Today’s Value:  $145.26

Advertised Publix Savings (mostly BOGO’s): $54.70

Manufactor Coupons: $20.49

Store/Competitor Coupons: $23.00

Total SAVINGS @ Publix: 99.87!!!

Spent: 45.39

Great Deal Roundup:

Chinet Beverage Napkins .99 Advantage Buy – $1 Q from recent insert= FREE (.01 overage) I got 3 of these.

Keep your eye out at your store for the Chinet “lunch” plates too.. they are Advantage buy till tomrrow 2/$4 and there’s a $2 off coupon in the papers which makes them free. Unfortunately my store was all out and I forgot to get a raincheck!

Kellogg’s Fruit Loops BOGO 4.39 - $1 Printable – $1 Printable - $1 FOOD LION Q (was in one of my papers last week but not both??? “Racing Winners Circle“)=  1.39/2=.70 a box!!!! And these are the big boxes!!!

Produce: $5.99

• 8 ears of fresh corn on the cob $2
• 2 Cucumbers $1
• 5lb bag of Red Delicious Apples: $2.99

Used the following coupons: -$1 Target Bag of Apples Q, -$1/$5 Produce FLIP, -$1 Peelie (Off produce wyb Lay’s chips) ,-$1 Peelie (off produce wyb Lay’s chips) (Since Lay’s chips were BOGO.. I got to use 2 of these!)

Total actually spent on all my produce- 1.99

Jello Pudding Snacks (in the fridge aisle) 2.00 - $1 FLIP -.60 MQ = .40 I grabbed 2.

Keebler Cookies BOGO 3.99-.55 IP -.55 IP= 2.89/2=1.44 box  *If you happen to like Oatmeal Choc Chip as your flavor, you can sweeten this deal even further.  The same link as provided above also prints out $1 off coupons for that flavor. So you will get both for only 1.99 or .99 a box.  (too bad my kids won’t eat oatmeal cookies)

There were lots more deals to be had, but those were my favorite ones this week.

Be sure to  check out Fiddledeedee for coupon matchups… and I also just discovered this site… iheartpublix…  she does a great job finding all the mathcups too!

Coke $1 off coupons.. she has a link for firefox users and another one for explorer users!

NO PRINT LIMIT !

(click this picture to go straight to the firefox version)

Some people have reported being able to print 10, others 25… I’m currently printing #17!

ENJOY!!!

DEAD DEAL….

2 sets of Food Lion q’s (I use these at Publix!)

$1 Off

Click HERE for YOURS! This offer has now stopped printing! The small print reads one offer per coupon and one coupon per PERSON.. which means a family of 4 can bring in 4 coupons and all eat FREE!!! I’ve been told it lets you hit the back button and print 4 times! Thanks Moms By Heart for the heads up! Enjoy! Dinner’s on me!

UPDATE: It’s only letting me print 2.. but remember you can print from more than one computer! (off to my son’s laptop for more now!)

Due to overwhelming server overloads.. Oprah’s site put up a pdf of this coupon last night.

If you can’t print it at the link above, leave me a comment and I’ll email you the pdf. Coupon expires on 5/19 so if you didn’t get to print it, feel free to contact me for the pdf version!

So sorry… but KFC has STOPPED taking their own coupon! Click Here for the apology from KFC and an explanation of how they plan to make rainchecks.

We’ve been really thirsty lately around my house! I refuse to buy soda for more than $2 a 12 pack.. and lately the prices seem to just get larger as the packs are reduced to 8 packs!

Thankfully, CVS and the ECB program are coming to my rescue. I’ll be getting my 12 packs for only $1 each!!!

Here’s my plan for today.. broken down into 3 transactions.

Transaction #1

2 Adidas Action 3 deodorant 3.99 x2=7.98 EARN 6 ECB  (-2 $1 off coupons from a recent insert and -4 ECB’s on hand from last week) = 1.98 cash needed.

Transaction #2

3 Kellogg’s Cereal $10 EARN 5 ECB (- 3 $1 off PRINTABLE coupons, – 6 ECB’s from Transaction #1)= 1.00 cash needed

Transaction #3

5 Coke 12 packs $20 EARN 10 ECB (- 5 $1 off My coke Rewards coupons, – 5 ECB from Transaction #2) = 10.00 cash needed

I will be spending $12.98 in cash.. yeah, I know seems kinda high…

but leaving the store with 10 ECB= 2.98 OOP for all of that!

UPDATE: I ended up only doing 2 transactions.. the Coke first and then the rest. Ended up with 11 ECB’s.

Target and Walmart were okay on deals for me.. mostly just things like meat and toiletpaper.. no real big savings at the end of my reciept.

But, at Publix… I spent $37.12 and SAVED $81.12

I LOVE THAT!!!

Favorite finds:

Starkist Seasations- (freezer aisle) on sale BOGO at 6.99

-3.00 blinkie I found last week

-3.00 blinkie I found last week

=2 for .99!!!

Red potatoes on sale 1.97 - TARGET Q $1= .97 for a 5 lb bag!

