Keeping Your Jeans Skinny and Your Wallet Fat

Produce Sales for the week of July 29th

Publix

red seedless watermelon 49 cents LB
publix salad bags 2/4.00
Cherries 1.99 LB
Seedless grapes 1.99 LB
Blueberries or Strawberries 2/5.00
Peaches .88 cents LB
Broccoli or Cauliflower 2/4.00

Food Lion
Cantaloupes B1G1 at $2.50
Mangos .99¢ ea
Washington Bing Cherries $1.49 lb

Piggly Wiggly

peaches 79 cents pound
Plums 99cents a pound
peeled baby carrots 99cent

BILO

Cherries 1.49 cents pound
fresh express baby blends 2/4.00
pears 1.49 pound

walmart

green seedless grapes 1.00 pound
peaches 78 cents pound

Keeping Your Jeans Skinny and Your Wallet Fat

Publix Trip Today:

I wnet today to stock up on Morningstar products(not for my main grocery shop). I highly recomend Mornigstar products. They are all vegeterian and tasty. They use soy protein as a base. We love the original griller burgers, sausage patties, corndogs, and the boys love the bacon strips. It is very rare that these are on sale and are expensive. Well, this week at Publix they are 50 percent off. Which makes them 1.50- 2 dollars a box. I think I got 15 boxes.They average 4 dollars a box not on sale. I also got 2 jars of Pace salsa as there is a great 4 dollar off 1 coupon that is printable up to 10 times.

Coupons Used

I used a 5/25 piggly wiggly coupon that was mailed to me

5/25 printable rite aid found on southernsavers and others

4 dollar off salsa

4 dollar off salsa

I spent 17 and saved 45. We all enjoyed veggie dogs and burgers for lunch-a rare treat!

Now for the best deals in town on produce:

Publix:

Make sure to use (from the food lion site) 2/5.00 produce coupons. I usually buy alot of produce and use 3-4 of these

watermelon or honeydew 2/5.00

White grapes 1.49

strawberries 3/5.00

celery .99 cents

cantaloupes .97 cents

pears 1.29 pound

pompeian olive oil buy one get one..I am sure there is a coupon match up for this. I will let you know.

Food Lion

Gala apples 1.29

red grapes 1.79

zucchini or squash 1.29

Piggly Wiggly

green cabbage 39cents

BILO

Apples or pears 1.00 a pound

zucchini or squash 1.00

lettuce 1.00

boneless skinless chicken breasts 1.79

Keeping Your Jeans Skinny and Your Wallet Fat

BiLO

Cantaloupe or Honeydew - $3.49Florida Juice Oranges 4 lb. Bag - $3.99Fresh Express Salad Blends 4.5-12 oz. - $3.99Versatile Veggies 8-12 oz. - $2.99Walter’s Red Potatoes 5 lb. Bag - $4.99Yellow Onions 3 lb. Bag - $2.69

Nature Made or Nature’s Resource Vitamins -
$3.99-
$1/1 Nature Made Vitamins, Any SS 2/1 & 3/1 & Feb. All You Mag.(makes it .95¢ ea)

Arnold Bread 24 oz. 100% Whole Wheat or 12 Grain Bread - $2.79-
$1 off Arnold Bread March All You, (makes it .40¢ ea)

Juicy Juice 64 oz. - $3.15-$1 off Juicy Juice, any March All You (makes it .58¢ ea)-.75 off Nestle Juicy Juice Products, Any SS 1/04 (makes it .83 ea)-$1 off Nestle Juicy Juice Products, Any SS 1/04 (makes it .58 ea)-.50/2 off Nestle Juicy Juice Products, Any SS 1/04 (buy 2, makes it $1.08 ea)



Publix

Post Cereal Shredded Wheat, Raisin Bran, or Bran Flakes, save up to $3.99-
$1/2 off Post Cereal SS 3/01 (makes it $1.50 ea)

Bertolli Olive Oil, Extra Light or 100% Pure, 17 oz bottle, save up to $6.99-$1 off Bertolli Olive Oil coupons on select products (makes it $2.50 ea)

