Publix Trip 12/1: $125 Worth For $45

I was so happy with the final total of my shopping trip today. I was able to get some things we needed for our upcoming Christmas party, stock up on sale items, buy a decent amount of chicken and even purchased some non-sale/non-coupon items that we needed. I may even go back later this week to buy some more chicken.

My total cost out of pocket today was $45.93 for $123.01 worth of groceries. I was planning on using both a $5/50 Publix coupon and a $5/$30 Winn Dixie coupon but my total before coupons did not reach $80 so I just saved my Winn Dixie one for another day. As you can see alot of my savings came from special store prices so I didn't even actually use that many coupons (compared to normal)

Here is the breakdown:
Total Retail Value: $123.01
Total Spent: $45.93
Total Saved: $77.97
Saved 63%

Here are the highlights with coupon match ups:

• 2 liter bottles of Zephyhills Sparkling Water, retails for .99 cents each, on sale for .89 cents each
• Used two $1 off coupons from coupons.com
• Made them both FREE, plus I made .10 cents off each one
• 2 packages of Diamond Kosher Sale, retails for .99 cents each
• Used two .55 cents off store coupons from the Publix Winter Family Savings booklet
• Stacked with two .40 cents of printables from coupons.com
• Made them .04 cents each
• 1 dozen Publix eggs, retails for $2.09
• Used a coupon for FREE Publix eggs when you buy 2 bags of Sargento cheese
• Made them FREE
• 3 bags of Emerald Breakfast Blend Trail Mix, retails for $1.99 each, on sale for $1.50 each
• Used three $1 off coupon from the 11/13 SS
• Made them .50 cents each
• 4 packages of Solo Cups, retails for $5.45 each, on sale BOGO ($2.64 each)
• Used two $1/2 store coupons from the Publix Winter Family Savings Booklet
• Stacked with two $1/2 target.com printables (side note: my Publix allow me to use a Publix store coupon and a Target coupon on the same item, many don't but mine do for whatever reason. I have asked multiple managers and they have all ok'd it)
• Made them $1.64 each
• 4 bottles of Northland 100% Blended Juice, retails for $4.15 each, on sale BOGO ($2.07 each)
• Used two $1 off coupons from the 10/9 SS
• Made them $1.57 each
• 4 boxes of Krusteaz Cookie Mix, retails for $2.39 each, on sale BOGO ($1.19 each)
• Used two $1/2 coupons from a store blinkie dispenser
• Made them .69 cents each
• 4 bags of Nestle Tollhouse Morsels, retails for $2.93 each, on sale BOGO ($1.46 each)
• Used two .50/2 printables from the manufacturer's website
• Made them $1.21 a bag
• 2 boxes of Golden Grahams, retails for $3.99 each, on sale BOGO ($1.99 each)
• Used two .85 cents off coupons from bettycrocker.com
• Made them $1.14 each 
• 2 bags of Pepperidge Farms Stone Baked Artisan Rolls, retails for $3.69 each, on sale BOGO ($1.84 each)
• Used two .75 cents off coupons from the 10/16 SS
• Made them $1.09 each
• 1 Publix whole chicken on sale for $1.19 a pound
• 2 packages of Purdue Fit n Fresh chicken breasts on sale for $2.99 a pound
• Saved $2.00 a pound
• Note: chicken definitely goes on sale for cheaper than this but this is a decent price for Publix

Comment with any questions or if you found any amazing deals this week!

$64 Worth of Stuff At CVS For Less Than $11 Out Of Pocket

Today was the first time in a few weeks that I really felt like a CVS trip was worth the planning (it's right down the street from my house which makes it even more worth it). I really wanted to take advantage of the $10 gift card promotion where you earn a $10 gift card (I chose American Express) when you spend $30 (before coupons) on certain products.

I spent $10.54 out of pocket (after the $10 value of the gift card I earned) for a total of $63.62 worth of products in two transactions. That is like saving 83%! Here is how it broke down:

Transaction #1

Transaction #1:

• Spent $8.99 out of pocket on a bottle of Complete Contact Solution
• Earned $8.99 in ECB's

Transaction #2:





Transaction #2


• Spent $11.55 after ECB's earned in first transaction and coupons
• Earned a $10 Gift Card
• Made it like spending $1.55 on second transaction

Total for the day:

• $8.99 spent in first transaction
• $1.55 after gift card on second transaction
• $10.54 Total after gift card!

Here are the coupon match ups for the second transaction. All of these items qualified for the spend $30 earn a $10 gift card. They were all also on sale and I had coupons for all of them. The transaction normally would retail for 54.63 without the sale prices or coupons.

