Giveaway: $25 gift card for Publix!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• In honor of Publix's (that is weird to say!) new "Best Meals Happen at Home" event from March 8th through the 14th, Publix and BlogSpark are offering my readers the chance to win a $25 Publix gift card. Now that is an awesome prize!!
• As of March 8th, look for in-store for coupons that will be valid through March 28th, 2012.
• Visit BestMealsatHome.com to sign up and receive emails with weekly recipes and coupon offers that will help you save up to $200 this year. (That is NOT how you win the $25...keep reading for that info).

To kick-off the great savings and enjoy valuable time around the dinner table with your family, Publix invites you to try one of the delicious recipes that you can find at BestMealsatHome.com, which uses Progresso ^® Lemon Pepper Crispy Bread Crumbs and Old El Paso^® Flour Tortillas to make Lemon Pepper Fish Tacos: Prep time: 20 Min Start to Finish. Check it out!

In order to participate in this giveaway which will run from today through Tuesday morning (February 28) at 9 AM, simply leave a comment on this post stating you would like to participate along with your email address. For an additional chance to win, share this post on Facebook and/or Twitter and then post another comment stating that you shared this post. I will pick the winner Tuesday morning and post the results. Have fun!!!

Dollar General: $5/25 coupon (can use at Publix!)

Dollar General has a $5/25 printable coupon available to be used only tomorrow, March 26, 2011. Don't forget, you can print two! Publix accepts competitor coupons so use this one at Publix if you don't have anything to get at Dollar General.

Publix: $50 Coupon Booklet

Publix has a free $50 coupon booklet available to be mailed to your home! This will only last until supplies are gone, so order yours as soon as you can.

The booklets will arrive in the mail by 3/31 and will be valid from 4/1/2011 to 4/30/2011.

Dollar General: $5/$25 coupon (use at Publix!!)

Dollar General has another $5/$25 coupon available on their Facebook page! You have to "like" them and then you can print the coupon. Since Publix takes competitor coupons, I am going to use it at Publix for sure!! It is a bricks coupon, so you can print it twice.

This coupon is only good for today, tomorrow and Saturday the 23rd.

Publix: FREE blueberries

Take this coupon into Publix and use it to get some FREE blueberries! It is a coupon for $1.50 off a pack of blueberries, blackberries or raspberries.

Blueberries, 1 pint, $1.50 this week which would make them FREE

Raspberries, 5.6 oz, $2.00 this week which would make them $.50

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Publix: 06/10-06/16

Since I missed out on posting last week's Publix deals, I wanted to get a head start on this week's new deals which start on Thursday (tomorrow).

You have until Friday to take advantage of the Green Advantage Buy Flyer deals that I posted about previously. Go HERE to check this out and make sure you don't miss a great deal! Lots of freebies.

Here are the best BOGO deals:

Mott’s 100% Apple Juice, 64 oz., $2.75 ($1.37 ea.)

-$1 off Mott’s Medley, Publix Summer Savings Coupon Booklet

Use 2 coupons, get the juice for $.38 each!

General Mills cereal, assorted variety, $3.99 ($1.99 ea.)

-.55/1 Cheerios Original Cereal printable

-$1/2 General Mills cereal printable (makes it $1.49 ea.)

-$1/2 General Mills Cheerios, in store dispenser

-$1/2 Cheerios Cereals, SS 6/06

-$1/2 General Mills Cereals, SS 5/03 (exp 6/12)

Post Cereal, Pebbles, Honey Crisp or Alpha-Bits $3.27 ($1.63 ea.)

-$1/2 Post Cereals SS 5/16 (makes it $1.13)

-$1/2 Post Kids Cereals, SS 5/16

Nestle Toll House refrigerated dough $2.89 ($1.44 ea.)

-1 off Nestle Cooke Dough printable (makes it $.44 each!)

To see a comprehensive list of this week's deals, go HERE.

Publix: Last minute deal

Calling all contacts wearers! My friend, Sharon, just informed me of a great Publix deal, but it is only going to be good through tomorrow.

