Publix shop and show 2/3

Since the new year I have been trying to eat a little healthier by not buying so many snacks and pre packaged food. I have been doing pretty good, still lots of room for improvement. Today was so hard not to buy the knorr sides, bogo, they are my favorite! I had to walk right on by them with blinders on :)
I had the $5/30 Winn Dixie coupon again today, so I splurged and bought some shrimp! Its going to taste so good with the free little red potatoes from last weeks sale and corn on the cob in a cajun shrimp boil!

Today I Spent $31.71 and Saved $61.38 or 66%
Here is the break down:
No coupons for the following:
fruit salad, sale $4.63
Milk, $3.35
Mission chips, sale $2.50
Cocktail sauce, bogo $1.99 = .99 each
Shrimp, sale $4.99 lb = $8.49
Thyme .69 cents
Grape tomatoes, sale $2.00
2- Avacados, sale $2.00
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2- milk bones, sale 2/$5, used $1.50/2 mq = $1.75 each
1- Milk bone chewy, $2.99, used free peelie wyb 2 milk bones = FREE
(after these and last weeks beggin strips my dog treats are now stockpiled!)
2 - Breakstone sour cream, $1.50 bogo, used 2 .55/1 mq= .20 cents each
2- Kraft shredded cheddar, sale 2/ $4, used $1.00/2 mq = $1.50 each
1- Baileys creamer, sale $1.50, used $1.00 blinkie = .50
2- Mt. Olive jalapeno cups, $2.47 bogo, used 2 - .50 mq = .74 each
2- vivarin tablets, $3.19 each, used $5.00/2 PQ and 2 - $1.50 mq = $1.62 Money Maker (these will be given away)
2- Dove deodorant, $2.99, used 2- $2.00 mq and 2- $1.00 PQ = FREE (these will be donated)
2- Midol, sale $4.99, used $5.00/2 PQ and 2- $2.00 IP = .49 cents each
3- Muir Glen tomato sauce, .89 each, used 3- .75 IP = .14 cents each
4- Rotel diced tomatoes, $1.39 bogo, used .75/3 pq and 2 - .25 mq = .38 cents each ( I could have used 2 more .25 mq but I didn't have them!)

Publix run 2/1 Saved 80%

I went shopping on Thursday but my store didn't have any of the beggin strips and I didn't know about the potato and soda deal so I had to make another trip. Here is what I purchased.

I love FREEBIES! Today I got the 4 Sun Drop sodas free, they are on sale bogo and in the yellow flyer there is a bogo coupon, used 2 coupons = all FREE (hubby will take these to work since I don't drink soda)
2- bags of red potatoes $3.99 bogo, used 2 $2.00 IP = FREE
1- yoplait yogurt, .75 cents, used FREE coupon I got in the mail
4- Busy chewnola dog treats, $3.00 each, used 4 FREE mq wyb/1 beggin strip
4- beggin strips, $5.29 bogo, used 4 $1.00 mq and 2 $1.00 PQ on any Purina treat ( I could have tried and used 8 $1.00 publix coupons but I didn't want the hassle since the other 6 items were free, they would have been an overage and I wasn't sure how many times we are allowed to print out the pdf publix pet coupon.) = $1.15 each
2 - 8 o'clock coffee, bogo $5.89, used $2.00/2 IP (thanks Amy!) = $1.95 each
2- Veggie lovers bag salad, bogo $3.69, no coupon = $1.85 each
I Spent $14.61, Saved $57.31 or 80 %
I also found the Gasparilla coupon booklet by customer service in a stand alone stand.

