Coupons and Things..
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Couponing 1/12/11: Saved over 70%!
- 1 Box Cheese It's (B1G1): $1.60
- 1 Box Uncle Ben's White Rice (B1G1 & $0.75 coupon): $0.25
- 2 boxes of Keebler Cookies (B1G1): $3.49
- Publix Coffee (penny item): $0.01
- 1 Bag Tyson Chicken Patties (B1G1): $3.30
- 2 Boxes Jimmy Dean D-Lights Sandwiches (B1G1 & $5 coupons): $0.99
- 2 boxes Power of Fruit Bars (B1G1 & 2 $1 coupons): $1.39
- 2 32 oz. Coffeemate liquid creamers (B1G1 & 2 $1 coupons...just noticed a ring up error I will have to get fixed: 1 creamer rang up as 2 for $2.50 and the other as 2 for $7...): $2.75 (SHOUD have been $0.25 each w/ coupons)
- 1 pkg of Breaded cubed Steak: $3.07
- 1 pkg Pork Chops: $3.88
- 1 pkg NY Strip Steak: $8.39
- 2 pkgs Stayfree pads (2 $1 Publix coupons, 1 $1 man. and 1 B1G1 man. coupons): $0.45
- Trash bags: $3.49
- 2 Maalox Advanced Liquid medicine (2 $5 man. coupons): FREE w/ $0.02 profit!
- 2 boxes J & J First Aid to Go Kits ($2/2 Publix coupon & $2 man. coupons): FREE w/ $1.06 profit!
- 2 Sundown Vitamin D (1 $6/2 Publix coupon (forgot to bring this coupon...another fix), 1 $3/2 coupon): $2.98 (will be Free w/ $3.02 profit when I get it fixed tomorrow!)
- Publix Hot Dog buns: $0.97
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Couponing 1/6/11: Saving money while eating healthy...
- 3 Ronzoni Healthy Harvest Pastas @ B1G1 & 1 Ronzoni Lasagna noodles (not b1g1) (2 $1/2 coupons applied): $2.69 (BTW, the Ronzoni wheat pastas have a lot less calories than the Mueller's wheat pasta!)
- 2 boxes Keebler crackers (B1G1): $3.89
- 1 box 100 calorie packs of Chips Deluxe (B1G1): $1.60
- 1 Box Duncan Hines Brownie Mix (not on sale; not healthy, but I cannot make it through a diet w/ out splurging a little ;-) ): $2.59
- 1 bag FlatOut bread (B1G1 & $2 off coupon when you buy ground beef): free w/ $0.55 overage!
- 2 boxes Vitamuffin Tops (B1G1): $4.49
- 2 bags Publix deli meat (supposed to grab the 2 for $5 ones but we did not): $6.79
- 1 lb ground beef: $3.90
- 2 carts of egg beaters (B1G1 and 2 $1 off coupons): $0.79
- 1 gal Milk: $3.59
Friday, November 12, 2010
Menu Ideas using Couponed Food: 11/8- 11/11
- Chicken Marsala:
- Chicken: $2
- Macaroni Grill Dinner Kit: $1 (on sale w/ coupons at Target a while ago)
- Publix Italian Salad Mix: $2.50 (2 for $5 2 grocery week's ago)
- New York Ciabatta Bread: $0.91 (50% off w/ coupons last grocery week)
Total: $5.41
Fed 4
Tuesday:
- Tortilla Soup:
- Chicken: $2
- Chicken Broth: $1.25 (b1g1 last week)
- Can tomatoes: on hand (stocked up in August from sale and coupons)
- green chilli's: $1
- corn tortillas: $1
- Kraft Cheddar Cheese: $1.31 (deal after coupons 3 grocery weeks ago)
-Seasonings on hand
- Sopapillas:
- Left over Flour tortillas from last week’s tacos/sopapillas: on hand
-veggie oil & honey on hand
Total: $6.56
Fed 4
Thursday:
- Chicken Parmesan:
-Chicken: $2
- Progressive Bread Crumbs (free after sale and coupons at Publix last month)
- Kraft Mozzarella Cheese: $1.31
- Jar Barilla Sauce: $1.29 (B1G1 2 weeks ago)
- Barilla noodles: $0.69 (B1G1 last week)
- Green Beans: $0.14
- 1/2 box New York Garlic Bread: $0.46
Friday, November 5, 2010
Menu Ideas for 11/1 - 11/5 2010
- Breaded BBQ Chicken
- Chicken & Broccoli Noodles (Knorr sides): $0.65
- Cole's Garlic Sticks: $1
- Publix Waldorf Salad Kit: $2.50
- Teriaki Chicken
- Tacos
- Black Beans & Rice: $2 (picked up at store w/out coupons or sale...don't remember the name of the package)
- Sopapillas
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Couponing Week 6
- 5 boxes New York breads (50% off and $3.20 coupons): $4.55
- 2 Boxes TGI Fridays snacks (on sale & $3 coupons): $5
- 2 Digiorno Pizzas (2 for $10): $10
- 2 boxes Pillsbury Holiday Cookies (3 for $6 & $1 coupon): $3
- 2 boxes Toaster Strudels (B1G1 & $1 coupon): $1.45
- 1 box Cream Puffs & 1 box Eclairs (B1G1): $5.59 (oh I feel fat by just listing these...)