Green Cabbage .19¢ lb
Publix Salad Blend $2 ea
Premium Tomatoes $1.49 lb
Strawberries 16oz $1.66 ea
Cantaloupes $1.50 ea

Thanks as always to this amazing blog

Keeping Your Jeans Skinny and Your Wallet Fat

At my MOPS meeting this morning I discovered that people actually do read this blog so I am going to do better at posting.AS you will see this is my third post today! wooo!! I am going to try and keep this as a regular on this blog. It will highlight the best deals on produce and healthy stuffs! To see how to work out the actual deal wither see below or check out southernsavers.com

This Week (through Tuesday March 10th)

Publix

Ocean Spray Juice 74 cents
Milk 2.50
tomatoes on the vine 1.99
cantaloupes 1.99
Strawberries 1.66

Boneless skinless chicken 1.99 pound
Shedds Country Crock Spread 1.00
yoplait yogurt (although it has alot of added sugar) .33 cents
birds eye frozen veg 50 % off
Egg Beaters- free!!

BILO

Sargento cheese 1.14


Piggly Wiggly

Seedless Grapes 99 cents!
Zucchini or squash 1.39 pound
grimway carrots 79 cents

FOOD LION

Dannon Activia or DanActive Multipacks 1.00

Deal planning for this week

Here is what I am planning on buying. I may be spending more because I am throwing a little shin-dig for Judes first birthday.


Walgreens

Diapers 2.50 a pack. On sale 2/9 ask for booklet in pharmacy maes each pack 2.50.

Publix

Mt. Olive Sweet Relish or Pickles, 16 oz jar, save up to $2.19
-.55/1 off any Mt. Olive product in store dispenser (I recently found in Kroger and Bi-Lo) (makes it .54¢ ea) (2)

General Mills Cheerios, Frosted Cheerios or Banana Nut, save up to $3.99
-.75/1 Various Cheerios printable (makes it $1.25 ea)
-.55/1 off any Cheerios cereal printable or printable
-.50/1 Banana Nut Cheerios SS 2/22
-$1 off general Mills Banana Nut Cheerios printable (Food Lion) (use competitor with Manufacturer coupon makes it FREE)

Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Dinner, save up to .99¢
-$1 Kraft Mac & Cheese wyb Kraft or Velveeta Deluxe printable (IE) or printable (FF)

Ocean Spray Juice or Juice Cocktail, 64 oz bottle, save up to $3.49
-$1 off any Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice All Well & Good booklet from Publix (makes it .74¢ ea)

Nabisco Ritz Crackers, 13.66 to 16 oz box, save up to $3.39
-$2/2 Nabisco Crackers SS 1/25 (makes it .70¢ ea) (2)

Cantaloupes $1.50 ea (2)
Strawberries 16oz $1.66 ea (4)

Publix Brand 2 Liters .50¢ ea
-$1/3 Food Lion Brand 2 liters printable (makes it .17 cents each) (6)

Boneless chicken 1.99 (4)

Publix Bakery French Bread $1.29 ea
-$1/2 Loaf Bread printable (Food Lion)

Breyer’s Yo Crunch Yogurt 4pk $2 ea
-.75/1 Breyers Yo Crunch Yogurt SS 3/01 (makes it $1.25 ea)

bars $2 ea
-.60/1 Nature Valley Bars printable or printable
-.50/1 Nautre Valley Bars SS 3/8 (upcoming) (makes it $1 ea)
-.50/1 Chex Mix Bars SS 2/08 (makes it $1 ea)
-.60/1 off any Chex Mix bars printable

1 nature valley and 1 chex

Bilo

Hamburger, Chicken or Tuna Helper $1 ea

-$1/3 Helper Meals printable (makes it .67¢ ea) (3)

Bryan Smoked Sausage B1G1 at $3.99 (2)
-$1/2 Bryan products RP 1/25 (makes it $1.49 ea)

Pillbury Toaster Strudel $2 ea
-.35/1 Toaster Strudel printable or printable or SS 2/08 (makes it $1.30 ea) (1)

