Publix

I had to use up the rest of my rr's before they expired next week, since I wasn't sure if I'd be back down in Nashville before next Thursday, so I bought a few things I normally don't buy- like the BIG jug of maple syrup ($17.98) and two containers of spin/artichoke dip. Yum. I also had a great talk with the store manager at the Maryland Farms store. He is super nice and we talked about coupons and service and he said that his view is people are going to use coupons, he prefers they use them at HIS store, so he will pretty much let anything fly. Awesome. Then when I was leaving, he saw me coming up to the front, and told the cashier I was complimenting (she was on uscan) to open up a register so she could check me out. :) Some people think you should "fly under the radar" as a couponer, but I think that you should get to know the management and cashiers because then they know you and know you are trying to do things properly and not screw them over, so they are more likely to let you do things like (use two coupons that expired yesterday! ack!) the mgr saying it was ok to use my coupons that just expired. :)

Anyway...
Here's the deal:

2 Publix Spinach/Artichoke dip ($3/$10 flip)
6 Chex Mix ($1/2 Targetq and $.50/1 mq)
2 Cheerios ($1/1 mq)
2 Kashi honey Sunshine ($1.50/2 Whole Foods q and $1/2 mq)
6 Sundown Vitamins ($6/2 Publix q and $1/1 mq)
2 Clorox GreenWorks all-purpose cleaner ($1/1 Food Lion q and $.50/1 mq)
1 half gallon Stonyfield milk (no coupon- forgot it)
2lb Driscoll strawberries ($1/1 Target q)
1 12-pk Kleenex Cottonelle tp ($1/1 Target q and $1/1 mq)
1/4 seedless watermelon (no q)
1 dishwashing scrubber (my grandmother picked up and it accidentally ended up in my cart) (no q)
-$40 rr's
Total oop: $11.09 (total before tax was $4.33- would have been under a dollar without the dishwashing thingee)
Total savings: $109.86 (90%)

However... two of the vitamins I picked up were clearance priced at 3.07, but rang up at 3.99. So I got one for free and then got the difference back on the second. So I got back $5.38, making my total oop: $5.71, savings: $115.24 (95%)

I also forgot to give her my Stonyfield coupon, so that would have been another dollar off. Oh well. It doesn't expire until Dec, so I can still use it.

I am excited about the Morningstar on sale next week! If only I had coupons that didn't expire two days prior to the sale!!! Argh!!

CVS and Publix

I tried the pampers deal at CVS and nope- not printing. The first CVS gave me a hard time and said there's "No way we can print ecb's if it's not working". Bahooey. I know you can force them. I finally got the mgr to agree to give me $5 coupon on my next purchase, since I was using them right away, but he said I could only do one because the limit was one. (although he couldn't find that written anywhere to prove that point. He made it up. nice. this is the CVS I don't like).
So I went to the GOOD CVS and the mgr there forced the ecb's on three packs for me. :) I will be calling Customer Service tomorrow (along with everyone else! They're going to be inundated!!) to get my $10ecb for the two packs I didn't get them on.
Both CVS stores were aware of the deal and the problem with them not printing.

Here's what I got
CVS
6 packs Pampers jumbo pack diapers
2 Fusion Razors
2 Bayer Contour Monitors
1 Birthday card (for Natalya's friend's b-day party)
2 Sunday papers (on sale for $1)
2 6-packs Kleenex Viva paper towels
Total oop: $24.79 (CS should give me $10 back in ecb's for Pampers deal problem)
ecb's left: $9 (plus $10 I should receive- makes them $19 left, so $5.79 oop after ecb's)

Publix
2 boxes Lansinoh Nursing Pads
1/4 Watermelon
1 Vlasic pickles
2 blocks Kraft Monterey jack cheese
3 Wholly Guacamole
1 Reddi-whip topping
1 Publix sub
Total oop: $4.38
Total savings: $42.77

Publix and CVS- my Nashville stops

I made 5 transactions to cut down on the amount of coupons per transaction. This helps keep the manager from having to stand there for an hour typing in his/her code to approve all the coupons over $50. It works pretty well. I got several "great jobs!" from the managers and the cashier said she loves when I go through her line because I always inspire her! Yay!

