Sunday, May 31, 2009
Sunday Morning Walgreens and Walmart
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Mickey Mouse Tuna Melts
Recipe Review
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Grilled-Brown-Sugar-Pork-Chops/Detail.aspx
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 cup apple juice
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
salt and pepper to taste
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/2 cup water
6 boneless pork chops
DIRECTIONS
Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat.
In a small saucepan, combine brown sugar, apple juice, oil, soy sauce, ginger, salt , and pepper. Bring to boil. Combine water and cornstarch in small bowl, and whisk into brown sugar mixture. Stir until thick.
Brush grate lightly with oil before placing pork chops on the grill. Cook over hot coals for 10 to 12 minutes, turning once. Brush with sauce just before removing chops from grill. Serve with remaining sauce.
Ages: All
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Wags Trip
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
CVS, Walmart and Kroger
Weber $1/ea used $.35 q tripled = Free
Monday, May 25, 2009
Walmart Trip
Coke $1.42 used $1 q wyb Pizza
6 Packs of Hotdogs @ $.77 used $1/2 coupon = $.27/ea
Macaroni Salad $1.98
Parmesan Cheese (DH insisted!!) $2.18
Garlic Bread $1.58
Pork (3.36 lbs) - Country Style Ribs $7.32 - $6 q wyb Kingford Charcoal and KC BBQ sauce
Pizza $4.75 used $1.50 q
2 Enfamil @ $4.32 used $4 check and $5 check = -$.36
BBQ Sauce $1.42, free WYB Kingford Q
7 Tabasco @ $.98 used 1 $1 coupons = -$.14
2 Mrs Baird Buns @ $1.50 used 2 $.55 q
Skewers $.97
Charcoal $6.49
Total OOP $20.38
Total for May $89.10 - $24 in rebates I received,
Adjusted Total for May $65.10
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Weekly Menu
Monday - Grilling out :) YUMMO! We didn't get to do this on Friday, so we are at it again :)
Tuesday - Tacos
Wednesday - Peanut Chicken Salad...sooooo yummy!
Thursday - Amanda's Beans and Rice and Corn Bread
Friday - Pizza
Saturday - Add in Hamburger Helper - The plain kind doesn't have much (if any) nutritious value... I add all sorts of things to help that out!
Sunday BBQ Chicken, corn and salad
Busy Week
Here are some checks that I have gotten $4 for softsoap, $20 for Unilever and a $5 KFC gift check for complaining online :)
2 Bandaids $2.99 used $1 q got back $2 ECB/ea
1 Nail Polish $3.99 used $1 q got back $3 ECB/ea
2 Speed Stick $3.99 used $1 q got back $3 ECB/ea
Clearasil $3.99 used $1 q got back $3 ECB
Addidas Deoderant $3.99 used $1 q and got back $3 ECB/ea (raincheck)
Paid small balance with gift card
Earlier this week I got the Benadryl $1.59 used 7 $1 coupons and paid $4.13 with gift card got back $4 RR :)
Also adding into my monthly total was about $15 I spent at walmart on pizza and pop that I forgot to record :)
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Playing Catch Up
Read it Here
Its been really busy at our house the last week or so. We've had alot going on, then DH got sick and I decided it would be a good time to take the week off.
I did do one deal on Kroger before though...
2 Trans identical
3 Ketchups @ $1 used .20 tripled
3 Yakisoba @ $1 used $.35 tripled
Total OOP $2.40
Total OOP for May $53.90
Monday, May 18, 2009
Monday Menu :)
Friday, May 15, 2009
Target, Walgreens and Kroger
My Little Pony- clearanced @ $1.69
HSM Barbie $3.19
2 Pur Filters @ $4.59/ea
Colgate Toothpaste @ $2.99 used $1 coupon (got back $2 RR)
Total $14.87
Paid with RR and Giftcard
Total OOP Zero
Trans 1
2 Swiffer @ $4.04 = $8.33 got back $5 gift card
Trans 2
2 Swiffer @ $4.04 = $8.33 paid wtih $5 gift card and $3.33 OOP got back $5 gift card
Trans 3
2 Swiffer @ $4.04 = $8.33 got back $5 gift card
2 Kashi 1 @ $1.99 1 @ $1.79 used 2 $1.50 qs
5 Buddy bars @ $.97 used 5 $1 coupons
3 Enfamil @ $5.49 used $5, $5, and $4 enfamil checks
Total $11.42 used $5 gift card total OOP $6.42
Total for all trans $18.08 have $5 gift card and will get $10 swiffer rebate!
