Publix Adventure 4/15/11

This week's Publix shopping trip was much smaller, but the savings were just as great! I try not to be one of those crazy hoarding people just because I can get a great deal. I want to be one of those that buy things we actually use and then stock up on it when I can. I had gotten some grief from a co-worker about buying 6 tubes of toothpaste last week. I originally felt bad about it, but then I realized that I typically buy 5-6 tubes of toothpaste at a time when I buy them at Sams Club (which is usually where I buy them) so this is no different other than I got it for MUCH cheaper!!! And I won't buy toothpaste again until probably next year when I need more. :-)

Sooooo here is this week's deal.

I spent $20.76 and I saved $48.38!

What I bought:

• 2 bags of spinach (I think this is the most I paid for any one product this week because I had no coupon and they were not on sale, but I NEEDED spinach! lol) $1.49/bag


• 5 cans of Campbell's soup 94 cents each (I should have bought 1 more can and used another coupon it was 30 cents off 3, but again I am still learning some of the lingo with this BOGO and the 5 for $5 stuff! lol)


• 4 Choibani greek yogart 70 cents each


• 2 of the 4pks of YoPlus yogart $1 each (I could not get the coupon to print...it said I already had, but I would not have printed it as I have NEVER bought YoPlus before in my whole life!! lol Otherwise, it would have been FREE!! Dang coupon site! lol)


• 2 boxes of Special K cereal 89.5 cents each!!


• 4 boxes of Quaker Chewy Granola bars (25% less sugar) $1.02 per box


• 2 bags Alexia Artisan Bread 70 cents each!

This was part of last week's stuff that I had to get rain checks for:

• 6 boxes Kellogs Mini Wheats Touch of Fruit get this one....66 cents per box!!!! OH YEAH!


• 2 bags Beggin Strips 69.5 cents each AND two FREE pkgs of Busy Bones!! (which one had a coupon for an additional $1 off that the cashier wouldn't let me use, even though I THINK I really could have, but I figured, I won't cause any issues, I don't want to be one of THOSE people and hold it for a future sale!)

In the end I am loving this and I am spending about the same amount of money right now, but my food storage area is getting filled up! :-) My freezer is just about as full as it can get, need to eat up some of the things we really don't eat as much (like corn, I have probably 6 bags of it! lol)that I have had in there (plus I made 15 containers of strawberry jam to give away for Christmas, so that takes up a bit of space.) Too bad I don't have any room to buy another freezer, I need one right about now! lol Just gonna have to eat some of that corn! lol Until next week! :-)

And yes for the most part I am planning on only going to one-two stores a week (this week I actually went to 5, but one was walmart for the basics that I have not found a sale for yet, one was to Aldi's because they had some great sales on produce and you know produce is rarely on sale nor do you get a coupon for it! lol I went to Publix and Albertsons, of course, as you know. And then I stopped at CVS, but they were out of the great sale, so I have to wait until the items come in for my rain check. I will post that one when I get it because it is going to be basically walking out of the store with my stuff AND cash in my pocket! woohoo!) Until next time! :-)