Publix
4 Seapak popcorn shrimp (on sale bogo, used 2 $1/2 ip coupons)
3 2lb frozen medium shrimp (no coupons, no sale)
5 Ritz Crackers (on sale bogo, used 5 $1/1 Food Lion coupons)
5 boxes Wheat Thins (used 5 "get wheat thins free when you buy Ritz crackers")
5 8pk coke bottles (used 5 Publix advatage buy flyer $1/1 coupons and 5 "save $2 wyb two nabisco cracker and 1 8 pk coke" tearpad coupons)
10 Bertolli pasta sauce (on sale bogo, used 5 $1/2 coupons from Publix booklet)
1 bag ice (had to keep all that frozen food cold on the way home!) (no coupons)
2 Morningstar Chicken Nuggets (used 2 Publix $1/1 store coupons and 2 $1.50/1 ip mq's)
7 Planters cocktail peanuts (used 7 Food Lion $2/1 Planters coupons and 7 $1/1 Planters printable mq's)
8 packs Klondike bars (on sale bogo, used 5 $1.25/1 mq's and 8 $1/1 Food Lion coupons)
19 bags Mahatma rice (used 19 $.50/1 mq's)
4 bags Orange Roughy (no coupons, on sale for $6.99)
3 boxes Planters Trail Mix Daybreak Blend (used 3 Food Lion $2/1 q's)
1 Tic Tacs (to keep the baby happy- the box rattles!)
3 Hunts ketchup (used 1 $1/2 mq and 1 "free" coupon)
2 Mt Dew 20 oz (no q's- filler)
3 lb bananas (no q's)
2 avocados (used 1 $1/2 coupon)
4 boxes Hefty trash bags (on adv. buy and used 4 $1/1 mq and 4 $1/1 Target printable q)

*used $96 rr's earned from Bayer meters at Wags (I have apporximately $96 in rr's left to spend in the next two weeks before they expire so I am stocking up on frozen seafood and other things we don't normally buy b/c of cost factors)

Total oop: $13.53
Total saved (including rr's): $303.78 (96%)

CVS
3 Aveeno Shower Gel/Bath oil
1 Aveeno cream cleanser
*used $5 ecbs
Total oop: $10.24
Total savings: $25.97
Total ecbs earned: $10

HT triples and a slow week at Publix

Crazy HT trip. Everyone was couponing! It was so funny. Last time they tripled, when I went (twice, once Friday and once early Sunday to get the things that were sold out) I didn't see anyone else with coupons. This time, everyone had their little coupon envelopes, binders and stashes out. :) I even overheard one DH comment to his wife, "I don't know honey, you're the coupon expert". LOL! Could be because our local Ms. Cheap did a segment on the news a couple of days ago about HT triples.
Not too terribly much excited me, and a few not free things, but decent deals on items I needed...

Harris Teeter
3 Viva paper towels ($.60/1 mq)
3 Skintimate shave gels ($.75/1 mq= free)
3 McCormick Garlic Salt with Parsley, Cali style spices ($.75/1 mq= free)
3 Nestle Flipz ($.50/1 mq)
3 Bumblebee tuna pouches ($.55/1 mq)
3 Tabasco sauce ($.50/1 mq= free)
1 Bisquick ($.60/1 mq)
Total oop: $9.68 - $2.42 for a q that didn't get scanned, had to go to CS desk= $7.26
Total saved: $36.29 (80% savings)

Publix was not a huge trip this week. Got some good deals on the things I wanted, but not too many moneymakers, so more oop than usual. Who would have thought there would be a day when $11.62 would be "a lot out of pocket" for a ton of groceries. :)
Saw our favorite manager (who LOVES Zachary and Natalya) and offered to babysit Z for me next time I come in if she's on her lunch break. :)

Publix
20 Kraft Mac&Cheese
2 Crystal Light To Go
2 Crystal Light Skin Essentials
4 Chips Ahoy
1 Taco Bell Home Originals Kit
2 Purina Beneful dog food
10 French's Mustard
4 Covergirl Lipstick
2 J&J first aid items
1 Del Monte Fruit Chillers
1 Morningstar hot dogs
Total oop: $11.62
Total savings: $95.xx (88% savings)

I think we're set on mustard for the next...two years or so. I have already given a bunch away and donated a bunch from the mm at Kroger the last go around with French's mustard. I have 15 containers of it in my cabinet now!

