Meal Plan Monday

Monday- Rotisserie chicken, hummus, flat bread, carrots and olives

Tuesday- Marinated NY steaks, beer cheese bread and salad

Wednesday- Chicken dumplings that I never got to last week

Thursday- Shrimp phad thai and chicken cilantro potstickers

Friday- Out to dinner

Saturday- Having friends over for dinner (not sure on the menu yet)

Great Breakfast for Kids!

I recently have tried these on my busy mornings for the kids and they are really good! They have frozen yogurt inside the bag with the fruit and all you add is milk. I am able to make one each for the kids and a small one for me from one bag. Right now at Vons they are on sale for 2 for $6.00. They seem kind of pricey, but it makes 3 small smoothies so I look at it as breakfast for $1.00 a person. Right now you can go here and print off 2 $1.25 off coupons. You will get 2 bags for $3.50. With my laptop I was able to print off 4 of these coupons and I am going to stock up!

Just an extra, I make these smoothies and whole wheat toast for the kids. It feels them up, they think they are getting a treat and it is quick!

The numbers are in......

Saved: $470.55
Spent: $606.69
Actual: $1077.24

That is about a 44% savings with going to Costco and Trader Joes. My goal is 50% in total.




As you can see out cabinets are full! Here are some bathroom items we are stocked up on as well:
7 Toothpastes (all purchased under .30 cents)
10 Dove soap bars
3 bottles of lotions
3 Olay body washes
2 bottles of shampoo
7 packs of Venus razor systems
2 Thermacare packs
4 deoderants

Goal for March is to only spend $400.00 on groceries and household items. I am getting there.

Life without ink....

I have been without computer ink for almost 1 week. We bought black and it printed few, but then the color ran out. I was hoping that we would get the color ink in the mail today, but it has not come. Coupons are resetting and I do not want to miss out on anything. So much to print, so little ink!

Guess what came in the mail today?

Update:


That's right, my coupon clutch! Now I am busy organizing my coupons! I also received my coupon for free Oreo double stuff cakesters in the the mail too.

Update:
I organized all of my coupons and it is so nice that I can see the coupons that I have. I had some that I forgot about and can use this week.

I try not to go all over town and do multiple shopping trips. I only buy what I know we will eat and use. Just because it is a good deal does not mean that I will buy it. The point is to save money, not buy more save more.

I hit Walgreens once a week, though if something is a really good deal like the Huggies from a couple weeks ago, I will go back. Usually hubby is with me and he will purchase something then I will purchase another. Most of the time though I just go through the line a couple of times and they do not mind.

I go to Vons once a week and Target usually every other week. I do not like running all over the place, so I just try to plan before I go shopping with a list and the coupons I plan to use. Those are the 3 stores I mainly shop at.
On a couple blogs that I follow, they come out with a list of coupons or ads that will be coming out the next week or month and I start thinking about what coupons I have. Most of the coupon blogs I follow tell you how to use what coupons with what deals and which store, so it makes it pretty easy.

Jack In the Box

Buy a large drink at Jack in the Box and get a free grilled sandwich on Tuesday, February 23. No coupon is required.

Thanks Freebies 4 Moms. You may want to call your nearest Jack In the Box to make sure they are offering this promo before heading out.

My Best Buy Yet.....

Have to say that yesterday was my all time best at Walgreens. I spent a total of $2.63 and got all of this:

2 Olay body washes (Had buy Venus razors get Olay body wash for free)
5 cans tuna ($1.00 off 5 and Walgreens in add coupon)
3 cans Hunts tomato sauce ($1.00 off 3 and Walgreens in add coupon)
1 softsoap (.35 off and Walgreens in add coupon)
1 Dove bar (Walgreens in add coupon)
2 Motts apple juices 64 oz.(Walgreens in add coupon)
1 Mitchum deoderant($1.00 off coupon and Walgreens in add coupon)

I used $8.00 in register rewards that I had from buying 2 Venus razors (and had $2.00off coupons for each razor system I bought). And the best thing is that I will send in an Olay rebate for $15.00 for 3 body washes that I ended up getting for free after using coupons.