It has been a long week for us! Not necessarily a bad week – in fact, it was a great week.  But it was long!  If you read my post earlier this week HERE, you know that we have decided to adopt domestically.  A gracious birth mom has chosen us to adopt her baby once she is born this August.  So hubby and I have been trying to apply for adoption grants, starting to figure out how to fund-raise $29,000 by August and at the same time trying to guard our hearts as there are no guarantees.  We are so thankful to be in this position to adopt a baby and yet at the same time, emotionally, we are drained.  So all this to say, I didn’t want to go shopping this week.  We have a wonderful stockpile consisting of frozen meats, whole grains in the pantry, frozen veggies and frozen cheese.  And frankly, I don’t think that this week’s Publix sale is impressive.  So the challenge I gave myself this week was to spend at least $25.00 so that we could use the $10.00 off $50.00 Lowe’s gift card Publix Yellow Advantage flyer coupon (the coupon expired 5/18/12).  We are going to be putting new flooring in the babies’ nursery and I figured saving on a Lowe’s gift card would help us a little with the expenses of buying flooring 🙂

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:

4 Green Bell Peppers, on sale $1.99/lb
Total Due: $3.42
1 Bag Hearts of Romaine Lettuce, on sale $2 for 4
Minus one $2.00 off $2.00 Publix Produce Store Coupon
Total Due: FREE
3 Totino’s Crips Crust Party Pizza, on sale 10 for $10
Total Due: $3.00 or $1.00 each (my husband wanted these and it helped me get to my $60 so I could use two $5/30 coupons)
2 Nabisco Honey Maid Grahams, on sale BOGO $4.19 for two
Minus one 1/2 Nabisco Honey Maid Grahams 
Total Due: $3.19 or $1.60 each
1 Betty Crocker Fosting, on sale 2 for $3
1 Betty Crocker SuperMoist Cake Mix, on sale $1.29
zMinus one $0.75 off Betty Crocker Supermoist Cake Mix AND Ready To Spread Frosting, exp. 5/19/12 (SS 03/25/12)
Total Due: $2.04 or $1.02 each
2 A.1 Steak Sauce, BOGO $3.95 for two
Minus two $1/1 A-1 Steak Sauce, exp. 6/6/12 (SS 05/06/12 R)
Total Due: $1.95 or $0.98 each
6 V8 Splash Beverage, BOGO $2.75 for two
Minus two $1/3 V8 Splash, exp. 5/27/12 (SS 04/15/12)
Total Due: $6.25 or $1.04 each
4 Sominex, regular price $3.19 each
Minus two $5/2 (mix or Match) Os-Cal, Citrucel, Ecotrin, Tagamet, Debrox, Gaviscon, Phazyme, Sominex, or Gly-Oxide, exp 6/1/12, (Publix Green Advantage 5/12/12)
Minus four $1/1 Tagamet, Gavicon, Phazyme, Sominex, Nytol, Gly-Oxide or Massengil, exp. 7/30/12 (RP 05/06/12)
Total Due: FREE + $1.24 overage
2 Phazyme, regular price $3.49 each
Minus one $5/2 (mix or Match) Os-Cal, Citrucel, Ecotrin, Tagamet, Debrox, Gaviscon, Phazyme, Sominex, or Gly-Oxide, exp 6/1/12, (Publix Green Advantage 5/12/12)
Minus two $2/1 Phazyme Product printable
Total Due: FREE + $2.02 overage
2 Doritos Tortilla Chips, BOGO $4.29 for two
Minus one $1 off Doritos Jacked wyb Doritos printable
Total Due: $3.29 or $1.65 each
2 Spot Shot Carpet Stain & Odor Eliminator, BOGO $5.49 for two
Minus two $1/1 Spot Shot Instant Stain & Odor Eliminator, exp. 7/31/12 (SS 04/15/12)
Total Due: $3.49 or $1.75 each
2 Fab Laundry Detergent, BOGO $3.99 for two
Minus one $1/2 Ajax, Fab, Dynamo, Final Touch or Niagara Product, exp. 5/27/12 (SS 02/26/12)
Total Due: $2.99 or $1.49 each

Minus one $5/$30 Winn Dixie Coupon from Enjoy the City

Minus one $5/30 Publix Coupon from the Take Your Budget by the Horns Booklet (booklet is no longer available)

Total Due: $17.61 Total Saved: $78.18  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. 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