CVS 1/30

Sunday at CVS I Spent $4.73 Saved $41.57 or 90% and got back $10 ecbs.
Here is what I got:

Once again this week I really didn't need anything but I had 2 $2.00 listerine coupons that were about to expire along with a $10 ecb that needed to be used this week.
1- reach floss, sale .99 cent, used $1.00 IP that the cashier adjusted to .99 cents. ( I would have got a few more but that was the last one) = FREE
2 - 1 L. Listerine Zero, used rain check for $5.00 each and get $5.00 ecb when you buy $10. (these are on sale this week for $4.?? but I used the rain check instead so I could get ecb back), used 2 $2.00 IP = (.50 cents each if you count the $5 back) $3.00 each. As you can see in the picture they both have a coupon attached to use for next time!! I am now stocked up on mouthwash!
Unilever deal: spend $15 get $5 ecb
2- Mayo, 2/$6, used 2 .25 cent mq = $2.75
3- Ragu, 3/$5, used .60/2 mq = $1.36
3- Skippy, 3/$5, used 3 .60 mq = $1.06
All three of these coupons came out of this Sundays newspaper. The skippy coupon might be different in your region. My convenient store sells Sunday papers for only .50 cents so I always pick up a few extra when there are great coupons like these that I know I will use!
I used the $5/25 CVS email coupon and $10 ecbs from a few weeks ago. Total OOP was only $4.73 and I got back $10 ecbs for next time!!!! The lady behind me in line was so impressed :) She commented on how she was buying a bunch of stuff from the .99 cent clearance cart and that I would probably be able to get it all for free!!!  (there were two carts full of mark downs but I wasn't interested in any of it)

Publix trips 1/25 & 1/27

Trip #1

On 1/25 I needed to buy some tortilla shells, zucchini and fruit so I ran to Publix figuring I could also buy the Kotex and Scot paper products to get the mail in rebate for a $10 Publix gift card. I picked out all the poise and kotex I wanted and headed to the paper isle for the Scot towels to find that it was wiped out! I didn't want to put all my kotex back so I just bought it anyway, it came to $29 before coupons and I needed $35 for the gift card...UGH! ( Did you read my last post on "how much feminine products does a girl need",  just click on my home page over on the right and then scroll down )

I ended up spending $11.73, Saved $55.05 or 82%

I didn't write down my coupons but I do know that the kotex and poise was a $2.99 money maker after all my Publix and manufacturer coupons!
The vitamins and soy sauce were also money makers so basically I paid for the tortillas, fruit, veggies and eggs and everything else was free!!!
Here is the break down that I remember:
4 poise liners, $3.19 ea, used PQ & MQ = $3.24 MM
5 kotex, $2.95 ea, used PQ & MQ = .05 each
eggs, $2.19, used .50 cent IP when you buy soy sauce = $1.69
2 whole fruit sorbet, bogo $2.89, used 2 .50 mq = .95 each
2 vitamins, $3.29 each, used 2 $1.00 mq & $6/2 PQ = $1.42 MM
mission fajita shells, sale $1.99
fruit salad, $4.76
zucchini, $1.98
2 soy sauce, $1.39 each, used bogo IP (cashier took the full $3.00 off instead of $1.39, I didn't notice until just now!) also used $1.00/1 IP = $1.22 MM
3 stewed tomatoes, bogo $1.29, used mq? = .50 cents ea
3 diced tomatoes, bogo $1.29

Trip #2 on Thursday 1/27

I spent $24.49, Saved $34.01 or 58% (not bad considering what I bought)
I didn't need to purchase to many items in this weeks sale. What I did get were some of our favorites that we don't usually buy unless its on sale.
Here is what I got:
4- Post Honey Bunches of Oats, Bogo $3.99, used 2 $1/2 mq = $1.50 each
2- 8 O'clock coffee, Bogo $5.89, used 2 $1.00 IP = $1.95 each
2- Emerald whole cashews, Bogo $5.79, used 2 $1.00 mq = $1.90 each
2- Frenchs mustard, Bogo $1.77, used 2 .30 cent mq = .59 each
1 grape tomato, sale $2.00
1 cantaloupe, sale $2.50
1 Shoreline Combo Sushi, $9.49
I treated myself to lunch by buying the Sushi since I had the $5/30 Winn Dixie coupon. It was like getting the sushi for $4.49! The store was out of the Beggin Strips for my dog so I got a rain check.
For the month I Spent $230, Saved $655. I was trying to only spend $200 but I did set aside $250 in my food budget, so I guess I still came out ahead from last years average of $319 a month. I stocked up on many items so I think I had a great month!

