This Week - 11/12

Hey friends!

I'm headed to Publix tomorrow and have my coupons ready to go! I'm super excited about this week. I am also hearing incredible stories from all of you and I love that we all are really helping our families save big bucks! My "coupon hero" & bff, Jayna, just posted a great blog about her savings this week at Publix. So I am sharing with all of you below...enjoy!! You can follow her blog as well - she is amazing. www.christopherworld.blogspot.com
(BTW - Jayna prints at two separate computers that's how she gets 4 coupons - still the savings are the same for only 2)


By using coupons and working the grocery store specials, I’ve managed to cut our grocery bill in half. At this point, I’m still buying things, but not because we actually need the groceries/items I find, but because they end up being free or close to free. And last week, a challenge went out to the coupon moms to add a little extra in their shopping for the local food bank! What a wonderful idea! (This is especially good since I bought 24 boxes of cereal in a one week period!) When they were $0.25, $0.75, or FREE, how could I not? They’re non-perishable and will go great at the food bank!

Here are some of the items I’ve gotten for FREE this week:

Publix:Zantac was $4.59
I bought three for a total of:$13.77
- 3.00 store coupon
- 3.00 store coupon
- 5.00 manufacturer’s coupon
- 5.00 manufacturer’s coupon
- 2.23
Result: a $2.23 overage that I can spend on other groceries!!

Kellogg’s Special K with Blueberries was on sale buy one get one free at $3.89. I bought three for a total of:$5.83
-1.00 Target coupon (they take competitor’s coupons)
-1.00 Target coupon
-1.00 Target coupon
-1.00 manufacturer’s coupon
-1.00 manufacturer’s coupon
-1.00 manufacturer’s coupon
- .17 Result: a $0.17 overage that I can spend on other groceries!!

Chinet Napkins were on sale buy one get one free at $1.89. I bought four for a total of:$3.78
1.00 manufacturer’s coupon
-1.00 manufacturer’s coupon
-1.00 manufacturer’s coupon
-1.00 manufacturer’s coupon
- .22 Result: a $0.22 overage that I can spend on other groceries!

Soft Soap liquid soap was on sale buy one get one free at $1.58. I bought one for a total of:$0.79
- .40 manufacturer’s coupon
- .40 bonus coupon (because Publix doubles coupons up to $0.50)
- .01 Result: A $0.01 overage that I can spend on other groceries!

Pillsbury Icing was on sale buy one get one free at $1.85. I bought six for a total of:$5.55
- .50 manufacturer’s coupon
- .50 bonus coupon (because Publix doubles coupons up to $0.50)
- .50 manufacturer’s coupon
- .50 bonus coupon
- .50 manufacturer’s coupon
- .50 bonus coupon
- .50 manufacturer’s coupon
- .50 bonus coupon
- .50 manufacturer’s coupon
- .50 bonus coupon
- .50 manufacturer’s coupon
- .50 bonus coupon
- .45 Result: a $0.45 overage that I can spend on other groceries!And those are just the items I got for free!

I also got the following:
$0.24 – Rice Krispies
$0.19 – Green Giant frozen vegetables (I got six at this price)
$0.25 – Yoplait YoPlus Yogurt 4 pack (I got four packs at this price)
$0.45 – Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough (I got 4 at this price)
$0.09 – Betty Crocker Au Gratin Potatoes (I got 2 at this price)
$1.00 – 3 lb bag of apples$0.19 – Cheerios (I got three at this price.)
$0.74 – Chex Cereal (I got six at this price)
$1.00 – Honey Maid graham crackers (I got two at this price)
$0.25 – Dove deodorant (I got two at this price.)
$0.01 - Publix oatmeal (it was the penny item)

And this doesn’t even include the deals that I got at Kroger this week. I figured it up last month. I spent $161.32 at the grocery store, buying not only groceries, but also toiletries, paper goods, and vitamins, but received $502.15 worth of products. And our house is so packed, we’ve got cereal in the laundry room!! This month so far, I’ve spent $67.04, but I’ve actually received $366.44 in groceries! That’s a savings of 82%!!!Okay…so I’ve harped on this enough. But I just really wanted to share!!