Another Publix trip

I couldn't resist the new Target printable deals, so we went to Publix again today. I also swung by Kroger and CVS while in the area. CVS didn't have anything I was looking for so I just got some Boost for my grandmother to use a coupon before it expired and got two of the Sobe lifewaters as fillers (since they were bogo. No coupons). Spent $.86 there after a $5 ecb (my grandmother gave me $ for her Boost and I earned one ecb for it).

Publix
I should point out here that the cashier totally messed up my coupons. She got way confused because I had so many competitor coupons that looked alike and I can't figure out what she did, but she entered toooo many coupons! (my printables never want to scan so they have to be manually entered). Once my total was down to around 5-ish dollars, and she still had 11 $1 coupons to scan, I knew something was wrong. I tried to figure it out with no luck, so she just scanned three more q's and I paid $2.40 and she handed me 8 coupons back. I dunno what happened, but I tried to help her figure it out! She wasn't too worried about it.
1 Dixie 160ct Napkin
3 Dixie bowls
6 Dixie Plates
2 Glad straws
2lb shrimp
2lb cherries
1 cucumber
1.17lb zucchini
.5lb squash
10 Kraft dressings
1 Kraft bbq sauce
1 Kraft mayo
1 pack pork ribs
1 Kingsford charcoal
Total oop: $2.40 (total before tax: -$.11)
Total savings: $109.33 (98%)

Kroger
10 Vitaminwater
3 tomatoes on a vine
1 Hellman's Mayo
Total oop: $.40 (total before tax: -$.25)
Total savings: $22.13 (98%)

Total oop today: $3.66
(plus about $6 in gas to drive the 90 miles round trip to Nashville...totally worth it, as you can see!)

More fun with publix

Here's my deals for today. :) We went to the Publix in Bellevue (a little past West End) since it's by Amanda's house and she said they are coupon friendly. It was also nice because apparently a lot of couponers don't shop there, all the good moneymakers were in stock. ;) Amanda went with me to help me out and learn a little about how to work Publix. (Thanks Amanda for your help!!) I had some large items and needed two carts. Doug took N to lunch at Moe's and they went for a walk while we shopped. Then they came in and he took Z after he woke up and Amanda read some stories to N while I checked out. It was a long process, but got some AWESOME deals. :)

I did five transactions.(sorry no pictures, I didn't have the energy to lay it all out and photograph it.)

I am pretty excited because we NEEDED dog food and I don't have the money in the budget to buy a $20-30 bag of dog food, so I worked it in (and I had a coupon for the one on sale anyway- woohoo!) And I got 2 pounds each of cherries (which we love) and shrimp (which I never splurge on), and about 5 pounds of bananas, which my child is going to eat us out of house and home on.

4 Lay's potato chips
3 boxes Orville Redenbacher popcorn
2 Sara Lee bread
14 Pedigree Dentastix
8 Kraft singles
8 Kraft barbque sauce
4 New England coffee
1 Extra gum
2 Bush's baked beans
10 Kraft dressing
1 Freschetta frozen pizza
2 Heluva Good French Onion Dip
2 Philadelphia Spinach/Artichoke Cream Cheese spread
1 1/2 gallon Horizon milk
5 Pork chops/ribs (for Mamu/Papa)
4 J&J Red Cross items
5.5 lb bananas
1 KC Masterpiece bbq sauce
2 Covergirl lipstick
2 lb shrimp
4 Glad Cling wrap
2 Kraft Miracle Whip dressing (for Mom)
2lb cherries
3 Kingsford charcoal
6 Smart Taste Ronzoni pasta
7 Mahatma rice
2 Carefree pantiliners
9 A1 Steak Sauce
2 Schick razors (raincheck)
1 Huggies Megapack diapers
1 Huggies wipes
1 16lb bag Iams dog food

I used individual and/or competitor coupons on everything but the produce and meat, and I used a $5/25 Whole Foods meat/produce coupon, 2 $5/50 purchase competitor coupons, and a few rr's. This left me a grand total of...