Complete Multi-Purpose solution is BOGO for $8.99 this week (ends tomorrow 05.19.10). In this past Sunday's Red Plum insert (RP 05.16.10), there are $2 coupons. Use 2 coupons and you can score 2 bottles for $4.99 or $2.50 each, a savings of $12.99!

Publix Coupon Clubs

I'm wish I had a Publix, and seeing all of Jessica's deals makes me so jealous! I'm in one of the right states for one, but too far west :(

As Jessica has posted before HERE are some printable coupons. A while back (when we moved and I was checking to see if we had a Publix) I remembered seeing some Publix Coupon Clubs.

Sign up today, they are FREE!

Publix Baby Club

Publix Preschool Pals

Publix Family Style Magazine

Publix GreenWise Market Magazine

Now, all of you that have a Publix - go wild with your new coupons! Don't forget to check out Jessica's Publix coupon matchups when she posts them!

Guest Contributor: Denise

Publix: 05/13-05/19; my trip: from $143.21 to $70.21

Ummm, not sure how I forgot to post the weekly deals, but here they are...very late! These deals are still good through Wednesday though with new deals starting Thursday the 20th. Go HERE for a complete list. Also, even if you could care less about how I saved $73 on this trip, you have to read a very funny story at the end of this post.

Here is a short glossary for newbies:
manufacturer's coupon (MQ)
out of pocket (OOP)
Smart Source newspaper insert (SS)
Red Plum newspaper insert (RP)
Proctor & Gamble newspaper insert (PG)
Prices start at (PSA)
Buy One Get One free (BOGO)

Advantage Buy Flyer ABF(green-front of the store)

My Publix trip this week went something like this:

Publix 5 lb bag sugar $3.19

3 Shick Shave Cream $6.00 - $3 (3-$1/1 SS 5/9) - $3 (3-$1/1 ABF) making all 3 FREE

2 Shick 5 Blade razors $11.98 - $10 (2-$5/1 SS 5/9) - $2 (2-$1/1 ABF) making both FREE

10 Welch's grape juice BOGO $24.95 - $10 (8- $1/1 SS 2/7 and 2 $1/1 printable HERE) = $14.95 for 10 or $1.49 each

Crisco spray $2.50

Strawberries $2.50

Bananas $1.43

1 lb. Boar's Head Everroast Chicken $6.92

1/2 lb. Boar's Head hard salami $4.70

Publix Sharp Cheddar $3.50

Apples (I only buy Fuji-I know this goes against everything I stand for as far as saving money, but I like them. So there.) $4.49

Publix salsa 1.99

2 bags of pretzels BOGO $2.99

Oscar Meyer premium hot dogs (no nitrites, etc) $2.00

Butter $2.79

Fresh Express bag salad BOGO $3.69 - $1/2 coupon from Publix Family Style Magazine (a post on how to sign up is coming tomorrow)

Tomatoes $1.97

Pillsbury bread flour $2.49

2 premium 4 pack Bumblebee tuna BOGO $3.61

Milk $3.15

Deli lemonade $2.99

I also had a $5/25 from Save-A-Lot to use, but the cashier claimed that they could not take it for some lame reason. I politely said OK, took my coupon back, checked out, went straight to customer service and said "that boy who checked me out (he looked like he was 12) refused to take this competitor's coupon." The sweet lady took it, apologized profusely and said she would "talk to him" and handed me a $5 bill.

THEN, I was about to leave the store when I noticed Hudson holding onto the popcorn chicken I thought that I had purchased. I know that I had taken it from him to put it on the conveyor belt, but that little guy must have grabbed it back when I wasn't looking. With a sinking feeling of the $5 bill I had just victoriously received going back to the cash register from which it came, I glanced at my receipt. No popcorn chicken on the receipt. UGH.

Turned right around, explained that I had thwarted my 2 year-old's attempt to shoplift popcorn chicken and handed over the $5 bill to pay for the $3.92 chicken. Received $1.08 back in cash, threw it in my purse and lo and behold, I was able to use that $1 to pay for my $.80 of tax I owed at CVS yesterday. :) All was not lost.

Publix: 05/06-05/12

New deals start at Publix today! If you wait to shop until Sunday (or just go back for these items), you can get 4 items for FREE utilizing Publix in-store coupons and manufacturer coupons from Sunday's (May 9th) paper. ***Don't forget it is Mother's Day on Sunday!

