I can not believe how time is flying! My husband and I had an afternoon Publix date today and I realized that I haven’t been to Publix in two weeks since last weekend I was in Nashville! We had a great time in Nashville learning about blogging, meeting other bloggers and meeting Joe Jonas and Rascal Flatts. This week took a bit of time getting into the swing of things as we have been battling exhaustion and colds. But we are on the mend and I’m thankful for that!
Today’s Publix shopping trip wasn’t the most amazing in the world. I was focusing on a lot of “healthier” options today so we spent a little more then I would have liked. But, it is worth it. Would rather save just 50% and get all healthy food versus save 100% and get all junk. (Don’t get me wrong – I like my junk food – I’m just trying to focus on having a primarily healthy diet.) I actually contemplated going on a cleanse this week. Not so much as to lose weight as to get rid of the toxins in my system and to lose some of my cravings for junk food. Have any of you done that before? Would love to hear your thoughts as well as the type of cleanse you did.
Also – as a note for the items I purchased below, I was able to use the $0.50/1 Maggi Soup Mix coupon to score FREE soup mix. The verbiage on the coupon is extremely confusing so I can not promise your store will honor it the way mine did.
- To see this week’s Publix Weekly Ad & Coupon Matchups, go HERE
- To see this week’s Publix Deals & Steals, go HERE
How did you do this week shopping? I hope you were able to spend less and save more than I did! Please leave a comment letting everyone know how you did!
Below is what I bought and the coupons I used:
2 Country Crock Spread on sale BOGO $2.15 for two
Minus two $1.00/1 Country Crock Product (zip 90210)
Total Due: $0.15 or $0.08 each
2 Birds Eye Voila on sale BOGO $4.83 for two
Minus two $1.85/1 Birds Eye Voila
Total due: $1.13 or $0.57
2 Athenos Feta Cheese on sale BOGO $4.49 for two
Minus two $0.75/1 Athenos Feta Cheese printable
Total Due: $2.99 or $1.50 each
1 Tropicana OJ on sale 2/$6.00
1 Jimmy Dean D-Light on sale 2/$5.00
Minus one $1.25 off Orange Juice 59 oz+ wyb 1 Jimmy Dean D-Light Product (zip 30303)
Total Due: $4.25 or $2.13 each *not the best deal but my sick husband needed OJ
1 Fresh Strawberries on sale 3/$5.00
Total Due: $1.67
2 Lipton Green Tea reg price $2.39 each
Minus two $0.75/1 Lipton Green Tea
Minus two $1.25/1 Lipton Specialty Tea 18-20 ct Publix Store Coupon
Total due: $0.78 or $0.39 each
2 Packages Asparagus, on sale $2.49/lb
Minus one $2.00 off Publix Produce when you spend $5.00+
Total Due: $2.64
4 Maggi Soup on sale 2/$1.00
Minus four $0.50/1 MAGGI® Clear Soup Mix Chicken Noodle, Chicken Rice, Beef Noodle or Chicken Seashell coupon (zip 34655)
Total Due: FREE
1 bag Salad Peppers on sale $2.99
Total Due: $2.99
1 Red Leaf Lettuce on sale $1.29
Total Due: $1.29
2 Spaghetti Squash on sale $1.49/lb
Total Due: $5.02
2 Mrs Paul’s Tilapia Parchment Bakes on sale BOGO $5.99 for two
2 Birds Eye Steamfresh on sale 50% off
Minus two $-1/1 Mrs. Paul’s Seafood Product printable
Minus two FREE Birds Eye Steamfresh wyb Van de Kamp’s or Mrs Paul’s Parchment Bakes
Total Due: $3.99 or $0.99 each
1 Stouffer’s Family Style Lasagna on sale $3.99
Minus one $2/1 Stouffer’s Lasagna printable
Total Due: $1.99
2 Clorox Bleach on sale 2/$4.00
Minus two$0.50/1 Clorox Product printable
Total Due: $3.00 or $1.50 each
4 Spot Shot on sale BOGO $4.99 for two **a necessity for us since we are potty training a puppy 😉
Minus four $1/1 Spot Shot, exp. 4/30/12 (SS 01/29/12)
Total Due: $5.98 or $1.50 each
2 Fresh Crab Stuffed Salmon (found at seafood counter) in seperate packages, $4.29 and $3.41 each
Minus two $2.00 off Publix Seafood Sunday Newspaper Coupon
Total Due: $3.70 or $1.85 each
2 Crystal Light on the God on sale bOGO $2.99 for two
Minus one $1/2 Crystal Light Drink Mix printable
Total Due: $1.99 or $0.99 each
6 Voskos Greek Yogurt on sale 10/$10
Minus two $1/3 Voskos Greek Yogurt, exp. 6/30/12 (RP 02/19/12 R)
Total Due: $4.00 or $0.67 each
2 Activia on sale 3/$6.00
Minus one $2/2 Dannon Activia Yogurt Target printable
Minus two $1/1 Activia Product, exp. 3/19/12 (SS 02/12/12)
Total Due: FREE
5 Pillsbury Crescent on sale 10/$10
Minus one $1/3 Pillsbury Crescent Rolls printable
Minus one $0.40/2 Pillsbury Crescent Dinner Rolls, exp. 4/21/12 (SS 01/29/12 R)
Total Due: $3.60 or $0.72 each
2 Pillsbury Sweet Rolls on sale 10/$10
Minus one $1/2 Pillsbury Sweet Rolls printable (print limit reached)
Total Due: $1.00 or $0.50 each
1 Driscoll’s Raspberries reg price $3.99
Minus one $5.00/1 Driscoll’s Berries (they mailed this to me as a promo)
Total Due: FREE plus $1.01 overage
Minus one $5/30 Publix Coupon from the Take Your Budget by the Horns Booklet (booklet is no longer available)
Minus one $5/$30 Winn Dixie Enjoy the City Coupon
Total Due: $42.24 Total Saved: $109.04 Percentage Saved: 72.1%
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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. 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!
