Today’s shopping trip was a quick shopping trip!  We were able to do really well by breaking our transaction into two.  We used one $5/$30 Winn Dixie coupon on my transaction and hubby used the $5/$25 Save-a-Lot coupon on his transaction.  Gotta love Publix!  We did really well on the Country Crock, Kashi Steamed Meals (who says you can’t save on organic food??), Fresh Express Salad and Kraft Homestyle Mac & Cheese.

I also received a great haul at this week’s fruit & veggie coop.  I haven’t posted this on Addicted to Saving yet but starting this upcoming week, I’m going to try readjusting my diet to see if it will eliminate (or at least ease) some of the health conditions I have.  I’ve done so much research the past month and have really started to understand how foods impact your body both positively and negatively.  So, I am going on the Paleo Diet as there have been countless people with my conditions who have found that this diet helped them drastically.  So the coop is really important to me.  It is a way that I can save a ton of money on fresh produce and at the same time keep my fridge stocked on foods that are Paleo friendly.  If you live in Tampa Bay and would like to learn about this coop, go HERE.  If you sign up to be on their mailing list, they will let you know if/when they open a pick-up location in your city or a nearby city to you!

How did you do this week?  I would love to hear!

• To see this week’s Publix Weekly Ad & Coupon Matchups, go HERE

Below is what I bought and the coupons I used.  We did use two transactions and used a $5/$30 Winn Dixie Enjoy the City coupon in the first transaction and a $5/$25 Save-a-Lot coupon in the second transaction.  For convenience, below I have combined both transactions into one.

4 Country Crock Spread on sale BOGO $2.15 for two
Minus four $0.55/1 Country Crock® Spread (zip 34655)
Minus four $1/1 Country Crock or I Can?t Believe It’?s Not Butter! Product, exp. 11/2/12 (Publix Yellow Advantage Flyer ) **watch expiration!!
Total Due: FREE plus $1.90 overage
4 Capri Sun on sale $1.97 each
Minus two $1.00 off two CAPRI SUN or KOOL-AID Jammers **print this coupon NOW if interested. It will not be available long
Total Due: $5.88 or $1.47 each (since we don’t have kiddos, we will be donating this!)
2 Kraft Homestyle Mac & Cheese Microwaveable Bowl on sale BOGO $2.59 for two
Minus two $1.50/1 Kraft Homestyle Mac & Cheese Microwavable Bowl (you will need two Kraft First Tastes accounts. I used a coupon from my account as well as my mom’s account)
Total Due: FREE plus $0.41 overage
2 Fresh Express Salad on sale BOGO $3.99 for two
Minus two $3.00/1 Fresh Express Salad Printable Coupons (no longer available – check your binders/folders)
Minus one $2.00/$2.00 Publix Produce Department coupon
Total Due: FREE plus $4.01 overeage
2 Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream on sale BOGO $3.85 for two
Minus zero coupons! 🙂 **If you buy their Frozen Greek Yogurt, there is a $1.00/2 coupon HERE
Total Due: $3.85 or $1.93 each
3 Kashi Steam Meals on sale 4/$10.00
Minus one $1/1 Kashi Steam Meal (Recyclebank)
Minus two $1/1 Kashi Steam Meal printable
Minus one $3/3 Kashi Entrees, Steam Meals, Waffles or Pizza, exp. 11/2/12 (Publix Yellow Advantage Flyer ) **watch expiration
Total Due: $1.50 or $0.50 each
6 Stouffer’s Frozen Meals on sale 5/$10.00
Minus one B4G1 Stouffer’s Meals for One Frozen Entree Target printable
Minus three $1.50/2 Stouffer’s Single-Serve Entree, exp. 12/31/12 (RP 09/09/12)
Total Due: $5.50 or $0.92 each
1 Tombstone Pizza on sale $2.99
Minus one $0.75/1 Tombstone Pizza Target printable
Minus one $0.75/1 Tombstone Pizza printable
Total Due: $1.49
4 Kraft Salad Dressings on sale BOGO $2.95 for two
Minus two $1.00 off two KRAFT Dressings, 16 oz
Total Due: $3.90 or $0.98 each
2 Campbell’s Natural Soups on sale BOGO $2.19 for two
Minus one $0.75 off two Campbell’s Natural soups
Total Due: $1.44 or $0.72 each
4 College Inn Chicken Broth on sale BOGO $2.59 for two
Minus two $1/2 College Inn Chicken Broth (they emailed me this since I subscribe to their email. I *think* you can still score two $0.55/1 coupons if you sign up for their email HERE)
Total Due: $3.18 or $0.80 each
1 Muir Glen Tomato Paste on sale $0.54
Minus one $0.50 off any Muir Glen product
Total Due: $0.04

Minus one $5.00/$30.00 Winn Dixie Enjoy the City coupon

Minus one $5.00/$25.00 Save-a-Lot coupon

Total Spent: $10.29   Total Saved: $94.83  Percentage Saved: 90.2%

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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.