Here are the freebies this week:

Nivea Body Wash, 16.9 oz, Gel 8.4 oz, $3.99

-$1 off Nivea Body Wash For Women, RP 4/18

-$4 off Nivea Body Wash for Women, RP 5/02 (makes it FREE)

-$3 off Nivea Body Was For Men RP 5/02

B1G1 Nivea Body Wash For Women, All You, May 2010

Schick Hydro 3 Razor, $5.99

-$1 off Schick Hydro Razor, Refill, or Shave Gel Adv Buy Flyer

-$5 off Schick Hydro Razor SS 5/09 (use both makes it FREE)

Schick Hydro Shave Gel, 8.4 oz, $2

-$1 off Schick Hydro Razor, Refill, or Shave Gel Adv Buy Flyer

-$1 off Schick Hydro Shave Gel SS 5/09(use both makes it FREE)

Carefree 16 or 22 ct, 99¢

-$1 off Carefree Product, Any SS 4/25 (makes it FREE)

-.50/1 Carefree product printable

Here is a link to the rest of this week's deals with coupon match-ups!

Also, if you missed my post about getting my total from $209 to $99 last week, check it out.

Publix printable coupons

My cousin, Denise, just told me about this Publix printable coupon site. I didn't know about it!

Go HERE to find some great coupons. Remember, you can print two of each coupon per computer.

Also, if you missed my Publix post on how I got my total from $207 down to $99, check that out HERE so you can do it too!

Publix: $207.29 for $99.57

I will not have time to do this kind of post very often, but I will do my best to do it every so often so you can see just how much money you can save at stores like Publix by planning ahead! On this trip, I used a lot of BJ's coupons because Publix is awesome and accepts competitor coupons.

This week's deals at Publix do not end until Wednesday so if you want to take advantage of any of these deals, you have tomorrow and Wednesday to do it! For a list of coupon match-ups, go HERE.

Here is a short glossary for newbies:

manufacturer's coupon (MQ)

out of pocket (OOP)

Smart Source newspaper insert (SS)

Red Plum newspaper insert (RP)

Proctor & Gamble newspaper insert (PG)

Prices start at (PSA)

Buy One Get One free (BOGO)

So, as you can see above, I got $207.29 worth of product for $99.57 OOP. First, I will list the items I made money on or got absolutely free. I will TRY to tell you where all the coupons came from, but no promises.

The run-down:

(free or profit!)

Bounty napkins $1.99 -$2 BJs coupon and $.25 MQ PG 5/2 (profit +.25)

5 Lunchables $1 each -5 $1 MQs SS 3/21 (all free!)

Colgate toothpaste $2.69 -$2 BJs coupon and $.75 newspaper coupon (profit + $.06)

PLUS I got a FREE Colgate Wisp with purchase of the toothpaste (PSA $1.79...free)

Bush's baked beans $1.19 - $1.50 BJs coupon (profit + $.31)

Stride gum $1.19 - $2 BJs coupon (profit + $.81)

Heinz ketchup $1.79 - $2 BJs coupon (profit + $.11)

Aleve $2.99 - $3 BJs coupon and $1 peelie coupon on product (profit $1.01)

2 Right Guard deodarant (BOGO) plus use 2 $1.50 coupons to get both for free (push the back button a few times after the first coupon prints to get another one to print)

Classico sauce $2.69 which gave me Publix brand sauce ($2.49) free- Buy theirs, get ours free.

(rest of the stuff)

Tomatoes

2 blocks Kraft chunk cheese

1 bag Kraft shredded cheese

Texas Toast garlic croutons $1.59 - $.50 MQ 3/21 SS = $1.09

1 mango (splurge for Matt! $2! UGH!)

1 lb. Boar's Head Chicken

1/2 lb. Boar's Head salami

Publix bacon

1.68 lb red seedless grapes (on sale for 1.49/lb)

Publix spinach

Basil

Cilantro

4 Juicy Juice (on sale BOGO) plus use $1/2 coupon here

8 yoplait yogurt $.50/8 MQ (can't remember!)

