Publix Purchases 7/21/11

Not a huge shopping trip this week. But I did get some fun things! lol

I spent $17.76 and I saved $30.39

My purchases this week were:

• 2 boxes 100 calorie packs $1.10 each
• 2 packs of Yoplait Trix yogurt 90 cents each! (Tye was excited for these because there were "Cars" on the yogurt packages.)
  
• 4 boxes Quaker Granola Bars 98 cents each!!
  
• 2 packs of Paper Mate Pens I MADE 50 cents each!!!!!!!!
  
• 2 bottles of Publix syrup $1.99 each
• 2 boxes Honey Maid Graham crackers $1.55 each
• 2 boxes Quaker Oatmeal Dinosaur Eggs $1.75 each (I have been waiting for this deal forever, now it isn't the best deal, BUT Dinosaur Eggs are Kevin's absolute favorite oatmeal. He almost cried when I told him that they must not make it any more because they didn't carry it at Walmart. When I started shopping at Publix I saw they carried it and have been waiting for a deal on them so I could get it. So I was glad it happened now and I am going to give him his very own box for his birthday--among other things of course! lol The other box he and Tye can share as Tye shares his love for Dinosaur Eggs! lol)
  

So there you have it. Not the best of deals, but at least it is some deals. And I always love the deals when I make money! :-) And yes it is LEGAL (even though the cashier tried to give me a hard time with two of my coupons saying I couldn't use the same coupon in the same transaction, I told him it wasn't that you couldn't use it in the same transaction, you had to just buy multiples of the same product, which I did...I bought 2 of the pens, therefore I could use 2 coupons--one for each pack I bought! UGH!).

Publix Shopping Trip 7/14/11

I got some great deals this week and some okay deals. :-)

I spent $43.04 and saved $73.20!

Here are my finds for this week:

• 12 cans of Chef Boyardee Pasta 75 cents each!!! They even have whole grain ones now! Tye LOVES these for lunch and even a snack after school.
• 4 boxes of Ritz Bits crackers 99 cents each!!!
• 2 bottles of Kraft BBQ Light 83 cents each
• 2 bottles of Hershey's Strawberry syrup 70 cents each!!
• 2 packs of Fiber One Yogurt 90 cents each!
• 2 bags of MilkBone Chewy Dog Snacks 85 cents each!
• 2 pkgs of Sharpie markets 50 cents each!!!
• 2 pairs of Scotch Scissors FREE!!!
• 2 pkgs of Paper Mate pens I MADE 50 cents on each!!!!! Okay I know you are asking how...They were 2 of $1, but I had a $1 off 1 coupon from Target. So I would have paid $1 for them both (or 50 cents each), but I had the $1 on each of them coupon so I made 50 cents just by buying them!!!! :-) Should have bought more! lol
• 2 pkgs Lean Pockets $1.66 each
• 1 bag of Hot Pocket snackers 67 cents!
  
• 2 bags Yoplait Smoothies 60 cents each!
  
• 2 containers President Feta Cheese $1.10 each!
  
• 2 pkgs Hillshire Farm Lunch meat $2.95 each
  
• 2 mangos 89 cents each
• 2 bags of carrots 1.29 each
• 1 bag brown rice (we are almost out! gotta start looking for deals on this one! lol) $1.89
• 1 container vanilla yogurt $2.09 We had yogurt parfaits at the RS meeting this week and they were sooooo yummy I decided I wanted to buy the yogurt so we could make them for at home for a healthy treat!
• $10 Publix Gift Card FREE!!!!

Love when I can buy several things for less than $1 each and I REALLY love it when I can buy things for free or even MAKE money on them! OH YEAH! :-)

Publix Buys 7/7/11

I got some really good deals today! WOOHOO!!! And as you can see I had my helper again! lol

I spent $40.35 and saved $74.41!!!

Here is what I bought today:

• 4 bags of hashbrowns (this was a rain check I redeemed) $1.99 each
• 2 bags of Spinach $2.00 each
• 1 pkg baby portabella mushrooms $1.50
  
• 6 bags of Jumbone dog snacks 80 cents each!!!
• 4 pkgs Yoplait YoPlus 64 cents each!!! This was an AWESOME deal!!!! You can barely get regular cups of yogart for 64 cents each!!! I get 4 of them for 64 cents! And it's the good for you kind!
• 2 containers of Emerald Peanuts $1.04 each
• 1 tube of Abreva $10.99!!!! Okay this is like the best deal ever! Even though it is still way high, the regular price at Publix is $16.99, but just two weeks ago when I was on vacation in KS, a girl there bought it for $23.99!!! Yeah I got it for less than half that price!
• 10 Welch's Fruit and Yogurt snacks 87 cents each!!
  
• 2 Ocean Spray Juices $1.23 each
• $10 Publix Gift Card FREE!!!!

I have not used any of my gift cards yet because I am saving them to use on some of the stuff we get catered from Publix for our Christmas Party (Cuban sandwiches anyone?! hehehe) I love that my food storage is getting full and I am spending less or the same amount as I was before. It will be nice when my stockpile is up so that I can really just shop for the rock bottom prices. I have decided to keep track of the lowest price I get things at so that I can compare and see if it really is a good deal or just an okay deal and if I have a stockpile then I can hold out a bit longer. :-)

CVS Purchase 07/07/11

Spent $21.91 and saved $42.34 plus $2 ECB!!!