Sargento Shredded Cheese B1G1 at $3.29 (4) or (6)
-$1/2 Sargento Shredded Cheese SS 1/25 (makes it $1.14 ea **stock up**)

Pillsbury Grands! Biscuits, Cinnamon Rolls and Crescent Rolls $1.25 ea
-.30/1 Grands! Sweet rolls (will work for biscuits too) SS 2/08, 1/04, 12/07
-.30/2 Grands! Biscuits SS 2/08, 1/04, 12/07
-.35/1 Crescent Rolls printable or printable or SS 2/08, 1/25 (makes it .55¢ ea)
-.35/1 Grands! Sweet Rolls or any Sweet Rolls printable or printable (makes it .55¢ ea)
-.50/2 off any Grands! printable or printable (makes it .75¢ ea)

Meal Deal

Buy (1) Stouffers Party Size Lasagna at $11.99

Get the following FREE:
Fresh Express Garden Salad
SH Garlic Bread
SH Ice Cream
Wish-Bone Salad Dressing
-.75/1 Wish-bone dressing printable

I worked it out to be spending around 48 dollars for all of that at both stores.

As Always, thanks to Southern savers

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Take the Family Out to Eat!!

Here is a list of places kids eat free or close to it every day of the week! Enjoy and take the Night off!

MONDAY

Shoneys
everyday kids under 4 eat free from the kids menu

Chick fil a
free kids meal with every adult combo

IHOP
monday and wednesday from 3-8
kids are free

TUESDAY

Beef o Bradys (sumemrville)
4-8pm
12 and under eat free with an adult

Fazolis
5-8pm
kids eat for 99 cents

Shoneys

Moes
5- close
kids eat free

Applebees
kids eat for 99 cents

Perkins
Kids eat free

Dennys
kids are free with an adult

WEDNESDAY

Shoneys

IHOP

THURSDAY

Picadillys
11-4
99 cent kids meals

Shoneys

FRIDAY

Shoneys


SATURDAY/SUNDAY

Shoneys

Picadilly

11-4
99 cent kids meal

Rite Aid

I've been a bit busy, under-the-weather, behind this week. So, my deals haven't been as impressive. I am hoping to work out the Publix deal that Southern Savers is talking about this week.

I wanted to post this deal because it is a good example of coupon/savings for things that you really need. Here's my scenario: I use Tide detergent and Pampers Diapers. Seems Austin & I are both a bit high maintenance with generic versions of this. So, we stick with Tide/Pampers.

22 count pack of Pamper diapers (not a stellar deal; but a deal) originally 12.00 on sale 10.00
Tide New Total Care (20 loads) originally 9.99 on sale for 5.99
Note: This version of tide-the total care is new & a bit more expensive- it was not on the sale
display; but was the same price in the aisle next to the other versions of tide. I wanted Total
Care instead of regular because I had a 1.00 off coupon for Tide Total or .35cents off regular
tide. So, I took both to the register & asked if the Total Care would ring up
at 5.99 also. And it did. Good thing I checked.
Suave Shampoo 2.79

I also tried the Certizine- Rite Aide brand allergery medicine for 5.00 w/ 5.00 off coupon. It didn't work. So, I put it aside. And took it off my purchase. Just sharing, b/c sometimes things don't go as planned & you have to catch this.

My total was 21.00
-I gave her a 5/20 Rite Aid coupon from online that came to my email. They only take Rite Aid only coupons at my Rite Aid- always do this first or you can't use it once the total is below 20.00
-1.00 Off Tide Total Care
-Free Suave shampoo from signing up for the coupon last month
-1.00 Pampers
-6.00 Rite Aid Rebate Check from last month's purchases

Total out of pocket was about 5.21

When I started couponing, I said my goal was to get diapers really cheap. Two weeks ago, I paid 47 cents for about 40 diapers. This week I paid about 2.00 for 20. Not as good of a deal; but it's still a lot bigger savings then before I started coupons. My total savings today was over 75%.

I've been doing this since October, and I still mess things up. Read the deals wrong, etc. But, I know that my main goal was to lower our household/toiletries & I guarantee it's been cut by consistently 60%!

