Reader Trips - My 2nd Publix Trip today

I told you in my Reader Trip this afternoon that I felt like I was overcharged on my creamers - $3.27 EACH!!!! I was expecting them to be $2.00 each. Turns out those creamers - and the plain boring ones, not the vanilla I need to survive - we NOT the ones on sale.


I returned the 4 and got it on a gift card for $13.08


Then went and did 2 identical transactions:
8 - Scott Bathroom Tissue, 4 roll, $2.50
4- $1/2 Publix coupon - 10/23 inserts
8- $1 Manu - 10/23 inserts
Total - $1 a pack


3 - Nestle Coffee-Mate Creamer, 16 oz, 3/$5
3-$.55 blinkies from last week
Total - $1.12 each


I used a $5/$25 Save-a-lot for each transaction and paid $.22 more than the gift card!
CHECK YOUR RECEIPTS!


Four 32 ounce creamers or 16 packs of TP and 6 creamers? I am proud to say I will not need to buy TP for 6-8 months. Which gives me enough leeway to really watch the deals and try to only buy it when it is close to free!


Stockpile - 28 packs of 4 rolls = 112 rolls for $14

Reader Trips - My Publix Trip - 10/27/11

TP stockpile!!


12 - Scott Bathroom Tissue, 4 roll, $2.50
$1/2 Publix coupon - 10/23 inserts
$1 Manu - 10/23 inserts
Total - $1 a pack

6 - Caribou Ground Coffee, 12 oz, BOGO at $8.99 ($4.49)
-$1 off Caribou Coffee whole or ground coffee, (zip 45401) printable
-$2 off Caribou coffee, 12 oz, SS 10/02
Total - $2.49



3 - Crest Toothpaste, 8.2 oz or Oral-B Indicator, Advantage or Complete Toothbrush, 1 ct, $2
-$1 off Crest toothpaste (Publix coupon), Stocking Spree home mailer
-$2 off Crest Complete toothpaste, Scope Dual Blast rinse, or Oral-B Complete floss or toothbrush, SS 9/11
-$1 off Crest toothpaste 4 oz + or liquid gel, excl Cavity, Baking Soda or Tartar, PG 10/30, PG 10/02, PG 10/16
Total - $1 OVERAGE



8 - Cheez-It Baked Snack Crackers or Snack Mix, 9.75-14 oz, BOGO at $4.09 ($2.04)
-$1/2 Sunshine Cheez-it baked snack crackers, 9.75-14 oz, RP 9/18
Total - $1.50


16 - Hefty One Zip Bags, 13-22 ct, BOGO at $2.39 ($1.19)
Storage or Freezer, Quart or Gallon sizes
-$1/2 Hefty Onezip bags, RP 7/10 (EXP 10/31) or RP 8/14
Total - $.69



Land O Lakes lunch meat - $4.00
$1 printable
Total - $3.00


Mission tortillas - $2.69
-$1 printable
Total - $1.69

2 Sour Cream - 1.55
pretend beer - 5.39
Milk - 3.75
Salmon - 8.79
lettuce - .99
Iodized Salt - .50
Dog bones - $2.99
Veg oil - 3.99 - $.55 hangtag
Pretzels - $3.19
Onions - $1.50
Celery - $.99
Squash - $1.88

4 - Nestle Coffee-Mate Creamer, 32 oz, $2
-$.55 blinkies from last week
Total - $1.45
*I JUST realized this does not include the French Vanilla, just the plain flavor, so I will be returning these and buying the 3/$5 16oz bottles.

6 transactions = 6 - $5/$25 Save-a-lot coupons

Store coupon - $39.00

Vendor coupon - $43.75

Special Price savings - $82.23

Total Savings - $164.98

Total Savings after Return - $193.50

Total Cost - $72.83

Total OOP after Return - $44.11 



*I started the day off with $28.72 from returning some nuts I got 2 weeks ago that tasted like wooden popsicle sticks... omggggg. That money went to the total bill. Thank goodness! Other than the TP and crackers, this was NOT a huge coupon day.

**and all these totals will change when I return the coffee creamers and get new ones.. but of course I will also get more TP and use another Save-a-lot $5/$25

Reader Trips - I got paid over $22 to shop at Publix today

And truth be known... I did NOT buy very healthy stuff... but it was all stuff I needed and had coupons to use on!


