Sorry this is late everyone! I have received many emails from you all asking where my weekly Photo Show and Tell is! I actually did my shopping yesterday (Friday) but when I started working on this post, a family emergency took me from my computer. But I am back this morning and getting this post up although I didn’t find this week’s sales to be that spectacular. I did get four big bags of candy which when I add it to the two bags I bought last week, I’m thinking I am probably almost ready for trick-or-treaters. Our street typically gets slammed with trick-or-treaters so I have to get a ton of candy to keep up with the kiddos! (And, having a little left over isn’t necessarily a bad thing is it? ;)) I did take advantage of the amazing Digiorno Cheese deal. I was able to get six containers of Parmesan cheese for $1.20. That was an amazing deal. The other deals I took advantage of were just so/so. I had a $5/$30 Winn Dixie and a $5/$30 Publix coupon so I wanted to make sure I bought $60.00 worth of items (before using coupons) to take advantage of both coupons.
How did you do this week shopping? I hope you were able to spend less and save more than I did! 🙂 Please leave a comment letting everyone know how you did!
Below is what I bought and the coupons I used:
4 Smart Balance Milk on sale 2/$6.00
Minus four $1.50/1 Smart Balance Milk (zip 43420)
Total Due: $6.00 or $1.50 each
4 Wonka Candy Mix on sale BOGO $8.49 for two
Minus four $1.40/1 Nestle or Wonka Halloween Candy (print limit reached – check your binders/folder)
Total Due: $11.38 or $2.85 each
2 Breyers Ice Cream on sale BOGO $5.59 for two
Minus one $1/2 Breyers Products Facebook
**If your Publix accepts Target coupons, check your binders/folders to see if you have the $0.75/1 Target coupon. I didn’t 🙁
Total Due: $4.59 or $2.30 each
1 Zucchini Squash on sale $1.49/lb
Total Due: $1.98
1 Yellow Squash on sale $1.49/lb
Total Due: $2.09
6 Digiorno Shredded Parmesan (found in deli) on sale BOGO $4.79 for two
Minus six $2/1 Digiorno Product (coupon has a pizza pictured but the verbiage says $2.00 off ANY Digiorno product)
Total Due: $2.37 or $0.40 each
4 Bumble Bee Light Tuna Pouch reg price $1.09 each
Minus two $1.00/2 Bumble Bee Products Recyclebank Coupon
Total Due: $2.36 or $0.59 each
2 Colgate Toothpaste on sale BOGO $2.69 for two
Minus two $0.50/1 Colgate Toothpaste 10/2/2011 SS Insert (exp 10/22/2011)
Total Due: $1.69 or $0.65 each
4 Covergirl Blush reg price $3.59 each
Minus two $8/2 CoverGirl Face Products 10/2/2011 P&G Insert (exp 10/31/2011)
Total Due: FREE plus $1.64 overage
1 8pk Energizer Batteries reg price $6.39
Minus one $3.00/1 Energizer 8pk printable (not sure when/where/how I got this printable coupon)
Minus one $2/1 Energizer Max AA or AAA Publix Green Flyer, Fall Savings (exp 10/26/2011)
Total Due: $1.39
2 Advil 20 ct reg price $4.29
Minus two Free Advil mailer coupons
Total Due: FREE
2 Advil PM reg price $5.29
Minus two FREE Advil PM Mailer coupons
Total Due: FREE
4 Pepperidge Farm Texas Toast on sale BOGO $2.65 for two
Minus two$1/2 Pepperidge Farm Frozen Texas Toast or Loaf 10/16/2011 SS Insert (exp 12/25/2011)
Total Due: $3.30 or $0.83 each
Minus one $5/30 Publix Coupon from the Take Your Budget by the Horns Booklet
Minus one $5.00 off $30.00 Winn Dixie Enjoy the City Coupon
Total Spent: $28.34 (including tax) Total Saved: $130.01 Percentage Saved: 82.1%
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Also –Attention Bloggers –at the bottom of this post is a place for you to show your own brag worthy purchases! I ask that you make sure this is a direct link to your deals post – I will remove links that go directly to your home page. Also – your titles below should not promote specific cities or regions of the county. I will pull city or region specific links. If you don’t have a blog, feel free to leave a comment on this post letting us know how you did shopping this week!
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My name is Liza and I began my money-saving journey in the Spring of 2009 as a way to stretch a limited household income. I had lost my job and my hubby was self-employed. I launched Addicted to Saving in November of 2009 and it has grown by leaps and bounds. Since then, my hubby and I have struggled with the ups and downs of two failed adoptions and are now LOVING being parents to our little man Asher who we brought home from Ethiopia in August of 2013. I feel incredibly blessed to be able to help you save money. My goal is that you will have FUN and become empowered to save more and more money each week..
Hi Liza! Could you please tell me how your Publix accepted your Digiorno coupons. My store told me the system will not take them and they refused to honor them.
Hi Jenn! Great question! Because the Digiorno coupon states “$2.00 off any Digiorno product”, you should be able to use the coupon on any product that Digiorno sells. I can see a cashier getting confused, however, since the coupon has a picture of pizza on it. Did you ask to talk to a manager?
I had read that someone said the DiGiorno coupon would not scan and the store would not accept it, saying it was only for pizza. But I decided to try it myself. Sure enough, the coupon would not scan, but the cashier said I was clearly using it properly and entered the coupons manually.
I talked to the customer service team leader. I’m going to go back in a couple of days and have a manager approve it. Thanks for your help.
Great trip!! Do you happen to know if the DiGiorno cheese freezes well???
Hi Mary! Thanks for your kind words! 🙂 I’m not sure how DiGiorno cheese freezes but I do know the cheese I bought yesterday doesn’t expire until 3/12. I do know, however, that I have had great experiences freezing feta cheese as well as shredded and blocks of cheddar or mozzarella. Because of this, I would assume parmesan freezes well as well?
Hi Liza,
I was just wondering how you were able to print more than 2 coupons for some of these deals. I love your site!
Hi Michelle! I actually have two computers so I am usually able to print two coupons per computer. And, for the Digiorno coupons, I printed two coupons a few weeks ago when the original round of $2 coupons were released. Because of that, I was able to gather a total of 6 coupons. Hope that helps! 🙂
I price matched the cheese at Walmart and used 2-$2 Qs . I paid $3.64 -$4 =.36 overage. YAY!!!
yes the digiorno coupon did not scan at my publix either but the cashier just rang it in manually
It has been slow …. U did great!!!
Hey! Could you please tell me where the Digiorno Pizza coupon was? I’ve looked every where and can’t seem to find it. Thanks!
Hi Krista! I can’t test this to see if the coupon is still printing since I’ve already reached my computer’s limit. But you need to go to Digiorno’s Facebook page and click on the “Ditch Delivery Coupon”. Fill in the pledge and click “Pledge Now”. You should be able to print the coupon 2x after that.. Good luck! https://www.facebook.com/digiorno?sk=app_224404187614137