Fun and Frugal

It’s been a while since I’ve posted one of my trips, so here you go!  I went to Publix today and spent $29.57 for everything above and I saved $45.68, which is about 61% savings.  I messed up, though.  I didn’t realize til I got home that the Knorr Sides Plus were not BOGO.  (Buy One Get One Free)  I thought I was getting them for $.34 each after coupons like the other Knorr Pasta Sides, but I ended up paying full price for them at $2.29/ea – not a good deal at all for that.  I don’t have time to type out all the details for this trip of each item’s cost and the coupons used, but you can find most everything I purchased on this post from Southern Savers.  These sale prices end Wednesday, Nov. 25 (normally their sales end on a Tuesday, but it’s different this week with the Thanksgiving holiday.)  A few highlights of final prices after BOGO price and coupons:

• FREE: Idahoan instant potatoes; Fresh Gourmet salad toppings; Muir Glen organic tomato sauce (I got $1 printable coupons from Money Saving Mom’s post here Oct. 21); and Bob Evans Home Fries (this was a rain check so you can’t get this on sale this week)
• Craisins 14¢/ea
• Publix American cheese 1¢ (Mystery Penny Item)
• Bird’s Eye Steamfresh Lightly Sauced frozen veggies 19¢/ea
• Vanity Fair 100 napkins 9¢
• Snapple – 25¢ per bottle after $1 coupon I found in my coupon box, but Southern Savers didn’t have listed, so I’m not sure where I got that coupon.

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