I wanted to show you a picture of one of a mid-week shopping trips that I took last week.  You all know that every Friday, I do my weekly couponing grocery shopping trip and show you how to get the best deals in my Photo Show & Tell.  I don’t usually shop that much more each week because my fridge is always stocked with produce from the coop my husband and I belong to and because my freezer is usually stocked with meat from Zaycon Foods.  However, every now and then I will make a shopping run without *gasp* using any coupons.  And you know what? It is totally okay!  The picture above is a shopping trip I made last week at Publix using only a $5 off $30 Winn Dixie coupons.  My total, after the coupon, was $33.00.

Why am I showing you this? Because I want you to see that it is okay to shop without coupons or with just a dollar off coupon like my $5 off $30 coupon!  When you stock up on deals that are priced at rock-bottom prices, you will have extra money to put towards non-sale items like lean ground beef, organic half & half, cage-free eggs and produce like jalapenos, cilantro and green onions 🙂

What grocery store do you shop at?  Go HERE to see a list of all of the grocery stores I highlight each week!

This week Asher and I headed to Publix for a quick shopping trip.  He and I are both tired.  And my list wasn’t that long.  So we were able to get in and out of Publix within about a half hour.  Today’s shopping trip was fun for me because I was able to purchase some foods I’ve never bought before!  (That is one of the things I love about couponing – trying out new foods that I get for cheap or free!)  I’ve never tried Promised Land Milk, Bolthouse Farms drinks or Campbell’s Slow Cooker Sauces before – it will be fun to try!

As a reminder, you do not see much produce in today’s shopping trip because hubby and I belong to a weekly coop.  So, every week, we get a bin full of around 40 lbs of fruits and veggies.  We also have stocked up on boneless, skinless chicken breasts and ground beef with Zaycon Foods.  **Right now Zaycon Foods is taking reservations for their upcoming $3.49/lb Lean Ground Beef (93/7) Event!

This week’s fruit & veggie coop was also a great week!  Below is all of the produce that was in our bin on Wednesday!  Love eating cleaner!  I will admit that a coop is definitely a financial investment.  But the way we try to eat is around our fruits and veggies.  There are many times you will see us eating green beans with marinara sauce on top or roasted veggies with a side of pasta.

If you shop at a Publix that accepts Winn Dixie coupons, you might notice that every week I use a $5.00 off $30.00 Winn Dixie Enjoy the City coupon while grocery shopping. Right now Enjoy the City coupon books are on sale for as low as $1.33 each! (Each book has FOUR $5/$30 Winn Dixie coupons!) When I factor the cost of the coupon book with the $20.00 worth of coupons in it, each book is an $18.76 MONEYMAKER! Go HERE to see the Enjoy the City deal.

Below is what I purchased and the coupons I used:

2 Promised Land Milk on sale BOGO $2.59 for two
Minus two $0.55/1 Promised Land Dairy™ White Milk (Quart or Half Gallon) (zip 77477)
Total Due: $1.50 or $0.75 each
4 Mrs T’s Pierogies on sale BOGO $2.79 for two
Minus one $1.50/3 Mrs. T’s Pierogies, exp. 11/23/13 (RP 10/13/13)
Total Due: $4.08 or $1.02 each
4 Pepperidge Farm Texas Toast on sale BOGO $2.85 for two
Minus two $1/2 Pepperidge Farm Frozen Bread Product, exp. 12/31/13 (Labels For Education Booklet)
Total Due: $3.70 or $0.93 each
2 Welch’s Essentials Juice on slae BOGO $3.19 for two
Minus two $1/1 Welch’s Essentials Juices, exp. 12/31/13 (RP 10/13/13)
Total Due: $1.19 or $0.60 each
2 Mueller’s Hidden Veggie Pasta on sale BOGO $1.35 for two
Minus two $0.55/1 Mueller’s Hidden Veggie Pasta Product printable
Total Due: $0.25 or $0.13 each
6 Campbell’s Homestyle Soups on sale BOGO $1.97 for two
Minus two $2/3 Campbell’s Homestyle Soups, exp. 11/1/13 (Publix Best Meals Happen at Home Bonus Coupons) *coupon expires today 11/1
Minus six $0.50/1 Campbell’s Homestyle Soup, exp. 12/8/13 (SS 10/13/13 R) or (SS 09/15/13 R)
Total Due: FREE plus $1.09 overage
2 Bolthouse Farms Smoothies on sale BOGO $2.79 for two
Minus two $1.50/1 Bolthouse Farms (upload image to instagram to access coupon) **coupons state limit one coupon per person – I was shopping with a second person 😉
Total Due: FREE plus $0.21 overage
2 Cabot Cheese on sale 2/$5.00
Minus one $1/2 Cabot Products printable
Total Due: $4.00 or $2.00 each
1 Nutella Chocolate Spread on sale 2/$7.00
Minus one $1/1 Nutella Hazelnut Spread, exp. 11/30/13 (RP 08/11/13 R)
Minus one $1/1 Nutella Hazelnut Spread Target printable
Total Due: $1.50
1 Campbell’s Slow Cooker Sauce on sale 2/$4.00
Minus one $1/1 Campbell’s Slow Cooker Sauce, exp. 11/30/13 (SS 10/06/13)
Minus one $1/1 Campbell’s Slow Cooker Sauce Target printable
Total Due: FREE
1 Dozen Eggland’s Best Cageless Eggs, $3.99
Total due: $3.99
1 Pkg Dinner Rolls from the Bakery, $2.49
Total Due: $2.49

