CVS, Rite Aid, & Publix Trip!

I have not been doing that great lately keeping up with all my savings! It seems the past few weeks I haven't saved like I felt I could have been, and it has gotten me a little down. But this week brought my confidence back up! I took a week off last week (okay, I was at Disney, so it was kind of a forced "vacation" from couponing, but needed nonetheless), and now I'm re-energized! Here's a pic of my shopping endeavors:

I bought all of this at CVS, Rite Aid, and Publix. I went to Rite Aid first, and I was disappointed the scenario I had worked out just wasn't going to happen. So I got the Cascade dish detergent at $.50 after SCR. It actually ended up being FREE because I transferred my prescription to Rite Aid a few weeks ago and got a $25 gift card that still has around $20 on it.

At CVS I bought the 2 Old Spice body wash which ended up being FREE! I used $4 ECB and had a B1G1 coupon from the P&G Rebate coupon booklet, which meant $0 out of pocket and $8 ECB for future use!

The rest of the groceries are from Publix. The four Dr. Pepper twelve packs ended up being $4.99 total. They were B2G2 at my store, plus I had the B2G1 store coupon. I also got the OM turkey bacon and Philadelphia cream cheese for free with free item coupons received from Kraft. Plus, these purchases are eligible for the $10 Kraft rebate!

My total spending in all this trip: $15.22
My total savings: $39.35 or 61%!!

It's been awhile!

So it's been awhile since I've posted anything. I went to Guadalajara, Mexico last week to visit my brother who has been living there, so no grocery shopping for me! And while I was gone, my husband started his new job at Publix (he's gone back to college, so he needed a part time job!). So I don't really know if I will have to step foot in Publix ever again (or at least for awhile!!). I'm sure I'll make some appearances though. Here's a picture from my trip of downtown Guadalajara.

My husband did bring some groceries home from work today, grabbing rain checks for the boneless skinless chicken breasts. He used three coupons and saved over 50%! He just bought some Lender's bagels, Kraft cheese, sour cream, cans of dog food, and fresh mushrooms.