It's Shopping Trip Time!
We are getting ready for Christmas company! Time to hit the store and stock up on those little items to make it easy when guests come and things get busy! Tonight I had the entire family with me…which is always entertaining. The entire store was out of all money makers (the Nature Made vitamins, get all the details HERE), so I only had the $10 off an Old Navy gift card to use to lower my balance. If I had been a diligent little couponer, I would have shopped yesterday (or sometime over the weekend) when they offered the $10 off wyb a Gas Gift Card (those are my favorite!), but our schedule would not allow it over the weekend, so we have to make due with the Old Navy card instead. Normally I spend more than this…so please don't feel discouraged. This was a quick trip (mostly because we were completely OUT of milk!!). I bought my Christmas meat over at Good Earth (in Tampa), plus, we shopped at produce market last week, so no fresh veggies are in this trip. This was one of those quick and cheap trips!
I only pulled coupons out of four coupon inserts, so that didn't take very long in prep but I did print quite a bit from coupons.com because they don't require any registering! Here are the details of what we got today at Publix:
These items were found from the Publix Weekly Ad HERE:
(10) Monterey Gourmet Foods Ravioli 8 oz, (BOGO $4.29) – $2.15
Used: (10) MQ $1/1 Monterey Gourmet Foods Pasta or Sauce, exp. 12/31/12 (RP 09/30/12 R) = $1.15 each = $11.50
(4) Sara Lee Pound Cake or Cheesecake assorted 9.6-20 oz, 50% Off (I chose the Family Size for $4.89) = $2.45 each
Use: (4) MQ $1/1 Sara Lee Pound Cake, exp. 12/23/12 (RP 09/30/12 R) or (RP 11/04/12) = $1.45 each = $5.80
(2) New York Texas Toast Croutons 5 oz, (BOGO $1.69) – $0.85
no coupons used {hey, we will be having salad over Christmas, yep, my stockpile was unprepared, so that is why I only got (2)} = $1.69
(8) Campbell’s Great for Cooking Soups 10.75 oz, (BOGO $1.25) – $0.63 (this may be a regional sale item)
Used: (2) SQ $2/4 Campbell's Great for Cooking Condensed Soups, exp 12/27/12 (Best Meals at Home December Email)
Also Used: (2) MQ $0.35/4 Campbell's Condensed “Great For Cooking” Soup, exp. 12/31/12 (SS 11/04/12) = $.04 each! = $0.30
(5) Silk Soymilk or Almondmilk 1/2 gal, 2/$5 – $2.50
Used: (1) MQ $2/2 Silk Pure Almond Milk printable (= $1.50 each)
Also Used: (2) MQ $.75/1 Silk Printable (= $1.75 each)
Also Used: (1) MQ $1/1 Silk Printable (= $1.50 each) = $8.00
(2) Wish Bone Salad Dressing assorted 16 oz, (BOGO $2.65) – $1.33
Used: (2) $1/1 Wishbone Dressing, exp. 12/27/12 (Best Meals at Home December Email) = $0.33 each = $0.66
(4) Quaker Soft Baked Cookies 6 pk – $1.99
Used: (4) SQ $1/1 Quaker Soft Baked Cookies or Stila Bars 6 pk, exp. 1/4/13 (Publix Yellow Advantage)
Used: (2) MQ $1/2 Quaker Product, exp. 12/31/12 (ALL YOU Oct '12) = $.50 each = $2.00
(2) King’s Hawaiian Round Bread 16 oz – $2.99
Used: (1) SQ $1/2 King's Hawaiian Product, exp. 12/31/12 (Publix All The Trimmings)
Also Used: (2) MQ $1/1 Kings Hawaiian Round Bread or Kings Hawaiian Dinner Rolls, exp. 2/9/13 (RP 12/09/12 R) = $1.50 each = $3.00
(1) Old Navy Gift Card – $50
Used: $10 off Old Navy Gift Card (Publix Yellow Advantage Flyer) = Minus $10
Minus (1) $5/$50 Competitor GFS Coupon (from Enjoy the City Booklet)
Grocery Grand Total = $118.93 (no sales tax)
Amount Paid after Coupons = $17.81 {so $67.81 hit my bank account because of the $50 Old Navy Card}
Final Outcome:
Total # of Items: 37 items Spent Total OOP: $17.81
Total Saved: $101.12 Savings: 85% Price per item: $.48 (my normal price per item is $1, that $10 bonus really helped here)
I am a reasonable couponer…it took less than 30 minutes to pull these coupons and prep for this shopping trip. The longest time I spent was using scissors to cut the coupons I printed 😉 !
~Be inspired! YOU can do this too! Happy Shopping!
