Savings, Savings, Everywhere Savings

Publix today: Spent $40 and saved $97...but bought all my produce for the week there and a few non-list items that were just too good of a deal to pass up. That is still a savings of over 70%. FYI to new couponers...get a thick skin and don't go to the store in a hurry. Here, they seem to be really watching and double/triple checking to make sure you are using the correct combo of coupons, which makes for a rather long checking out process, but who can argue with the savings...definitely worth the extra time and hassle in my opinion...but it does take a thicker skin to deal with the extra scrutiny that non couponers don't deal with.

What did I buy for $40 today?

2 boxes of kelloggs cereal, 2 boxes of kashi oatmeal, 6 different bags of various trail mixes,
2 bottles of ocean spray juice, 2 bottles of gatorade, 6 packs of gum (Alivia is a gumaholic), 2 boxes of pasta, 2 cans of chili (goes great in dips), 2 jars of barilla pasta sauce, 2 bottles of kens marinades, 2 containers of crystal light, 2 jars of jelly, 4 cans of chicken broth, parmesan cheese, can of black beans, can of chick peas, 2 healthy choice mixers, container of mini sweet peppers, a bag of romaine, 2 heads of broccoli, cucumber, 2 hebrew national hot dogs, 4 4-packs of fiber one yogurt, 2 boxes of smuckers uncrustables, 2 cans of tuna, 2 spray bottles of lysol, and clorox.

Not too bad...but I just noticed on my receipt that I was not charged correctly for 2 items, so they actually owe me $5, haha.