Adding up the totals

I can barely keep myself organized right now - holy cow. I finally cleared off all the paper clutter off my desk and cut out all the coupons I had stacked up around my printer and got somewhat of a plan together for today. Before i get into that, here is what I have purchased the last week.

Brookshires

5 lbs. tomatoes - 1.00

2 heads lettuce - 1.00

a million bananas (banana bread) - 1.00

dozen eggs .99

nestle chocolate chips 1.99 - .50 insert coupon doubled = .99

celery .89

crisco 1.99 - .35 blinkie right in front - tripled = .94

black beans .89

green chilies .69

2 jiffy .41/ea.

OOP - 9.21

Walgreens, CVS, Target

walgreens - comtrex is free $5 and there was a $2 and $3 walgreens coupon taped to the item! Used RR on the rest

target - ham steaks are 1.60/ea. - used 2.00 target IP = free!, cans of soup are .49/ea. - used 1.00/4 IP for .24/ea., 10 lbs. potatoes are 1.99!!

OOP - 7.24

OOP for the entire month of november so far is $48.87 and I have enough food to last the rest of the month easily!!! I'll probably spend a little more, but I won't be nearly as high as I have been the last couple months.

Plans

Target - 8 cans of del monte veggies .49/ea. = 3.92 - minus $1 target IP and $1 insert coupon - 1.92 for 8 cans = .24/ea.!

kroger - pineapples are 1.97, use the .75 IP and they are 1.22/ea. for fresh pineapple!! mccormick grinders are 1.00 and I have .75 coupons from a booklet from several months ago.

I'm alive!

I've been out of it for a while for several reasons.

#1 - I've so SO BUSY I can't even think straight.

#2 - insomnia issues means I don't think about anything other than sleep.

#3 - feeling a little burned out (see above).

anyway, here are somethings that I have purchased the last week or so:

Brookshires (today)

eggs .99/doz.

nestle chips 1.99 - .50 coupon doubled

4 beechnut meals .99 - 1.00 coupons

OOP - 1.94

managers special tomatoes 1.00

managers special peppers 1.00

3- 1.2 lbs preformed hamburger patties, managers special @ 1.00/lb

OOP - 5.20

Diamond

10 lbs. potatoes 1.28

Walgreens, Tom Thumb, CVS, and Walmart

Tom Thumb - 2 jennio turkey hot italian sausage 2.50/ea.

walgreens - milk (paid with RR)

CVS - hamburger buns, sour cream, formula (Paid with formula checks, ECB, CRT's)
walmart - 4 sara lee deli meats 3.98/ea. (3.00 IP coupons), 2 sara lee bread 2.50/ea. (2.00 off bread WYB 2 meat tearpad)

OOP - $10

More deals to come (I'm slowly getting back into it)

Ads and more

here are some pictures of trips I've made in the last several days.

Target:

more glade candle deal

assorted bakery items .99/ea. - 1.00 Target IP = free

2 enfamil 5.50 - 5.00 checks

OOP - $0 (used GC)

Payless from friday

Used that GREAT 50% off coupon and got some nice things - couldn't really find any shoes.

Old Navy - having their 50% off clearance sale and I had a 20% coupon on top of that.

Brookshires

They mark their meat down in the morning as soon as they come in and I scored 15lbs. of ground meat (beef, turkey, chicken) for $14 total.

Kroger - mega sale & target - peanut butter

Target

price matched skippy peanut butter to CVS @ 1.67/ea.

used 16 $1 target IP and 16 .40 insert coupons = .27/jar. (used a GC, no OOP)

Kroger (price is after promo comes off)

dannon yogurt 1.49 - 1.00 insert coupons

yoplus yogurt 1.49 - 1.00 cellfire.com and shortcuts.com ecoupons and 1.00 IP (coupons.com) = .51 overage

ore-ida 1.99 - 1.50 catalina = .49

8 gatorade .50 - .50/2 tearpad doubled= free

4 carnation .50 - .50/2 insert doubled = free

keebler .99 - 2/2 peelie = .01 overage

3 snuggle 2.99 - 3.00 insert = .01 overage

2 dole .50 - .50 IP doubled = .50 overage

land o lakes .99 - .40 insert doubled = .19/ea.

BC potatoes .50 - .40 ecoupon and .40 IP doubled = .70 overage

OOP - 1.28

mail items

Arquest diaper study - 4 free packs diapers and $10 check just for calling!

full size olay pro X - vocalpoint.com

target coupons

GM granola bar and ceral sample with coupons

limited birthday $15 off coupon

DSW $15 off anything coupon!

kraft food and family

all free.

Ads

Brookshires - 5 lb. bag of potatoes .99/ea.

Diamond

10 lb. potatoes 1.88 (better than brookshires)

kiwi .18/ea.

mango .38/ea.

1 lb. ground turkey 1.00/ea.

Tom Thumb

gala apples .88/lb

spend $50 get eggs, OJ, bacon, and bagels for free

turkey .69/lb

buy 3 save $3 on cereal - nothing jumps out at me as free

12oz. tilapia 5.99 - there are $2 off coupons in booklets right there = 3.99

Albertsons

in-ad coupons

-hot pockets .99

-progresso .99

-kraft mac and cheese 2/$1

-swanson broth 2/$1

-ozarka .88 - there is 1.00/2 coupon = .38/ea.

3 day sale-$10/$100 purchase

B/S chicken 1.67/lb

sargento cheese 1.79 - use .40 peelies = .99/ea.

