Today's Shopping Trips

I left the house with a plan to SPEND NO MORE THAN $40. I made it… But what did I save?

Winn-Dixie
Stopped here first to get the $10/$50 coupon to print up at check-out.
**I figured out that if I took my husband’s W-D card and mine, I would get 2 $10/$50!!**

Transaction #1:
My W-D card
3 Betty Crocker Chocolate Chip Cookie Pouches – (on sale for 3/$5)
USED: 3 .40 manu coupons
TOTAL: 3.80
SAVED: 3.37
GOT: $10/$50

Transaction #2:
Hubby’s W-D card
2 Mueller’s Spaghetti Noodles – (on sale for 10/$10)
USED: .55/2 manu coupon
TOTAL: 1.45
SAVED: 1.33
GOT: $10/$50

Transaction #3:
**I just wanted to see if MAYBE another coupon would print out. I even switched registers, no luck.**
Pears (on sale for .69 a lb!!!!! Regularly 1.39)
Red pears – 1.3 lb = 2.33-1.43= .90
Bartlett pears – 1.79 lb =2.49-1.25=1.24
TOTAL: 2.14
SAVED: 2.68

TOTAL: 7.39
SAVED: 7.38
GOT: 2 - $10/$50 to use at Publix!!!

CVS
4 transactions between 2 cards (mine and hubby’s)

Transaction #1: card 1
Tone Mango Splash bar soap – (on sale for 1.88)
USED: $1 manu coupon
TOTAL: 1.01
SAVED: 1.91
GOT: $1 EBC

Transaction #2: card 1
Colgate Total Toothpaste – (on sale for 2.99)
USED: $1 manu coupon, $1 EBC
TOTAL: 1.19
GOT: $2 EBC
**Didn’t reverse this transaction b/c I would have been a dollar over and would have had to buy something else or lose the extra dollar

Transaction #3: card 2
Tone Mango Splash bar soap – (on sale for 1.88)
USED: $1 manu coupon
TOTAL: 1.01
SAVED: 1.91
GOT: $1 EBC

Transaction #4: card 2
Colgate Total Toothpaste – (on sale for 2.99)
USED: $1 manu coupon, $1 EBC
TOTAL: 1.19
GOT: $2 EBC

TOTAL: 4.40
SAVED: 9.62
GOT: 2 $2EBCs ($4), one per card
*technically I got all of that for .40*

PUBLIX
I did damn good today!

8 Lysol 4-in-1 – (B1G1 2.69) USED: 8 - .50 manu coupons
12 Yoplait Fiber One multi-pack yogurts – (B1G1 2.50) USED: 12 - 1$ manu coupons
2 Betty Crocker Garlic Potatoes – (B1G1 1.57) USED: 2 .40 manu coupon, FREE shopping bag store coupon, Save $1 on OJ store coupon
2 Pilsbury Crescent rolls – (3/$5) USED: 2 $1 manu coupons
2 Publix decaf – 3.29 each
2 Coffee-Mate Creamers – (not on sale for 3/$5, but I wanted it) USED: 1.50 Print coupon
2 OreIda Steak Fried – (2.79) USED: $1.50/2 manu coupon
3 Sorrento Cheese Sticks – (3.00) USED: 3 $2 peelies, 3 $1 store coupon (ex 10/10/09) FREE
*12 Hunts Diced Tomatoes – (B1G1 1.39) USED: 3 .45/3 manu coupons
*2 Hunts Ketchup – (B1G1 1.75)
*needed 13 items to use the Albertson’s 10/$10 plus 3 free=.77c
Olives – Bob wanted
2 Knorr Sides – (B1G1 1.49) USED: 2 .45 manu coupons
2 Hidden Valley dressings – (B1G1 3.29)
2 packs of mushrooms – (1.69)
4 Ronzoni Linguine – (B1G1 1.39) USED: 2 $1/2 Print coupons or Print
4 Swanson Chicken broth – (B1G1 2.59) USED: 2 .75/2 manu coupons
3 Fresh Express garden salad – (2.29) USED: Albertson’s B1G2 coupon – saved 4.58)
16 Glade candles – (3.41) USED: 16 $3 store coupons
4 Hersey’s minis – (3.39) USED: 2 $2/2 Walgreens Print limit 4 bags, $1/3 manu coupon
Carrots – (1.49)
Bananas - (2.43 lb x .69 lb = 1.68)
Milk – (3.09)
4 Fiber One Cereal – (B1G1 4.29) USED 2 Target Print, 4 .75 manu coupon, 2 FREE shopping bag store coupon, 4 save $1 on OJ store coupon
2 Tropicana OJ – (3.79 x 2 = 7.58 – 5 “save $1 on OJ store *coupon” = 2.58 for 2) *coupon did not say 1 coupon per item, it just said $1 off OJ
5 Reusable bags – (.99) USED: 5 free coupons… I forget where the extra 2 came from.

USED:
3 W-D $10/$50
2 Albertson’s $5/$50
Albertson’s 10/$10 get 3 free
Albertson’s B1G2 Fresh Express salads (4.58)
Vendor coupons = 92.12
Store coupons = 68.03
Advertised sales = 59.72
Advantage buy savings = 2.97

SPENT: 30.61
SAVED: 222.84

Today:
Spent: 42.40
Saved: 239.84

**So I spent JUST over what I planned to, but technically almost $2 less since I have $4 in EBCs left to use! Goal Reached!