- 6 64 oz Gatorades (3 for $5): $10
- 2 jugs Louana Veggie Oil (2 for $5 & $1 coupon): $4
- Barilla Thin Spaghetti (B1G1): $0.69
- Publix Oatmeal (penny item): $0.01
- 2 boxes College Inn Chicken Broth (B1G1): $2.49
- 2 can Green Giant Green Beans (B1G1 & $1 coupons): $0.29
- Glass Plus Cleaner (B1G1 & $1 coupon): $0.25
- Scotch Packaging Tape (B1G1 & $1 off): $0.75
- 2 boxes of Publix Diet Coke (2 for $5): $5
Thursday, October 28, 2010
This Week's Menu and Great Buys
- Spicy Beef and Sausage Ravioli:
- 1/2 Jar Ragu (B1G1 w/ coupons applied a couple of weeks ago): $0.73 worth
- Sister Shubert Rolls: on hand
- Green Beans: $0.70
Fed 4 Adults
On a different note, I wanted to share with you some sweet deals we got on a couple of BIG purchases this month. We got into a wreck in July that totaled our Fusion. We ended up coming out of it with a chiropractor bill and a BIG settlement check. We were struggling with what to do with the money. We saught the advice of family and friends- half of them told us to be wise and pay off some debt, and the other half told us we should just spend it because when would we have this kind of money again? Well, we took both sets of advice. We paid off a credit card, and we took the rest of the money and "blew" it, but in a very smart way...
Shane bought a new drum set. He has been teaching for over 5 years now, and has yet to own some nice music gear. He had 2 drum sets at one point this summer, but they were not very good kits. He sold one of them and the other is being rented by one of his students. So, we decided it was time for him to get a drum set that he liked and that was better than mediocre.
So, he shopped around and found a Gretsch set through Musician's Friend that he really liked that was on sale for $650. Before he made the big purchase, he emailed Musician's Friend to inquire a little about the set, and ended up getting a response that the one he wanted was sold out. Shane emailed the guy back and asked that they would at least give him a coupon for his next purchase since they were advertising something they did not have in stock. They agreed to give him a 5% off coupon. In the meantime, he emailed Gretsch and asked if they knew of where he could get this drum set he loved that was sold out. Well, they told Shane they made very few of this one set he wanted, and that according to their records, Musician's Friend should have at least 1 left in stock and Shane should have them look for it. Shane asked, and they found the 1 left in the back of their warehouse. So, Shane bought it and said, "Here's my coupon!" So, he ended up getting this sweet drum set worth over $1000 for $600 shipped!
I struggled to figure out what I wanted to do with my part of the extra money. I always buy clothes in these kind of situations, but I wanted do be different this time. I wanted to purchase something that I would enjoy like Shane does his drums. I went with new cookware. When we got married, someone gave us Caphalon pots and pans (that were on our registry, and I am VERY thankful for having them the last 3 years), which are top of the line in the cooking world. Well, they were the non-stick kind, which I have decided that I hate and are not good for me to own because I will never spend the time handwashing that stuff. Through so many runs through the dishwasher, the non-stick stuff has come off and rusted. I cook a lot so it's important for me to have some decent cookware.
I noticed in the Bed, Bath, and Beyond ad this week that if you buy $300 of Caphalon products they give you a $50 gift card. I also found the set I wanted: Caphalon 13 Tri-Ply Stainless Steel piece set of pots and pans for $399.99. I also had a 20% off coupon to BB&B, so I went in last night and made my purchase. Well, not only did I get the set and a $50 gift card for $320, but they also threw in a Caphalon Dutch oven (worth $140 on it's own) for free! So, I got $590 worth of stuff for $320, plus a $50 gift card, and the pots and pans have a lifetime warranty! My omlet this morning has never tasted so good and come out so perfect. :-)
Not only have we been able to take our stretched dollars from Grocery money and buy more things, but we have been able to stretch our stretched out dollars! I don't think Shane and I have ever been able to have so much food on our table, give so much away, and buy ourselves nice things as much as we have this semester! It's because of GOD, and partly Shane doing well in the job world (because of God), but I feel a huge contributor has been coupons (it's a God thing I got into coupons so I it's really all from God)! I really look forward to calculating my costs vs savings for groceries after a year of blogging about them.
Are you convinced to coupon yet?