I had a great day at Publix today!  I shopped at a different Publix today so I was a bit uneasy as to how they are accepting coupons.  But, they were great.  I had a couple of questions couponwise and they answered all of them.  The Publix I shopped at today accepts Target and Winn Dixie coupons so I was able to maximize a lot of the coupons and sales by using both a manufacturer coupon along with either a Publix store or a Target store coupon.  As a reminder, you should always find out what stores your Publix accepts as competitors.  I had a great day though!  Was able to get a bit of produce (we are going to be away for a couple of days traveling for my upcoming Addicted to Saving 101 class so I didn’t need much/anything for this weekend) and I started stocking up on canned vegetables and condensed soup.  *Tip* think ahead to the upcoming holidays.  If you make casseroles over the holidays, buy the ingredients when they are on sale and you have a coupon to match with it.  That way you don’t have to pay full price!

I have two disclaimers to make (what else is new? ;)).  First of all, I bought four Air Wick Ribbon Scents Candle.  I wasn’t sure if this type of candle is covered under the Publix store coupon so I asked customer service and they allowed it.  That said, your store may treat this differently so ask before purchasing.  And secondly, I bought four Covergirl Blush and used two $8/2 Covergirl Face Products coupon.  Some stores may give you a problem on this.  However, if you go to Covergirl’s website, you will see that under their Face Products category, blush is included.  I am telling you this so that if your store gives you a hard time, you can kindly (yes, kindly) tell them (or print out and show them) that blush is included under Face Products on their website.

Please leave a comment and let me know how you did this week!  Would love to hear if you did better than I did!

2 Wanchai Ferry on sale BOGO $8.49 for two
Minus two $1.50/1 Wanchai Ferry Frozen Entree
Total Due: $5.50 or $2.25 each (this was actually a lot to spend on two frozen dinners.. in retrospect, I probably shouldn’t have bought this especially since I’m not a fan of this kind of thing..)
1 Bag Green Beans, on sale $1.49/lb
Total Due: $3.02
3 Plum Tomatoes on sale $1.49/lb
Total Due: $1.16
1 Bag Red Seedless Grapes, on sale $1.69/lb
Total Due: $3.35
2 Nathan’s Beef Franks, on sale BOGO $5.29 for two
Minus two $1/1 Nathan’s Meats
Total Due: $3.29 or $1.65 each
2 Birds Eye Chef’s Variety on sale 50% off
Minus two $0.50/1 Birds Eye Chef’s Favorites Variety (IE)  Printable (FF) or $0.50/1 Birdseye Steamfresh Chef’s Favorites Variety 9/25/2011 SS Insert (exp 11/11/2011)
Total Due: $0.98 or $0.49 each
4 Athenos Feta Cheese on sale BOGO $2.59 for two
Minus four $0.75/1 Athenos Feta Cheese Blinkies
Total Due: $2.18 or $0.55 each
2 Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Bread on sale BOGO $3.29 for two
Minus two $0.60/1 Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Sandwich Bread 8/21/2011 SS Insert (exp 10/30/2011)
Total Due: $2.09 or $1.05 each
8 Muellers Pasta on sale BOGO $1.39 for two
Minus four $1.00/2 Muellers Pasta Blinkie
Total Due: $1.56 or $0.20 each
2 Cheetos on sale 2/$5.00
Minus one $1/2 Cheetos or Frito Snacks 10/2/2011 Pepsi Moments to Save Insert (exp 10/22/2011)
Total Due: $4.00 or $2.00 each
1 Pepsi Max reg price $1.89
Minus one B2G1 Buy Cheetos Snacks Get Pepsi Max
Total Due: FREE
8 Green Giant Canned Vegetables, on sale BOGO $1.25 for two
Minus four $0.50/2 Green Giant Canned Vegetables (print limit reached – check your binders/folders)
Total Due: $3.00 or $0.38 each
5 Campbell’s Condensed Soups on sale 5/$5.00
Minus one $1/5 Campbell’s® Condensed Great for Cooking Soup
Minus one $1.00/5 Campbell’s Condensed Soups Publix Store In-Ad Coupon
Total Due: $3.00 or $0.60 each
4 Progresso Soup on sale 4/$5.00
Minus one $1/4 Progresso Can Soups 10/2/2011 GM Insert (exp 11/26/2011) or $1/4 Progresso Soups
Minus one $1.00/4 Progresso Can Soups Publix Store In-Ad Coupon
Total Due: $3.00 or $0.60 each
2 Olay Regenerist Daily Cleanser on sale $3.00 off (makes price $3.99 each)
Minus one $2/2 CoverGirl or Olay Regenerist Products Target Store Coupon 9/25/2011 RP Insert (exp 11/26/2011)
Minus two $3/1 Olay Regenerist Facial Moisturizer or Cleanser 10/2/2011 P&G Insert (exp 10/31/2011)
Total Due: FREE
4 Air Wick Candles on sale $3.99 each
Minus two $5/2 Air Wick Scented Candles Publix One Stop. One Store Booklet (exp 10/17/2011)
Minus four $2/1 Air Wick Candle 9/18/2011 SS Insert (exp 10/30/2011)
Total Due: FREE plus $2.04 overage
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

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: $20.81 (including tax) Total Saved: $141.90 Percentage Saved: 87.3%

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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!