Minus one $5/$30 Winn Dixie Coupons from the Enjoy the City Books

Total Spent: $16.81 (incl tax) Total Saved: $59.47 Percentage Saved: 78%

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Go HERE to see this week’s Publix Weekly Ad & Coupon Matchups

Go HERE to see all Publix deals on Addicted to Saving

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. 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!

How was your week this week?  We had a great week here! Although, we had a horrible day on Monday. Mondays stink to start with right?  Well, the end of our Monday consisted of hubby messing around with the coding here on Addicted to Saving and crashing the site.  He broke the site so badly that he couldn’t figure out how to fix it.  So that was the start of our bad night.  Then, Asher decided he wanted to have one meltdown after another from dinner-time until bedtime.  Constant crying while having Addicted to Saving on the fritz… bad combo.  To top everything off, our beloved freezer in our garage broke.  And it broke hours and hours before we realized there was no cold air going into it.  So, hundreds and hundreds of dollars worth of frozen food was ruined.  So frustrating.  You may remember how last week I said I wanted to eat “cleaner”?  Well, losing all of our frozen food certainly pushed me closer to clean eating!

The highlight of my week was getting to see the pictures my friend Shelya (who owns her own photography business Paisley & Pinstripes) took of hubby, me and Asher.  Our pictures were taken at the beach at sunset.  I was very worried about how the pictures would turn out because Mister Asher is B U S Y which makes picture taking very difficult.  (It actually makes doing pretty much anything very difficult since he is all over the place and he is in everything pretty much all of the time!)  Well let me tell you, Shelya worked her magic and the pictures melted my heart.  Below are three of my favorites for you to see 🙂  My favorite picture is the one of the three of us where he is super serious and also super adorable!  We do have pictures of him smiling too – don’t worry – and they are just as cute!

As a reminder, you do not see much produce in today’s shopping trip because hubby and I belong to a weekly coop.  So, every week, we get a bin full of around 40 lbs of fruits and veggies.  We also have stocked up on boneless, skinless chicken breasts and ground beef with Zaycon Foods.  **Right now Zaycon Foods is taking reservations for their upcoming $3.49/lb Lean Ground Beef (93/7) Event!

If you shop at a Publix that accepts Winn Dixie coupons, you might notice that every week I use a $5.00 off $30.00 Winn Dixie Enjoy the City coupon while grocery shopping. Right now Enjoy the City coupon books are on sale for as low as $1.33 each! (Each book has FOUR $5/$30 Winn Dixie coupons!) When I factor the cost of the coupon book with the $20.00 worth of coupons in it, each book is an $18.76 MONEYMAKER! Go HERE to see the Enjoy the City deal.

Okay, here’s what I bought.