• 4 Glade Air Freshener Sprays, retails for $1.99 each, on sale with CVS card for .99 cents each
• Used two $2/2 Glade CVS Coupons
• Made them all FREE
• 6 boxes of Puffs Tissues, retails for $1.99 each, on sale with CVS card for .99 cents each
• Used two .25 cents off of 3 coupons from the 10/30 P&G insert
• Made them each .90 cents
• 6 bottles of Dawn dish soap, retails for $1.67 each, on sale with CVS card for .99 cents each
• Used four .50 cents off coupons from the 10/30 P&G insert
• Used two .50 cents off coupons from P&G home mailers
• Made them each .49 cents
• 2 cans of Scrubbing Bubbles, retails for $4.19 each, on sale with CVS card for $3 each
• Used a $2/2 coupon from the October Shape Magazine
• Made them $2 each
• 3 bottles of Windex, retails for $4.99 each, on sale for $3 each with CVS card
• Used three $1 off coupons from various magazine coupon booklets
• Made them each $2

I used this link to get my match ups and sale ideas. Comment if you have any questions! 

Free and Cheap Stuff At Target

Here are a few free and cheap things I got at Target today. We needed a few more strands of Christmas lights (also on really good sale) and so I decided to take advantage of a few coupons/deals I had been meaning to get.

Here is what I got:

• 2 Baby Lips Maybelline Lip Glosses, retails for $2.99 each
• Used two $2 off Target.com coupons
• Stacked with two $1 off manufacturer coupons (no longer available)
• Made them both FREE
• 2 NYC Color Nail Polishes, retails for .94 cents each
• Used two $1 off Target.com coupons
• Made them both FREE
• 3 Travel Sized Tide Detergents, retails for .97 cents each
• Used two $1 off any Tide Product coupons from a P&G home mailer
• Used one $2 off Tide coupon from Facebook
• Made all three of them FREE, plus I made a $1 overage on one ( I donate these to the homeless shelter)
• 1 Neutrogena Concealer, retails for $6.29
• Used one $2 off manufacturer printable
• Stacked with a $2 off Target.com printable
• Made it $2.29 (and I was almost out too!)

Cheap (or free) make up makes me happy!

Diet Coke Coupons From CVS



CVS currently has a printable coupon for $1 off any two multipacks of Diet Coke. It looks like this coupon is good for the mini cans eight pack or the glass bottle six pack. If you are like me and love using your ECB's to get regular grocery items for free at CVS then you can use this coupon to get an even better deal. My computer let me print it out twice so make sure to take advantage of it now as it may not be available long.

Monday Meal Plan 11/28

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! We really enjoyed hosting our first ever Thanksgiving at our house and I believe that all of our recipes were sucessful. Sadly, with all the activity going on I was not able to get any pictures of what we made but I do plan to recreate them in the near future so I can do a recipe post on them.

As you may have been able to tell by this week's shopping trip, I am planning on using what we have in the freezer, fridge and pantry this week. Hopefully the sales will be better this coming week so that I can stock up on some great stuff this Friday.

Here is what we are planning on making this week:

• Homemade Pasta with Pumpkin Sage Cream Sauce (we got a food processor on Black Friday and Justin is dying to use it to make pasta from scratch)
• Pesto and Boursin Cheese Stuffed Chicken
• Homemade Pizza with Chicken and Pesto Sauce (using some of my frozen Honey Whole Wheat dough)
• S'more Chocolate Chip Cookies

Our goal this week is to not go to the store for anything so these are all things we can make using what we have on hand. Not super exciting but it will do : )

All The Trimmings Giveaway Winners!

Congratulations to Sylvia G. and Rachel M.! They are the lucky winners of the All The Trimmings Publix Booklet giveaway. Please check your emails or email me at couponingncooking@gmail.com so I can get your mailing address to send the booklets out to you asap. 

Mini Publix Trip 11/25

These are all the groceries we are buying this week. We really needed nothing but there were a few sale items I didn't want to pass up, and we needed vinegar to wash the floors : ) I also used a $5 off $30 (before coupons value) Walgreen's coupon from the Enjoy The City booklet.

We are planning on spending the week eating leftovers and cleaning out the fridge, freezer and pantry to make room for things I hope to stock up on during the Christmas sales.

Here is the breakdown of today's trip:

Total Retail Value: $53.05
Total Spent: $13.87
Total Saved: $39.18
Saved 75%

Here are the highlights with coupon match ups:

• 2 Schick Intuition razors: retails for $8.99 each, on sale BOGO ($4.49 each)
• Used two $3 off coupons from SmartSource.com
• Made them $1.49 each
• 2 boxes of Barilla Multigrain Plus Pasta, retails for $2.39 each, on sale BOGO ($1.19 each)
• Used two .55 cents off coupons from the 10/23 SS
• Made them .64 cents each
• 2 packages of Boursin Cheese, retails for $5.99 each, on sale BOGO ($2.99 each)
• Used two $1 off coupons from a newspaper insert (not sure which)
• Made them $1.99 each
• 1 family size Stouffer's Lasagna, retails for $8.11, on sale for $3.99
• Used a $1 off coupon from the 9/25 SS
• Made it $2.99
• 1 McCormicks Spice Grinder, retails for $1.99, on sale for .99 cents
• Used a .55 cents off coupon from the Publix All The Trimmings booklet
• Made it .44 cents
• 1 McCormicks Black Pepper, retails for $4.59, on sale for $2.99
• Used a .55 cents off coupon from the Publix All The Trimmings booklet
• Made it $2.44

There were some other sales I was looking for but the Publix I went to did not carry the items. Make sure to check out my giveaway of two Publix All The Trimmings booklets!