Photo Show and Tell – Publix 3/18/11

Whew!  This week flew by!  Made a very quick Publix run this morning.  I had some coupons expiring 3/31 that I wanted to use and there were a couple sales items I wanted to stock up on!  I bought four of the Philadelphia Cooking Cremes.  I haven’t tried them yet so will be interested to see how I like them!  Have you tried them yet?  I also bought another box of Mrs. T’s Pierogies because they are one of my new favorite quick fix meals!  (P.S. I had such fun chatting with so many of you on Addicted to Saving’s Facebook page about how you all prepare your Pierogies!  The Italian in me has no concept of Pierogies so I learned a lot from all of you!  :))  I definitely wasn’t on my “A Game” today though because as I was going through my envelope of coupons while shopping in Publix, I  realized the $0.75 off Colgate coupons and the $0.55 off Lay’s coupons were sitting at home on my piano bench right where I left them after cutting them!  So, I wasn’t able to stock up on Colgate and get a couple of bags of chips like I planned.  I know a lot of you purchase similar items to me so make sure you take advantage of the Colgate deal – even if you don’t use Colgate toothpaste you will only spend $0.25 per tube of toothpaste and this would be awesome to donate or give away.  Also – there is a great deal on fresh green beans, zucchini and yellow squash which I would highly recommend you take advantage of!

I also wanted to post a raincheck lesson.. If you use a rain check, make sure your cashier does not start ringing through the items you are purchasing with your rain check until you give him/her your rain check.  My cashier started ringing the dog treats through and then had to cancel those treats before ringing them up a different way using the rain check.  And then when I got into my car, I realized I was overcharged because two of the bags were not cancelled.. Long story short, I had to go to customer service to get reimbursed.  Not a big deal but it definitely made my quick shopping trip not as quick as it could have been!

I also wanted to give all of you a head’s up that my husband and I will be away for a couple of weeks.  Don’t worry – nothing is wrong – everyone is healthy and well.  We will actually get to see his sister who is currently a missionary/teacher in Africa.  She is leaving Africa for a short time so we are excited to get caught up with her a bit.  So, here is what will happen while I am away.  My friend Kelly will be helping me out.  She will post all of the weekly coupon matchups that you have come to expect.  You shouldn’t see any differences in the ads and matchups.  She will also post a few great deals each day.  The only difference is that she will not be working 10+ hours a day like I do.  🙂  If you find deals, coupons, coupon booklets, etc etc that you think should be posted, please email them to addictedtosaving at hotmail.com (all one word – use the @ sign instead of how I typed out “at”).  You never know, Kelly may post a few of your deals!  I will be back April 6th and I will start my time back with a couple of great giveaways.. want a sneak peek.. I’m thinking about giving away some high value fruit coupons, a great nutrition book written by one of “The Doctors” and then a surprise courtesy of me. 🙂   Oh – one more thing – Kelly will post her own Photo Show and Tell for the next couple of weeks so you will get the privilege of seeing a different couponing perspective!  I personally can’t wait to see what she buys!  🙂

What deals are you liking this week?  Did you find any steals that I missed?

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!   

**Disclaimer**
1)  My Publix allows us to use more than one of the same Publix store coupon and/or competitor coupon as long as I use one store or competitor coupon per item.  Not all Publix locations allow this.  You should ask customer service if they allow this before loading up your cart.  
2) Not all Publix locations allow overage.  If your Publix does not allow overage, they will usually adjust the value of the coupon down so that you receive the item for free.

What I bought today:

2 Vigo Yellow Rice on sale BOGO $1.29 for two
Minus two $0.50/1 Vigo Rice Product
Total Due: $0.29 or $0.15 each
1 Mrs. T’s Pierogies on sale 2/$4.00
Minus one $1/1 Mrs. T’s Pierogies 3/6/2011 RP Insert (exp 5/31/2011)
Total Due: $1.00
2 Greeting Cards
Total Due: $4.58
2 Cheez-Its Swiss on sale BOGO $3.99 for two
Minus two $0.75/1 Sunshine Cheez-it Swiss Cheese Baked Crackers
Total Due: $2.49 or $1.25 each
2 Green Giant Simple Steamed on sale BOGO $1.79 for two
Minus two $0.50/1 Green Giant Frozen Vegetables (print limit may be reached??)
Total Due: $0.79 or $0.40 each
4 Philadelphia Cooking Crème on sale 2/$4.00
Minus four $1.50/1 Philadelphia Cooking Creme 3/6/2011 SS Insert (exp 5/31/2011)
Total Due: $2.00 or $0.50 each
10 Rachael Ray Just6 Dog Treats **Used Raincheck** BOGO $2.99 for two
Minus five B1G1 Rachael Ray Just 6 Dog Treats 2/13/2011 SS Insert (exp 5/13/2011)
Total Due: FREE
Red Plums priced at $1.99/lb
Total Due: $2.03
Fuji Apples on sale $1.49/lb
Total Due: $1.59
1 Thomas Bagel Thins on sale 2/$5.00
Minus one FREE Thomas Bagel Thins Coupon from BzzAgent (subtracted $4.00 at register)
Total Due: FREE plus $1.50 overage
1 Cottonelle Wipe Refill reg price $4.19
Minus one FREE Cottonelle Wipe Refill Coupon
Total Due: FREE
2 Bags Food Should Taste Good reg price $3.29 each
Minus two FREE Food Should Taste Good coupons
Total Due: FREE
6 Sun Down Naturals Vitamin D reg price $2.99 each
Minus six $1/1 Sundown Naturals Vitamin Product (IE)  Printable (FF)
Minus three $6.00/2 Sundown Naturals Publix Store Green Advantage Flyer
Total Due: FREE plus $6.06 overage

Minus one $5.00 off when you spend $30.00 Winn Dixie coupon – given to me from a friend

Total Spent: $4.40  Total Saved: $88.33   Percentage Saved: 95.3%

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Also –Attention Bloggers -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 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!