Publix 3.29.11 - Not alot of Q's today but still did ok!

I'm not doing a detailed list again, just not up to it do to the POTS/DYS. We did get a lot of stuff and cheap snacks (Fruit roll-ups, by the foot, gushers, etc) for the girls (they love these) for something like .89 cents a box. Bought some cantaloupe (.50) I love getting cheap fruit and this is one of my favorites! Anyway, since we are hoping that the weather will be right for camping on the weekend of the 8th for Serena's birthday (she'll be 7 in 3 days! AAAHHHH!!!)  I am working on getting easy things like sandwich meat, hotdogs, snacks, drinks for pretty cheap in hopes of making it an EASY weekend for me! Hoping that Publix or somewhere will have just the right sales for us between now and then! Anyway here are my totals for today. I didn't have as many great coupon deals this time, but the store savings were pretty good. I did get a rain check for the dog food, Kibbles and Bits .49 with my coupons, and she gave me a rain check for 5 deals (10 bags)! So I'm gonna look online for a few more coupons to help me out with that!

Total before sales/coupons : $207.56
Manuf. Coupons   $18.00
Store Coupons     $12.37
Special Price Savings $79.18
Final Cost :    $98.01
Percentage saved : 53%

Publix 3.15.11

Hey all! Been dealing with poison ivy for the last week (still a problem and still broke out...ugghh) so I haven't taken the time to post my last shopping trip. Due to how I feel I'm only going to post amount saved and spent and percentage saved.

Total Amount: $257.20

Total out of Pocket : $130.14

Percentage saved : 49.4 %

I got several items that I didn't have coupons for but most were on sale. I did check my candy coupons for the mentos candy and gum as well as the 6 pack Airheads. Got the mentos and Airheads free plus overage and only paid 1.50 for the extra large packs of the mentos gum each. 

I have my trip for this week planned out already and had planned on going today, but just didn't feel up to it yet. Hope you are having a happy couponing week! 

Publix – 3.6.11

For coupon and savings, shopping with kids is NOT advised! :)

I’m not listing everything today. I just don’t feel like it. I did leave with a buggy full again though. My savings weren’t as good as usual, but I had the girls with us this time. They were DETERMINED to get cereal and we needed cereal, but what they wanted wasn’t on sale (of course) and the only coupon was $1/3 so that didn’t save much…lol  So on 3 boxes of cereal it was 12.50 minus my measly $1 coupon. WAY more than I usually spend on cereal now but oh well. I also picked up a few other sale items that I didn’t have coupons for. Gatorade 32 oz was on sale 10/$10 so I got 10 of those since they are a must have with POTS/DYS.  Also ended up buying Ice Cream, but I convinced them to get Ice Cream Sandwiches which were on sale but again, no coupon!

I did get some freebies though. Publix Cocoa Butter Lotion, Publix Rubbing Alcohol, 2 Jars of Karo Syrup, and a bag of Hall’s Cough Drops (which was a money maker!), and a box of Milk-Bone’s for the Dogs. So it wasn’t horrible, but still I don’t like spending more than I save now! 
Anyway, here are my totals for yesterday’s trip.  I WILL do better next time…lol

Total before Sales and Coupons	$203.23
Total I paid out of pocket after sales and Coupons	$114.96
Coupon Savings (store)	$9.96
Coupon Savings (Manuf.)	$26.69
Sales Savings	$51.08
Total Saved	$87.73
Percentage Saved	43.5%

Just totaling January and February Savings :)

Ok, just a quick show of how big of a help using coupons and sales can be to your grocery budget here are my January and February before and after totals.

January I bought $603.99 worth of groceries and cleaning supplies. I only paid $256.40 out of pocket giving me a total savings of $347.59.  I'm not certain but there may have been a couple of trips that I didn't blog about so that month might be off a tad.

In February I bought $976.62 worth of groceries and cleaning supplies. I only paid $401.18 out of pocket giving me a total savings of $575.44.

Now I'm sure there were a few quick runs to the store for basics like a gallon of milk or bread, but that's to be expected around here!  Each month I'm planning on totaling my before and after shopping trips so that at the end of the year I can see just what I've saved my family. I'm pretty excited about the totals I've already saved for the first two months of 2011 and can't wait to see that end of the year total!

Just to show the 2 months together : Total before : $1580.61  Total After: $657.58 Savings of $923.03
That's a 58.4% savings for the first 2 months of 2011!!!