Weekly Shopping Trips Update

These are the trips I made last week! I haven't been out this week yet but plan to over the next few days!

Publix Trip:
1 pack of pork chops @ $6.50
1 jar of Vlassic Stackers @ $1.50
2 loaves of Nature's Own Bread @ $2.50 each
2 boxes of Egg Beaters @ $1.67 each
1 gallon of milk @ $2.50
1 pack of bacon @ $2.50
3 boxes of Birdseye Snap Peas @ .84 each
6 bags of Birdseye steamfresh rice @ .89 each
3 bags of Birdseye Corn on Cob @ $1.74 each
1 Saturday edition of the Sunday Paper @ $1.87 (TIP: Publix discounts their papers!)
1 18lb bag of Kingsford Charcoal
1 lb of Publix ground beef @ $3.10

Coupons Used:

2 $1/3 Steamfresh Publix coupons
$3/1 Kingsford Coupon
$6/1 Pork Chop Coupon
$3/1 Meat Coupon (was found on bottom of Charcoal bag)(made my ground beef .10!)
$1/1 meat Publix coupon (from baby coupons)
$1/1 Publix dairy coupon (made my gallon of milk $1.50)(from baby coupons)
2 .75/1 Nature's Own Coupons
2 $1/1 Egg Beaters Coupons (from internet)
1 $1/1 Vlassic Target coupon
2 $1/3 Birdseye IP coupons

Total: $69.55
Total Savings: $43.17 (sales and coupons)
Total OOP: $26.38

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Kroger:

2 packs of pie shells @ $1.09 (retail $2.17)
2 Mtn Dew 2 liters @ $1 each (retail $1.89)
1 pack of hot dog buns @ .88
1 pack of hamburger buns @ .88
1 bag of grapes @ $2.56 (.99/lb) (Retail $1.69/lb)
1 bag of Comforts Wipes @ $1.99
4 packs of Split Chicken Breasts (not pictured) @ .99/lb ($3.50, $3.69, $3.87, $3.88)

Coupons Used:

$2/1 Comforts Wipes coupon (found on formula cans in store)

Total: $53.21
Total Savings: $31.78
Total OOP: $0.00 (placed $21.43 on gift card from transferring prescription)

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CVS:

24 bags of gold emblem nuts @ .99 each (we ate a lot of them over the week so some are not pictured)
1 box of snack size bags 50 ct @ $1
1 box of CVS Brand Crunch n' Munch @ $1 (my husband grabbed these as soon as I walked in the door! He loves to see what I bring home from my shopping trips...)
15 Johnson & Johnson Trial Mini First Aid Kits @ .99 each (these will be donated to a local church for their upcoming mission trip over the summer...I have accumulated quite a few for free over the last couple of weeks and I am waiting on another order to come in from CVS. I had the manager make a special order for me so I could use up the remaining coupons. I had family members collecting the coupons for these and they were mailed to me!)


Coupons Used:

12 $2/2 CVS CRT's on gold emblem nuts (I received 3 sets of 4's off of same card: manager was aware of this and said he didn't know what was happening...he was getting the same!)
5 $3/2 Johnson & Johnson Coupons (from blinkie machines at Kroger)
$2 ECB that was expiring that day!

Total: $40.61
Savings: 100%
OOP: placed a total of 1.68 on gift card for taxes on the J&J products

Total Annual Budget: $5200.00 ($100/week)

YTD Spending: $434.90

YTD Remaining: $4765.10

Total YTD Savings: $2380.69