4 State Fair Corn Dogs on sale BOGO $3.49 for two
Minus two $1/1 State Fair Corn Dog product (zip 30187)
Minus two $1/1 State Fair Corn Dogs, 5 to 29 ct, 13 to 43 oz In-Ad Advantage Buy Flyer Publix Coupon (exp 10/25) 
Total Due: FREE plus overage
2 Ortega Seasoning Mix reg price $0.99 each
Minus one $1/2 Ortega Products
total Due: $0.98 or $0.49 each
6 Dannon Oikos Greek Yogurt on sale 5/$6.00
Minus three B1G1 Dannon Greek Yogurt
Minus one $1.00/5 Dannon Greek Yogurt, 5.3 oz (Publix Coupon) – Football Fever Advantage Buy Flyer (Valid 10/5 – 10/25) – Store
Total Due: $2.60 or $0.43
1 Snickers Bites reg price $1.59
Minus one Free Snickers Bites Mailer coupon
Total Due: FREE
2 Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream on sale 2/$6.00
Minus two $1/1 Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, exp. 10/25/13 (Publix Cool Food Flyer)
Total Due: $4.00 or $2.00 each
2 Quaker Real Medleys Bars, 6.7 oz, BOGO $3.95 for two
Minus two $1/1 Quaker Real Medleys Bars printable
Minus one $1/2 Quaker Item Target printable
Total Due: $0.95 or $0.48 each
2 Mott’s Juice 100% Apple, 64 oz, BOGO $2.50 for two
Minus two $1/1 Mott’s Juice Size, Snack & Go Pouches, Applesauce or Medleys Cups, exp. 11/17/13 (SS 10/06/13 #2)
Total Due: $0.50 or $0.25 each
2 Post Cereal: Cocoa Pebbles, 11 to 14.75 oz, BOGO $3.25 for two
Minus one $1/2 Post Honey Bunches of Oats or Pebbles Cereal, exp. 11/15/13 (Sweetbay, Super Savings – Super Ahorros)
Minus two $1/1 Post Cereal, exp. 12/31/13 (Labels For Education Booklet)
Total Due: $0.25 or $0.13 each
4 Mott’s Applesauce, 6 pk, BOGO $2.37 for two
Minus two $1/2 Mott’s Juice Size, Snack & Go Pouches, Applesauce or Medleys Cups, exp. 11/17/13 (SS 10/06/13 #2)
Total Due: $2.74 or $0.69 each
2 Nestle Toll House Cookie Dough, 16 to 16.5 oz, BOGO $3.29 for two
$1.25/2 Nestle Toll House Refrigerated Cookie Dough printable
Total Due: $2.04 or $1.02 each
4 Tombstone Pizza, 18 to 29.5 oz, BOGO $4.99 for two
Minus two $1/1 Tombstone, Nestle or Wonka Fun Size Bags printable
Minus two $0.75/1 Tombstone, Nestle or Wonka Fun Size Bags printable
Minus one $1/3 Tombstone Pizza Target Store Coupon
Total Due: $5.48 or $1.37 each
2 Cascadian Farm Frozen Vegetables reg price $2.49 each
Minus one $2/2 Cascadian Farms Frozen Fruit or Vegetables, exp. 10/25/13 (Publix Cool Food Flyer)
Minus one $0.75/1 Cascadian Farm Product **from a magazine although I can not remember which one I cut it out of
Total Due: $2.23 or $1.12 each
1 Del Monte Squeezers on sale 2/$4.00
Minus one $1/1 Del Monte Fruit Burst Squeezers printable
Minus one $1/1 Del Monte Fruit Burst Squeezers Target printable
Total Due: FREE
1 GE Reveal Light Bulb on sale 50% off, sales price $2.75
Minus one $2/1 GE Reveal Light Bulb Target printable
Minus one $1/1 GE Energy Smart, Reveal CFL, Energy Efficient Reveal or Energy Efficient Soft White Lighting Product, exp. 11/13/13 (SS 09/15/13)
Total Due: FREE plus $0.25 each **hubby wasn’t sure the coupons matched the bulbs on sale.. he asked customer service and they said they would accept the coupons.

Minus one $5/$30 Winn Dixie Coupons from the Enjoy the City Books **used in transaction one

Minus one $5/$25 Save-a-Lot Coupon **used in transaction two

Total Spent: $16.08 (incl tax) Total Saved: $109.90  Percentage Saved: 87.3%

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Go HERE to see this week’s Publix Weekly Ad & Coupon Matchups

Go HERE to see all Publix deals on Addicted to Saving

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. 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!