Total oop: $33.41
Total savings: $392.83 (91% savings)

Now I have to figure out what I am going to do with the charcoal. Everyone I know has a gas grill. I already pawned one off on Amanda for her vacation. Maybe she needs another one?

Please be thinking of me!

I have to do my weekly Publix trip tomorrow, and I'm really psyching myself up for it because it's Memorial Day weekend and they're going to be BUSY. And I have almost $300 in coupons to use. I have to go tomorrow because all the good Target match-up q's expire tomorrow.
Hopefully all will go smoothly. (and Doug won't complain too much about being there forever)

My weekly Publix trip

Hit up Publix today (almost could be considered held up, since I made off like a bandit ;) )

The cashier was telling me about another person who saved a whole bunch who shopped last night and we discovered it was my fellow couponer Kelly. LOL. Then the manager had to come over to approve my q's (because I hit the $50 mark, darnit, forgot to split up the purchases) and she was saying how she was in the office, closing and couldn't believe the amount of q's in one of the registers. hehehe. This was the manager that doesn't like to give overage, so luckily I had a convo with the other manager when I came in about some of the coupons and I told her the other manager said it was ok. *whew* I also had a great conversation with the couple in line behind me who wanted to know where I got my coupons, how I got such great deals, and if they could go shopping with me next time. (people always say that!)

Here's what I got
2 Purina Friskies Cat Food [anyone have a cat??]
6 Reach Floss
1 Covergirl
6 Ritz Crackers
6 Wheat Thins
16 McCormick Spices
7 Fiber One yogurt
10 Kraft Cheese
4 Tombstone pizzas
2 Schick 4ct razors
2 Knox gelatin
8 ears corn
1 1/2 gallon Horizon milk
2 Dole cans pineapple
1 Kellog's Strawberry Frosted mini-wheats
8 tubs Country Crock butter
3 dozen eggs
2 Pompeii Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 Wesson Vegetable Oil
Total oop: $26.18
Total saved: $206.89 (87%)

A side note- I cannot wait for next week!! It's going to be a really good week at Publix!!!

I learned from the master

My best Publix deal yet!! Mainly because I learned that my fave Publix, at least at this trip (I suspect it depends on the manager) takes Wags rr's!!! :) And I had about $40 in them!!
The cashier was flabbergasted. He said I taught him several new things and wanted to know if he could go shopping with me. lol. He said I deserved a trophy. I learned my tricks from the master! (Thanks Kelly!!)

I did this in two transactions to take advantage of two $5/$50 coupons I had.
Without further ado...

3 boxes Electrasol tab
1 8 o'clock coffee
3 Covergirl makeup remover pads
4 V8 Splash
30 jars Earth's Best organic baby food (my favorite!! when I don't make it, this is what I prefer to buy)
1 Hellman's mayo
4 Johnson & Johnson first aid items
3 Reach floss
1 Glucerna
2 Green Giant frozen veggies
5lb bananas
2 zucchini squash
2 bags baby carrots
1 package mushrooms
1 5lb bag Florida oranges
2 Schick Quattro razors (I had a raincheck for 6, and they had 2, so I have a raincheck for four still)
1 6-pack Jello pudding
3 boxes Eggo blueberry waffles
1 Cascade rinse aid
2 Silk light Chocolate milk
3 Gortons premium salmon filets
2 Gorton's butterfly shrimp
2 Suave shampoo/conditioner
4 boxes Back to Nature cookies
1 Mentos gum (to get over $40 on my first trans...oops!)

Total oop: $1.60 (!!!!!!!!!!!!) (Yes, that was one dollar and sixty cents. No numbers are missing. I actually paid these with change from my wallet.)

I used Wags rr's: $23 (these were earned for items I only paid tax for, so practically free rr's)

Total savings (including rr's): $189.28; or 99% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HOLY SHEEP!!!

It took two pictures to fit it all in!!

A quick Publix trip

I made a quick trip in today to pick up a few things. We were doing some driving around, so no refrigerated items on my list, and they were out of the electrasol, darn it all! I need dishwashing detergent- and FREE is always a plus! I realized in the car I forgot to give him one of my competitor coupons, so I should have been a dollar less (I hate that!), but I had Doug, N, Z and my Dad in the car waiting on me, so I was rushing.