What I bought today:

• 3 Gold Emblem Spring Water 24 pks $2.44 each
• 4 Cascade Powder $1.99 each
• 2 Milk $3.39 each
• 2 Head and Shoulders $2.24 each PLUS $1 in ECB each
• 2 Always pads $2.49 each

Pretty good prices but not rock bottom prices. Some of these were things that were necessary right away and the water was a really good deal considering we are entering hurricane season and need to stock up. :-) I had $6 in ECB that I used towards my purchase too.

Publix Purchases 06/30/11

This was a GREAT day at the market! hehehe :-)

I paid $56.82 and I saved $86.08

So here is what I have--first off let me tell you about the card in the front. I was able to get another $50 gas card for $40 because I spent at least $25! WOOHOO Soooooo right off the bat that takes off $40 of the price above, so for the actual groceries I only spent $16.82!!!!

• 2 tubs of cool whip 84 cents each
• 8 Oscar Mayer Cracker Combos FREE!!! (they were $1 each and then I had a coupon for $1 off!)
• 2 tubs Breakstone Sour cream. The Zesty Blends was only 50 cents! The regular sour cream was $1.50 (no real sale there, but I needed some more sour cream!)
• 3 bags Goldfish...the Color goldfish was $1, the 2 Flavor Blasts were 45 cents each (I had a coupon for flavor blasts from the package, but DS really wanted the color ones, so I figured for $1 it was okay! lol)
• 2 boxes Crackerfuls $1 each
• 2 boxes Arm and Hammer Fabric Softner Sheets $1.99 each for 144 count!
• 2 boxes Philly Swirl Frozen Treats $1.50 each (these are only 45 calories each, so a great dessert for me when I am craving something sweet!)
• 4 boxes Aunt Jemima Waffles, 3 of them were only 8 cents each!! 1 was $1.08 (I couldn't get a 4th coupon to print for some reason...so I guess really they were all 33 cents each. lol)
• 2 bottles French's Yellow Mustard 63 cents each
• 2 bottles A-1 Steak Sauce I made 2.5 cents each!!!!
  
• 6 bottles Kraft Salad Dressing 3 cents each!!!!!

This was a great shopping trip!!! I got tons of stuff and several of the items were ones I was out of or almost out of and needed desperately! So it worked out great and I got it for super cheap!!

Publix Purchases 6/16/11

Tye was my helper in this shopping trip so he had to be part of the picture he said! lol I went to a different Publix this time so I could use my Target coupons! lol

I spent $27.42 and saved $73.71.

The purchases were as follows:

• 2 tombstone pizzas $2.35 each (I bought them so that Kevin and Tye could have them for one of the meals while I was gone to my scrapbook retreat) not the best deal but still fiarly good since regular price is $4.69 each.
  
• 2 bottles Resolve Spray N Wash 75 cents each! (and they were the 30 oz bottle because it was a promo with 30% more for free! WOOHOO!)
• 2 Old El Paso Enchilada Dinner Kit $1.35 each!!
  
• 4 containers of Crystal Light 75 cents each!!
• 2 pkgs Oscar Mayer Lunch Meats $2.10 each for the 16 oz combo packs
• 2 Fiber One Yogurt 4 pack $1.40 each (these are about 15 cents more expensive at this Publix than they are at the one I normally go to, so that kindof stinks, I will have to be more conscience of that in the future).
• 4 boxes of Magnum Ice Cream Bars 50 cents each OMGosh these are the BEST ice cream bars, just ask my sisters!!! We had these when we went to Europe on vacation in 2002. Every time we stopped to get gas we got two things...the Magnum ice cream bars and salt and vinegar pringles! ROFL! The caramel ones are the best, but the others are really good too! They were 2 for $5 and then I had a target coupon for $1 off and a manufacturer's coupon for $1 off each so I got them for 50 cents each!! WOOHOO!
  
• Now here is my 2nd favorite deal of the week...4 bottles Old Spice Body Wash and 4 sticks of Old Spice Deodorant. 50 cents each!!! Here's how I got the deal. The price was 2 for $6. Proctor and Gamble had a whole flyer of Target coupons on 5/1/11 in the newspaper. There were two coupons in there, one for $1 off Old Spice deodorant and one for $1 off Old Spice Body Wash. So these were considered Target coupons. THEN I had a manufacturer coupon for Buy 1 Old Spice Deodorant and get 1 Old Spice Body Wash free. So total price for all 8 items on sale were $24. BUT I had the buy one get one free so it made it basically half the price only $12. Now I was able to use a $1 off coupon on every single one of the items...so $8 off in manufacturer's coupons. Which leaves me $4 for 8 items, so 50 cents a piece!!! WOOHOO!!!! And those body washes are HUGE! They are 18 oz each.

I am very pleased with this purchase and I didn't even have a $5 off $50 purchase coupon either. Or a free gift card or anything. So while the total price seems kindof hefty the majority of the deals were pretty darn good! :-)

CVS Rain Check Redemptions 6/16/11

This week when I looked the CVS ad I didn't see anything I couldn't live without or needed really at all. So I wasn't going to go at all, but then I was going to be fairly near a CVS so I decided to go ahead and redeem my rain checks from last week.

I spent $4.07 and I saved $16.93 and I got $6 in Extra Care Bucks!

• 3 Ivory soap 3 pk FREE!!!
• 2 Pulsar toothbrushes $4 each, BUT I got $3 Extra Care Bucks back for each...so it kindof made them $1 each
• Plus I had the $1.98 Extra Care Bucks from last week's purchase AND the $3 Extra Care Bucks from the week before.