CVS & Walmart

Stopped by CVS who was still running the same $20 for 6 12 packs with 10 ECBs. With last week's ECBs and the $4 off 20 that they mailed to me. I walked out of CVS with 6 12 packs of Mountain Dew for $1.11.

I spent the rest of the money restocking groceries at wal-mart from last week. As it turns out, the kids didn't go to school any this week, so they depleted the reserves some. Homemade pizza was a great hit, and they ate that twice last week.

49.10 - Wal Mart
1.11 - CVS
22.40 - Publix

72.61 Weekly Total.


Wal-Mart List:
Philly Steak - 5.87
Sour Cream - 1.42
Stew Meat - 4.28
Milk - 2.47
3 Yogurt - 1.50
Mozerrela - 4.08
Turkey Pepperoni - 3.14
Bananas - 1.16
Fruit Smiles - 1.38
Waffle Mix - 1.88
Slimfast - 4.98
Pizza Sauce - 1.22
Sweet & Sour Sauce - 1.42
Pancake Syrup - 1.84
Salmoon - 2.26
Fried Rice Seasoning - .72
Newspaper - 2.00
Hoagie - 2.98
Bread - 2.52
Water Packets - 1.98

Publix 1/12/2010

A new Publix opened up today, and I had to go visit. Didn't do great with the deals (I only had 2 coupons), but I had the kids with me, so I "gave in" on a couple of deals. I was feeling good about the new store, so I donated $1 to Special Olympics for some Publix coupons that I can use in the future (by the end of this month).

Here's a quick rundown of what I bought:

1 Red Baron Pizza - $2.90
1 Country Crock Sides Cinnamon Apples - 2.50 w/ .50 coupon = $1.50
1 Power of Fruit Bar $1.70 (Kids hated them - haha)
2 Tyson Chicken Nuggets B1G1 = $6.59
1 Lays Chips - $2.00
2 Lawry's Marindes B1G1 - $2.59
1 Texas Toast Croutons - .99 w/ .55 coupon = .44
2 Ronzoni Elbow Noodles B1G1 - $1.39
1 Uncle Ben's White Rice - $1.00
2 Del Monte Green Beans B1G1 - $1.29

The total came to 22.40. That leaves me with a little more than $50 for the wal-mart/CVS trip. I got a sneak peek of the CVS ad, adn it looks like they're doing the pepsi deal again next week, so that'll be $10 or so. That'll leave $40 for wal-mart, and boy do I have a lot to buy. With us being cooped up in the house all week, the food store is starting to diminish.

With the kids being out all week (well, half day tomorrow, but does that really count?), I'm tempted to count their school lunch money back into the budget, but I'm going to try not to for now. They will have to make those days up eventually anyway.

Sunday Shopping - CVS & Walmart

Picked up a great deal on 12 packs of pepsi products at CVS. It was 6 for $20 with a $10 ECBs. They also had 3/$10 Nature Valley Granola Bars with $4 ECBs when you buy $10 worth. I topped it off with a $.89 Snickers Bar which was free after ECBs.

The total transaction was $15.14. $20 in mountain dew, $10 in nature valley granola bars, and .89 for the snickers bar. I had $10 ECBs from last week, and a $5 off of $30 total, and a .75 coupon. I'm proud of that trip. one of my better ones.

Wal-Mart was just picking up items to complete my grocery list, no real deals there. Soy Milk, Sugar, Bread Flour, Water, Apples (trying to eat more fruit around here), Cheese, Grits, Yogurt, and the Sunday paper. it came out to $23.15 with no coupons.

$35.36 at Publix, 15.14 at CVS, and $23.15 at Walmart = $73.65. :)

Publix Trip 1/5/2010

I did stick with the $75 budget last week, but forgot to take pictures or write down what I bought, so I didn't think I had enough to post with.

Today, I had enough forsight to take a picture of the groceries before I put them away. I think I did fairly well today, and only spent $35.36

Here's a quick listing of groceries and any associated coupons.

2 - Egg Beaters $1 / 2
2 - Birds Eye Viola Meal .50/2
2 - Grands Biscuits .30/2
3 - Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breast $1.99 /lb
2 - Ground Turkey $2.49 /lb
2 - Healthy Choice Frozen Dinner $1 /2
3 - Martha White Muffin Mix B2G1 Publix Coupon & .55/2
1 - Success Rice $1 off
1 - Publix Fruit punch (Penny Item)

2 - Herbal Essenses Shampoo & Conditioner B1G1 & $1 off
2 - Old Spice Deodorant B1G1 & $1 off
1 - Resolve Spray and Wash Laundry Stain Remover $1.50 off


Now, I have to come up with some dinners to compliment what I've bought.

New year.. new resolution to post

I've been doing the "couponing" thing for six months now, and I feel comfortable enough with it, that I'm going to resolve myself to only spend $75.00 per week on groceries. After the $100 that we pay the school per month for the kids to eat lunch there, this will put us at $400 per month.

I think this will be doable with the help of the Southern Savers website. Anyway, I'm going to keep track of my spending on this website. Sometimes I'll go over, sometimes I'll go under, but I'd like to keep it to $75 per week for a family of four. I've already accumulated a stockpile of some food, but for the last few months it's been less than $100 per week. I think I can keep it to $75 per week starting Jan 1st.

The grocery list is going to look a little different due to the "stockpile" method that I've started using. I'll try to explain as I go along.

Painting continued - Kitchen

The formal dining area isn't quite done, but all that's left is the upper moulding. I'll try and get some completed pictures once thats done.

Our upright freezer is in so Kurt went ahead and painted the part of the wall that it's going to sit against. Here's the picture of our kitchen colors.

Really long time, no post.

Kurt has some extra time on his hands, so he's taking up painting. For 2 weeks or so, we squabbled about what color choices to make. Kurt finally found a combination we could agree on. We got 3 complimentary colors, two of which are in the formal dining room. Here's a sneak peak of what 2 of them look like.