Anyway, here's what I got...
2 Lay's potato chips
2 Sunchips
2 loaves wheat bread
2 boxes Back to Nature cookies
4 Jello pudding 6-packs
1 Glucerna cereal
1 Post Trail Mix cereal
2 Suave shampoo
3 Dole pineapple chunks
6 Johnsons and Johnsons first aid items
1 Muir Glen tomato sauce
Total oop: $7.69 (should have been $6.69)
Total savings: $57.67 (should have been $58.67), percent saved: 87%

My Dad was very impressed. I also forgot to see if they would take the Wags rr's, so I'll have to try that next time since I have $40 in rr's that I have to spend before next week!

Publix giving a $3 Mother's Day coupon

If you are hitting Publix this weekend and you're a Mommy, look for the Mother's Day Coupon booklet- there's a $3/$25 coupon on the back. If they don't have them, ask about the $3 Mother's Day discount. Someone said she got it today and it showed up on her receipt as "mother's day coupon" and the cashier entered it manually, without having the coupon present.

Good Luck!

CVS, Harris Teeter and Publix...again! :)

Had a few more deals to pick up tonight

Harris Teeter:
3 Frank's Hot Sauce
3 Swansons veg broth
3 Eggland's Eggs
3 Halls Cough Drops
Total oop: $4.69
Total saved: $15.72, percent saved: 70%

Publix:
2 Tropicana Orange Juice
2 Ziploc quart Freezer bags
3 Ziploc gallon storage bags
4 Eggo blueberry waffles
6 J&J first aid items
6 bags shredded Fresh Express lettuce
1 bag Tostitos
1 jar Tostitos queso dip
2 bags shredded cheese
2 bags Quaker Caramel Corn rice cakes
Total oop: $13.87
Total savings: $53.76, percent saved: 75%

CVS:
2 12-pack Charmin
3 Adidas deodorant
2 Colgate toothpaste
Total oop: $1.57
Total saved: $35.71, percent saved: 96%
ecb's left: $6

Publix and Harris Teeter

Hit up Publix today with my Mom in tow and Harris Teeter triples again, using Mom and Doug to up the amount of coupons we could use :) I don't have Mom's receipt from HT, but here's what we did with the others: pretty decent. :)

Publix
4 Northland Cran-grape/raspberry juice
5 Daisy sour cream
1 Knox gelatin
16 Kashi frozen meal
2 Orville Redenbacher natural popcorn
1.71 lb grapes
4 Danimals smoothies
1 Stonyfield Smoothie
2 Tostitos
16 ears corn
2 puppuroni dog treats
1 half gallon Stonyfield milk
6 J&J first aid items
2 Fresh Express lettuce
1 5lb bag apples
6 Suave shampoo/conditioner
2 Marzetti croutons
Total oop: $34.90
Total savings: $146.22 or 76%

Harris Teeter
3 Breyers ice cream
1 Grande tortilla chips
3 McCormick spices
5 Bertolli pasta sauce
1 Amy's hot cereal
6 Dannon's yogurt
6 Texas Toast croutons
1 Frank's hot sauce
1 Tabasco

Publix , Food Lion, and Target

Due to the Advantage Buy being in-between specials, I didn't really have any mm's, no time to look around, so I didn't do as great as normal, and I had to buy a bottle of infant tylenol (not on sale, no coupons! *gasp*) for my sick baby, but still did pretty decent. :) Decent enough to have the guy behind me asking me all kinds of questions and saying he was going to have to talk to his wife about coupons! lol. oh and made sure to get in my fave cashier, Ben's, lane. Hi Ben! luv ya!

