PUBLIX 11/30/11, SPENT $25.52 BEFORE GAS CARDS

Today was the last day of the gas card deal. I brought out my rainchecks for items that I would use anyway and brought my total up to $88.31 before coupons. After my three gas cards at $40 each, my bill was $208.31.

My total after my coupons was $145.52. That means I paid $25.52 for all these groceries and received three $50 gas cards.

When I was walking out of the store I found 2 receipts that someone had crumbled up and they totaled over $30. I walked back in the store and was able to buy 1 more gas card without even buying any groceries! I was able to get a total of 8 gas cards this week.

This week I bought:

Zuchhine
Ginger
Eggs
Bibb Lettuce
2 Naturally Fresh Lite Dressing
Publix Crumbled Blue Cheese
2 Luna Bars
1 Scott Bath Tissue
1 Colgate Sensitive Toothpaste
2 Johnson & Johnson First Aid Kit
2 J&J Guaze Pads
3 Neosporin
6 All Detergent - used RC
4 Rachel Ray Nutrish Dog Treats
1 Stouffers Mac and Cheese
6 Smart Balance Milk - used RC

I found a booklet in the Publix pharmacy that was called Diabeties Awareness. It had a coupon for $3/2 wyb a J&J and Neosporin Product. When I stacked that PQ with a $2 MQ for Neosporin and a $1/1 coupon for J&J, I was able to get all the products for FREE. I did the deal three times to bring up my total for the gas card deal. You can do a deal similar to this using the coupons from the green adv. flyer but you will have to buy 2 J&J items until Dec. 9th.

My daughter will be coming home from college in 2 weeks for the winter break so my milk will disappear really fast! When she was home for the Thanksgiving break my milk was gone! I feel sorry for any of you with multiple children who love milk!

SOME GOOD PET DEALS BEGINNING 12/3

Purina Beggin Strips will be on sale in the yellow advantage flyer for $4 each. You can get a good deal if you use the $1 Publix coupon from HERE and stack with the printable coupon from HERE.

You will end up paying $1 per bag.

Purina Friskies Party Mix Cat Treats will be $1.25 each beginning 12/3 in the Yellow Adv. Flyer. Use the B1G1 coupon from the 9/25 RP and two $1/1 Publix coupons from HERE and get $.75 overage wyb 2!

Here's another one for you. Rachel Ray Nutrish Dog Treats are $2.99 a bag. Buy 2 bags and use one BOGO coupon from the 11/13 SS and stack with two $1/1 Publix coupons from HERE and stack with the $1.50 printable (sorry no longer available)

Whew! Those are some good deals!

UPDATE: IT APPEARS THE $1.50 COUPONS ARE ALL GONE!

PUBLIX 11/28/11, SPENT $23.88 NOT INCLUDING 4 GAS CARDS

Shopping at Publix after Thanksgiving is ALWAYS a letdown. Publix made the letdown a little bit easier by offering us the gas card deal. But there was literally nothing I saw in the ad that enticed me in...so hello rainchecks!

I pulled out several rainchecks and I had coupons to match up with every single one of them. Does it surprise you? This is what I bought:

10 Dr. Pepper (all FREE using RC from last week and yell. adv. flyer q)You will notice they are still in my car because they are being donated.
6 Rondele Garlic Herb Cheese - FREE plus $3.00 overage
6 Publix Raisen Bran Cereal - used $1 PQ to pay only $.49 a box
6 Vanity Fair Napkins, 100 ct. - used RC from last week and got all for FREE
6 Vanity Fair Bowls - used MQ's and 3 yell. adv. flyer Q
6 Hefty Trash Bags - used RC and 6-$1.00 q's
2 Schick Shave Cream - used FREE q's from mftr
1 Scott Bath Tissue
4 Hungry Jack Pancake Mix - FREE with TQ
2 pkgs. squash
2 Luna Bars
Saurkraut
Bananas

My total before coupons was $106.44 and was $23.88 after all coupons. I then added 4 gas cards to make my total $183.88. The trash bags alone were normally $7.59 each which would have been $45.54 plus tax if I didn't have a RC!

My trip was a complete success! I tried to spend the least amount OOP to get the most gas cards I could. I had a few other items to buy like milk, salad dressing, nappa cabbage, etc. but decided to do them on my next visit because they only had three 1/2 gallons of milk left. I have a raincheck for 6 so I tried to make my total above as close to $100 as possible. I will go back and get my additional items and get my total to $50 before coupons to get 2 more gas cards.

This gas card week was definitely not as good as the last where I got 22 gas cards! I still have some of those left...$500 worth to be exact!

MY CVS RUN 11/27/11

God was smiling down on me today. Yesterday my daughter told me she needed contact solution. Believe it or not, that is the one item I do not stock. She also found 6 twin pack boxes of Glade Plug-ins that apparently had her name written all over them!

She asked if I could please stop at CVS since I have all those ECB's and get her some contact solution and the Glade warmer for the refills she found. I was supposed to stop last night after church and I forgot. This is where the God smiling down on me comes in!

I got up at 3:30 am because I couldn't sleep and decided to put together my CVS list for today. Guess what is on it! Yep! Contact Solution for $8.99, get $8.99 ECB's back. The Glade warmers were also on sale for $.99 each and there was a $2 off 2 coupon, making them totally FREE!

Thank you Lord! You blessed me today with a sale on contact solution and Glade warmers. Instead of spending $14.01 for 2 boxes of solution and 2 boxes of warmers, I paid $1.07 for 2 boxes of contact solution and 8 boxes of Glade warmers!

And the best part...I received two $8.99 ECB's back, a total of $17.98. The fun really comes into play when you have $40 in ECB's left at the end of the year and you have to go in and spend them!

FREE PERSONALIZED SANTA VIDEO

This is an incredibly cute FREEBIE for your little one.

Go HERE to get a totally personalized video from Santa. Santa will have his elves determine if you are on the naughty or nice list.

I made one for my granddaughter just to check it out and it is soooo cute!!! Make sure you do it for your kids or grandkids or husband!!

LEFTOVER TURKEY? CHECK OUT THESE RECIPES

Leave it to Martha Stewart to come up with 35 recipes for Thanksgiving leftovers.

Go HERE to see all the recipes she has come up with. Since we had three turkeys for Thanksgiving, I have plenty of leftover turkey even after guests took some home!

I will be making something from one of her 35 recipes!

CREST WHITE STRIP OVERAGE

If any of you are lucky enough to find the travel size Crest White Strips in your store you can do the following scenerio.


Crest WhiteStrips Travel Size @ $5.99


$10 off Crest WhiteStrips – PG Mailer OR

$10 off Crest WhiteStrips – PG 10/30 OR

$7 off Crest WhiteStrips – RP 11/13

Use any of the above to get $2 to $4 overage.

I have not been lucky enough to find them in the couple stores I shop in. But maybe one of you will get lucky and find it in your store. If you find it, please let us know which store you found it in. If I find in a store in Jax, I will post for you!

Do the math and if you have several coupons, you can get some nice overage! What perfect timing to use to pay for your gas cards!