FREE MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

okay- who doesn't like a nice dinner out ? Even if not with hubs then with girlfriends! Right now Restaurants.com is offering 70 percent off! go to the website..type in your zipcode and you will come up with a bunch of local restaurants.

The prices are BEFORE discount..select the ones you want to purchase and then type PREZ in the coupon code box. I bought 5 25.00 gift certificates for 15.00. Thats 3 dollars for a 25.00 gift certificate and 90 cents for a 10 dollar one. Read the fine pront because some restaurants require a minimum purchase. Buy up they last a year!

Thanks, Thriftymama

Basic Trip To CVS

I am writing out a scenario here; but if you really want to understand the lingo & get this down. PLEASE read all the CVS 101 details on Money Saving Mom or The Thrifty Mama. Also, I recommend Southern Savers until one of us actually writes up all the info they have on their blog.

I was out of Extra Care Bucks (ECB) store credit that prints on the end of your receipt when you use your CVS card. I ended up doing 4 transactions. Make sure you don't hold up the line or offer to get at the end of the line after the transactions.

Coupons I had with me before I went to CVS:

Charmin .25
Colgate 2/ 1.00 printables from a link from Southern Saver blog

Transaction 1.

Swipe YOUR CARD
Buy 2 Neutrogena Bars (transparent ones) at 2.99 each
Read SouthernSaver blog about this deal to get the hidden deal & the right ones.

Out of pocket: 6.43
ECB Back on Receipt: 10.00


Transaction 2:

Swiped my Card
Bought the Charmin 4.99 Toilet Paper that was on Sale for Sun/Mon only
Bought 2 BodiHeat Wraps (they have 1.00 off coupons on them) 3.99 each
-Used my 25 cent coupon for Charmin
-Used two 1.00 off heat wraps
-Used my 10 ECB from Transaction 1

Out of Pocket: paid .94 cents
ECB Back on Receipt: 6.00

Transaction 3:

Swiped Card
Buy 2 Colgate Total Advanced at 2.99 each
-Use (2)two 1.00 off coupons that I printed
Bought a pack of Orbit gum b/c my balance went low
-Used 6.00 ECB from Transaction 3

Out of Pocket: .07 cents (b/c the cashier didn't know how to make it even)
ECB on Receipt: 6.00 ECB back

Transaction 4:

I only did this one by accident because I was waiting in the pharmacy for so long.
I realized the Bodi Heat wraps had a limit of 5 per household and I had 6.00 of ECB burning a hole in my pocket. So...
I swiped my card.
Bought 2 more BodiHeat wraps at 3.99 w/ 1.oo off each coupon that I peeled off the front.
-My 6.00 of ECB from Transaction 3

OOP: 0.00
ECB on my receipt: 6.00 ECB

Total Spent out of pocket about 7.50
Total Credit for next purchase: 6.00
Roughly 1.50 spent total for 37.00

Or you can say I spent 7.50 for 37.00 worth of stuff & count my ECB toward my next purchase. Either way.

Free Fridays!!!

So since I am all about eating out right now and i do love Fridays although I haven't been in years!so I am excited to see any menu changes! here is a link to print a coupon for Buy one get one entrees! WOOO HOOO!!!! Just not valid this Saturday!

http://www.tgifridays.com/promos/bogo_coupon.aspx?fromeTarget

Throwing a Thrifty Party...........

As a twenty-something mom of two I seem to be throwing a party a few times a year. Its usually birthday parties for my boys or baby showers for my girl friends. I love getting into a theme, making my guests feel special, creating a relaxing atmosphere, and making things "pretty." In the past I have gone "all -out" with these occasions and spent way more money than I had planned on which can quickly take the joy out of the occasion. Along the way I have learned a few things about throwing a party on a budget and have found more joy in knowing I have created something special while keeping my bank account in tact.


1. I find one thing to focus on which will be the center of the table and the "focal' point. For the last shower and my sons birthday party it was the cake.