1 Glucerna cereal
1 Horizon half-gallon milk
3 Michelina pasta al dente
3 Muir Glen tomato sauce
4 Suave hair product
2 Blue Diamond Almonds
1 Tylenol Infant drops
2 Silk Soy milk
2 cans Black Beans
1 pack carrots
1 bag romaine mix
2 Sargento sliced cheese
1 5lb bag red potatoes
Total oop: $20.39
Total savings: $47.40 (60% savings)

Then a quick stop today for a few items I found new coupons for

4 Blue Diamond Almonds
1 Juicy Juice Immunity
total oop: $5.38
Total savings: $13.75 (61% savings)

Three separate trips to Food Lion (two for me and one for Doug, who was very proud of himself for getting the free reusable bag (I didn't ask him about it because I didn't want to overwhelm him :) )
3 Scott Naturals toilet paper
3 Entemenn's Salt&Pepper Pistachios (clearanced, Doug's favorite)
2 reusable Food Lion bags
total oop: $6.86
Total savings: $15.85 (57% savings); my savings on the tp, the item I went in for: 83%

And...at Target, a Special K overdose! :)
20 boxes Special K (various flavors)
total oop: 9.96
Total savings: $74.80 (87% savings)

Reposting... trouble with my blog posts for some reason

So here's the latest Publix visit . . . And, we're all on the mend, although my headache just came back and my throat is killing me. DH's throat is still hurting too. Natalya is actually taking a nap today and Z is also sleeping. I may go join them.

"Dave Says it's ok!" Ah the first time I got to use that phrase. Thank you so much Starbucksgirl! (Kelly) lol. I went to Publix today, and after almost having a heart attack because Natalya dropped one of my coupon envelopes (worth about $100 to me, might as well have dropped a hundred dollar bill, but someone turned it in to customer service intact. whew! I must have good coupon karma), had fun waiting while the cashier/asst manager looked over all my coupons. fun stuff. Then said, "we can't take this, it's over $5" talking about the grill coupon, I informed him that a friend of mine spoke with Tim (I was at the Nippers Corners store) and Dave (regional csm) and both said it was ok. He said, oh, ok. And then he wasn't sure about my 10/100 competitor coupon, but Tim came over and okayed it. :)

It has been a long week, two sick children, a sick husband, and while checking out, I started getting dizzy and suddenly got hot and felt like I was going to pass out. I grabbed a card off the cashier's stand and started fanning myself with it, and put Z down, since his body temp of 103 was making it worse. Finally started feeling better.

But here's what I got...(the lady behind me was in awe of my coupon/discount total.)
12 bags Birdseye frozen veggies (with a raincheck)
1 bag charcoal
2 Revlon emery board packs
2 Revlon nail clippers
2 Teddy Grahams
6 Michelina pasta al dente
2 Juicy Juice Immunity apple juice
1 Glad sandwich bags
2 Hunt's ketchup
2 Yoplait GoGurt
1 Del Monte Orchard Select fruit
2 Muir Glen tomato sauce
2 Silk Soymilk
6 Rice-a-Roni whole grains
4 Sundown vitamins
4 Suave hair product
12 Skippy natural peanut butter
1 bag red potatoes
1 lb shrimp
1 pack pork cutlets

Total oop: $18.18 (could've done better, but a few things I wanted were gone and I started feeling bad and didn't get a few mm's)
Total saved: $143.60 (87% savings)

The new Publix

I went to the new Bellemeade store today and it was awesome! I handed the cashier my stack of q's and he said "oh wow" lol!! He did get a bit confused b/c he scanned my items, then as he was scanning my q's I realized I picked up the wrong Egglands. The bagger went to get the right ones and he took the wrong ones off...making my total -$3xx LOL!! She came back and said there was only one left and rang it, making my total -$.06 plus tax. I reminded the casdhier to take off 2 of the egglands coupons, which added back $2 to my total. He was thoroughly confused- but I assured him it was right! heh.
oh, sidenote- the cooking spray was cheaper here! $2.93 bogo, with my All You q's and pxq's, made them free+ overage!

So- here's what I got:
3 Stonyfield yogurt
2 One-a-day men's
2 Yoplait Trix 6-packs
2 Kellog's Smart Start cereal
3 Mueller pasta
1 Pam Cooking Spray
2 Marzetti croutons
2 Sundown Vitamins
1 dz Egglands
Total oop: $5.60 and will get back approximately $4 for the Smart Start "Try Me" rebates... so $1.60!
Total saved before rebate: $45.78 or 88%
Total saved after rebate: $47.73 or 96%

Publix and my new favorite cashier

His name is Ben. I went in at 4:10ish and N had soccer at 5. We were in and out and in a rush, it was a little busy, and I chose the friendliest-looking and most easy-going looking cashier I saw. His name...Ben. He didn't bat an eye at my coupons and scanned them all no comments. Awesome! That is the first time I have ever had that happen. Too bad I didn't get to finish my shopping because we ran out of time. I will have to go back and get the rest of the things on my list later this week.

