Publix Stocking Up for Summer Storms Deal

     Every few months Publix will run different rebate opportunities that give you the opportunity to get a Publix gift card after you purchase a certain amount of products. The great thing about these rebates is a lot of times they will include store coupons, and if you are lucky the items will go on sale during the rebate period, letting you get items for cheap and getting a rebate back. This latest rebate is the Publix Stocking Up for Summer Storms. The products included in the rebate are all canned items, or dry foods like granola bars, which can come in handy if you happen to be involved in a hurricane. I also picked up some other items that were on sale this week for great prices. I had the opportunity to check out with a new young cashier, and he was super excited to see the savings I was able to get! Its always so much more fun when a cashier is eager and excited about seeing coupons and the savings!!

The Summer Storms rebate you must spend $25 on select items and you will receive a $10 Publix gift card.
The rebate items will be marked with a (*).

9 Various Coke product 12 packs- 5.79 each on sale for B2G1
    Publix coupon for bogo Seagrams 12 packs
    .55/1 coupon for Seagrams 12 packs
    .50/1 coupon for Fuze 12 packs attached to product
6 Activia yogurt- 3/$5
    1/1 coupons
1 Mayfield Milk
*8 Hunt's Ketchup- BOGO $1.75
      1/2 publix coupon
2 Armour Pepperoni- BOGO 2.99
      1/2 coupon
*1 Hebrew National Hotdogs- $3
      1/1 publix coupon
6Perdue Chicken Nuggets- BOGO $4.39
     1/1 coupons
2 Sorrento Mozzarella Cheese- 2/$7
    1/1 coupons
1 Snuggle Fabric Softener- $2.99
    .50/1 coupon
    .50 ibotta offer
* 8 Chef Boyardee- $1
    1/4 Publix Coupon
* 12 Libby's Vienna Sausages- 2/$1.19
   1/4 Publix coupon
1 carton of Publix eggs

Total before store sales, store coupons, and manufacture coupons: $150.04

Total After: $49.75 and I'll get back a $10 gift card from the rebate!

Double Dipping Money Making CVS Trip!

     Now in any ordinary circumstance double dipping is not pleasant and frowned upon. But in the coupon world, double dipping can be a great thing! Double dipping at CVS means your store's sales for the next week go active in the computer systems the night before the sale. For instance I went to CVS at 7:00 on Saturday night and was able to purchase things for the sale that starts on Sunday! This can work out great for many different reasons. One of the main reasons I wanted to double dip into the sales pot is because I had a $10/$40 CVS coupon that was emailed to me and there wasn't enough stuff on sale for the current week that I needed. Here's what I got and what it cost me.

Saturday's Sales:
2 Colgate Mouthwash 250ml
   2/$5.98 receive $2 ECB
2 Chex Mix
  2/$4.00 receive $2 ECB
Diet Coke
  .99

Sunday's Sales:
3 Almay Eyeshadows
  $5.79 each and $3 ecb for each on you buy with a limit of 3
2 Colgate Mouthwash 500ml
  $5.79 each and get $5 ECB when you spend $10

I used my $10/$40 CVS coupon, 4 $2/1 Colgate mouthwash coupons, 2 $.50/1 Chex coupon and 3 $4/1 Almay makeup coupons.

Total before store sales, coupons, and $10 ECB: $51.88

Total After sales, coupons and ECB: -$1.33
   Yes that is a NEGATIVE SIGN!! I got it all free and had my overage go towards my tax!

And I got back $18 in ECB!