Fresh pizza dough from bakery

Rondele Garlic/Herb cheese

4 Breakstone Sour cream BOGO at 2 for $.99

Milk

Post Alpha Bits and Post Fruity Pebbles BOGO

2 Triscuits (2 for $5)

2 Mission fajitas 20 ct BOGO

2 Kelloggs fruit snacks BOGO plus use this $1 coupon

Colgate 360 toothbrush $3.99 - $2.50 BJs coupon and $.75 MQ

2 cans Rotel BOGO

2 cans Bush's dark red kidney beans $.99 each with $.55/2 blinkie coupon

2 cans Bush's black beans $.99 each with $.55/2 blinkie coupon

2 Ken's dressing BOGO

2 Old El Paso taco mix on sale for 4 for $3 plus use this $.60/2 coupon

18 eggs

2 cans Publix green beans $.77 each

4 cans Hunts diced tomatoes BOGO

3 lbs. ground chuck

8+ lbs boneless, skinless chicken breast on sale for $1.99/lb!!

1 bag milk chocolate chips to make these cookies.

I made all of this into two transactions so I could use 2 $5/25 Save-A-Lot coupons that I had which gave me another $5 off of each transaction. WHEW-it was well worth it! Happy shopping!!

Publix: 4/22-4/28

Here we are at Thursday again, so it's time for the link to the Publix coupon match-ups!

Also, go HERE for some Publix tips and tricks to save even more money.

Lots of great deals this week at Publix as always and if you scroll down to "Personal Care" you will find ways to get the following items absolutely FREE:

Benadryl Allergy

Benadryl Cream

Midol

Alka-seltzer

Sudafed

Bayer aspirin

Reach Floss

Apparently, I am a Jedi

According to my husband, I am a Jedi when it comes to saving money! That is so hilarious to me, but it truly touches me too. It is a lot of work to save the amount of money that I save our family and there are some days I want to give up, but when he calls me a Jedi in front of a group of people, it makes it all worth it!! :)

This speaks to the fact that my number 1 love language is Words of Affirmation. If you haven't already, go take the FREE Love Languages Assessment test that I mentioned earlier in the week.

There really are some great things to learn if you keep reading this post. I wanted to point out some really great ways that I save money that I thought of while driving home. Many ways I save money are so ingrained in me now that I don't even think of them to blog about, but here are a few that not everyone may know:

Publix:

1.) When there is a Buy One, Get One (BOGO) item at Publix (they have a huge list of them every single week) you can use TWO coupons even though you are getting one of them free. On top of that, you can use one manufacturer's coupon (MQ) and one store coupon (SQ) on the same item. If there was an item that was BOGO and you had 2 MQs and 2 SQs, you could use them all and possibly (probably!) MAKE money on that item.

2.) Publix accepts competitor's coupons!!! I noticed in the 2010 Entertainment Book that there were $5/$20 coupons for Save-A-Lot. I will most likely never go there so I will use those Save-A-Lot coupons at Publix!! The Entertainment Books are normally $20-$25 in the beginning of the year. You can get them HERE for $15 with free shipping! These Entertainment Books can also save you a TON of money if you stick to using them for things you would normally purchase anyway. Also, when it comes to Competitor coupons, think Aldi, Food Lion, Winn-Dixie, Target-these are all competitors to Publix and they accept all of their coupons. I love this policy!!

**UPDATE: If you buy the Entertainment Book through Swagbucks, you will get 153 swagbucks added to your account! Go HERE.

3.) If you buy something at Publix and you forget coupons or find some later for an item you purchased, save your receipt and bring the coupons back in and they will hand you CASH in exchange for the coupons. Does it get much better? I did that this week and got $9.45 handed to me in cash.

On-line shopping:

1.) I rarely buy anything on-line unless I can find a coupon for it retailmenot.com is awesome for finding coupon codes for most any store.

2.) I absolutely NEVER buy anything unless I buy it and get some kind of rebate. There are many different rebate websites out there, but my preferred one is shopathome.com. Go to their site, find the store you want to buy your item and you will get a certain percentage back on your purchase. Some stores offer up to 25% back and you get that in the form of a check mailed to your door! PLUS, you get $5 just for signing up with Shop At Home.

