was $41.29

Rite Aid Trip-Allergy Meds

I saved over $40 at RA this week!!

I"ve been back and forth about my allergy medication.  I find that Cetrizine (RA brand) works great at controlling my severe allergies and is budget conscious if you buy a bigger bottle.  I take it religiously about 6 months out of the year and occasionally the rest of the year...and it tends to affect my sleep.  For the first month or two I can sleep 12 hours at a time and have a heck of a time getting up even then, and when I stop taking it, I toss and turn for at least a week. So I've been trying to decide if I should try something else or what.

Then RA made my choice for me.  Cetrizine is BOGO this week.  I'm sold!!

So I got 2 packages (120 pills each) for $25.85. This is an 8 month supply!

They are originally $32.99, so it was $66 worth of pills, BOGO takes off $32.99, I used a $5/25 and a $1/1.  I also used my $3 remaining UP rewards. 

I'm pleased and have decided to just be happy with the fact that my allergies are in control.  If I sleep a little more than usual...so be it.

I saved 62% at Publix this week!

I hit up Publix this morning with a small list of necessities (coffee, oil) and deals (free Hungry Man dinners, Luna bar).  I got $62.83 worth of groceries for $23.98 which is especially good because I got 5 packages of coffee and fresh produce. Here's how I did it...

2 Hungry Man dinners (used 2 $2 off Q's-free with overage)
1 green pepper
1 cucumber
1 tomato
4 kiwis
5 Eight O'clock coffees (used 2 $2/2 and 1 $.75/1)
1 Quaker Oatmeal (used $2 off)
1 large Pompeii Olive Oil (used $1 off)
2 Thai Kitchen Noodle soups (used $1/2)
1 Luna bar (free with $.50 Q from Mambo Sprouts bk)
1 Cascadian Farms fz raspberries ($.75 printable)

This was the first time I remembered to take a picture of my groceries, and then I found out the memory card was not in the camera...oh well, maybe next time!

Rite Aid trip

I didn't do GREAT at Rite Aid this week, but I did use my $5 UP rewards before they expired, so that's something!

Here's what I got for $11.99 (and I'm going back today to get a $2.69 refund)

2 7-UP 2-liters (used a BOGO coupon) I'll save this for the punch I make at my cmas recital
6 bags fun-sized Kit Kats (2 $1/3 Qs)
1 Garnier Fructise styler (1 RA $1, 1 $1 man Q)I see this rang up as $2.69 over the advertised price, so I'll go back and get a refund or exchange for something that was on sale for $2.5)
1 Maybeline Gel Eye Liner ($2 off Q)-this looks AWESOME!!
1 Blistex lip ointment
I also used a $5/25 Q and $5 in UP rewards

So my total (after my refund) will be $9.30, (and getting $3 UPs and $1.50 in SCR)

When you stop to consider the fact that the eyeliner was full price $9.49, that sounds better.  It's like I got all my Halloween candy for free this year +.