Groceries

Today's lunch with Valerie ended up being at Pizza Hut to eat rather than the pond to walk, but it was great. Then, after stopping off at Dr. Berger's office, I went to the CSY for an excellent 5 on, 5 off thru something workout:

• Wall squat: thru 60
• Lunge: thru 50
• Standing ham: thru 60
• Push up: thru 45
• Preacher curl: thru 40, 20-lb bar; weight-wise I could have continued, but my wrists were not happy holding the bar
• Crate crunch: thru 40 (by this time I'd just had enough—this is a super long workout)

Finally, it was off to Publix. There are not many good deals this week, but the penny item was toilet paper. I was down to my last roll, so I had to find something to buy that would add up to at least $10 before coupons and sales. And find I did!

If I paid full price for food (which I don't), I would have gotten the following milk and cookies for $15.86 + tax.

Milk and cookies

But instead, I bought everything in the following picture for $15.55 including $2.11 in tax (yes, that's $0.31 LESS than what the milk and cookies alone would have cost). At full price, it would have cost $50.31. I saved $34.77, for a 70% savings!

All the groceries

• 1 gallon choc milk: $4.79 – $0.50MQ doubled = $3.79
  
• 1/2 gallon almond milk: $3.29 – $1MQ – $1PQ = $1.29
  
• 1 box Nilla Wafers: BOGO $3.89 = $1.95
  
• 1 package Fig Newtons: BOGO $3.89 = $1.94 – 4.19MQ wyb 1 gallon milk, 1 other milk, and 1 other Nabisco cookies) = +2.25 OVERAGE
  
• 2 boxes Kashi Organic Promise cereal: 2.50 – $1MQ – $1CQ = $0.50 × 2 = $1
  
• 2 packages Nestle cookies: BOGO 2.79 – 2 × $1MQ = $0.79
  
• 2 packages Sorrento cheese slices: $2.50 each – 2 × $0.40MQ doubled – $1PQ = $2.40
  
• 3 boxes sugar-free Jello: $0.99 each – 2 × $0.50MQ doubled = $0.50
• 1 box Jello pudding: $0.99 – $0.50MQ = $0.50
• 1 package Publix water (that I thought I was getting for free but the Q wasn't accepted): $2.49
  
• 2 packages Publix GreenWise toilet paper: $2.59 – $2.58PQ = $0.01 × 2 = $0.02
  

(I don't have my receipt handy, so I'm guessing on a few of the prices.) Abbreviations:

• MQ = manufacturer's coupon
• PQ = Publix coupon
• BOGO = buy one, get one free, each rings up half-price
  
• CQ = competitor's coupon (Whole Foods)