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Walgreens – Paid $0.44, Saved $11.98, 96% Savings
(Were B1G1 & I used the B1G1 from RP 2/21, so all I paid was sales tax!)

Publix, Paid $40.35, Saved $73.03, 65% Savings
Here are the coupons we used:
4 – $1.00 Bertolli – Peelie I found several weeks ago on Sargento Cheese
2 – $1.00/2 Bertolli – Multiply Your Meals Booklet (store coupon)
1 – Free Kashi Cereal – Vocalpoint Mailer
1 – B1G1 Del Monte Orchard Fresh Fruit – Vocalpoint Mailer
1 – $1.00 Del Monte Orchard Fresh Fruit – Vocalpoint Mailer
2 – $.75/2 Dole Fruit Cups – SS 1/10
1 – $2.00/2 Kraft Shredded Cheese – Blinkie (I’ll probably go back for more!)
1 – $1.00/2 Hunt’s Manwich – Conagra Rediscover Your Balance Booklet
1 – $1.00 Orville Redenbacher – PRINT
1 – $1.00 Quaker Oatmeal – RP 2/7
2 – $.75 Quaker True Delights Bars – RP 2/14
1 – $.50 Birds Eye Steamfresh – SS 2/7
1 – $5/$50 Albertsons Coupon

Plus I’m sending in for the Conagra Offer HERE

Between the 2 stores, we averaged 81% for the week.

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Publix – Paid $38.73, Saved $63.60, 62% in Savings

How We Did It:
$5/50 Albertsons Newspaper Insert Coupon
35¢ Eggland’s Best from SS 1/17
55¢ Breakstone Sour Cream from SS 1/24
75¢/2 Betty Crocker Supreme Brownie Mixes from GM 2/7
75¢/2 Uncle Ben’s Ready Rice from RP 1/3
$1.00 OFF Bread WYP Sara Lee Bread (in store display peelie)
$1.00 OFF Clausen Pickles About to expire Printable. No longer on coupons.com
$1/2 Planter’s Peanuts from SS 1/24
$1/2 Planter’s Peanuts via Target.com About to expire, no longer online.
2x $1.00 OFF General Mills Cereal Printable from BettyCrocker.com.
2x $1.00 OFF Gorton Grilled Shrimp. (Had the scampi for dinner, and was yummy) from SS 1/3
4x $1/2 Kraft Cheese from SS 1/24
$1/2 OFF Kraft Cheese via Target.com
2x $4/2 Rolaids from RP 1/3

Refresher on all of the Publix Deals for 2/25 – 3/3

That is it for tonight. The deals we were thinking of doing at Winn-Dixie and Albertsons
were not motivating enough for us to rationalize the drive and time to get them.

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Publix Trip #1 – Paid 39¢, Saved $11.74, 97% in Savings
Fisher Fusions are B1G1 right now, ($1.50 each, regular price $1.79)
Knox Gelatin was a great overage item at $1.39

How I Did It:
6 $1.00 OFF ANY Fisher Nuts product, 4oz or larger from SS 12/13
1 $4.00 OFF ANY Knox product from RP 1/24
Refresher on all of the Publix Deals for 2/17 – 2/23

Publix Trip #2 – Paid $53.06, Saved $106.59, 67% in Savings
Refresher on all of the Publix Deals for 2/17 – 2/23

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Winn-Dixie – Paid $0.00, Saved $11.96, 100% in Savings + 4¢ back from overage.
The Premium Saltines are on sale for 99¢ and I used 4 of the $1.00 from SS 1/24
Refresher on all of the Winn-Dixie Deals for 2/17-2/23

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Albertsons – Paid $6.95, Saved $34.06, 84% in Savings
Refresher on all of the Albertsons Deals for 2/10 – 2/16

Publix – Paid $32.93, Saved $66.00, 67% in Savings
Refresher on all of the Publix Deals for 2/10 – 2/16

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Winn-Dixie – Paid $6.57, Saved $22.55, 78% Savings
Refresher on all of the Winn-Dixie Deals for 2/3 – 2/9

Albertsons – Paid $2.00, Saved $17.92, 90% in Savings
Refresher on all of the Albertsons Deals for 2/3 – 2/10

Publix – Paid $60.90, Saved $96.56, 62% in Savings
Refresher on all of the Publix Deals for 2/3 – 2/10

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CVS – Paid $0.79,   Saved $20.79,   97%
(To begin they were B1G1 with your CVS card, then I used 2 – $5.00 from RP 1/3)

Walgreens – Paid $0.45,   Saved $13.98,   96%
(To begin they were B1G1, then I used 1 – B1G1 from SS 1/10, it would have been free except for the tax!)

