Couponing in the New Year

I have been out of town for a while. Since I work at a university we get a huge break in between semesters, so I went home to New Orleans for two weeks. Husband had to stay here and work, so he has been grabbing a couple of random deals, but no great sales over the holidays. This week Publix definitely made up for the lackluster sales they have been having lately.

This was our first trip to Publix this week. This is probably the most expensive Publix trip I have had in a long time. This was about $75. Boneless, skinless chicken breast is on sale for $1.99/lb this week. We can actually get chicken a little bit cheaper, $1.79/lb at Kroger, but this chicken tastes a lot better. So that is over $20 in chicken right there. There is also a great deal on chips and salsa this week. The chips, which is a huge bag, are bogo $4.99, and there were coupons for a get a free jar of salsa when you buy two bags. That means that for $5 I got two big bags of chips and a jar of salsa. It makes a great snack and I also take it to work for lunch. Which is also why we got those lunchables, which were on sale for $1 each. We also got some tomato sauce for 25 cents each. The old el paso kits were bogo $3.29. We also grabbed some tomatoes for salads.

We went back this morning for a second trip to Publix. The chunky soup is a great deal right now. It is bogo $2.49, so about $1.25 per can. That is already a good deal, we price checked it at Walmart today where it is $1.78 per can. On top of that I had some great coupons for $1 off 4 cans, which made them only $1 per can. Husband and I love these for lunch. We also grabbed some lunch meat. It was on sale for $3 per pack, and I had $1 off coupons. It isn't a great deal because it is a small package, but it will work for lunch. The pudding was 70 cents each after sale and coupons. The veggies are a great deal. The ones we got on our first trip were all bell peppers, this trip we got some more peppers and some stir fry veggies. They are a 1 pound bag and they are $2.59, this week they are half off and I had coupons for $1 off three bags. That made them a little less than $1 per bag. We also grabbed some more chicken while we were there.

We also made a stop at Winn Dixie the other day and went back today. The lettuce is bogo $2.99 this week and we found some coupons for 75 cents off each bag, making each bag only 75 cents. This chicken was also a good deal. It is bogo $3.75, these make great lunches.

Lastly, we made a stop at CVS this morning. I had an ECB that was about to expire and I couldn't really find anything I wanted until a deal was posted this morning. The finish gel pack dishwasher detergent is on sale for $3.50 for 20 packs. I had a $2 coupon that I used, so that was a great deal. It is pretty good deal without a coupon, so we went back and got another pack with a 50 cent coupon. The milk was $3.89 and got $1 ECB back. The candy was basically free, it was 75 cents and you get back a 75 cent ECB.