12 Nestle Toll House Cookie Dough, or Brownie Dough, 16 or 16.5 oz, BOGO at $2.63
-$1 off Nestle Toll House Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip cookie dough printable
-$1.50/2 Nestle Toll House Refrigerated cookie dough printable
-.75/1 Nestle Toll House peanut butter and chocolate chip cookie dough, RP 9/11
-$1 off Nestle Toll House peanut butter and chocolate chip cookie dough, RP 9/11

Total - $.31 each

10 - Olay - $6.99
Raincheck - $3.00 each
$10/2 PG
$2/2 Target

Total - $2.00 Money Maker each

4 - Zephyrhills Natural Spring Water, 1 L, 99¢
-$1/1 Zephyrhills bran sparkling water, any flavor. Exp 11/01 – Facebook
-B1G1 Free Zephyrhills Sparkling Water 1L bottle (Up to $1.30 value) 10/23/2011 RP
Total - $.02 Money Maker


CoffeeMate - $1.67
FORGOT MY COUPON


Onions - $1.99
Eggs - $2.09
Pretend beer - $5.49
Cookie sprinkles - $2.99
Cookie sprinkles - $2.79


I did 4 transactions and used 4 - $5/$25 Save-a-lot facebook coupons

Store coupons- $69.00

Vendor coupons - $63. 48

Special Price Savings - $16.02

Total Saved - $148.50

Total OOP - $0.00

Total back INTO pocket - $22.12

Reader Trips - Saved 77% at Publix - 10/20/11

Total of 9 Transactions in order to use 9 $5/$25 Save-a-lot store coupons from their Facebook page

3 - Pampers boxes (sz 2 and sz 3.. planning ahead) - 25.99 each
3 - Pampers Wipes (216 count) - 7.99 each
3 - store in-ad coupons - FREE Pampers Wipes Refills, 196 or 216 ct., WYB Pampers Cruisers Diapers, 76-120 ct., or Swaddlers, 132 ct. (store coupon for wipes)
3 - $5 off Pampers diapers Stocking Spree home mailer (store coupon for diapers)
various manufacturer coupons for wipes
various manufacturer coupons for diapers (2 were $1.50)

Prices were $13.51, $14.70 ans $16.23 for 3 boxes and 3 large wipes

4 - Nestle Ultimate Scream Fun Size Candies, or Classic Scream, 3 Fun Size Bags, Nestle Wonka or Wonka 200 pieces, 32-44 oz, BOGO at $8.49 ($4.24)
-$1.40 off Nestle or Wonka large bag printable
Total - $3.04

2 - Mott’s 100% Apple Juice, or Mott’s for Tots or Mott’s Plus Juice, 64 oz, $2
-.55 printable NLA

4 - Kikkoman Soy Sauce - 1.29
2 BOGO printables NLA

4 - Yoplait Fiber One Yogurt, 4 pk, 4 oz, BOGO at $2.79 ($1.39)
4 -.50/1 Yoplait Fiber One, Delights, or Light multipk yogurt or Original or Greek 4 pk, SS 9/11
Total - 89¢

14 - Skippy Peanut Butter, 15 or 16.3 oz, $1.99
 -.60/2 Skippy peanut butter product, 15 oz + NLA
 -$1 off Skippy product, (Publix coupon) printable
 -.75/2 Skippy peanut butter (Target coupon), 15 oz +, Unilever Target insert 10/16

Total - $.63

4 - Nestle Toll House Cookie Dough, or Brownie Dough, 16 or 16.5 oz, BOGO at $2.63
  -$1 off Nestle Toll House Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip cookie dough printable
Total - $.32

2 - International Delight or Coffee House Inspirations, 16 oz, $1.67
-.55/1 International Delight coffee creamer, 16 oz printable

6 - Voskos Greek Yogurt, 4.6-5.3 oz, $1.00
  -$1/3 Voskos Greek Yogurt, 4.6-5.3 oz, (Publix Coupon) Yellow Adv. Flyer
-$1/3 Voskos Greek yogurt + Crunch, 4.6 oz, Fall Publix Greenwise magazine (manufacturer coupon)
Total - $.66 


2 - Wheat Thins - 2.63
-$1.50 off Nabisco Wheat Thins or Triscuit crackers (Publix coupon), family size, Stocking Spree home mailer (store coupon)
-$1 off Nabisco Wheat Thins flavored crackers (Facebook) printable (manufacturer coupon)
Total - $.13

2 - Sargento Cheese Slices, 5-8 oz, $2.79
 -.55/1 Sargento Natural Sliced cheese, SS 10/09

Total - $O.MG

2 - Sominex, $3.19
-$5/2 Os-Cal, Citrucel, Ecotrin, Tagamet, Debrox, Gaviscon, Phazyme, Sominex, or Gly-Oxide (Publix Coupon) Green Adv. Buy Flyer
-$1 off Advantage Tagamet 30 ct, Debrox, Gaviscon, Phazyme, Sominex, Nytol, Gly-Oxide or Massangill Total - OVERAGE

