Well, you can see from my picture above that I had an overflowing grocery cart today during my Publix shopping trip.  Since we spent less than $3.00 on $67.00 worth of groceries last week (go HERE to see last week’s Photo Show and Tell), I gave myself a little leeway to spend a bit more than I normally like.  And, when I saw this huge rack of Spareribs priced at $1.99/lb, I had to get them – even though I knew that would increase my out of pocket spending.  But, I have an amazing barbecue spare ribs crock pot recipe that I haven’t made in ages so I forsee a crock pot meal occurring early next week in my household.  (A huge plea goes out to my husband, who I know is reading this, to cut the ribs for me :))

I also stumbled upon bags of California Sun Dried Tomatoes on sale for $1.00 each!  This is a great price – even without a coupon!  Oh – and I did encounter a small problem using the Free Oikos Greek Yogurt coupons from Parade Magazine.  The coupons state Free Dannon Oikos Yogurt but my Publix had Stonyfield Oikos Yogurt.  And while the Stonyfield Oikos yogurt looks 100% like the pictured “free coupon” and while the fine print mentions both Dannon and Stonyfield, I wasn’t able to use the coupon.  This wasn’t a big deal to me but I wanted to give all of you a head’s up on this.  (The coupon expires 9/4/11.)

Leave a comment and let me know how you did this week at Publix! Did you find any great deals??

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!

Items I bought this week and their coupon matchups:

2 Old El Paso Taco Mix, reg price $0.97 each
Minus two$0.50/1 Old El Paso® product (Excludes Old El Paso® Refrigerated, Frozen OR Soup products)
Total Due: $0.94 or $0.47 each
2 Chex Mix on sale BOGO $2.59 for two
Minus two $0.50/1 General Mills Chex Mix or 100 Calorie Snack
Total Due: $1.59 or $0.80 each
2 Bugles (peanut butter chocolate flavored – yummo) on sale BOGO $2.59 for two
Minus two $0.50/1 Bugles Corn Snacks
Total Due: $1.59 or $0.80 each
4 Pepsi Products 12 packs, on sale B2G2 $9.98 for four
Minus one $1.00/1 Sierra Mist Target Store Coupon (print limit reached)
Minus one $1/1 Diet Pepsi Soda TARGET coupon Target.com
Minus one B2G1 Pepsi 12 packs Newspaper Coupon
Total Due: $2.99 or $0.75 each
4 Uncle Ben Whole Grain Brown Rice Boil in Bag on sale BOGO $2.29 for two
Minus two $1/2 Uncle Ben’s Whole Grain Brown Rice Products
Total Due: $2.58 or $0.65 each
4+ pounds Pork Spareribs on sale $1.99/lb
Total Due: $8.22
4 Kraft Salad Dressings 16 oz on sale BOGO $3.19 for two
Minus two $1/2 Kraft Dressings 8/28/2011 SS Insert (exp 9/25/2011)
Minus one B2G1 Kraft Salad Dressings TARGET coupon Target.com
Total Due: $1.19 or $0.30 each
1 Head Cauliflower on sale $2.00
Minus one $1.00 off produce wyb two Kraft Salad Dressings Tearpad (thanks Carmen for sharing! :))
Total Due: $1.00
1 Suave Naturals Lotion reg price $3.25
Minus one FREE Suave Naturals Lotion mailer
Total Due: FREE
2 Eggo Pancakes on sale BOGO $2.49 for two
Minus one $1/2 Kellogg’s Eggo Frozen Products 8/7/2011 RP Insert (exp 10/2/2011)
Total Due: $1.49 or $0.75 each(this isn’t an amazing deal, but I had the $2 off milk wyb 2 Eggo Products coupon to use as well which made this a great deal since I needed milk.)
1 package Red Raspberries on sale 2/$4.00
Minus one $1.50 off Blueberries or Raspberries wyb two Kellogg’s Products tearpad
Total Due: $0.50
1 Bag White Seedless Grapes on sale $1.69/lb
Total Due: $3.33
1 Gallon Milk reg price $3.89
Minus one $2.00/1 Gallon Milk WYB Two Kellogg’s Eggo Frozen Products, 5.3oz+ Kellogg’s Happy New School Year Booklet (thanks again Carmen!)
Total Due: $1.89
4 BIC Multipurpose Lighters on sale BOGO $3.49 for two
Minus four $1/1 Bic Multipurpose Lighter 8/28/2011 SS Insert (exp 10/31/2011)
Total Due: $2.98 or $0.75 each
2 Frenchs Mustard on sale BOGO $1.47 for two
Minus two $0.30/1 French’s Mustard printable
Total Due: $0.87 or $0.44 each
2 Betty Crocker Cookie Mix on sale BOGO $2.49 for two
Minus two $0.40/1 Betty Crocker Cookie Mix 8/7/2011 GM Insert (exp 10/1/2011) or $0.40/1 Betty Crocker Cookie Mix Printable
Total Due: $1.69 or $0.85 each
2 California Sun Dry Tomatoes bags on sale 3/$3.00
Total Due: $2.00 or $1.00 each (great deal even w/o a coupon)
4 Jolly Time Healthy Pop on sale 10/$10 (look for the boxes with the free Weight Watchers subscription rebate form on the back)
Minus two $1/2 Jolly Time Popcorn
Total Due: $2.00 or $0.50 each (and I get a free Weight Watchers Subscription :))
1 Degree Soft Solid, reg price $2.45
Minus one $2/1 Degree or Dove Anti-Perspirant Deodorant Publix Green Flyer, Score Big Savings (exp 9/16/2011)
Minus one $0.75/1 Degree Anti-Perspirant & Deodorant 8/28/2011 RP Insert (exp 9/25/2011)
Total Due: FREE plus $0.30 overage
2 Newman’s Own Sauce on sale BOGO $2.69 for two
Minus two $0.50/1 Newman’s Own Products 8/28/2011 RP Insert (exp 10/8/2011)
Total Due: $1.69 or $0.85 each
2 Nature Made Vitamin D, reg price $3.99
Minus one $6/2 Nature Made Vitamins or Soy Joy Bars Publix Green Flyer, Score Big Savings (exp 9/16/2011)
Minus two $1/1 Nature Made Product 8/14/2011 SS Insert (exp 9/15/2011)
Total Due: FREE
10 All Detergent on sale BOGO $5.99 for two
Minus ten $1.00/1 All Laundry Detergent Target Store exp. 9/3/11 (Target Newspaper Insert 08/07/11) **please note these coupons DO NOT limit one per customer or transaction but despite this your store may only accept one.  Ask customer service first before assuming you can use multiples.
Minus ten $1/1 All Laundry Detergent 8/28/2011 RP Insert (exp 10/9/2011)
Total Due: $9.95 or $0.99 each

Minus one $5.00 off when you spend $25.00 or more Save-A-Lot Printable

Minus one $10.00 Publix Gift Card

Total Spent: $37.14   Total Saved: $206.12  Percentage Saved 82%

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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. Also – your titles below should not promote specific cities or regions of the county.  I will pull city or region specific links.  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!