After today’s Publix shopping trip, I officially have enough candy for our trick-or-treaters!  Today was a great shopping trip!  You will see that we purchased a ton of Knorr Side Dishes.  We are going to be sending them to my hubby’s sister who is a teacher in Africa.  Their local grocery store doesn’t have packaged mixes like this and she misses them.  So, this will be part of our Christmas present to her – she doesn’t need to know we got them for $0.29 each right?  🙂  I also got two boxes of Van’s Waffles because my $2.00/1 coupons expire tomorrow.  They weren’t on sale so I didn’t get the best deal in the world, but the coupons I had were high value AND I’m starting to wonder if I have a gluten allergy.  I’m getting blood work in the next week and regardless of the results, I think I’m going to go off gluten and wheat.  Eek.  So, at least I will have two boxes of gluten-free waffles to help get me started!

We are also really trying to watch our spending every week because we are now participating in weekly coop.  Our coop isn’t cheap, but we are getting a ton of produce.  (above is this week’s share.)  So you will no longer see me purchasing produce (unless I really need it or unless there is a spectacular sale). Also – as a reminder, my freezer is stocked of meat courtesy of Zaycon Foods.  So you won’t see me purchasing a lot of fresh meat.

How did you do this week?  I would love to hear!

• To see this week’s Publix Weekly Ad & Coupon Matchups, go HERE

Below is what I bought and the coupons I used.  We did use two transactions and use one $5/$30 Winn Dixie Enjoy the City coupons per transaction.  For convenience, I have combined both transactions into one.

1 Muir Glen Tomato Sauce, reg price $0.89
Minus one $0.50 off any flavor/variety Muir Glen product
Total Due: $0.39
2 Vans Waffles, $3.15 each
Minus two $2.00/1 Vans Waffles Products (print limit reached – check your binders/folders)
Total Due: $2.30 or $1.15 each
1 Oscar Mayer Angus Beef Franks reg price $5.69
1 Oscar Mayer Turkey reg price $4.39
Minus two FREE Oscar Mayer Angus Franks or Turkey Coupons (check your binders – they expire 10/31)
Total Due: FREE
2 Bugles on sale BOGO $2.69 for two
Minus one $0.50/2 General Mills Bugles, Chex Mix, Pillsbury Baguette Chips or Gardetto’s Snack Mix, exp. 11/17/12 (SS 09/23/12 R)
Total Due: $2.19 or $1.10 each
4 Welch’s Essentials on sale BOGO $3.19 for two
Minus two $1.00 off TWO (2) Welch’s Essentials Juice
Total due: $4.38 or $1.10 each
2 Barilla Sauce on sale BOGO $2.39 for two
2 Barilla Pasta on sale BOGO $2.39 for two
Minus two $1 off Barilla Pasta AND Sauce, exp. 11/24/12 (SS 09/30/12) and (SS 9/23/12)
Total Due: $2.78 or $1.39 each
2 Del Monte Tomatoes on sale 10/$10
Minus one $0.50/2 Del Monte Tomatoes coupon  (zip 34655) (print limit may be reached?)
Total Due: $1.50 or $0.75 each
10 Knorr Side Dishes on sale $0.79 each
Minus five $1 off 2 Knorr sides Publix coupon in 10/21/12 RP Insert
Total Due: $2.90 or $0.29 each
10 Stride ID Gum on sale BOGO $1.49 for two
Minus five B1G1 Stride ID Gum, exp. 11/10/12 (SS 09/16/12 R)
Total Due: FREE
2 Wonka Candy on sale BOGO $9.99 for two
Minus one $1/1 Wonka or Nestle Halloween Candy Target printable
Minus one $2.50/2 Wonka Candy (print limit reached – check your binders/folders)
Total Due: $6.49 or $3.25 each
4 Cheez-It on sale BOGO $3.69 for two
Minus four $1.00/1 Cheez-It Coupons.com Savings Club coupons (print limit reached – check your binder/foldeR)
Total Due: $3.38 or $0.85 each
1 Pork Ka-Bobs from Meat Dept, $3.30
Minus one $2.00/$2.00 Publix Meat Dept coupon
Total Due: $1.30
2 Centrum Flavor Burst Vitamins on sale $5.99 each
Minus two $3/1 Centrum Flavor Burst Chews, exp. 11/24/12 (RP 09/30/12)
Minus one $5/2 Caltrate, Centrum Multivitamin, Centrum ProNutrients, Centrum Specialist, or Emergen-C Product, exp. 10/26/12 (Publix Green Advantage)**watch exp
Total Due: $0.98 or $0.49 each

Minus two $5.00/$30.00 Winn Dixie Enjoy the City coupon (we did two transactions)

Total Spent: $21.37  Total Saved: $112.96   Percentage Saved: 84.1%

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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.