Random deals

Gymboree circle of friends sale!! use code GYMFAMILY online to save 30%. I would wait until sales start on thursday and remember that you earn $25 Gymbucks for every $50 you spend. Shipping is free on orders over $100.

Target!!!
Wii games are B2G1 free and use THIS coupon for $10/2 Wii games. It's at the bottom so scroll down. Scenarios
buy 3 games at 49.99
get 1 free (49.99)
use $10/2 coupon (10)
pay $89.98 for 3 games

OR

buy 3 games @ 19.99
get one free (19.99)
$10/2 coupon (10)
pay 29.98 for 3 games!

OR

buy 6 games @ 19.99
get 2 free (39.98)
use 3 $10/2 coupons (30)
pay $49.96 for 6 games!

OR

buy 6 games at 49.99
2 free (99.98)
3 $10/2 coupons (30)
pay $169.96 for 6 games!

have fun!

don't forget to go to coupons.com where the $3 huggies coupon is reset AGAIN! there is also a $2 coupon.

50% off payless - TODAY ONLY

go HERE to print your coupon - I'll see you there!

Kroger mega deal

and others.

Kroger

mega deal - buy 10 items get $5 off instantly. prices listed are AFTER promo comes off.

6 betty crocker muffin mix .49 - .50 IP = free

8 candy bags 1.88 - 2.00 IP = .12 overage

4 bumblebee tuna .50/ea. - 1.00 IP = .50 overage!

6 keebler cookies .99/ea. - $2/2 peelies = .01 overage

uncle ben's rice .99 - 1.00 insert = .01 overage

3 yogurt 1.49/ea. - 1.00 insert = .49/ea.

6 propel .50/ea. - .55 hangtags = .05 overage

2 gatorade .50 - .50/2 tearpad = free

2 dole fruit .50 - .50 IP doubled = -.50

2 heinz ketchup 1.49 - .75 insert = .74/ea.

2 wishbone 1.49 - .75 IP = .74/ea.

roast 4.00 - 3.00 WYB 2 wishbone hangtag = 1.00

6 hormel chili .79 - 2.00/3 insert = .12/ea.

2 carnation .50/ea. - .50/2 insert doubled = free

steamfresh meals for two 5.49/ea. - B1G1 and 1.50 coupons. they B1G1 took off 7.69 instead of 5.49, so it was 2.24/ea.

OOP = $3.55 for everything!! (retail price of $127.04)

Target

10 keebler chip deluxe cookies 2.00/ea. 1 free WYB 2. here's the math

10 cookies @ 2.00/ea. = $20.00 minus 3 free ($6.00). total is now $14.00. minus 5 $1/2 target IP($5). total is now $9.00. minus 5 $2.00/2 peelies($10). total is now negative $1.

1 large skippy 3.00 - 2.00 catalina and 1.00 target IP = free, 3 small skippy 2.04 - 1.00 target IP and .40 inserts.

3 archer farms bakery items .99/ea. - 1.00 target IP

3 avacados @ .28/ea. (price match)

10 granny smith apples @ .10/ea. (price match) - 1.00 target apples coupon = free!!

Total OOP = $0 (2.76 on a GC)

Walgreens and CVS

CVS - 15 dove items (buy $20, get $10 ecb - used 1.00 coupons), milk. OOP $0

Walgreens - rolled RR since they expire so early! OOP $1, still have $80 in RR total.

meals

I have a lot of people wondering what in the world we eat for meals. I also have a few people thinking that we eat junk all the time. well, we don't. This post will be an example of things/dinners you can make with stockpile ingredients.

Breakfasts consist of cereal, oatmeal, waffles, eggs and toast, fruit, yogurt, etc.

Lunches are a variety of leftovers, sandwiches (tuna, deli, PB&J), mac and cheese, chicken, and always served with veggie sticks or fruit of some sort.

we don't really eat snacks because my kids won't eat dinner if they do. All the cookies, candy, etc. that you see me bring home is either a special treat for something or is given away to someone. For example, I am supposed to bring snacks to Hailey's soccer game this saturday, so thank heavens that I have capri-suns and rice krispie treats! All the 50 candy bars that I got a while ago will be going with me and dave to a test grading thing dave does 3 times a year. since he is a table leader, he needs to provide snacks/candy to the rest of the table. that's where those are going.

Dinners:

Chicken and rice roger

chicken legs

rice

cream of mushroom

bullion

onion

tony's

broccoli

southwest pasta salad with grilled chicken

ingredients:

1 chicken breast

whole wheat rotini

1 can black beans

1 can corn

garlic

cumin

lime juice

oil

stuffed peppers

3 bell peppers

1 lb. ground beef

2 bags brown rice

ketchup

BBQ sauce

Brisket

broccoli

potatoes

brisket

spices

BBQ sauce

Other things we've had lately:

Tacos

noodle fritatta

chicken enchiladas

hamburger pie

chicken quesadillas

huevos rancheros

and...

I make my own baby food.

It's so stinking easy!! Just cook the food, throw it in the food processor with some water until you hit the right consistency, put it in ice cube trays and freeze. then I pop them out into these baggies. It cost me .50 for all the peas which would have cost about $5. You can buy a 1 lb. bag of carrots for .50 when the same for jarred stuff would be $3 or so. AND, I know exactly what's in it. I just microwave 1 cube at about 25 seconds and it's good to go.

You might need to be a little creative, but you can certainly eat well while couponing!