Today was a quick trip to Publix.  I am about to leave town for a few days and I didn’t want to buy anything perishable.  My grocery cart was pretty boring but next week when I return I will shop more.  So, I focused on the sales and coupons I had because if you have watched my Photo Show and Tells, you know I hate to miss out on a good deal!  🙂  I did really well.  I spent $3.54 and saved $90.89,

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!

Here’s the rundown and how to do what I did for today’s Publix stop:

6 Muellers pasta, on sale B1G1 $1.19 for two

Minus two $1.00/3 printables

Total: $1.57 or $0.26 each!

2 Muellers  Whole Wheat pasta on sale B1G1 $1.19 for two

Minus two $0.55/1 printables

Total:  $0.09 or $0.04 each!

6 Dentyne Ice Gum on sale B1G1 $3.29 for two

Minus six $1.50/1 from 02-28-10 SS

Total: $0.87 or $0.14 each!

6 Orville Red Popcorn on sale B1G1 $2.95 for two

Minus three $1.00/2 Publix Store coupons from Yellow Advantage Flyer

Minus five $0.75/1 Orville Red Cheese popcorn from 03-28-10 SS

Minus one $1.00/1 Orville product from Conagra Mailer

Total: $1.10 or $0.18 each!

2 Bayer Chewable 24 ct priced at $2.47 each

Minus two $1.00/1 from 03-21-10 SS or printable

Minus two $2.00/1 Bayer, Alleve, Midol Publix store coupon from Green Advantage flyer

Total: FREE plus $1.06 overage!

4 Glade Relaxing Moments candles on sale B1G1 $3.49 for two

Minus two $1.00/2 Glade Candles Publix store coupon from One Stop One Store booklet

Minus four $1.00/1 manufacturer from 04-11-10 SS

Total: $0.98 or $0.24 each!

1 Benadryl Extra Strength Cream priced at $4.39

1 Benadryl Original Strength Cream priced at $4.19

Minus one $5.00/2 Benadryl products from 04-11-10 RP

Minus two $1.50/1 Benadryl Publix store coupon from Green Advantage Flyer

Total: $0.58 or $0.29 each!

4 Scrubbing Bubbles Bathroom Cleaner on sale B1G1 $3.29 for two

Minus two $2.00/2 Scrubbing Bubbles Publix Store coupon from There’s Value in the Family booklet

Minus four $0.75/1 manufacturer from 03-21-10 SS

Total: FREE plus $0.42 overage!

Minus one $5.00 off when you spend $50.00 Target Store Coupon

Total Spent on Groceries: $3.54 (including tax), Total Saved $90.89, Percentage Saved 96.2%

It’s my favorite time of the week…  time to show some of Addicted to Saving’s readers successes!!  I find your savings so motivating!  We are all at different stages of saving and it’s awesome to take a peek into your lives (and grocery bags) to see how you are doing each week!  Thank you for the pics you keep emailing me – please keep them coming! 🙂

Crystal emailed me the picture above after she went to Publix.  Crystal spent $47.74 and saved $59.84 on the groceries above!  Make sure you see that part of Crystal’s purchase was the $50.00 BP Gas gift card!!  For less than the retail cost of the gift card, Crystal got all of the items above and $50 to put towards gas.  AWESOME job!!

Crystal also emailed the picture above after her Walgreens venture.  Crystal spent $9.01, Saved $9.98 and received $5.50 Register Rewards to use next time.  YEAH!!

Linda emailed the picture above after her awesome Publix trip.  She was able to get a well-rounded variety of groceries – veggies, yogurt, cat food, creamer, nuts, lysol, etc etc all for the cost of $108.09 and saved $85.04.  And, to makes Linda’s trip even more successful, keep in mind that her total included two BP $50.00 gas cards!!

 

Gery emailed me the above picture after making a Publix and a Target trip.  Everything in the picture above was FREE!!  Ridiculous huh?!?  Great job =)

Andrea emailed me the pic above after having her most successful Publix trip to-date!  Andrea and her husband are really getting into couponing and I can’t wait to see how they do in the future!!  Andrea spent $47.45 and saved $40.54 on everything above!!   Awesome job Andrea!! And – congrats on earning your first $5.00 gift card from Swag Bucks within only a week of signing up!!

Carmen emailed the pic above after taking advantage of the free Scrubbing Bubbles deal as well as other deals at Publix!  Carmen spent $48.77 (factoring in $25.00 in rebates she will receive) and saved $80.49 on everything above!  That’s an awesome job especially considering she bought diapers and formula!! Great job Carmen!

Teresa emailed the pic above after partaking in the AWESOME strawberry shortcake deal that occurred last week.  (So sad that it is over now!!)  Teresa spent $10.85 (on everything pictured above AND a 4lb bag of dog food) and saved $68.41 on everything above!  LOVE IT!!

Great job everyone!! Please keep the photos and success stories coming!  And, don’t hesistate to email me any question you come up with as you continue your saving money and learning more and more!