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My name is Liza and I began my money-saving journey in the Spring of 2009 as a way to stretch a limited household income. I had lost my job and my hubby was self-employed. I launched Addicted to Saving in November of 2009 and it has grown by leaps and bounds. Since then, my hubby and I have struggled with the ups and downs of two failed adoptions and are now LOVING being parents to our little man Asher who we brought home from Ethiopia in August of 2013. I feel incredibly blessed to be able to help you save money. My goal is that you will have FUN and become empowered to save more and more money each week..
You should try the Advocare 24 Day challenge! Or just the 10 day cleanse part. I did this in December and it worked out really well for me. I lost 12 lbs, but I wasn’t as strict as I could have been with my diet and did not exercise. (I mean come on I spent a week at Disney during my challenge. 😉 ) The cleanse really “reset” my system and it wasn’t a harsh cleanse at all. I had the desire again for the healthy food and did not miss sugar or refined flour much at all. I did not stick with it, but that’s entirely my fault too. Anyway, I made a blog about my challenge, I’ll put a link if you like. Delete it if you need to, but if you want more info, feel free to email me. http://www.myadvocare24daychallenge.blogspot.com
I opted for the junk food this week, as it has been awhile since I have taken advantage of these deals. Thanks for all you do!
Minus four $0.50/1 MAGGI® Clear Soup Mix Chicken Noodle, Chicken Rice, Beef Noodle or Chicken Seashell coupon (zip 34655)
Are there different printables out? When mine printed the wording was save $0.50 on Clear soup mix, WYB Chicken noodle, Chicken Rice, Beef Noodle or seashell.
So glad I saw the spot shot in your pic.. I have been needing some badly and hated the price (even with a $1 coupon) but bogo with 2 $1 coupons is totally doable!!!
I have done a cleanse before where I bought stuff that was supposed to work wonders and I can’t say that it gave me all sorts of extra energy or made me feel super wonderful. It did help my husbands skin clear up (he was getting bumps on his arms and legs) so obviously it did help in some ways.
I’ve found that drinking lots of water and eating really healthy and maybe some extra fiber in our diet will usually produce the same effect.
No yellow publix flyer coupon for voskos yogurt used?
Awesome Job! I was so proud of my Publix trip I posted pics on Facebook. I had Publix yelow flyer coupons for the 6 Voskos Greek Yogurt on sale 10/$10. I’m pretty sure they were the same as the manufacture coupons, $1 off 3. Also used a coupon for $.50 off any Mrs Paul’s fish from the Albertson’s Monopoly games. Thanks for all you post! You’re amazing!
publix does have a coupon booklet for “birds eye steam fresh”, it came out last week, it is .35/1 which i plan on using on top of the mrs paul/birds eye 🙂
The pepsi coupon book from Sunday had a $1/2 tropicana + a publix one from a while ago. I got the Mrs. Paul’s fish free. I used 2 seafood coupons +(2) $1 off coupon from their website = free
Crystal Light on the God? Finally, a lemonade for us atheists! 🙂
I was able to score a pretty good deal today I purchased my 4 newspapers, pint of strawberries, 1.5 lbs asparagus, 6 pks of the new Kraft creations, 4.5 lbs of boneless chicken breast, and my sons grapes for only 3.22 with tax. Thank you for everything you do and for sharing with all of us.
I recently read a book by Cynthia Sass called Cinch. I got it from the library read it and decided it was totally for me. The diet is so balanced that you do not crave junk food. I was truly amazed at how easy it was to say no to cookies as I watched my kids eat them. I started the new “diet” in September last year and I have lost over 12 pounds (10 in the first 6 weeks). I use the term diet loosely because this is something I will follow for the rest of my life it is that easy. She has a jump start option but if you run I would not suggest it because it is very low in carbs. I run and bike a lot so I did make some tweaks since I need additional calories but it has worked great. I am still losing but at a rate of a pound every 6 weeks:-) She has a FB page, she is a professor at USF. Check it out.