 
4 - Phazyme, 12 ct, $3.49
-$5/2 Os-Cal, Citrucel, Ecotrin, Tagamet, Debrox, Gaviscon, Phazyme, Sominex, or Gly-Oxide (Publix Coupon) Green Adv. Buy Flyer
-$1 off Advantage Tagamet 30 ct, Debrox, Gaviscon, Phazyme, Sominex, Nytol, Gly-Oxide or Massangill 4 pk, RP 10/02

Total - OVERAGE 

Olay - 6.99

2 cleaners, 2 cloths
Raincheck from last week when they were $3.00 off
$10/2 coupon x2 + $2/2 Target coupon = $2 overage each!



Carrots - 3.99
2 - Lettuce - .99 (I did a happy dance... not kidding at all, some old people thought I was playing with my kid and even remarked on what a sweet mommy I was. HA!)
Publix black pepper - 2.49
Publix bread - 1.79
Pretend beer - 5.39
2 Mushroom - 1.50
Squash - 2.32

Store coupons - 142.19

Vender coupons - 53.48

Special price savings - 49.04

TOTAL SAVINGS - 244.71

TOTAL OOP - 73.20

9 transactions, 2 of them were overage
Saved 77%

Reader Trips - My quick trip to Publix

I love how quick trips would generally cost well over $100, but I pay less than 10% on them! Well this one was right at $100 and I paid nothing. Talk about 100%! LOL. I can't even fathom spending $100 at the grocery these days..

13 Crave cat treats - FREE coupons
8 Olay clothes - $10/2 coupon
pretend beer - 5.39
Lettuce - 1.69
squash  - 2.87
bananas - 1.78
2 bags of prezels - 3.19 each

Store coupons - 29.00

Vendor coupons - 59.37

Special prices - .49

TOTAL SAVINGS - 88.86

TOTAL SPENT - 11.22 From a Conagra gift card

TOTAL OOP - 0.00

Reader Trips - My CVS trip - 10/18/11

I was out and had a mini-helper today so I took advantage of my time and swung by CVS to roll my ECBs.. there was really nothing that I needed, but I didnt want them to go to waste. When you "roll" an ECB (or a RR at Walgreens) you are essentially extending the expiration date while getting items for free. Well this wasn't a FREE trip, but I got some things I could use and other things that I plan to resale in my garage sale in a few weeks.

And for the record, I do my fair share of donating, so don't harp on me making a little money on my time and effort.

I dont know how many ECBs I had from 2 weeks ago, but I used a bunch adn I am also on the CVS advisory panel and once a month they send me a survey and give me a $10 ECB to print from home!

6 bags of Nestle chocolates - 2.50

6 Almay icolors - 5.99
2 Huggies slip-ons - 11.99
4 Schick Hydro 3 Razors - 8.29
(check out the other CVS deals this week and the coupon matchups HERE) 

Paid - 37.30

Saved - 102.71
Used $10 gift card that I bought for $6 the other day

Got - 14 ECBs to still use
So technically I got all of this for 23.30

Reader Trips - Quick Trip to Publix - $0.00 OOP

I am not one of THOSE people who feel the need to use every coupon that crosses my path, but I do know when something is on a STOCKPILE priced sale and IF I have coupons, I need to use everyone of them. It paid off this time. See all that stuff in the picture? I even got the pretend beer for free!


22 Hunts diced tomatoes - BOGO $1.21
11 - $.50/2 Target printables
7 - $.45/3 10/3 SS

TOTAL - $6.75/22 or $.30 each

6 Voskos Yogurt - 2/$3
2 - $1/3 Publix yellow Advantage flier
2 - $1/3 Facebook printable
Total - 6/$5


Energizer AAA 8pk - $6.59
$3 green advantage flier
$3 printable NLA (look for $1 peelies)
Total - $.59


6 Covergirl pencils - $5.49
4 Covergirl eyeshadows - $2.99
5 - $8/2 10/3 PG (?)
Total - $4.90 for 10 items


5 Dr Pepper 10 - $1.31
5 - FREE Dr Pepper 10 - 10/9 SS
Total - FREE


Pretend beer - 6.49

Vendor coupon - 63.70

Store coupon - 13.50

Special Price savings - 13.31

Total Saved - 90.51

Total - $13.84

Gift Card from Con Agra  -$13.84 (gotta send in for those rebates!)

Total OOP - $0.00
Actual total saved - $104.35