So...here's my haul:
24 20oz Vitamin waters
6 Stonyfield yogurts
2 Stonyfield smoothies
1 Banana Nut Cheerios
1 Multigrain Cheerios
1 Publix Bleach (penny item)
3 Mueller Pastas
2 Pam Cooking Sprays
2 Spice Islands Grinders
2 Sundown Vitamins
2 packs Toufayan wraps
1 Knox Gelatin
2 Juicy Juices
Total oop: $3.88
Total Savings: $87.89

Publix last week

Publix

1 McCormick Pure Vanilla Extract (reg price 8.49)
12 bags Goodlife catfood (reg price 4.49/ea)
8 boxes Morningstar Farms items (reg price 3.99/ea)
9 bags Birdseye frozen veggies (reg price 1.79-2.39/ea)
1 bag Family size Tostitos (reg price 4.99)
1 bag Tostitos natural yellow corn tortilla chips (reg price 3.99)
1 bag Publix Greenwise tortila chips (reg price 4.99)
1 French Onion dip (reg price 2.79)
1 Revlon Emory Board (reg price 1.89)
1 Kraft dressing (reg price 2.69)
1 half gallon Horizon milk (reg price 3.85)
4 Ronzoni pasta (reg price 1.39)

total oop: $14.82
total saved: $85.27

Coupons used
1 $1/1 McCormick spice (bogo sale)
12 $3/1 Goodlife catfood (raincheck on a bogo sale)
7 $2/1 Morningstar Farms items (raincheck on a 50% off sale)
9 $.35/1 bags Birdseye frozen veggies (50% off sale)
1 $3/2 Frito-Lay products
1 $2/1 Dip wyb 2 Frito-Lay chips
1 $2/1 Revlon Publix q
1 $1.50/1 Kraft dressing (bogo sale)
1 $.55/1 Horizon mq
1 $1/1 Horizon Publix q

CVS, Target and Publix

Today's Awesome deals!!
:)

CVS
2 Natural Dentist Oral Rinse (reg price 6.99/ea)
2 Easter Baskets (reg price 1.99/ea)
2 Easter grasses (reg price .79/ea)
Total oop: $1.58
and will get back $10 for Natural Dentist rebate
Total saved: $22.57
Total: Profit $8.42

Target:
4 20 oz. Vitamin Water 10 (reg price 1.39/ea)
2 Snack-size Cheetos (reg price 1.29/ea)
3 Johnson's Buddies Bars (reg price .97/ea)
Total oop: $.92 (on a gift card, $2.21 left on card)
Total Savings: $12.00

Publix:
Today's Publix trip was better. I got overage on some items, and not others. The oh-so very interesting thing was that the cashier, who is visually impaired, but extremely friendly (whenever I go to this store, I try to get in his lane if he's working)needed the manager to help on marking down a couple of the overage coupons. The first transaction, one manager came over and helped him out. For the second transaction, the first mgr had disappeared and another manager came over. This one said, "go ahead and run it". He said "but it's over the amount" she said "it's ok, we'll get it back, I'll explain it later". HUH! So based on this conversation- they DO get reimbursed the full face value of the coupon!! REALLY good to know!
1 Kashi Frozen meal (reg price 3.79/ea)
4 Breyers ice Cream (reg price 4.99/ea)
4 Cool Whip (reg price 1.49/ea)
2 Cedar Lane Wraps (reg price 2.99/ea)
2 Orville Redenbacher Popcorns (reg price 4.89/ea)
2 5lb bags Domino Sugar (reg price 1.99/ea)
2 Knox Gelatin (reg price 1.39/ea)
4 Sundown Vitamins (reg price 2.99/ea)
1 Sundown Vitamins (reg price 3.29/ea)
1 Sundown Vitamins (reg price 3.59/ea)
3 Pace Salsa
4 Birdseye Frozen veggies (reg price 1.79/ea)
2 Birdseye Frozen veggies (reg price 2.39/ea)
5 I Can't Believe it's Not Butter (reg price 2.39/ea)
5 Duncan Hines Cake Mix (reg price 1.59/ea)
10 Chex Mix (reg price 2.79/ea)
1 Kraft Dressing (reg. price 2.69/ea)
1 Gerber Fruit Puffs (reg price 2.19/ea)
2 Kraft Miracle Whip (reg price 3.99/ea)
1 Horizon Organic Milk (reg price 3.99/ea)
4 Ronzoni Angel Hair (reg price 1.39/ea)
1 McCormick Vanilla Extract (reg price 8.49/ea)
3 Jello Cook-n-Serve puddings (reg price 1.09/ea)
5 Bayer Aspirin (reg price 2.69/ea)
1 Pineapple (reg price 4.99/ea)
Total oop: 34.07
Total Savings: $172.74

