Menu Plan Monday!

This is my third time of menu planning. All of this week's meals are going to be easy quick stuff because I am due to have this baby on Friday and I am already so tired I just don't feel like cooking for hours.

Monday: Beef Stew

Tuesday: Beef & Bean Chimichangas

Wednesday: Sloppy Joes & French Fries

Thursday: Chicken and Dumplings

Friday: Homemade Pizza & Breadsticks

Saturday & Sunday: Leftovers and whatever hubby cooks

Super Savings Sunday!

Here is this week's edition of Super Savings Sunday! I have been hitting the Albertson's mega sale hard this week, and hopefully planning on stockpiling some more veggies next week too. I just wish I had coupons for the veggies but .50$ a can isn't bad, especially for the jumbo cans. My baby is due this week so we will see how much shopping I actually feel like doing =)

Walmart:


Transaction #1:

(4) jars of Planters - 8.00$
(10) Powerades - 6.00$
(2) can of GV corn - 1.16$
(1) package of Senseo coffee pods - 4.12$
(12) packages of Koolaid - 2.40$
(1) package of beef stew seasoning - .33$
(1) 3 pack of yeast - .98$
(2) cans of GV cream of chicken soup - 1.64$
(12) boxes of Jello - 6.00$
(1) can of GV sliced carrots - .56$
(1) can of GV green beans - .50$
(4) packages of Kraft cheese - 10.00$

Total Before Coupons - 41.69$

Coupons Used:

(4) free Kraft cheese
(1) .55$ off yeast
(4) 3.00$ off Planters
(1) free Senseo coffee pods
(10) 1.00$ off Powerade

Total After Coupons: 5.02$





Transaction #2:

(3) Tava 4 packs - 5.94$
(1) bottle of Calamine lotion - 1.22$
(12) Huggies CleanTeam wipes - 19.68$
(1) Hotwheels 5 pack - 4.97$
(5) Land o Frost lunchmeats - 9.48$

Total Before Coupons - 43.91$

Coupons Used:

5.00$ off Hotwheels peelie
(6) 3.00$ off 2 Huggies
(3) 1.50$ off Tava

Total After Coupons: 4.56$





Transaction #3

(5) Farmland ham steaks - 8.94$
(10) Weber seasoning mixes - 5.80$
(4) Starkist tuna pouches - 3.36$
(1) GV oysters - 1.08$
(1) GV sardines - .68$
(14) cans of Starkist tuna - 9.52$
(6) Land o Frost lunchmeats - 14.22
(1) GV bread - .78$

Total Before Coupons: 50.34$

Coupons Used:

(10) .50$ off Weber
(5) 2.00$ off Farmland
(2) 1.00$ off 2 Starkist pouches
(7) 1.00$ off 2 Starkist cans
(6) free Land o Frost

Total After Coupons: 11.62$



Albertson's


Transaction #1:

(6) bags of Pictsweet frozen veggies - 6.00$
(2) Daisy sour creams - 2.00$
(4) Suave body washes - 6.00$
(4) French's mustards - 4.00$
(4) cans of Libby's veggies - 4.00$
(1) jar of Planters peanuts - 2.50
(3) South Beach drink mixes - 6.00$

Total Before Coupons: 30.50$

Coupons Used:

(2) Buy 1 Get 1 Free Suave
(2) 1.00$ off 2 Suave
(3) 2.00$ off South Beach
(1) 3.00$ off Planters
(4) .50$ off French's
Albertson's promotion 10.00$ off

Total After Coupons: 3.50$





Transaction #2:

(12) cans of Libby's veggies - 12.00$
(4) French's mustards - 4.00$
(3) South Beach drink mixes - 6.00$
(1) jar of Planter's peanuts - 2.50$

Total Before Coupons: 24.50$

Coupons Used:

(3) 2.00$ off South Beach
(1) 3.00$ off Planters
(4) .30$ off French's
Albertson's promotion 10.00$ off

Total After Coupons: 3.80$





Transaction #3 & #4

(30) cans of Libby's veggies - 30.00$

Total Before Coupons - 30.00$

Coupons Used:

Albertson's Promotion 20.00$ off

Total After Coupons - 10.00$



So that's all the shopping I did this week, not too much but I have been tired and it is way hot here in south Texas. I am up to 46 cans of veggies not including the ones from Walmart, I am thinking about getting 20 or 30 more and that should last me atleast 6 months I think, maybe longer. Really it is a good deal because the Walmart brand are .56$ a can or higher and .06$ is .06$ =)

Super Savings Sunday!

