We’ve had a wonderful week this week!  I never told all of you this while he was gone, but hubby was away for almost two weeks on a missions trip in Ethiopia and then Uganda.  So it was just me “manning” the house, the pets and then of course blogging.   Hubby got home over the weekend and life is slowly going back to normal which is nice.  I also posted this just a few days ago but we have accepted a referral for a 2 month old baby boy in Ethiopia.  (If interested, go HERE to read more info on our adoption blog) So life has been a bit crazy as we are scrambling to gather the necessary paperwork, schedule yet another homestudy and then schedule the necessary doctor appointments needed for us to have our adoption proceed quickly.  It is crazy to think that in just two or three months we will be in Ethiopia.  Hmm… I wonder if I will be able to blog while in Ethiopia? 🙂

With the craziness of my life lately, shopping hasn’t been a huge priority.  But for the first time in a long time, I felt excited about this week’s shopping trip since there were some awesome deals to take advantage of! As you all already know, last night I sent hubby to Publix to get us 12 boxes of Dr. Pepper for $0.33 each. (Go HERE to see our photo show and tell from last night.) Tonight, I had enough Dr Pepper coupons to get four more 12-packs. I did get a lot of produce since I was running low. So the produce and eggs drove my total up a bit, but I still saved a ton of money using $49.00 worth of coupons!

What did all of you purchase this week? How did you do? I would love to hear!

Below is what I bought and the coupons I used:

4 Bush’s Grilling Beans on sale 3/$5.00
Minus two  $1.00/2 BUSH’S® Baked Beans or Grillin’ Beans® coupon
Total Due: $4.66 or $1.17 each
4 Dr Pepper on sale B2G2 (sale makes them $9.98 for four)
Minus one B2G1 Dr. Pepper or Mountain Dew, exp. 8/31/12 (Publix Yellow Advantage) **EXPIRES 8/31
Minus two $1.00 off 1 24-pack or 2 12-packs of Dr. Pepper
Total Due: $2.99 or $0.75 each
8 Honest Tea on sale BOGO $1.49 for two
Minus four $1.25/2 Honest Tea Or Honest Ade printable
Total Due: $0.96 or $0.12 each
6 Nabisco Ritz Crackers on sale BOGO $2.99 for two
Minus two B2G1 Nabisco Crackers coupon (up to $2.50 value)
Minus two $1/1 Ritz Crackers, exp. 8/31/12 (Publix Stocking Spree, August) **EXPIRES 8/31
Total Due: $1.97 or $0.33 each
1 Smart Balance Spread on sale BOGO $2.50 for two
Minus one $1.75/1 Smart Balance Spreadable Butter printable (follow prompts to “like” on FB)
Minus one $1.10/1 Smart Balance Spreadable Butter printable
Total Due: FREE plus $0.35 overage
2 Chex Mix on sale BOGO $3.65 for two
Minus two $0.60/1 Chex Mix or Chex 100 Calorie Snack printable
Total Due: $2.45 or $1.23 each
2 Heinz Ketchup on sale BOGO $3.59 for two
Minus two $0.50/1 Heinz Tomato Ketchup, exp. 9/30/12 (SS 08/19/12 R)
Total Due:$2.59 or $1.30 each
2 Hershey Candy Bar 6 pk on sale BOGO $3.95 for two
Minus one $1/2 Hershey’s Milk Chocolate, with Almonds or Special Dark Chocolate Bars, exp. 10/14/12 (SS 08/19/12)
Total Due: $2.95 or $0.98 each
4 Lays Potato Chips on sale BOGO $4.29 for two
Minus one $3.00 off ONE Lay’s Potato Chips**note – these coupons state limit one coupon per customer. This is why I used two different $3.00 coupons
Minus one $3.00 off TWO Lay’s Potato Chips
Total Due: $2.58 or $0.65 each
4 Pillsbury Crescent Rolls on sale 10/$10
Minus two $0.50/2 Pillsbury Crescent Dinner Rolls printable
Total Due: $3.00 or $0.75 each
6 Birds Eye Steamfresh on sale 50% off (full price $1.95/bag)
Minus two $1.00/3 Bird’s Eye Steamfresh (print limit may be reached?)
Total Due: $3.85 or $0.64 each
4 Morningstar Veggie Burgers on sale BOGO $3.65 for two (we love the black bean burgers)
Minus four $0.75/1 Morningstar Farms Veggie Foods Product, exp. 9/30/12 (RP 08/05/12)
Total Due: $4.30 or $1.08 each
2 Publix Bakery Pizza Dough on sale BOGO $2.59 for two
Total Due: $2.59 or $1.30 each
2 Tasti-Lee Tomatoes, on sale $1.69/lb
Total Due: $1.37
1 bag White Seedless Grapes on sale $1.69/lb
Total Due: $2.03
3 Black Plums on sale $1.49/lb
Total Due: $1.07
2 Hass Avocados on sale 10/$10
Total Due: $2.00
1 bag Cherries on sale $3.49/lb (not a good price fyi)
Total Due: $3.98
2 Fresh Express Salad on sale bOGO $3.99 for two
Total Due: $3.99 or $1.99 each
3 Yellow corn on sale 6/$2.00
Total Due: $1.00
1 Cauliflower on sale 2/$4.00
Total Due: $2.00
1 Dozen Publix Eggs reg price $2.19
Total Due: $2.19

Minus one $5.00 off $50.00 Publix Coupon from 8/26/12 Newspaper

Minus one $5.00 off $30.00 Winn Dixie Enjoy the City Coupon

Total Spent Including Tax: $43.91   Total Saved: $124.00   Percentage Saved: 73.9%

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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.