$25 Grocery Challenge

Hastings has finally gone down for her afternoon nap, which I may start calling "nap-ageddon" because it is a disaster every day! My publix trip was very small for the week...a consequence of spending most of my weekly "allowance" on plants for the yard while my mom, the garden expert, was in town earlier this week. Am I the only one with some serious Spring planting fever?


So since it was a small trip i'll post the coupons used along with the item purchased. Here's how it went down today:

10 Gerber 2nd Foods = $10
-$1 coupon (got in the mail from Gerber)

2 Birdseye Steamfresh Veggies = 2.39 (on sale $1.19 each)
-$1 off 2 Publix Coupon (found in the yellow Publix advantage buy flyer)
-$1 off 2 Manufacturers coupon (which you can print from www.coupons.com zip code 35803)

1 Birdseye Mixed Veggies = .89 (on sale)
-$0.35 coupon from the 2/28 smart source insert
-$0.35 publix doubled coupon

1 Sara Lee regular size pound cake = $1.89 (on sale)
-$1 coupon printed from sara lee website

1 lb Strawberries = $1.25 (the sale flyer said $2 but they rang up as 4 for $5..woo hoo!)
-$1.75 off strawberries when you buy 1 sara lee poud cake coupon (found in yellow advantage buy flyer)

1 box chocolate cheerios = $2.00 (on sale)
-$1 coupon received in the mail with sample of chocolate cheerios
-$1 Publix coupon from here

1 loaf Publix white bread = $1.19
-$1.18 Publix penny item coupon

2 Scrubbing Bubbles Power Sprayers = $15.98 ($7.99 each)
- $5 coupon printed from here
- $5 coupon printed from here
- $3 Publix coupon from the One Store, One Stop booklet found in Publix
- $3 Publix coupon from the One Store, One Stop booklet found in Publix

-$5 off a $30 purchase Publix Coupon from the sunday paper a few weeks ago
Total BEFORE sales and coupons = $46.33
Total AFTER sales and coupons = $5.60

On the menu this week:
General Tsao's Chicken (Weight Watcher Version) over brown rice
Whole Wheat Spaghetti and Meatballs with salad
Turkey Casserole
Grilled Chicken salad
Hamburgers with "healthy" fries (potatoes cut up and sprayed with pam and baked)
Honey Mustard Pork Chops and steamed veggies
& and a very yummy Easter Dinner with friends