2. Make your own cake. .it is possible to make a really good looking cake from scratch. This is alot easier to do than one would think. For the spider man cake I found the recipe online and the tiered flower cake I created from a picture on the fondant box. Fondant is one of the best ways to make a cake look great. Get it at michaels or acmoore and use the 40 percent off weekly coupon in the paper. I borrowed the cake pans from my sister in law. If you want to invest in your own cake pans and cake supplies and you have one of these store close by ..build up your collection over time by using the coupon on one item each week. For the above cake I had to use two boxes of fondant at 6.99 each..and one colored box.With the coupons that was under 4 dollars a box..and the cake mix and icing I either get FREE at publix or make from scratch...You are talking a cake for around 12 daollars. Not a bad deal!!!

3. Instead of lots of "snacky' foods..make a meal. This is very decieving but when you add up the costs of tons of teeny appetizers versus three dishes...it is alot more budget friendly- and impressive to do a meal. For this baby shower i did marinated chicken skewers, wild rice, and spinach salad with mandaran oranges and cranberries.I also did a fruit bouquet which is so easy but people are still impressed with!!

4. Plan WAY ahead and pick up the items you need for your menu as you go week to week shopping. Purchase your meal items when you can get them FREE or REALLY Cheap For example i got the chicken from Harris teeter when it was Buy One Get Two free. The rice a roni I got free at publix- 8 boxes!, and the produce I got on a great discount at publix by using their store coupons combined with food lion coupons and manufacturers coupons. You can also use overage from other purchases to contribute to the produce items.

5. Keep decorations simple....I usually do without balloons at baby showers. Tie a ribbon over the table and hang some baby clothes and socks and hats with clothes pins. I got the clothes brand new in packages from a garage sale all together they were less than 50 cents. Or go to the craft store and get the babies name in those train pieces..paint them and spray them with a clear coat for a cute table decoration...For birthday parties keep your eyes peeled for off- seasonal clearance for favor bags, favors, and things to decorate. My son was having a spider man party this year so I waited till after halloween clearance was at 90 percent and then got spiderman stickers, webs, spider rings etc....valentines clearance will be next- think ahead...what could you get and do with it? Be creative!! My friend strung pictures of her little girl across the table and fireplace on string and colored paper cutouts- it was so cute and what little girl doesn't love looking at herself?

6. Favors- for kids favors a good place to look is the craft store- right now they have 50 percent off dollar items at Michaels. Or if you have more time buy some wooden cutouts...buy "kid friendly" paint or spray paint..paint them...and stick pieces of magnet tape on the back for their own take-home magnet. With these you can also buy them already painted and use a marker to personalize your childs name and date on them.

7. For kids party Entertainment..if your house isn't accommodating for little ones- try to borrow a friends house or family members house for the event. Ask around- alot of people own a little tikes jump castle that you could borrow and of course there are good old fashioned party games- just from experience make sure they are age appropriate. For our spiderman party we strung TONS of spiderweb across our screened porch and put different "treasure" items for the kids to pick out and put in their goody bags. We also had a friend come and do 'airbrush "painting on the kids faces. As another option, get your own face paints and designate a friend or family member to paint faces!

7. Whats a party without gifts? For the last baby shower we threw I painted the "maya" train in the picture. That cost 6 dollars. Also, the brand new clothes we used as decoration we gave to the expectant mom- and as i said before those were almost free. As a rule, we shop the after Christmas clearance sales and stock up on gifts to use throughout the year for birthday parties.Walmart will often clearance down character bath play sets and toys to a few dollars. Get creative! I also know of a friend that made her daughter a digital scrapbook album of pictures.She loved it! We also shop for our boys at garage sales. They are not old enough to "want" specific toys so I often collect barely used or new toys throughout the year for their birthdays or Christmas. I also find brand new items still in packaging at garage sales that go in our 'gift stockplie."

Questions? Leave them in the comment section!

Publix Trip 1/24. Spent 33 Saved 80

I usually do my publix shopping on Monday but I can't do it as well with the kiddos..so I went this morning. Will go back tomorrow for a few more items and the penny item~ Since Andrew is still on his fast I stocked up on fruits and veg and vegetable soups for him. I still have tons of bread in the freezer, frozen veg, and my pantry stocked from last week. My total was actually 43. BUT i had a 10 dollar gift card for calling corporate on a coupon question. Also- Jess- they wouldn't accept target coupons today?? They have every other week?weird. At least i only had 1!

