Reader Trips - My Healthy Publix run (under budget!)

When you are stocked up on meat (Sam's Club) and all the dried food you need for months (including enough to donate) it is nice to just go for the few items for REALLY cheap and then the items you don't normally need.

This weekend we have Atlas' 2nd birthday party so we needed EXTRA fruit and soda (we dont normally drink)

6 - Duncan Hines Moist Cake Mix, 16.5-18.25 oz, BOGO at $1.31
-.35/1 Duncan Hines cake mixes, SS 2/05
 
14 - Mentos Pure Fresh Gum, 45-50 ct, BOGO at $3.29
-$1/2 Mentos bottles, 45 ct.+, SS 3/25
-.55/1 Mentos bottle, 15 ct. +, SS 2/05 (EXP 03/31)

3 - Chickpeas - 1.21 (Hummus for this weekend)

2 - Dry Coffee Mate - 3.13*
B1G1 Coffee-Mate Creamer, printable (limit reached)
-.55/1 Nestle Coffee-Mate liquid or powder, 15 oz +, excl Bliss printable
FREE Coffee Mate coupon (Free Coffee Friday)
Total - FREE

4 - Nestle Coffee Mate Creamer, 16 oz, $1.66*
B1G1 Coffee-Mate Creamer, printable (limit reached)
-.55/1 Nestle Coffee-Mate liquid or powder, 15 oz +, excl Bliss printable
FREE Coffee Mate coupon (Free Coffee Friday) 

Total - Money Maker 

*Publix has a new Q&A section to their coupon policy, it includes that you can no longer use a second manufacturer coupon with a BOGO coupon, but I checked and my store has not implemented this rule yet. It will likely start 4/1/12 

Baby Card - $1.99

4 Pepsi products - BOGO 1.45

Raisins - 3.43 (Ants on a log for this weekend)
2 - Celery - .99 (Ants on a log for this weekend)
 
2 - Breakstone Sour Cream - BOGO 1.65
-.75/1 Breakstone’s or Knudsen’s sour cream, 16 oz +, Kraft 20 Top Seasonal Recipes for 2012 booklet (I DO NOT HAVE)


4 - Sundown B-Complex 100-ct - 3.99
-$5/2 Sundown Naturals product, Osteo Bi-Flex product or Marvel Heroes gummy vitamins (Publix coupon), Green Advantage flyer
-$1 off Sundown Naturals vitamin or supplement, RP 2/12 or RP 3/18
-$1 off Sundown Naturals vitamin or supplement printable


Sweet potatoes - .49/lb - 1.52
Strawberries - 2/$5 (not on sale like recently... very sad)
Bananas - .69/lb - 2.55 (b/c having 8 in the house is NEVER enough)
Red Grapes - 1.69/lb - 3.65
Yellow Squash - 1.72

Used - $10 Olay rebate wyb $30 (had to be submitted by 12/31/12... received in the past month)

Vendor coupon - 30.38

Store coupon - 14.00

Special Price Savings - 35.67

TOTAL SAVINGS - 80.05

TOTAL SPENT - 38.88

My weekly budget is $50. FINALLY a good week! It's not been so good lately. I love it when I am stocked up on most of the thigns we use and only have to get the bare minimum!