I know I know I know.  You are looking at this picture and not only are you thinking and wondering why I bought so many Toaster Strudels, but you are also wondering where all the veggies are and where the meat is!!   (Do I know all of you or what? 😉  You know that I love Publix.  Today, however, there really wasn’t much I wanted to buy.  I wanted to get the Trop50 Orange Juice and I wanted to get the Barilla pasta sauce.  But seriously, I would have been okay buying just those two things.  HOWEVER, everything got tricky when I had a $10.00 off of $50.00 Publix store coupon that a reader sent me last week.  I had to spend $50.00 (before coupons) in order to use this coupon.  So, since I am planning on buying chicken at Sweetbay this week (go HERE for more info) and since I still have veggies from last week’s Publix sale, I decided to splurge on Toaster Strudel.  My hubby is a huge fan of it.  That said, neither he nor I will go through all 12 boxes.  So, never fear, I have already given away 6 boxes 🙂 

 Also – Attention Bloggers – I am trying something new this week – at the bottom of this post is a place for you to link up your deals!  So, make sure you leave a link to your shopping trip successes this week.  I am looking for your personal deals not a list of store sales/coupon matchups!  And, make sure this is a direct link to your deals – I will remove links that go to your home page.

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! 

**NOTE** 1)  My Publix allows us to use more than one of the same Publix store coupon and/or competitor coupon.  Not all Publix locations allow this.  You should ask customer service if they allow this before loading up your cart.  2) You should find out what stores your Publix considers competition so that you know what competitor coupons you can use.  Some but not all Publix locations accept Target, Winn Dixie, Whole Foods, Sweet Bay, Walgreens, and many more. 3) Not all Publix locations allow overage.  If your Publix does not allow overage, they will adjust the value of the coupon down so that you receive the item for free. 

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

2 Laughing Cow Cheese Wedges regularly priced $2.99 each
Minus one B1G1 Laughing Cow Cheese printable (print limit reached?)
Minus one $0.55/1 Laughing Cow blinkie
Total Due: $2.44 or $1.22 each

2 Duncan Hines Milk Chocolate Brownie Mix on sale 10/$10
Minus one $1.00/2 Duncan Hines Products GA Toss For Cash Booklet
Total Due: $1.00 or $0.50 each

4 Trop 50 on sale B1G1 $3.79 for two
Minus four $1.00/1 Trop 50 coupons (from a coupon booklet a friend gave me. the booklet is from Curves)
Total Due: $3.58 or $0.89 each

8 Barilla Pasta Sauce on sale B1G1 $2.69 for two
Minus eight $0.75/1 Barilla Pasta Sauce, any – 08/29/2010 SS (expires 10/24/2010)
Total Due: $4.76 or $0.59 each

12 Pillsbury Toaster Strudel on sale B1G1 $2.39 for two
Minus six $1/2 Pillsbury Toaster Strudel Pastries
Total Due: $8.34 or $0.69 each

2 Lenders Bagels on sale B1G1 $1.89 for two
Minus one $1/2 Lenders Bagels PUBLIX coupon Toss4Cash GA Booklet (exp 9/15/2010)
Total Due: $0.89 or $0.45 each

Minus one $10.00/$50.00 Publix Store Coupon from mailed last week (a reader sent me this)

Total Spent: $11.55 (including tax), Total Saved: $68.09, Percentage Saved: 85.5%