Publix, Paid $57.89,   Saved $84.52,   59%
Here are the coupons I used:
6 – $2.00 Phazyme Coupons, RP 1/10
3 – $5.00 Phazyme Publix Coupons, Green Adv Buy Flyer
1 – $5.00 Bayer Publix Coupon, Green Adv Buy Flyer
1 – $1.00 Bayer Coupon, RP 10/25
4 – $1.00 Chobani Coupon, SS 12/13
2 – $0.75 Farm Rich Coupons, SS 12/6
1 – $1.00 Rotel Coupon, Dec All You Magazine
2 – $1.00 Rotel Publix Coupon, Yellow Adv Buy Flyer
1 – $1.00 Ground Beef Coupon, Yellow Adv Buy Flyer
1 – $0.35 Eggland’s Best Coupon, SS 1/24
1 – $1.00 Parmesan Cheese Coupon, Printable
1 – $1.00 Breakstone Coupon, Printable
2 - $1.00 Hidden Valley Coupon, Printable
1 – $1.00 Produce Coupon, Food Lion Printable
1 – $1.00 Meat Coupon, Food Lion Printable
1 – $5.00 Albertsons Coupon

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CVS: Spent $0.00, Saved $12.00, 100.00%
Paid with 12 ECB’s and got back 12 ECB’s!!


Albertsons – Paid $3.31, Saved $22.90, 87%

Here are the coupons we used:
2 – $1.00 Ivory Soap from PG 12/27
2 – Free Marcal from SS 1/3
10 – $.75 Smart Taste Ronzoni from SS 12/6 (I’m still pinching myself on this one!)

Publix: Paid $49.87, Saved $106.53, 68%

Here are the coupons we used:
3 – $1.00/3 Dole Fruit Coupons from inside packaging
5 – $5/2 Bayer Coupons from Publix Green Adv Buy
10 – $1.00 Bayer coupons from SS 1/3
10 – $1.00 Chobani coupons from SS 12/13
1 – $1.00 Quaker coupon from HERE
1 – $.50/2 Pillsbury coupon from HERE
1 – $1.00/3 Hunt’s coupon from HERE
2 – $1.00 Pam coupon from Yellow Advantage Buy Flyer
1 – $2.50 Pam coupon from HERE
1 – $.55/2 Rotel coupon from Blinkie (in my store now!)
1 – $.75/2 Rotel coupon from Yellow Advantage Buy Flyer
1 – $2.00/2 Ritz coupon from HERE
2 – $.35 Eggland’s Best coupons from SS 1/17
1 – $5/$50 Albertsons coupon

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Winn-Dixie: Spent $3.23, Saved $21.06, 87%

Here are the coupons we used for above:
Nabisco Premium Saltine Crackers, 16oz, $3.19
$2.00/2 from PRINT (IE) or PRINT (FF) ($.60ea!!)

Philadelphia Cream Cheese, 8 oz, $1.25
$1.00 from Publix Grape Magazine

Starkist chunk White Tuna in Water, 5oz can or 2.6 oz pouch, $1.00
$1.00 from PRINT (FREE!)

The apple juice was on sale for 99¢.

Publix: Spent $28.23, Saved $65.79, 70%

Here are the coupons we used for above:
Kellogg’s Cereal (Frosted Flks, Froot Lps, Smacks, Corn Pop, Apple Jacks or Rice Krispies) $3.99
$1.00 from Blinkie

Cheez-It Crackers or Party Mix, 14 oz, $3.29
$1.00/2 from RP 12/13

Chobani Non-Fat Greek Yogurt, 6oz, $1.00
$1.00 from SS 12/13 (FREE!!)