Welcome to another edition of Super Savings Sunday! There hasn't been too many great deals as of lately so I have basically just been buying what I need for my weekly menus and anything that is free or close to it. So here is how this week went, Monday through Sunday.

Dollar General:


(12) boxes of Electrasol tablets - 30.00$
(1) toy cars for son - 1.00$

Total Before Coupons: 31.33$

Coupons Used:

(12) 2.25$ off Electrasol

Total After Coupons - 4.33$



CVS:


Transaction #1:

(2) Air Wick Mini's - 9.98$
(4) Suave body washes - 7.96$
(2) Neutrogena mascara - 11.98$
(2) Benefiber 36 count - 12.98$
(1) Benefiber powder - 8.99$

Coupons Used:

3$ off 15$
(2) 4.00$ off Air Wick Mini
(2) BOGO free Suave
(2) 1.00$ off Neutrogena
(3) 2.00$ off Benefiber
6.00$ ECB
6.98$ ECB
15.91$ ECB

Total After Coupons: .00$ ECB's Earned: 8$ for Neutrogena & 10$ for Benefiber



Transaction #2 & #3


(10) bottles of Herbal Essences - 25.00$
(6) Sure Deodorants - 17.34$

Coupons Used:

3$ off 15$
(5) 3.00$ off 2 Herbal Essences
(3) BOGO free Sure deodorant
(3) 1.00$ off Sure deodorant
10.00$ ECB

Total After Coupons: 2.67$
ECB's Earned: 9.00$ for Sure



Transaction #3

(4) Bic Soleil refill cartridges - 27.96$

Coupons Used:

3$ off 15$
(4) 4.00$ off Bic Soleil
8.00$ ECB

Total After Coupons: 1.04$ ECB's Earned: 10.00$ for Bic Soleil



Transaction #4:


(2) bottles of Herbal Essences - 5.00$
(4) Sure deodorants - 11.56$
(1) Bic Soleil razor - 6.99$
(1) Bic Soleil refill cartridge - 6.99$
(1) bag of army men for son - 2.99$

Coupons Used:

3$ off 15$
(2) BOGO free Sure deodorant
(2) 1.00$ off Sure
(1) 3.00$ off 2 Herbal Essence
(2) 4.00$ off Bic Soleil
10.00$ ECB

Total After Coupons - 1.75$ ECB's Earned: 5.00$ for Bic Soleil & 6.00$ for Sure



Walmart:


Transaction #1:

(20) Head & Shoulders trial size - 19.40$
(1) Mr. Clean Magic Eraser Mop - 12.68$
(6) Powerades - 3.60$
(1) Crayola markers - .88$
(6) Rubbermaid containers - 13.32$

Total Before Coupons: 50.91$

Coupons Used:

(10) 3.00$ off 2 Head & Shoulders
(6) 1.00$ off Powerade
(6) 2.00$ off Rubbermaid

Total After Coupons: 2.91$




Transaction #2


(2) Handi-Vac bags - 5.96$
(5) Kotex pantyliners - 5.00$
(5) Huggies travel size wipes - 4.90$
(3) Pert Plus shampoo/conditioner - 8.16$
(3) GV cream of chicken soup - 2.46$
(1) GV cream of mushroom soup - .82$
(1) green chiles - .67$
(1) GV bread - .78$
(2) GV hamburger buns - 2.26$
(5) clearance assorted hardware - .50$

Total Before Coupons: 31.64$ Coupons Used:

(2) 2.00$ off Handi-Vac
(5) 1.00$ off Huggies
(5) 1.00$ off Kotex
(3) 3.00$ off Pert Plus

Total After Coupons: 8.64$



Transaction #3:


(9) Olay body washes - clearanced to 3.00$ each - 27.00$

Total Before Coupons: 27.74$ Coupons Used:

(9) 2.00$ off Olay

Total After Coupons: 9.74$



Albertson's:


(6) Suave body washes - 10.00$

Coupons Used:

(3) BOGO free Suave
(3) 1.00$ off Suave

Total After Coupons: 1.08$



HEB:


(1) package of pepperoni - 2.50$
(3) Hidden Valley ranch dips - 3.57$
(1) HEB chips - 2.00$
(3) Daisy sour cream - 5.07$

Coupons Used:

(3) Buy Daisy get Hidden Valley free
Total After Coupons: 9.57$



Super S:


(1) package of chicken breasts - 3.54$
(1) package of pork ribs - 2.89$

Total (no coupons used): 6.43$

Menu Plan Monday!