Adjusted OOP $8.08
KROGER
Off topic post....Twitter!
Someone please enlighten me? Whats the point??? Am I missing out here?
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Recipe Review and Works for me Wednesday
But alas....here are the changes I made...
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Walmart....love/hate relationship
Sunday, May 10, 2009
CVS and Walgreens
These were broken up into several transactions at 2 different stores. I lost my recipets (as usual) so I don't know the exact details!
Bayer Moniter $14.99 used up to $30 coupon = Free got back $5 RR
$.15 knee high fillers
4 Colgate $2.99 used $1 coupon got back $2 RR = $.01 MM
4 Fish Oil $8 get $8 RR = Free
2 Root Hair Care $6 used $1 coupon get $6 RR = $1 MM
Paid with RRs, gift card and $.78 OOP
Trans 1
1 Contour Moniter $14.99 used up to $30 coupon = Free got $5 ecb
Trans 2
2 Contour Moniter $14.99 used up to $30 coupon = Free got $5 ecb each
BayrQ Release $2 got back $2 ECB
4 Toothpaste B1G1 @ $2.99 used 4 $.75 coupons = $3 (we needed kids toothpaste)
Paid wtih $4.99 ECB got back $12 ECB
Total OOP Zero
Total for May $25.19
Saturday, May 9, 2009
CVS and Wags tomorrow
CVS
If we can acutally find the moniters, this will be HOT. Can't wait :)
Bayer Quick release crystals 4 ct $2 get $2 eb Limit 1-$1
Bayer Aspirin or Heart Health Advantage product, tearpad @ CVS
-$1 Bayer Aspirin quick release crystals, from display @ Walgreens
Bayer/Ascensia Contour meter $14.99 get $5 eb Limit 2
-$14.99 Bayer Breeze2 or Contour Meter, up to $30.00 off
SS 3/22/09, RP 10/26/08, or RP 2/1/09
Walgreens
Reach Prevent Toothbrush--$0.99 after in-ad coupon
Use $1/1 coupon from 4/26 RedPlum insert
Free after coupon
Buy 1 Roots of Nature Hair Care product at $6, Get $6 Register Rewards
Use $1/1 coupon here
Free plus overage after coupon and Register Rewards
Buy 1 Colgate Max Fresh Tooth Care product at $2.99, Get $2 Register Rewards
Use $1/1 coupon from 4/26 SmartSource insert
Free after coupon and Register Reward
Buy 1 Iceland Health Omega 3 Fish Oil at $8, Get $8 Register Rewards
Free after Register Rewards
Buy 1 Bayer Breeze or Contour Blood Glucose Meter at $14.99,
Get $5 Register Rewards
Use $30/1 coupon from 3/1 or 3/22 RP inserts (coupon will need to be adjusted down)
Free plus $5 in overage after the coupon and Register Rewards
Buy 1 Bayer Quick release Crystals at $2.49,
Get $2.49 Register Rewards
Free after Register Rewards
Target Trippin
Friday, May 8, 2009
Target
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Walmart and Target
Target
2 Icepacks @ $1.48 ea
3 Bandaids @ $.99 used $1 coupon
Apples 1 lb used $1 off coupon = Free
10 Bliss $.97 used $1 target coupon = -$.03 I also noticed after she only scanned 9 of them but scanned 10 coupons
Total $1.80 paid with giftcard
Total OOP Zero
Total OOP for May $18.15
Family Recipe Review
COOK TIME 30 Min
READY IN 1 Hr 30 Min
INGREDIENTS
2 eggs
2 tablespoons dried Italian seasoning
3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
salt and pepper to taste
1 (32 ounce) package frozen white bread dough, thawed
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
In a large bowl, mix together the ricotta cheese, eggs, Italian seasoning, mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese and spinach. Set aside.
Divide the bread dough into 8 pieces and roll each piece out to about an 8 inch circle. Spoon about 1/2 cup of the ricotta filling onto each circle, fold over and seal the edges. Place onto a greased cookie sheet.
Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until nicely browned on the tops and bottoms.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Walgreens
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Walgreens and CVS
Zantrex-3 $4.99 get $4.99 in ECBs, paid wtih ECBs and giftcard Total OOP ZERO
Yesterday I was in and out of a million stores it felt like. I had time to kill before going to a few places so it worked out well. Plus the kids don't seem to mind traveling so much in our new van!