Lender’s Bagels, 6 ct refrigerated, $1.79
$1.00/2 from PRINT (we printed this twice)

Sara Lee Soft & Smooth Bread
$1.00 off WYB Milk tear pad

Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks or Sunkist, $2.73
$.40 from PRINT (we printed this twice)

Bayer Aspirin, $2.63
$5.00/2 from Publix Green Adv Buy Flyer
$1.00 from RP 10/25
(Using store and manuf coupons gave me overage that helps the bottom line)

Hamburger, $3.29 per package
$1.00 from Yellow Adv Buy Flyer

$5/$50 Albertsons coupon helped to lower the bill even more

No coupons were used for the cucumbers or lettuce. I was also planning on buying Johnson & Johnson Red Cross Kits and using the overage, but our store doesn’t stock them.

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Albertsons – Spent $16.36,    Saved $93.15,    85%
(We make our own bath buddies with the ivory soap bars!
Now we have a year’s worth.)

Walgreens – Spent, $5.95,    Saved $47.13,    88%
(We really needed diapers and the register rewards on the meters helped!)

Winn-Dixie – Spent $15.96,    Saved $30.93,    65%
(Now I have my hair spray supply for the year!)

Week’s Total – Spent $38.27,    Saved $171.08,    82%

This week we had two runs to Publix. One for some weekly needs and the other was for stocking stuffers and water for Kathy to take to work, instead of spending $1.25 per bottle at the machine.

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This is the family trip:
Spent: $40.38     Saved: $68.53     A 63% SAVINGS!

This is the stocking stuffer trip, and the one I mentioned on twitter (are  you following us?).
Spent: 16¢    Saved: $17.96     A 99% SAVINGS!

Here is how I did this deal:
4 FREE Publix Water Coupons
10 $1.00 Off ANY Toy or Game $19.99 or Less Publix Coupon (Winter of Savings Booklet).
3 pieces of candy from the Brach’s selection so that I could use the 10th. coupon.

Albertson’s:
Spent: $5.92     Saved: $27.51     A 82% SAVINGS!

Walgreens: (Not shown, 2 gift bags)
Spent: 73¢     Saved: $23.30     A 97% SAVINGS!

Publix: Spent $44.78     SAVED: $126.66     A 73% Savings!

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Mixed needs trip this week. Some personal stuff, some stocking stuffers, and other holiday related items.
Yes, we REALLY miss those $10/$30 Whole Foods coupons.

Just a short trip to Publix today.

Publix: Spent 72¢     SAVED: $58.50     A 98% Savings!

Please share your successes this week. Tell us about your Black Friday Buys.

BTW, we prefer to make our own microwave popcorn.
Here is a recipe my Dad gave me a couple of years ago:
1. Open a brown lunch bag, pour just enough popping corn to cover the bottom.
2. Drop in a teaspoon spoon full of butter/maragarine, etc. (Doesn’t matter where it lands on the pile.)
3. Fold over the 1/2″ to 3/4″ of the bag on to itself, just so it is closed. If you want to roll it down a tad more, no problem, but the bag WILL BE FULL after all the popping corn has popped.
4. Place the bag on a plate and put the plate into your microwave.
5. Select the “popcorn” setting and let the machine go to work. It take a couple of minutes at most.
On our oven, the bag is full with about 15/20 minutes left.
6. When done, CAREFULLY remove the bag from the microwave, and dump the cooked treat into a bowl.

Salt or don’t salt, its up to you. BTW, the plate has no actual role, other than to prevent the butter from spreading across the inside of your microwave as it melts. A folded paper towel will work as well.

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Publix: Spent $13.49     Saved $76.13     85%!

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Albertsons – Paid $.47,    Saved $7.00     93%

Publix – Paid $50.32,     Saved $51.06      50%

Walgreens – Trip #1 $10.00 PROFIT!!!!

Walgreens – Trip #2,    Paid $4.54,     Saved $110.73 96%

Deals like Walgreens Trip #1 are how we had enough register rewards to buy Trip #2. We burned through many RR’s  to get everything for our daughter’s birthday party.   Thanks to Register Rewards we are able to keep the total cost of the birthday party under $100.

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CVS – Paid $.07,    Saved $21.93,     99%

Walgreens – Paid $1.83 (darn that tax!),     Saved $40.00,     95%

Publix – Paid $2.50,       Saved   $16.49,        86%

This was a great week for us.  My Publix totals  were  through several trips trying to use up my Discover Card coupons before they expire.   I plan to do several more trips today to get my fruits and veggies for the week.