This is the first time I have participated in Menu Plan Monday! I never had any recipes untill I got tons of good recipes from one of the Works for Me Wednesday blog posts so now I can start menu planning! I also started a new budget type thing for myself figuring it will help me stick to my 200$ a month grocery budget. The first Friday of every month I will take 200$ and put it in my purse, and that's my grocery budget! I think it will be better this way versus my old 50$ per week way so that if I need to stock up on something one week I have the extra money for it. We will see how that goes...

So here is my menu for this week:

Monday: Cheesy Tuna Casserole

Tuesday: Tater Tot Casserole w/ Mac & Cheese

Wednesday: Chicken Burritoes

Thursday: Chicken Potato Bake w/ Cheesy Vegetable Medley

Friday: Homemade Pizza Night!

Saturday: Left Overs / Tex Mex Roll Ups

Sunday: Left Overs / Tex Mex Roll Ups

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That's my menu plan for this week, these are all brand new recipes so let's hope they all taste as good as they sound! Check out what everybody else is doing at Menu Plan Monday!

STOCKPILE PICTURES!!

I finally got around to taking pictures of most of my stockpile since I have been getting quite a few emails from people wanting to see. Keep in mind I have only been couponing since the last day of March of this year so I don't have a massive stockpile yet. I keep working on it all the time though =)

I have a guest room in my house that we turned into a walk in pantry since I had food coming out of every cabinet and corner of my house, so that's why you will see the cheesy looking white shelves.

(this is my stockpile of hamburger helpers, pastas, side dishes, mac & cheese, cake mixes, cookies, some crackers, and some seasoning packets. Behind every hamburger helper there is an identical box of the same hamburger helper)


( this is my shelf for most of the condiments I have which is not too many at the moment, and a few of sodas I scored from CVS over the past couple of months)


(this is my shelves for all the Vlasic pickles, pasta sauces, marinades, and canned soups/veggies. The marinades are stacked about 7 deep on each row....lol)


(this is the shelves for the rest of my CVS soda stockpile and various juices, Fuze drinks, and wet cat food)


(this is my stockpile of Dr. Peppers and part of the cat food stockpile, I haven't bought extra shelves yet)


(this is the rest of the cat food stockpile and the soda stockpile I scored from Target a couple of weeks ago)


(this is part of the diaper stockpile, the Rubbermaid containers, and the 30 or so Powerades)


(these are the 2 health and beauty shelves that catch the overflow from my bathroom cabinets, not much here yet but you should see under my bathroom sinks!)


(this is the rest of the diaper and wipes stockpile, plus more condiments, refried beans, and tea bags, plus a few other items)


(this is the Handi-Vac bags, Dixie paper plates, and notebooks. Oh yeah, also some chocolates I scored on clearance at CVS a couple of months ago. Also holds the overflow of cereals I have, I have about 30 more boxes in my kitchen cabinets)


(this is the laundry pantry, has all of my laundry detergents, fabric softeners, and dryer sheets. Also has the stockpile of Bush's beans that I couldn't fit anywhere else)


(my humble toilet paper stockpile, 6 additional packages of Angel Soft not pictured here)


(and last but not least, my razor stockpile! Most of these came from Walgreens but some also came from CVS and Albertson's. You can't see them very well but I have about 15 womens Schicks, 15 mens Schicks, about 10 Bic Soleils, and a few Soleil refills)


So there you have it! That's my stockpiles I have accumalated in the past 3 months or so. I didn't take pictures of my baking cabinet in the kitchen or the cabinets under the 2 sinks because they are a mess right now. I have about another 20 bottles of shampoo/condition, a gazillion Schick refills, 60 tubes of toothpaste, baby washes, toilet cleaner kits, more baby wipes, more razors, makeup, nail polishes, and probably a few other things in those places. Maybe that's a task for next weekend?

I love looking at stockpile pics so if you have any leave a comment with the URL of your blog!

Super Savings Sunday!

Here is this week's grocery shopping trips from Monday to Sunday =) I make multiple trips to the stores a week which is why you see so many different transactions. Also, this week I am going to start menu planning which means I will be buying stuff that I don't have coupons for as well as the sales I find, usually I only bought stuff on sale with coupons but I really want to start menu planning, I like to be organized!!

