Super Deal Alert: Attention Publix Shoppers

If you're anything like me and love to bake, it is time to take a trip to Publix this week, because they are having an awesome week of sales preceding Easter here. There are several baking staples I rely on that are on sale this week, though they aren't the kinds of things you often see coupons for to stack on top of the sales. Here's the scoop:

Ghiradelli chocolate chips - BOGO
These come in semi-sweet, milk, dark, and white at my Publix

Land o' Lakes butter - 2/$4
This is a really good deal. I bake most often with LOL unsalted butter.

Domino Premium 5 lb sugar - $1.99
Wow. There was a coupon in last weekend's paper also, for 35 cents off.

Gold Medal All Purpose flour - $1.79
Very nice. I usually like to bake with Pillsbury's All-Purpose, unbleached flour, but when the Gold Medal is $1.29 cheaper, I'll go with Gold Medal!

McCormack Pure Vanilla Extract - BOGO
Seriously???? Vanilla extract never goes on sale. Super, super deal.

Wesson Oil - vegetable, corn, and canola - BOGO
When a baking recipe calls for oil, it usually means vegetable. Awesome savings here.

So can you see why you need to go to Publix this week to stock up your baking supplies??? The best part is, that's not all. Publix is running some other great specials that you can view here. For the best rundown on what coupons to use with what deals at Publix, visit Sarah at Fiddledeedee.

Oh, how I heart Publix

It's Things I Love Thursday (how did that happen???), and the thing I'm sharing this week is more of a place - Publix, my personal favorite grocery store. I know lots of people think Publix is more expensive, but it's not, if you shop the sales. Plus, everyone there is SO nice, and they know me and Baby, so it makes shopping much more enjoyable.

I did my usual grocery shopping at Publix this morning with Baby, after a trip to the park, and though I got some awesome deals, I got a pretty cool surprise on my receipt - an invitation to a survey! I've never seen a Publix survey! Only the first 125 customers from each store are eligible, but they're giving away $1000 gift cards, but I can't remember how many (if it said). Make sure to go visit your Publix soon, to make sure you can enter the giveaway. It would be so awesome if I won a Publix gift card! That would be so amazing. Good luck to anyone who enters!

PS - Sorry I've been MIA this week, I've been recovering from all the birthday festivities. More on that to come.

Baking Day

Today has been awfully productive thus far - I have baked a double-batch of brownies and a double-batch of banana crumb muffins are in the oven right now. The best part is that the muffins are actually quite healthful. The brownies, not so much, but they taste darn good! It's the brownie recipe I grew up with, which I listed in an earlier entry. They totally rock.


Baby and I went to Story Time this morning at Barnes and Noble, which was fun. Baby got a chance to play with some other kids at the Thomas the Train set up in the kids' section, also, which he always enjoys. After Story Time, we drove by Denny's, since they were offering a free Grand Slam until 2 pm today, but the line was huge and out the door, so we didn't stop. Instead, we went to a nearby produce stand that advertises that they sell 4 lb of bananas for $1. We got bananas, for our muffins, and some "fresh" corn on the cob - we'll see how that turns out, because I'm a bit of a corn on the cob connoisseur. We stopped by Publix for eggs and a super deal on Earth's Best baby food (BOGO plus a $1 off coupon for every 10 jars purchased), and I peeked in the produce section - bananas were 69 cents a pound. I saved a bundle!

PS - Baby is peacefully taking his afternoon nap today, despite yesterday's nap drama. Phew!