Installment 1: week of 6/21 and June totals...

Old Navy:

5 bathing suit mix and match pieces:

retail: 88.50
savings: $66.50
how: $5 swim and shorts sale 6/26-6/28 + 15% off entire purchase coupon (old navy weekly ad)
Total OOP: $22 (76% savings)

(i won't have to buy new bathing suits for another 5-10 years after getting this incredible deal! That's less than what 1 suit usually costs!!)

Target:

Pictureka Card Game - bday present for a friend

retail: $7
savings: $5
how: $5 off any Pictureka game from coupons.com
Total OOP: 2.07 (71% savings)

Publix:

4 Bananas
1# Asparagus (on sale)
3# of fuji apples (on sale)
*Food Lion competitor coupon for $2 off $5 produce purchase*
Ragu sauce x 4 (BOGO + coupons)
Dove dark chocolate bar (coupon for free chocolate from Mars)
Lipton Iced Tea Bags x 2 (BOGO + coupon)
Crystal Light x 4 (my all-time fave summer drink!) (BOGO + coupons)
Lysol antibacterial cleaner spray x 2 (BOGO + coupons)
Publix ground cinnamon (full price - gasp!)
Tabasco green jalapeno sauce (mmm! - coupon for $.75/1)
8th continent soy milk (I'm not usually a soy milk drinker, but i'll gladly be one when i can get it for $.50 - a whole heck of a lot cheaper than reg milk this week!) (on sale + coupon for $2 off)

retail: $61.43
savings: $42.70
how: BOGOs + coupons...Advertised savings (BOGOs, etc.) = 24.31, Coupons (store, competitor, manufacturer) = 18.39)
Total OOP: $18.73 (70% savings)

There are a ton of other deals and freebies with coupons this week but not on anything else that I regularly use. I don't buy much meat so that keeps the cost down. I also stocked up last week on Morningstar Farms products when they were totally free with coupons, sabra hummus (another pretty good protein source for me and TOTALLY tasty!), and I have a good stockpile on beans (yet another of my fave lean protein sources) on hand from a trip to Sav-a-lot a month or so ago. Not buying too much meat works during this season of my life and helps keep my grocery bill down...

Today's shopping trip totals...

Retail value: $156.93
Total OOP: $42.80
Total Savings: $114.13 (73% savings!!)

Total grocery and household product spending for June (inc. Father's Day card, cleaning products, body wash, a stockpile of Celestial Seasonings Chai Tea (only goes BOGO 2x/year or so), and a few other non-food items)
Retail: $175.61
Savings: $107.88
Total OOP: 67.73 (savings of 62%)
Total spending on eating out 6/09: $12