Speer Family: Frugality

Monday

How to save on gas for your car

This weeks Publix sales were not that great for my family. There really was nothing much there. But then I found a gem! There is a coupon in this weeks sales paper that is for $10.00 off a $50.00 BP Gas gift card, when you spend $25.00 in other groceries. So I started working the numbers and came up with a couple different transactions that I did. I was able to get 3 cards, a total of $150.00 in gas, and I only paid $87 out of pocket for it! How great is that!?!

The first one, sadly, I did not take a photo of but it included 4 boxes of Cheeze-its, 4 cans of Almonds, 4 bottles of Sundown Vitamins, and 2 bags of pretzels.

For all the transactions I used a $5.00 off $50.00 purchase Winn Dixie coupon that I found in the Sunday paper. Publix is great in-that they even take these types of competitor store coupons. (Try that at Walmart!) Plus, I had other coupons for all the other items I bought.

So here is photo of the second transaction...

And here is the break down.

4- Boxes of Cheeze-its crackers $3.09 BOGO I used a coupon that was on the box for $1.00 off 2 making them $1.04 each
4- Bottles Sundown Vitamins $2.99 I used a Publix store coupon for $3.00 off 1 and a manufactures coupon for $1.00 off 1 making them FREE with a total overage of $4.04
2- bags Snyders pretzels $2.59 I used a Target store coupon for $1.50 off when you buy a box of cheeze-its crackers. Making them $1.09 each
1- $50.00 BP Gas Gift card. I used the Publix store coupon found in the weekly add for $10.00 off making it $40.00

Like I said before I used a Winn Dixie store coupon for $5.00 off a $50.00 purchase.
So when you take the $10 coupon off of the $50.00 card, and then apply the $5.00 Winn Dixie card, and the overage of the vitamins of $4.04... I paid a whopping $30.96 for $50.00 worth of gas.

This is the last transaction, which I did just this evening...

I got

4- Bottles of Sundown Vitamins $2.99. I used the same coupons as listed above for an overage for all of them
4 - Bottles of Sobe Life water. $1.00 I used a manufactures coupons for Free Sobe that I won from and online game. Making them FREE!
4- Boxes of Theraflu caplets $3.50 each I used a Publix store coupon for $5.00 off 2 and Manufactures coupons for $2.00 off 1. Making them FREE with a total overage of $4.00
This is something that our family doesn't use. We prefer to let our body's natural immunity do its job, and we use things that complement the bodies healing process. However, getting it free with overage, is worth bringing it home even if we give it to someone else.
1- BP gift card for $50.00 I used the Publix store coupon for $10.00 off making it $40.00

Again I used the $5.00 off $50.00 purchase Winn Dixie coupon. So I Paid $25.89 out of pocket of all this

I was able to get $150.00 worth of gas cards for $87.81!

Oh yeah and there was all the other grocery items for that price as well!

Really the only thing I can say is God is Good! I am just amazed at how He is continuing to show me how to make the most of what he has given us. Praise be to GOD!
Chris

Thursday

Here we go again!

At first I thought that this would be another not so good week. But after looking again, I found several good deals! Very good actually! The total This week before coupons and sales was $127.33. And after coupons and sales I paid $7.72! That is a savings of 94%!
Here is a little bit more of a break down of the savings. The total saved just by shopping for the sales was $55.87. And the total value of the coupons that I used was $63.74.
So if you still think that using coupons is more hassle than it is worth, you may just want to think again!
Here is what I got!

2- Bags Doritos chips BOGO $1.99 each
2.5- lbs Oranges Sale of $1.49 and I used a Target store coupon for $1.00 produce. (this is not such a great sale price for the oranges but Kait was really craving them so I thought this price along with the Target coupon made for a good deal!)
4- Lbs Grapes Sale of .99/lb I used another Target store coupon for $1.00 off produce
6- Ore-Ida Steam and Mash Potatoes BOGO I used a manufacture Q and a Publix coupon
Making them FREE with $2.47 Overage!
6- Heinz Homwstyle Gravy $1.59 I used a Manufactures coupon and Publix coupon to make them FREE!
4- Quaker Oats BOGO $1.31 each I used a $1.00 off 1 manufactures coupon for last weeks inserts making them $.31 each
2- V-8 Fusions juice BOGO $1.99 each. I used a $1.00 off 1 from Here Making the .99 each
4- All Laundry detergent BOGO $2.99 each I used a Target store coupon for $2.00 of 1 and a Manufactures coupon for $1.00 off 1 Making them both FREE!
8- Yoplait Yogurts Sale of .50 each I used 2 .50 off 4 manufactures coupon from Here making them .37 each.
8- Kraft Homestyle Mac and Cheese BOGO $1.49 each I used a BOGO coupon from Here
Making the all FREE!

There are a few coupons coming out in this Sundays paper to go with this weeks sales. So I will be headed over to get more things this week. One of those things is canned Veggies. They are on BOGO this week and there will be a coupon for that brand in this Sundays paper, so I will be getting them. I also happened to notice, tonight while shopping, a sale on some coffee creamer, and they had some blinkie coupons right in front of them so I may end up getting some of that too.
But even if I spend another $15.00 I will still be well under budget this week. And I will most likely be picking up more grapes and pears as well. I still have some Target coupons to use! There is also going to be a 1/2 off sale on all Kelloggs cereal this Saturday and Sunday. I have a few coupons so I may pick some up as well. We are very stocked on cereal so I will just have to see what the prices are for some of the cereals that don't go BOGO and see if it is a great deal. I will be sure to post again after my next trip!

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