Walmart:

Transaction 1:

(1) 3.5 lb bag of Purina Cat Food - 5.64$
(1) 16 inch pizza pan - 3.17$
(2) jars of Planters Nuts - 4.00$
(10) packets of Weber Seasonings - 5.80$
(6) packets of Koolaid - 1.20$
(6) 4 roll packs of Angel Soft TP - 6.48$
(1) 13 lb box of GV hamburger patties - 13.98$
(20) Post It Flags - 24.80$
(2) Elmers glue sticks - .50$
(1) scissors - .60$
(2) boxes of crayons - .50$
(1) 1 lb block of mozzarella cheese - 3.88$
(1) Dannon Yogurt - 2.24$
(3) boxes of Barilla pastas - 3.69$
(4) cans of GV Tuna - 2.24$
(2) cans of GV black beans - 1.00$
(2) cans of GV mixed veggies - 1.04$
(1) can of GV cream of chicken soup - .82$
(1) can of GV cream of mushroom soup - .82$

Total Before Coupons - 85.19$

Coupons Used:

(10) 3.00$ off 2 Post Its
(10) .50$ off Weber Seasonings
(6) .50$ off Angel Soft TP
(2) 3.00$ off Planters
(1) Free Purina Cat Food
(1) Free Dannon Yogurt

Total After Coupons: 33.31$

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Transaction #2:


(4) boxes of Handi-Vac bags - 11.92$
(6) Rubbermaid Take-A-Longs - 13.32$
(4) bottles of Pert Plus shampoo/conditioner - 10.88$
(2) packages of Huggies travel size wipes - 1.96$
(40) 70 count notebooks - 2.00$

Total Before Coupons: 40.58$

Coupons Used:

(4) 2.00$ off Handi-Vac
(6) 2.00$ off Rubbermaid
(2) 1.00$ off Huggies
(4) 3.00$ off Pert Plus

Total After Coupons: 6.58$

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Transaction #3 & #4:


(1) box of GV saltine crackers - 1.00$
(1) 10 lb roll of hamburger meat - 15.54$
(1) package of GV wide egg noodles - 1.44$
(3) boxes of Handi-Vac bags - 8.94$
(6) pouches of Star Kist tuna - 5.04$
(6) jars of Planters nuts - 12.00$
(1) bottle of Vanilla Extract - 1.98$
(2) packages of Taco Bell seasoning - 1.00$
(3) cans of tomato sauce - 1.20$
(3) cans of tomato paste - 1.05$
(3) cans of GV cream of chicken soup - 1.74$
(1) package of bread flour - 2.44$
(1) jar of Best Maid hamburger slices - 1.68$
(10) packets of Koolaid - 2.00$
(9) boxes of Jello - 4.50$
(1) bottle of GV ketchup - 1.96$
(1) can of Rotel tomatoes - .92$
(2) cans of GV tomato soup - 1.16$
(1) can of GV corn - .58$
(1) bottle of Parmesan cheese - 2.47$
(1) can of GV sliced carrots - .56$
(1) bottle of onion powder - .50$
(2) cans of cheddar cheese soup - 2.48$
(1) can of Ravioli - 1.00$
(1) can of GV chopped black olives - .68$
(1) 2.63 lbs of peaches - 1.97$
(1) package of tater tots - 1.56$
(1) 5lb sack of potatoes - 2.27$
(1) bottle of GV white vinegar - 1.50$
(4) packages of Stay Free pads - 11.36$
(10) packs of Kotex panty liners - 10.00$
(30) 70 count notebooks - 1.50$
(10) travel size Huggies wipes - 9.80$
(6) bottles of Pert Plus - 16.32$

Total Before Coupons: 124.87$

Coupons Used:

(10) 1.00$ off Kotex
(10) 1.00$ off Huggies
(6) 3.00$ off Pert Plus
(2) BOGO free Stay Free pads
(1) 2.00$ off 2 Stay Free pads
(6) 3.00$ off Planters
(1) .25$ off Best Maid
(3) 2.00$ of Handi-Vac
(3) 1.00$ off 2 Star Kist

Total After Coupons: 57.62$



Super S:


(4) jars of Vlasic pickles - 10.00$
(1) tub of Country Crock butter - 2.99$

Total Before Coupons: 12.99$

Coupons Used:

(4) 1.00$ off Vlasic (doubled to 2.00$)
(1) .55$ off Country Crock ( doubled to 1.10$)

Total After Coupons: 3.89$



HEB:


(6) rolls of Farmland sausage - 7.68$
(1) package of HEB hamburger buns - 1.14$
(1) package of pepperoni - 2.50$

Total Before Coupons: 11.32$

Coupons Used:

(6) 1.00$ off Farmland sausage

Total After Coupons: 5.32$



Albertson's:


(4) packages of Ball Park franks - 3.96$
(1) Albertson's french bread - 1.50$

Total Before Coupons: 5.46$

Coupons Used:

(2) 1.00$ off 2 Ball Park franks
(1) free Albertson's french bread

Total After Coupons: 1.96$