Another Great Grocery Week!

Ross laughs when I take pictures of the groceries. I need to show him just how many other people there are out there that take pics of their loot... I mean, food. :)

Here's Publix:

Store Coupons: $9.90

Vendor Coupons: $12.24

Advertised Special Savings: $15.36

Advantage Buy Savings: $1.33

TOTAL SAVINGS: $38.83

TOTAL SPENT: ONLY $24.56!

Just over 61% savings!

Here's Target:

TOTAL SAVINGS: $9.19

TOTAL SPENT: $9.91

Oh, so close to 50%!

What $41.00 Can Buy

ALL THIS!

I have turned into the crazy coupon lady at the grocery store, and I don't even care. The regular price of these items at Publix would have been $96.62. After the sales and coupons, my out of pocket total was only $41.39. A savings of $55.23 - or 57%. Not to mention that I got some of the items for completely free. And, it's all things that we will eat.

Not all trips are this good, but... WOOHOO!

(I am such a dork.) :)

My New Obsession...

I recently found the Fiddledeedee blog, which offers up ways every week to save money on groceries at Publix. She is awesome - she basically does all the work for you, you just have to get/print the coupons, figure out what you need, and go do it.

This was my first week really "working" the system, and I am super excited. I tried to be conscious of not buying something just because it was cheap and think I did a good job. I did get some things that we normally would not get because usually they are overpriced... but they weren't today!

Here's my grand tally:

Total SPENT: $68.05
Total SAVED: $55.82

WOOHOO! The savings includes everything from sales, specials, all the different coupons I had, and a special Publix coupon. I'm sure it won't be this good every week, but it is certainly incentive to keep on working it!

By the way, I'm sure Ross is tired of hearing about it by now, but I think it's fun... :)