It was a very quiet day today as I went to Publix.  There is literally nothing that I need right now.  However, there were a couple of sales I wanted to take advantage of and I had Ore-Ida coupons that were expiring tomorrow so I needed to make a quick stop.  I will do a bit of addictedtosaving.com housekeeping right now – the most common questions I receive in my email inbox after photo show and tells are, “where is all the meat?”, “do you eat meat?”, “how much do you spend on meat?”  Let me answer the questions for you – all of my meat is jam packed in my freezer, yes I eat meat, and the amount I spend is based on sales and coupons I have.  I will tell you that I haven’t bought much meat lately.  Two and a half months ago I stocked up on boneless chicken breasts when it was priced at $1.79/lb at Publix.  I bought approximately 20 lbs, split up the chicken breasts and froze them.  I think I have only one bag of chicken left so my fingers are crossed that it goes on sale next week at Publix!  I also have approximately 6 lbs of ground turkey, 3 lbs of lean ground beef and 1 lb of salmon in my freezer.  So, yes, I do buy meat… but only when it’s on sale good and once it’s on sale I stock up.  Next time I stock up on chicken, I will take a picture to prove to you all that I buy it.  Oh – and my monthly tally does include the money I spend on proteins….. Okay.  Now that that is taken care of.. Today I went ahead and bought the $50.00 BP Gas gift card.  When all is said and done, I spent $47.17 and saved $81.88 (including the gift card).  If I focus only on groceries, I spent $7.17 and saved $71.88. 

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!

Here’s the rundown and how to do what I did for today’s Publix stop:

2 Stouffer’s Family Style Lasagna on sale $3.99  each

Minus two $2.50/1 printables (print 2x per computer)

Total:  $2.98 or $1.49 each!

4 Green Giant Green Bean & Almonds boxed veggies on sale 10/$10.00

Minus four $0.50/1 printables (print 2x per computer)

Total: $2.00 or $0.50 each!

6 Ore Ida Easy Fries on sale 10/$10.00

Minus three $1.50/2 printables (print limit is reached I think) 

Total:  $1.50 or $0.25 each!

1 lb Green Beans on sale $0.99/lb

Total: $0.99

6 bottles 7UP on sale B1G1 $1.79 for two

Minus six $1.00/1 printables (print limit is reached)

Total: FREE plus $0.63 overage

6 Bottles of Coffee Mate Creamer on sale B1G1 $1.99 for two

Minus two B2G1 printables

Minus two $1.50/2 printables

Total:  FREE plus $1.01 overage

2 Scrubbing Bubbles Power Spray Starter Kit priced at $7.99

Minus two $5.00/1 printables

Minus two $3.00/1 Publix store coupons from One Stop One Store booklet

Total: FREE

2 Benedryl Ultra Tab priced at $4.93 each

Minus one $4.00/2 printable (print limit reached)

Minus two $1.50/1 Publix store coupons from Green Advantage Buy Flyer

Total: $2.86 or $1.43 each 

1 $50.00 BP Gas Gift Card

Minus one $10.00 off of $50.00 BP Gas Gift Card coupon when you spend $25+ from Publix Weekly Ad Sales Flyer

Total: $40.00

Total Spent including gift card: $47.17 (including tax), Total Saved: $81.88

Total Spent on Groceries: $7.17 (including tax), Total Saved $71.88, Percentage Saved 90.9%

**If you live in the Tampa Bay area and you would like to schedule an Addicted to Saving 101 seminar to learn how to effectively match coupons with sales, don’t hesitate to contact me.

 

I do have my weekly Photo Show and Tell to post soon, but I wanted to post this picture to show what stockpiling can do.  I started really getting into couponing this past summer (mid-summer).  As I’ve learned how to save money, I realized that (for me) buying 2 papers each weekend wasn’t enough.  So, I buy 6 – 8 newspapers each weekend.  As I’ve bought 6-8 newspapers, I am able to gather 6-8 copies of each coupon.  This allows me to really stock up on items that are cheap and/or free.  The picture above isn’t earth shattering – it’s probably only
$150.00 or so worth of groceries and toiletries .  But, I wanted to show this to really motivate you.  I donated everything in the picture above to the Kimberly Home (a home for women with unplanned pregnancies and/or troubling pregnancies).  Before I started couponing, I never would have had the financial resources to buy everything in the picture above because let’s be honest, money is T I G H T!  But, since I’ve been couponing, I’ve been able to not only drastically cut my grocery/toiletry expenses each week while at the same time tripling the amount of products I buy each week!  Because of this, my stockpile is sufficient enough that I can go through it and give tons of stuff away and yet still have a large enough stockpile to sustain my family.  What a blessing!  My challenge for you is to do the same!  As you learn how to save and as you increase your stockpile each week, start to set aside items to donate.  If you are new to couponing, wait a few weeks until you start to gather a large stockpile.  And, once you have enough to share, do that, share it!!  There is no reason to have hundreds of boxes of jello if you aren’t going to use all 100 boxes (like the guy in the video from Nightline).  Like I say in the Addicted to Saving 101 classes, there is a fine line between stockpiling and hoarding!  I guarantee there are people out there who would benefit drastically from something as simple as a few boxes of jello (that may be a luxury item to them)!  Or, when we get pasta for $0.15 a box and sauce for $0.30 a jar, let’s give it away – there are so many people who would love to have these items for their family!!  As we gain more, let’s give away more.  That’s my challenge for you.  God Bless!