Tobins' Tastes: Weekly Totals Link Up: I Saved $144 This Week!

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Weekly Totals Link Up: I Saved $144 This Week!

Today's (5/3) Publix Trip: Spent $30, Saved $60
It was a great shopping week for me. I hit up Publix twice and Target once and saved $143, while only spending about $40. I stocked up on some health and beauty staples as well as some household items and was able to purchase a good amount of fresh grocery items.

There wasn't much on sale food wise that we needed to stock up on so I just took advantage the deals on fresh items to use to supplement our stockpile for the week. I actually barely purchased any food at the grocery store today that wasn't produce or a fridge/freezer item.

 I took advantage of Publix's BOGO chicken sale and got a total of four and a half pounds of fresh, boneless, skinless chicken breasts. I wanted to only buy two smaller packages (I got the smallest at $10/2.5 pounds each) because we are trying to eat what meat we have in the freezer without adding to it too much as hurricane season approaches but we love to have fresh chicken to make dinners with when we can find it on sale. I was able to use a $5/$30 Enjoy The City Winn Dixie coupon so that helped bring my total down though.

I am very excited that we were under budget with groceries this week because we are saving the cash left over from our grocery budget each week to put towards a trip with my family to San Fransisco this summer. Since I did three different shopping trips this week I am going to do a breakdown of the week and under that today's shopping trip.

Make sure you link up your savings below so I can see what great deals you got this week! New to couponing and want to understand the lingo and abbreviations? Check out my work in progress list of couponing lingo. Experienced couponer? I would love to hear you suggestions about what to add to the list.

Breakdown for the week:
Total retail value: $182.93
Total spent: $39.12
Total saved: $143.81
Percent saved: 79%




Breakdown of today's Publix trip:
Total retail value: $92.58
Total spent: $30.93
Total saved: $61.65
Percent saved: 67%

What I got with sale/coupon match ups:
  • Two 2.2 pound packages of fresh, boneless, skinless chicken breast, retails for $4.49 a pound ($10.10 each)
    • On sale BOGO, made it $10.10 for 4.4 pounds or about $2.24 a pound (pretty good price for Publix)
  •  2 packages of Popsicle Yosicle, Yogurt Popsicles, retails for $4.75 each, on sale BOGO ($2.38 each)
    • Used two .50 cents off man. coupons from Facebook
    • Stacked with a $1/2 Target.com coupon
    • Made them $1.38 each
  •  4 one pound packages of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter sticks, retails for $3.81 each, on sale BOGO ($1.91 each)
  • 1 package of Monterey Pasta Raviolis, retails for $4.19, on sale for $3.00
    • Used a $1 off coupon from the 4/29 RP
    • Made them $2.00
  •  1 tub of Monterey Gourmet Foods Pesto, retails for $4.69, on sale for $3.00
    • Used a $1 off coupon from the 4/29 RP
    • Made it $2.00
  • 1 dozen 4 Grain Eggs, retails for $2.69, on sale for $2.29
    • Used a .35 cents off coupon from the 2/12 SS
    • Made them $1.94
  •  2 bags of RiceWorks Crisps, retails for $2.89 each, on sale for $1.44
    • Used two $1 off coupons from Facebook
    • Made them .44 cents each
  •  4 Hefty All Purpose Foil Pans, retails for $1.99 each, on sale BOGO (.99 cents each)
  •  2 bags of Fresh Express Salad Kits, retails for $3.99 each
    • On sale BOGO, made them $1.99 each
  •  4 Haas Avocados, retails for $1.50 each, on sale for $1 each
  •  1 one pound bag of Publix baby carrots, retails for $1.79
    • On sale for $1.29
  •  10 Yoplait Yogurts, retails for .67 cents each
    • Used a .40/6 coupon from the 3/11 SS
    • Stacked with a $1/10 coupon from Target.com
    • Made them .53 cents each

How did you do this week? Inspire me (and everyone else) with your amazing savings and deals this week. Please link up directly to your specific post. Do not link up to your blog's home page, giveaways, or etsy shops please. I would love it if you would link back to this post or grab my button from the sidebar : )

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