How much feminine products does one girl need?

My husband has been telling the guys at work about my blog and how much I have been saving using coupons.
After reading my blog and looking at the pictures, one guy commented about all the feminine products that I have been buying. He didn't even see the nine packs that I bought this morning at Publix for a total of .25 cents!!
 Some couponers stock pile toilet paper, I stockpile pads, tampons, liners! LOL. In the year that I have been couponing I have only come across cheap deals on these products a few times, so this month when all of the great coupons came out I knew I would use them. This month I have purchased a total of 21 boxes or packs.....but I have only paid about $2.77, give or take some tax on all of them!!! That is less than one pack at the retail price of $3.19. Some of them were money makers, some were .17 cents, some .75, some I even paid $1.00. I bought them at CVS, Walgreens and Publix. I used store coupons, manufacturer coupons and CVS extra care bucks.  Some will be donated, some given away to family, but mostly they are mine , and now I am stocked up until I reach menopause! LOL
What do you stock pile?

.15 cent CVS trip 1/22 Saved 99.7 %

Today I only spent .15 cent out of pocket at CVS. Here is the breakdown:

1 Domino sugar, used rain check for $2.99 and a .40 cent mq = $2.59

2 Listerine zero, sale $3.99, used $3.00/2 cvs coupon from scanner and 2 $2.00 IP = .49 cents ea

1 Sobe, sale $1.00, used free coupon that came in the mail yesterday = Free

1 gallon TG Lee milk, sale $3.19, used $1.00 IP = $2.19

1 cvs itch relief pen, clearance for .75 cents

12 candy bars, .89 each, b2g1 sale, used 4 bogo mq = $3.56 (bought 4, got 8 free)

 used $11.00 ECBs

OOP .15 cents

Got back $2.00 ecb from Listerine for next time.

I just love trips like this!!!!

Publix trip 1/20

This mornings shopping was nice and easy! The store was packed with workers taking inventory so I just got what I needed and got out! The best part was I got the customer service girl as a cashier, I love when that happens. No missed coupons or questions asked and she was very fast :)
Here is what I got for $27.83. I saved $53.41 or 67%...dog food always brings this number down but I needed it.

1 Dog Chow, sale $9.99, used $1.50 mq = $8.49
2 Arnolds Bread, bogo $3.99, no coupon = $1.99 ea
2 Stay free ultra plus pads, sale $4.49, used bogo mq, $1.00 mq and 2 $1.00 pq = .75 ea
2 Stay free (smaller pack) $3.35, used bogo mq, $1.00 mq and 2 $1.00 pq = .17 ea
(The stayfree will go into the donation box. I have decided to try and pick something up every week to donate, these 4 only cost me $1.84)
6 Yo Plus yogurts (woohoo, finally my kind of yogurt on sale!!!!) bogo $2.00, used 6 .50 cent mq = .50cents ea.
2 veggie lovers bag salad, bogo $3.69, used 2 .50 cents IP = $1.35 each
1 Oscar Mayer low sodium bacon, sale $3.50, used $1.00 TQ = $2.50
4 Jala frozen yogurt bars, raincheck bogo $3.99, used 4 $1.00 IP = $1.00 each. ( I couldn't wait to try one, the blueberry was delicious!)
2 Sundown vitamins, one was $2.99, one was $3.99, used $6/2 pq and 2 $1.00 mq = $1.02 money maker!

I still have $6.00 in my monthly budget for next week. Not sure if I can keep it under $200 for the month or not. The good thing is that I have $30 in ECBs to use at CVS, so if I really need something I can go there to get it! I have tried 2 different stores this week for the maxwell house coffee but they are out and delivery isn't until friday night. Since my husband is out of town for a few days I might just be able to make it since I won't be cooking as much!