My Publix trip was a little frustrating today. To start it off, I thought that my coupon trades would be in the mailbox today when I got home from work but they had yet to show up. I was really looking forward to getting some very cheap Dove Men's Body Wash and maybe even some moneymaking Poise items but I guess I will just have to run back to the store early next week and hope to grab the deals.
Once I got to the store, I found that alot of items on my list were not priced as advertised in more store or were out of stock (FREE Cascadian Farms Granola Bars). I really struggled in not buying any frozen items but I am so proud of myself for resisting those aisles completely.
We are doing well in our clean out the freezer challenge and in the last week or so we have eaten/cooked/used: a nine pound ham, 3 pounds of chicken, a box of puff pastry, a tub of butter got moved to the fridge, a tub of cool whip got moved to the fridge, a few pieces of frozen bread, some frozen veggies, and a package of frozen Butoni pasta. It seems like alot but I feel like we have barely made a dent. We are going to have to get much more serious about it before our Zaycon chicken arrives at the end of March.
We don't usually have too many snacks in the house but this week I did take advantage of a few good deals to stock up on some snack items to have on hand over the next few weeks. Other than the super deals, I really just grabbed our usual weekly salad and Greek yogurt and not much else. I will be set on baking M&M's for awhile too : )
I managed to hit $65 before coupons so I used two $5/$30 Winn Dixie coupons. I spent $11 earlier this week but even so I managed to stay under $50 for the week.
Breakdown of today's Publix trip:
Total retail value: $110.23
Total spent: $34.67
Total saved: $75.56
Percent saved: 69%
What I got with sale/coupon match ups:
- 2 bottles of Sunlight Dish Soap, retails for $1.39 each, on sale for $1 each
- Used two $1 off coupons
- Made them both FREE
- 2 boxes of Velveeta Skillets (to donate), retails for $2.99 each, on sale BOGO ($1.49 each)
- Used two $1.50 off coupons from Kraft First Taste account
- Made them both FREE
- 6 Dannon Okios Greek Yogurts, retails for $1.25 each, on sale for $1 each
- Used two $1/3 coupons from the 1/27 SS
- Made them .67 cents each
- 2 bags of Baked Lays Snacks, $3.99 each
- 4 "large" bags of M&M's, retails for $5.27 each, on sale BOGO ($2.63 each)
- Used two $1.50/2 coupons
- Stacked with two $1.50/2 Target coupons
- Made them $1.13 a bag
- 1 bag of Rold Gold Pretzels, retails for $3.29, on sale for $2.50
- Used a FREE product coupon WYB two Baked Lays products from the Green Make It Italian Publix flyer
- Made it FREE
- 2 bags of Planters Trail Mix, retails for $2.49 each, on sale for $2 each
- Used two $1 off coupons from the 1/27 SS
- Made them $1 a bag
- 1 pint of Publix strawberries, retails for $5.09, on sale for $1.67
- 2 boxes of Alka Seltzer Plus, retails for $5.29
- Used two $2 off coupons from the 1/27 SS
- Stacked with two $2 off coupons from the Publix Green Ad. Flyer
- Made them $1.29 a box
- 2 bottles of Wishbone Dressing, retails for $2.97 each, on sale BOGO ($1.48 each)
- Used two .70 cents off coupons from the 1/27 RP
- Made them .78 cents each
- 2 Pam Cooking Sprays, retails for $3.35 each, on sale BOGO, made them $1.68 each
- 2 boxes of Krusteaz Cookie Mix, $2.19 each, on sale BOGO ($1.09 each)
- 2 bags of Fresh Express Baby Spinach, retails for $4.09 each, on sale BOGO, $2.04 each
- 2 tubs of Digiorno Shredded Cheese, retails for $4.99 each, on sale BOGO ($2.49 each)
- 1 carton of Egg Beaters Egg Whites, retails for $2.79 each, on sale for $1.67
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