Heres What I got:

6 cans of soup
4 cans of tomatoes
2 juicy juice
4 packs of dole fruit cups
1 A1 steak sauce
2 pace salsa
2 packs toaster strudels
2 cartons egg beaters 2 cans muir glen tomato paste
2 huggies baby wash
green beans- almost 1 pound
bananas- 3 pounds
honeydew
pineapple
7 jars of baby food
chopped garlic in jar
bag of salad
2 pounds of carrots
green bellpepper
red onion
2 jars of salsa
2 bottles kraft salad dressing
8 yoplait yogurts
4 pounds of oranges
2 pounds of vine ripe tomatoes

to see how i got most of my deals please head over here

and as always- any questions just ask lindsaypage7@yahoo.com

Publix Trip Monday- the 19th

Since I am pregnant and Andrew is doing an all fruits and veggies fast our budget will be higher this week and next week. I did get some amazing deals this morning. I spent 90.00 and saved 105.o0...that translates to ALOT OF FOOD and alot of savings! This will probably last almost two weeks! since I have a good stockpile, tons of frozen veggies, and meat for when Drew comes off his fast!Heres what I got:

4 boxes jolly time popcorn

10 boxes green giant boxed veggies

2 cantaloupes

1 honey dew

1 pineapple

bannans

apples

red grapes

sweet potatoes

celery

two bags of romane lettuce

1 bad mixed lettuce

carton of strawberries

6 pints of blackberries

4 cover girl lipglosses

neutrogena facewash

kash frozen pizza

sundried tomato tortilla wraps

deli mozzerella sliced

eartgrain bread

3 packs go gurt yogurt

2 glass bottles of light olive oil

3 boxes of huggies wipes

1 bagel (its all i could stomach this morning)

3 cans low salt veggies

gallon milk

1/2 gallon soymilk

white grape juice

box of kashi

2 boxes low sugar frosted flakes

carton eggs

2 kashi frozen meals for me

betty crocker chocolate chip muffin mix


heres how I did it: This list is not exhaustive of every coupon I used but it is a good general summary-

produce:

I used
3 2 dollars off 5 dollar food lion coupons
1 2.00 off any produce for buying earthgrain bread- coupon in store

for lipgloss

I used 4 2.00 off from the publix flyer
and 2 2.50 off 2 manufactureers coupons form this weeks paper

facewash- 1.00 off neutrogena item from the paper
2.00 off neutrogena from store flyer

plus an extra 20 percent off b/c all neut is on sale

green giant veggies were 10/10 dollars. i used 4 1.00 off two coupons from onlin and in paper coupons

frosted flakes were buy one get one..used two 1.00 off manufacturers coupons

kashi cereal- i had a 75 cent coupon from target..not a great deal but i thought it sounded good.

huggies wipes on sale for 2.50 - used three 2.50 off from instore flyer and 3 .50 cent manufacturers coupons which doubles to 1 dollar to make them FREE!!!

yoplait gogurt was buy one get one- used three .35 cent coupons whcih would double to 70 cents off each one whcih made each box 70 cents!!

deli mozzerella and wraps came to five dollars used the 2 dollar off five dollar deli food lion printable!

light oilive oilpompeiin was buy one get one! used TWO one dollar off printable made each bottle 1.83!!!!

betty crocker muffin mix was buy one get one- then used one coupon for 1.00 off one..made it 39 cents!!

things that wern't on sale :eggs, milk, apples, bananas..but had overage from coupons and used the 17.00 i had in produce coupons to cover most of it!

delmonte cans of veggies were 2/1.29 I bought 3 and used two 75 cent off 1 coupons...

popcorn was 3/3.00 bought 4 and used 4/ 1.00 off of 1 coupons to get 4 boxes FREE!!

Alos used 10% off 100 purchase BiLo coupon from my entertainment book...

Branching Out- Rite Aid

I went to Rite Aid today based on their offers for 1/11-1/17 and the info from The Thrifty Mama and Money Saving Mom.