In all I got ....
15 Bounty Basic
14 Reynolds Wrap Foil (70 sq feet)
8 Right Guard Deoderant
3 Packs of stickers
2 Packs of safety pins
1 Cube Storage Thing
1 Camp Rock Coloring Book
6 AA Batterie 2 Packs
Here's how it broke down!
Trans 1 and 2 Store 1
Bounty Basic .37 clearanced (I used this as a filler and didn't have my coupons)
Stickers .25 clearanced
Right Guard @ $2.99 used $1 q (get $2 RR back)
Trans 3 Store 1
Camp Rock Coloring Book .75 clearanced
Stickers .25 clearanced
Right Guard @ $2.99 used $1 q (get $2 RR back)
Trans 4 Store 2
Right Guard @ $2.99 used $1 q (get $2 RR back)
6 Energizer Batteries @ $1.09 used 6 $1 q
Trans 5 and 6 Store 2
Right Guard @ $2.99 used $1 q (get $2 RR back)
Trans 7 Store 1
Right Guard @ $2.99 used $1 q (get $2 RR back)
2 Packs of Singer Safety Pins .55/ea clearanced
Storage Cube $1.59 clearanced
No Nonense Nylons $.80 clearanced used $1 q
Trans 8 Store 3
14 Reynolds Wrap $.90 used $1 coupon
13 bounty basic $.40 used $.25 coupon
Right Guard @ $2.99 used $1 q (get $2 RR back)
Paid all with RR's and Giftcards total OOP Zero!
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Amanda+Me+ Trip to Katy = Getting home at 1:45 AM and LOTS of deals :)
I Kroger was a bit tricky, but we ended up making it work!
Trans 1
3 Soft Soap @ .99 used 3 $.35 q tripled = Free
6 Salsa $2.99 BOGO sale used BOGO q = Free
3 Bags of chips ranging from $2-$3.79 use up to $3 coupon
Total OOP $.49
Trans 2
3 Soft Soap @ .99 used 3 $.35 q tripled= Free
6 Salsa $2.99 BOGO sale used BOGO q = Free
3 Bags of chips ranging from $2-$3.79 use up to $3 coupon
Total OOP $.60
Trans 3
3 Soft Soap @ .99 used 3 $.35 q tripled= Free
4 Salsa $2.99 BOGO sale used BOGO q = Free
2 Bags of chips ranging from $2-$3.79 use up to $3 coupon
Total OOP Zero
Trans 4
3 Soft Soap @ .99 used 3 $.35 q tripled
Total OOP Zero
We hit up several Walgreens in the Katy area. We went looking for Bayer moniters, but we didn't find any :( We did find several other good finds!
These were broken into several transactions at 3 stores.
Nivea $4.99 used $1q got $4.99 RR
Bowls $.29 filler
Corn Dogs 3 @ .49 clearance
Kids toothbush pack $.50 clearance
3 Rembrant $5.99 got $5.99 RR
3 KY $5.19 used $5 q
3 Bayer $2.49 used $1 q got $2.50 RR
2 Ecotrin $2 got $2 RR
Stickers .25 clearance
Baby food .35 ea clearance
Sunscreen $2.60 clearance
Everything paid with giftcards and RR Total OOP Zero
Living Well deal, I bought 13 Capri Suns @ $1.99 used $1 coupon
Amanda got a few items to round out to $30. She had $12 in catalinas about to expire so she used those and took the $10 that printed. :)
Total OOP $2.55
Total for today $3.65 :)
Total for May $6.63
Friday, May 1, 2009
Kroger and Walgreens
Kroger
Didn't go how I planned. I got the free salsa I wanted, but they didn't let me use my chip coupons :( BOOOO I still have more, so maybe I will try again at another store!
Two Transactions
Trans 1
2 Sara Lee Bread $2.49 BOGO
6 Salsa's $2.99 BOGO used BOGO q = Free
Tostidos $2, used $2 free chip at Kroger q
Total OOP $2.24
Trans 2
6 Salsa's $2.99 BOGO used BOGO q = Free
2 Kroger Yougurt to eat up overage $1
Total OOP $.75
Walgreens
26 2 packs of AA Batteries- clearanced $1.09 used $1 coupons = $.09 ea
6 KY Intrigue clearanced at $5.19 used $5 coupons - $.19/ea
Total $3.72 paid with RR and gift card... Total OOP Zero!
Total for May $2.99