It’s my favorite time of the week…  time to show some of Addicted to Saving’s readers successes!!  I find your savings so motivating!  We are all at different stages of saving and it’s awesome to take a peek into your lives (and grocery bags) to see how you are doing each week!  Thank you for the pics you keep emailing me – please keep them coming! 🙂

Crystal emailed me the picture above after she went to Publix.  Crystal spent $47.74 and saved $59.84 on the groceries above!  Make sure you see that part of Crystal’s purchase was the $50.00 BP Gas gift card!!  For less than the retail cost of the gift card, Crystal got all of the items above and $50 to put towards gas.  AWESOME job!!

Crystal also emailed the picture above after her Walgreens venture.  Crystal spent $9.01, Saved $9.98 and received $5.50 Register Rewards to use next time.  YEAH!!

Linda emailed the picture above after her awesome Publix trip.  She was able to get a well-rounded variety of groceries – veggies, yogurt, cat food, creamer, nuts, lysol, etc etc all for the cost of $108.09 and saved $85.04.  And, to makes Linda’s trip even more successful, keep in mind that her total included two BP $50.00 gas cards!!

Gery emailed me the above picture after making a Publix and a Target trip.  Everything in the picture above was FREE!!  Ridiculous huh?!?  Great job =)

Andrea emailed me the pic above after having her most successful Publix trip to-date!  Andrea and her husband are really getting into couponing and I can’t wait to see how they do in the future!!  Andrea spent $47.45 and saved $40.54 on everything above!!   Awesome job Andrea!! And – congrats on earning your first $5.00 gift card from Swag Bucks within only a week of signing up!!

Carmen emailed the pic above after taking advantage of the free Scrubbing Bubbles deal as well as other deals at Publix!  Carmen spent $48.77 (factoring in $25.00 in rebates she will receive) and saved $80.49 on everything above!  That’s an awesome job especially considering she bought diapers and formula!! Great job Carmen!

Teresa emailed the pic above after partaking in the AWESOME strawberry shortcake deal that occurred last week.  (So sad that it is over now!!)  Teresa spent $10.85 (on everything pictured above AND a 4lb bag of dog food) and saved $68.41 on everything above!  LOVE IT!!

Great job everyone!! Please keep the photos and success stories coming!  And, don’t hesistate to email me any question you come up with as you continue your saving money and learning more and more!

It was a very quiet day today as I went to Publix.  There is literally nothing that I need right now.  However, there were a couple of sales I wanted to take advantage of and I had Ore-Ida coupons that were expiring tomorrow so I needed to make a quick stop.  I will do a bit of addictedtosaving.com housekeeping right now – the most common questions I receive in my email inbox after photo show and tells are, “where is all the meat?”, “do you eat meat?”, “how much do you spend on meat?”  Let me answer the questions for you – all of my meat is jam packed in my freezer, yes I eat meat, and the amount I spend is based on sales and coupons I have.  I will tell you that I haven’t bought much meat lately.  Two and a half months ago I stocked up on boneless chicken breasts when it was priced at $1.79/lb at Publix.  I bought approximately 20 lbs, split up the chicken breasts and froze them.  I think I have only one bag of chicken left so my fingers are crossed that it goes on sale next week at Publix!  I also have approximately 6 lbs of ground turkey, 3 lbs of lean ground beef and 1 lb of salmon in my freezer.  So, yes, I do buy meat… but only when it’s on sale good and once it’s on sale I stock up.  Next time I stock up on chicken, I will take a picture to prove to you all that I buy it.  Oh – and my monthly tally does include the money I spend on proteins….. Okay.  Now that that is taken care of.. Today I went ahead and bought the $50.00 BP Gas gift card.  When all is said and done, I spent $47.17 and saved $81.88 (including the gift card).  If I focus only on groceries, I spent $7.17 and saved $71.88. 

The items I purchased today coincide with this week’s Publix Weekly ad.  To see this week’s ad & coupon matchups, go HERE.

If you are new to saving money at Publix, read my Intro to Publix post!

Here’s the rundown and how to do what I did for today’s Publix stop:

Total Spent including gift card: $47.17 (including tax), Total Saved: $81.88

Total Spent on Groceries: $7.17 (including tax), Total Saved $71.88, Percentage Saved 90.9%