Skippy Peanut butter ( I just finished off my last jar yesterday!) BOGO 2.43 - .40- .40= 1.63 for 2 jars= .81 each.

Quaker Oatmeal on sale 1.99 – $1 blinkie – .55 food lion (no longer in database but expired on 4/31)= .44 a box

Scrubbing Bubbles BOGO 3.29 – $1 – $1= 1.29/2 or .64 each. (I got these coupons from a coupon booklet found at the front of my Publix last week FULL of lots of great cleaning coupons by SC Johnson)

Teddy Grahams/Ritz Bits on sale BOGO 2.99 - $1 Target q – $1 target q = .99/2 or .49 a box. UPDATE: Just found a new coupon to stack with this deal… -1/2 Printable would make this 2 FREE boxes for you! (math: 2.99- 1-1-1/2=0 for 2 boxes!)

Pasta Roni BOGO 1.69 Buy 4 and use $1/4 coupon from recent insert= 2.38/4 or .29 a box.

Yoplait Yogurt (gogurt!) BOGO- use with the .75/2 coupon from recent insert

Pop Tarts (FINALLY) BOGO – use with the $1/2 coupon from recent insert

And of course, I always make sure to use a CVS$10/50 coupon to help out a bit. I’m upset though, because I used my last one today and the CVS machine didn’t print me one this time!

Happy Shopping.. hope this helps some of you!

My favorite Razors helped me roll 4ECB’s.

Here’s my CVS Scenario:

1 Schick Intuition PLus Razor 8.99

-4 coupon (recent insert)

_4 ECB from last week

Subtotal: .99 plus tax= 1.34

EARN 4 ECB’s.

Basically I got 2 razor “refills” for $1

Gotta love CVS.

I THOUGHT I was going to get 2 ECB’s for buying my gallon of milk… but I totally missed the whole section below it in the ad that states that you need to ALSO buy 4 boxes of cereal.

Here’s what my ad said:

Milk 2.79

2 Extra Care Bucks

=.79

“It’s like getting your mild for .79!

Then down below it, there’s a sale on cereal 4/$10 and THEN a statement about the 2 ECB’s WHEN YOU BUY BOTH in small print.

Well, I am a bit annoyed about this… it was VERY misleading if you ask me!

Anyway…

The Crest Pro Health deal worked just fine

I bought 2 Crest Pro Health for 2.88 each used a .75 off coupon and a $1 off coupon…and earned $4 ECB’s =.01 OOP for both!!!

I also picked up a raincheck for the FREE after ECB’s Edge Shave Gel.

Seems like there are some good deals coming up soon on Easter stuff… but we don’t do the whole Easter basket thing in my house anymore (what do bunnies laying eggs have to do with Jesus dying on the cross anyway??).   But here’s a sneak peak at next week’s ad anyway:Sneak Peak

I am happy to report that I earned another 10 FREE ECB’s for completing a CVS Advisor Survey a few weeks ago, so that will come in handy on some of my basic needs this week like toilet paper.

I did run to Publix this week on Monday… but didn’t have any super good buys worth mentioning. I’m still maintaining my under $50/week grocery budget, but my kids are starting to get bored with the Frosted Flakes and Granola Bars that are  still stuffing my stockpile!

Anyway.. sorry I didn’t have much to say today.. I’ve been busy working on my business website this week. I finally started a business blog today… I don’t know why I never did it before!!! Check it out if you’re interested in photography and you live in the N. Florida area. www.memoriescaptured.wordpress.com

Have a nice week!

I just discovered that Lynn over at Mom’s Loot has included me in her list of favorite bloggers and passed along this award to me!

*blush blush

Thanks so much Lynn!

I guess I’m supposed to list 7 things and blogs I love for you.

7 Things I LOVE:

1. Jesus Christ my savior, my Lord, and my friend!

2. My family.. of course.

3. My Golden Retriever Lucky Star. (see photo)

4. laying in a hammock. (on my wish list for mother’s day)

5. watching lightning

6. keeping a prayer journal

7. music that makes my soul sing.

7 of my Favorite Blogs

1. Fiddledeedee- awesome Publix matchups I check here many times a week.

2. Kingdom First Mom- she’s probably won lots of awards and won’t even notice this one, but I love all of her site.

3. To Love Honor and Vacuum- a great blogger & author

4. The Musings of Joanna Reyburn- not a “frugal” blog.. but a very interesting woman.. I love following her musings.. she has a heart for Jesus just like me.

(Johanna- if you come here and check out this award.. please visit my other blog where i write more about my walk with the Lord instead of saving money.

5. Biblical Womanhood- a site I check often to keep me a balanced wife!

6. God’s Divine Design- this is my sister in law’s brand new photography blog!! (I’m a photographer too by the way!!)

7.Our Daily Blessing- Life – this is an online friend of mine who is blogging through her battle with cancer and her son’s lifelong health battles.

Thanks again Lynn!

So.. if I listed you here, grab the award at the top of this post and forward it on!!!