coupons used: (all $.50 and less are doubled)
1 Free Kashi Frozen meal
4 $.75/1 Breyers ice Cream (+bogo deal)
2 $.65/2 Cool Whip (+bogo deal)
2 $.55/1 Orville Reddenbacher Popcorns (+bogo deal)
2 $.35/1 5lb bags Domino Sugar
2 $4/1 Knox Gelatin (got overage on one of two)
6 $1/1 Sundown Vitamins
3 $6/2 (Publix)Sundown Vitamins
3 $4/1 Pace Salsa (got overage on 2 of 3)
6 $.35/1 Birdseye Frozen veggies (+ 50% off deal)
5 $.50/1 I Can't Believe it's Not Butter (+bogo deal)
5 $.35/1 Duncan Hines Cake Mix (+bogo deal)
10 Chex Mix (+bogo deal)
1 $1.50/1 Kraft Dressing (+bogo deal)
1 $3/1 Gerber Baby food Item
1 $1/2 Kraft Miracle Whip (+bogo deal)
1 $1/1 Horizon Organic Milk
1 $1/1 Horizon Organic Milk Publix store q
1 $1/1 McCormick Spice or Extract (+bogo deal)
1 $1 off 3 Jello puddings wyb 1/2 gallon or larger milk
5 $2/1 Bayer Aspirin Publix store q
1 $2/1 Bayer Aspirin Kroger catalina/mq
4 $1/1 Bayer Aspirin mq
1 $.75/1 Pineapple


SO! Grand total spent today oop (not including $ on Target gift card): $35.65, and got $243.88 worth of items.
And will get $10 back for the Mail-in-Rebate on Natural Dentist products.

Yeseterday and today's deals

Target, Publix, CVS and Walgreens...

Target
5 12-packs Mountain Dew
3 Almay make-up remover pad packs
2 Band-Aid travel packs
1 Johnson & Johnson First Aid kit
2 Quaker Oatmeal (each box has $4 of coupons inside)
Total oop: $5.48

Publix
Publix was not as good as last week- this cashier/manager refused to take two of my competitor coupons, and denied overage. I could have had an additional $20 off my total oop and another 18 Gerber two-packs, but still got some decent deals.
8 Morningstar Farms products
6 Uncle Ben's Rice
2 Gerber Organic 2-packs
3 jars Pace
2 Coffeemate
1 bag fun-size Twix
1 bag fun-size Nestle Crunch
1 dozen eggs
3 boxes Gorton's tilapia
2 bags romaine lettuce
2 containers egg salad
Total oop: $29.63
plus coupon cost (purchased Morningstar coupons from ebay): $6.50 = total oop $36.13
Total saved: $84.23

CVS
2 boxes Scrubbing Bubbles Action Scrubbers
2 PAAS Egg coloring kits
total oop: $.54
ecb's earned: $3.98

Walgreens
2 Glade soy Candles
2 Natural Shimmers Chapsticks
2 Softsoap Coconut Body Scrub
2 easter duck bubbles
2 One-A-Day vitamin packs
1 Skintimate Raspberry Rain
Total oop: $5.60
esr's to receive: $3.28