Had to get some things from WM...

without coupons.... UGH!

Later this week, I'll be going through my q to make a trip up to Fry's for our time here at Mom's :)

I am missing my coupons!!

$aving$$

Got a notice that our loan has been adjusted to reflect the 6% interest rate - instead of 11! I have a few more phone calls to finish up this week, but we should be making excellent progress in the savings arena!!!

woohoooooo!

So behind!

The GOOD thing is, I haven't had to grocery shop in about 3 weeks - woohooooo! The bad thing is, I'm way behind on my couponing! This week, since I'm almost finished with this term, I'll have more time to get my binder together. I'm taking it with us to AZ, so that while we're there if we need anything I'll be all set :) I have to get my coupons together for the girls on FB and get those out this week!

It's been a month!

After adding up all totals, it looks like we saved just over $400 the month of May! We're hoping to beat that in June :) I'll be off the blog for a big while Brian prepares to head out -

Inventory and start of shopping list(s)

I've decided to dedicate every Saturday/Sunday afternoon to do a check on my inventory and create my menu based somewhat off of my stock (which will build over time - yay!) and then create my shopping lists, plus add what I can based on sales. My goal this next week is to spend only $60. I actually think this sounds like a lot, but of course the prices on things are going up, up, up before our eyes. So I tried to give myself a cushion.

Inventory so far looks like:
Meat and other frozen
ground beef ~ 5 lb frozen (prepared)
chicken breasts ~ 1 1/2 bags
pork chops ~ 1 pkg frozen
fro veggies ~ 6 bags

Canned goods
canned gr. beans ~ 4
canned corn ~ 3
petite diced tomatoes ~ 6
cream of's ~ 10
tomato sauce

Pasta
spaghetti (double check pantry)
lasagne ~ 0
ditalini ~ 1
elbow macaroni ~ 2
various others ~ 7

chicken broth ~ 2 cartons

Additional perishable:
fruit
green pepper
tomato
milk


Staples this week
salt
pepper
Mrs. Dash
ketchup
BBQ sauce


* will indicate I can use it for more than one recipe

TO GET:
onion ~ 1
celery
carrots ~ 1 bag mini
red potatoes

This is a work in progress - tomorrow I will be posting recipes and starting my list(s)!

Holy unbelievable savings, Batman!

So I was just checking my local Target ad today... and voila! Similac was on mega sale! So I grabbed my coupons and my rebates, and headed out! I was able to also sign up for the Target Red card, which saves me 5% every purchase - woohoo! So I counted out I think $30 in rebates, and $10 in coupons. I got 17 bottles of Similac for $31 - go me! That was $99.62 in savings, almost $100!! Then I got home and had more coupons/rebates waiting for me in the mail. I have been so blessed with these coupons, it just makes me want to continue on and pay it forward!

Speaking of paying it forward, I went through JR's closet the last week or so and I was able to get 2 very large boxes put together, and 2 Wal-Mart bags of clothes... I was able to pay it forward to three boys : )

OK! tomorrow's post will be my recipes I'll use next week, inventory of what I have and then Saturday I will be finishing inventory and creating my weekly shopping list.

OOOoooohhhhh can't wait for more savings!

Also started a new program online that I can synch on my phone - GroceryIQ... still trying to figure it out -

We're clipped - now making my list(s)

All coupons are clipped from Sunday's paper! Got 2 papers actually, so that is exciting! Starting to really see why people buy on impulse, as far as buying when the "buy" is good. I didn't NEED 10 tubes of toothpaste last week, but I got 10/$10 and had a $1.50 coupon so that was quite a deal considering each was originally almost $2.

What I'm stumped at is finding a good method to price compare between stores. Starting to understand a lot more why this is time consuming - but hey I've got the time LOL!