I had a prescription to transfer and used the "in ad" coupon for a 25.00 gift card back when you transfer a prescription. I took this to the back of the store and made sure I'd get a gift card right then. They were very kind, and said yes.

So, I got my cart ready and my coupons in order.

I did miss using an "in ad" coupon (a coupon from their weekly flyer, and I would've saved $1 total). And, I also didn't remember that the Thrifty Mama blog said there was 5/25 purchase coupon which would've really been a good deal for me to have paid attention to.

So, I should have used:
5/25 coupon
In ad- 50cents off each Ziploc coupn

I did use:
My 25 gift card from transferring my 5.00 prescription
Two 1.50 off Huggies
One .50 off Huggies Wipes
One 1.00 off 2 Ziploc bags
One .40 off ziploc bags

I bought:
2 packs of of 29 pull ups at 9.99
1 Huggies Tub of wipes, 64 count at 3.49 (booo!)
2 Bath Puffs (1.00 item bins) and they were on my list
2 Boxes of Ziploc bags at 20 ct and 15 ct for 1.99

My total out of pocket was 1.67.

I messed up b/c the Diapers were not marked on sale on the aisle and thought the diapers were 12.49 each... So, I messed up my total of spending 25.00 on Huggies. I wanted to do this b/c there is another rebate offer for 10.00 Rite Aid Gift Card for spending 25.00 of specific Kimberly-Clark products, rebate in the Jan Rite Aide Single Check book in stores.

So, I should have bought an extra tub of wipes, with another coupon to get my total to 25.0o. Then I could have bought another Bath Wash puff, and used the 5/25 coupon b/c I would've gotten my total up higher.

I would have spent nothing out of pocket, and would've qualified for the gift card right away.

But, that's my first lesson from Rite Aid.

I also came home, logged into RiteAid.com and set up my Single Check account. Pretty simple, you add in some numbers from your receipt. It takes 2-3 days to process. Then, I guess I'm going to log back in a few days and add the rebates I qualify for. So far, I should be getting back

2.00 on Huggies Diapers

I am going back to Rite Aid this week, and I will buy another container of wipes w/ another coupon. This will qualify me for the 25.00 spent to get 10.00 back, and I will also qualify for another 2.00 (i think) in SCR (Single Check Rebate).

I think I still have a 5/25 coupon to use til March. So, I'm hoping that when these SCR things start coming through that I can figure that out.

So, that was very long; but it's our blog and we can post what we want to...

Linds, I'd like you to scan your Publix receipt for me and post it...

I guess, I'll try Walgreens more intently soon.... I'll post my good find at Walgreens last week.

Publix Shopping 1/5 Total 55.14 Saved 66.16

What a way to kick off the new year!!Here is what I picked up. This is our groceries for at least a week. I usually pick up alot of cereal but like to be heavy on the produce. I make Judes food from the frozen and raw vegetables.

frosted flakes
2 cantaloupes
2 brownie mixes
2 post grape nuts cereals
2 blocks of cheese
2 bags of raw carrotts
1 box honey glaxed frozen carrots
1 box creamed spinach
2 boxes puillsbury savorings appetizers
2 boxes betty crocer potatoes
1 bag dinner rolls
1 tub yogurt
onion
croutons 1 bag
5 boxes of blackberries
1 bag of senseo coffee for Drew
bottle of wine for me!
gillete fusion razor- this razor is amazing!
3 bags of lettuce
1 bag of spinach
bakers joy cooking spray
lucky charms
reduced sugar cinnamon toast crunch
fiber one granola bars- big box
quaker instant oatmeal
freshetta breadsticks
white potatoes

I am going to harris teeter tomorrow for skinless boneless chicken breasts. All meals will be made out of this weeks shopping trip and my pantry which is pretty stocked! My goal this year is to stay around 70.oo a week but I am not going to be legalistic about it. Here is a pic from this week and last week. Last week I did 48.00 at publix and we have surplus running into this week! I absolutely love Publix. Either Jess or I will at some point post their rules for shopping!

Go be resourceful with what God gave you- in your womanhood and your wallet. Go get em' Girls!