Today has certainly been quite a day so far.
Yesterday, the transmission on our 1999 Honda Odyssey minivan let us know that it was about done. We were warned about 1 1/2 year ago that the transmission might be going, but we were able to make it 1 1/2 years, so we are happy. The last month or so the minivan had been showing more and more signs of transmission problems, so my husband already went around and got the best estimates, so he knew exactly where to take the car yesterday.
My husband is not happy to be without the minivan for a few days, as it is his work car and he drives a lot with his work. Today he is taking it a bit easy, since he has to rely on rides.
My oldest son is home sick today, so that saved me from having to take him to school this morning. I am sure he will be ready for school tomorrow though, but if my husband keeps the little ones at home, I can quickly take him there.
Of course I had planned out the grocery list and everything already, and there were a couple of great deals I was not going to miss out on. Since my husband was taking it easy, I left the two big boys at home with him, and at 8 a.m. I left the house with the baby in the stroller.
The closest Publix is about 1.6 miles from us, but I decided it was a good chance to finally do some speed walking, since I do not walk very fast when my toddler is with me.
I made it there in a little less than an hour, and I quickly found everything on my grocery list.
A couple of the best deals of the day were baby food and zip lock bags.
Beech Nut baby food is normally $0.53 per jar. I got 32 jars, which would normally have been $16.96. The baby food was on BOGO (Buy one Get One Free) sale though, so the price ended up being $8.48. To get the best price possible I used 1 x $1.50 Publix coupon and 2 x $2 Manufacturer's coupons making it $2.98 for 32 jars or 9 cents each.
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I got 4 boxes of ziploc bags at 75 cents per box thanks to Renita, and I will get $5 back from a mail in rebate.
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It was quite a sight to see me drag home more than 150 dollars worth of groceries (of course I didn't pay that much). We made it home in one piece though, and thanks to chilly Florida temperatures the food made it too.
I saved a whole bunch of money, spent a bit, I walked more than 3 miles, found 30 coke points, picked up 4 free newspapers with coupons, and I even got to spend some rare quite time without my big boys.
You can see more details about my grocery deals at Frugality Is Free.
How far do you have to the nearest grocery store?
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Comments: 37
What a great day it is.... You found awesome deals at the store and got your days workout out of the way.
then I walked to Papa Johns for pizza, which is also less than 2 blocks LOL
Of course, it's cold here too
my car is still down...possibly my son will get to it tomorrow when it's supposed to be in the 40's
Congrats on your great deals.
Then wheel it home in the shopping cart, unload all of the
groceries and wheel the cart back to the store then I would
walk back home. Averaged about 5 miles I enjoyed it !! HH
We no longer have a second vehicle, we sold our Explorer. It really sucks when I need to run errands.
Great shopping savings ...love love Publix!!
I have two Publix stres within walking distance...I need to walk to them more
Unfortunately to get anywhere on foot for me would require at least a 10 mile walk...one way.
As you know, I live in a very rural area, so it's roughly 12 miles one way to any store, so no walking for me.
I'm sorry about your vehicle! We are a 2 vehicle family, but it often feels like one now that the baby is born. My husband typically takes the car to work for better gas mileage, and the back seats fold down, so I cannot put Emory's carseat in there. He will take the truck and leave me the car when I have specific plans, but I can't just pick up and go, so I try to plan all of my errands around specific appointments.
We do most of our grocery shopping at the commissary, and the rest of it in Minot. We're just over 20 miles from base, and a few more miles from Minot.
I should have done my grocery shopping today, but just went to Target instead. lol I had a Dr appt today so my husband came and got us during his lunch break. Because of the kind of appt it was, he went with us to it so he could keep Elliott in the waiting room, but Elliott and I still had an hour to kill before the appointment, and another almost 3 after. We did find some excellent deals at the BX while we waited around there for an hour before the appointment. I found Elliott a cute little Easter outfit with dress pants, a button down shirt, a vest and a clip on tie. It was on clearance for $4 and some change. :) We got some cute Valentine's items for $.25-1 each today, too, including measuring cups and spoons, cookie cutters, a set of heart shaped plates, and picture frames.
Target had a bunch of things through the store marked down 15 to 30% and sometimes even more. I went in there specifically to buy Night at the Museum 2 for $9 and spent almost $70. Heh It was ALMOST all stuff we needed, though. ;)
And getting such great deals on the things you need.
No fun in the heat of a Florida summer I can tell you that.
My closest is about 10 minutes walking maybe less.