3.) I use Swagbucks.com as my search engine which gives me free points to buy pretty much anything I want on-line. To learn more, go HERE. To Sign up, go HERE.

Printing coupons:

1.) Not sure where to start? I have a banner at the top and bottom of my blog for coupons.com. They change up their coupons every single month and each one has a print limit of 2 so perfect for those BOGO deals. Or go HERE.

2.) Before you buy a particular product, go to their website and see if they offer any printable coupons or a sign up where they can mail coupons to your home.

Last but not least, Follow my blog. You can do that on the right hand side. I usually post at least once per day if not several times. Lots and lots of the deals that I post are time sensitive so you want to make sure to check back often so you don't miss out.

You can also look back through old posts to see if you anything interests you that you may have missed.

That's all I got for now. If you are just starting on this journey of saving money, STICK with it. It is worth the effort. :)

Publix: 4/15-4/21

Sorry I am late on this. The new Publix ad started today and there are several things you can get absolutely free like Scrubbing Bubbles bathroom cleaner, Midol, Alka-Seltzer, Benadryl Cream and Reach Floss!!!

Those deals are listed below. The link to the rest of them is HERE.

Scrubbing Bubbles Bathroom Cleaner, 22 oz, at $3.29 (BOGO $1.64 each)

-$2/2 Scrubbing Bubbles Bathroom Cleaners “There’s Value in the Family” booklet (store coupon)

-$1/2 Scrubbing Bubbles”One Stop, One Store” booklet (store coupon)

-$1 off Scrubbing Bubbles Bathroom Cleaner, SS 3/21

-.50/1 Any one Scrubbing Bubbles Bathroom Product March All You Magazine

$5 Mail in Rebate wyb (3) SC Johnson Products

**Deal Idea**

Buy:(4) Scrubbing Bubbles B1G1 at $3.29

Use: (2) -$2/2 store coupons

(4)-$1 off mfr. coupons SS 3/21

Total: you make $1.42 profit!

Submit for Mail in Rebate you make $6.42 profit!

Alka Seltzer starting at $2.49

-$2 off Aleve, Midol, Bayer Aspirin, Alka-Seltzer, Green Adv. Flyer (store coupon)

-$1 off Alka-Seltzer Plus products 10 ct + RP 2/21(use both makes it FREE)

Bayer Aspirin 24ct $2.23

-$2 off Aleve, Midol, Bayer Aspirin, Alka-Seltzer, Green Adv. Flyer (store coupon)

-$1 off Bayer printable

-$1 off Bayer Heart Health Advantage or Bayer aspirin 10 ct + SS 3/21(use both makes it FREE)

Midol $3.69

-$2 off Aleve, Midol, Bayer Aspirin, Alka-Seltzer, Green Adv. Flyer (store coupon)

-$2 off Midol printable(use both makes it FREE)

Benadryl Cream starting at $3.81

-$1.50 off any Benedryl 1 oz+ or 6-100 ct. Green Green Adv. Flyer (store coupon)

-$5/2 Sudafed or Benadryl RP 4/11 (makes it FREE)

Reach Access Flosser or Reach Floss 99¢

-.75/1 off Reach Total Care Toothbrush or floss RP 1/31

-$1 off Reach Floss RP 3/07, 1/03, 10/18/09, 6/14/09

-$1 off Reach Toothbrush or Floss printable (makes it FREE)

Did you know?

Did you know that if you forget to bring your coupons to Publix (or end up buying something you didn't intend to buy and have a coupon at home) that you can bring the coupons back later with your receipt and get CASH handed to you? Another reason why I loveeee Publix!

Every single time I shop at Publix, if I am not able to prepare beforehand, I will take my receipt home, check out the coupon matchups (see my post from yesterday), gather the coupons and bring it with me next time to get some cash in hand!

New Publix deals start today (4/5-4/13)

Publix-where shopping is a pleasure. I wholeheartedly agree. There are always great deals at Publix and these deals start today. Go HERE for a complete list with coupon match-ups.

There is also a great gas card deal this week. $10 off of $50 BP gas card. The coupon is in the weekly ad at the front of the store. You might as well go for it! You pay $40 for $50 of gas which is something everyone is always in need of!