Resolutions Journal Week 14--May 1--7

Week 14 Accomplishments:  May 1-May 7

Updated my homeschoolbuy auctions.

Sewed quilt squares.

Sewed more of the fabric totes.

Updated The Bride Collector by Ted Dekker, Miserly Moms, Bicycle Hostel, Our Garden 2010, and My Book Reviews squidoo lenses

Read in my current book, Hollywood Station


I was so busy this week with things away from home that I just don't feel like I accomplished much at all, yet I know that I did.  Next week isn't looking any different on the being away from home thing.
I slacked on my squidoo lenses, which I can't afford to do, need to keep them updated and fresh.


Until Next Week,

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Shopping and More Shopping 5/3/10

I got my check from church for cleaning in April so I did some shopping.....$50 sure doesn't go far!
At the grocery store I got:
2- Maruchan noodles, on sale for $1 each, used $1/2 coupon making them .50 each.
Kroger Milk Chocolate breakfast drink 5 pack, $2.50  ( this is my breakfast)
Country Crock, on sale for $1, used .40 coupon doubled, making it .20.
3- Mentos Gum, on sale for $1, used 3- .55 coupons doubled to $1, making them free.
4-Big K 2 ltrs of soda on sale for .59  (I'm even trying Dr. K in place of my Dr. Pepper, which I might say, is quite the sacrifice for me!)
3-Green Giant frozen boxed veggies, on sale for $1 each, used $1/3 coupon making them .67 each.
Red Baron Pizza Slices, on sale for $3.99, used $1 coupon (mailing in for $3.99 refund)
Pam Grilling Spray, on sale for $2.50, used $1 coupon making it $1.50.
Pillsbury Crescent Rolls, not on sale for $1.79, but used .70 coupon doubled to $1, making them just .79.
I spent $14.76....saved $8.80 with coupons....total savings including sale pricing was 53%.

The Mentos gum is thrown into my gift tote for later use for part of gifts to the kids.

Another of my shopping trips was to Walgreen's.  I had $13 in register rewards to use from the week before, so that sure helped!
I got:
2-Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal, on sale  2 for $5, used $1.50/2 coupon making them $1.75 per box and I got $2 in register rewards.
box of envelopes, .69 with Walgreen's coupon.
2-Stouffer's Meatloaf frozen meals, on sale 2/$5  (used $3 and $2 rr's towards these) and got $1 in rr's.
Twix minis and Milky Way Minis, on sale 2 for $5 (used $3 and $2 rr's on these), got back $1 in rr's.
Soft Soap body wash, on sale for $2.99  (used $3 rr with 1 cent overage I guess off the envelopes), got back $2 in rr's
Sure deoderant, on sale for $1.50 with Walgreen's coupon and used manufacturers coupon for $1.50 off making it free.
Veet gel, $6.99, used $3 Walgreen's coupon and $3 manufacturers coupon making it just .99
Pert Plus shampoo, on sale for $1.99, used $1.50 coupon making it just .49.

I paid $7.72 of which $2.06 of that was sales tax.  I got back a total of $6 in register rewards.  I'm a little disappointed to have spent more than I got back in rr's this week.
I saved $25.39 in coupons including the rr's so that is great!

P.S.  My other shopping was at Wal mart where I didn't use any coupons.  I needed to get card stock, page protectors, and printer paper and Kansas postcards towards Jasmine's project and a lapbook she is making.  I did pick up the latest All You magazine while there too.  Spent $17.13.
I also went to Pet Co to get the Science Diet dog food for my bzz campaign, paying .77 for the sales tax with the free coupon they sent me.  The dog food was $10.99 for the bag.
I also added a few dollars into my gas tank to go with gas money my mom gave me to run her around.
Hence, my $50 didn't last long, but I had fun, and I got things I needed.

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My Frugal Week--April 25-May 1, 2010

My frugal week:

We ran out of trashbags.  I've used large bags from the second hand stores and things that I've saved back until I am able to buy more.

Walgreen's Shopping  Walgreen's Shopping 4/25/10

I cooked pork roast in beef broth previously frozen from other beef I had cooked.  This is something I just recently started doing over buying broth in a can to cook in.

Was able to get a $20 bra from JC Penney's for just $4.50 shipping using the $10 off $10 coupon code.
The bra was on clearance for $10 and I saved $1.45 on the shipping cost by having it shipped to my store since I knew we would be in that area to pick it up.
The code is 4BESTMOM and is still good at http://www.jcp.com until May 9!

I also got to make a coupon shopping trip to the grocery store.  Although we were going to the store for specific ingredients for supper, I was able to grab up some coupons and get some good deals.
Grocery Shopping 5/1/10

That's it for this week....see you next week!

Grocery Shopping 5/1/10

I was given $30 to spend at the store.  We were going to get taco fixings for supper and soda.
I hurried and looking around at pinchingpennies.com at what was on sale and threw together some coupons.

It wasn't a spectacular trip, but it seems forever since I've done grocery shopping with many coupons, with the exception of my Walgreens shopping, but that's not generally food.

You can see all that I bought in the photo below.

Here are the highlights:
2 packages of flour tortilla's on sale for $2 each (reg price $3.25)
2 dozen eggs on sale for $.98 (reg prize $1.32)
1 - 20 oz Sprite and 3- 20 oz Coke--I used my 4 free coupons from mycokerewards.
2-Fast Fixins Chicken Nuggets on sale for $1 each and I used 2 $1 coupons  (regular price $2.19 each)
2 Mentos gum on sale for $1, used 2- .55 coupons (doubled to $1) (reg price $1.49)
2- Country Crock on sale for $1, used 1- .30 coupon and 1- .40 coupon (doubled to .60 and .80)  (reg price $1.58)
Pam cooking spray on sale for $2.50, used .35 coupon (doubled to .70) (regular price $3.39) (sale and coupon made it cheaper than the store brand)

I overspent the $30 by $6.75 so good thing I had some money in my paypal.
In total I used $12.46 in coupons and including sale prices I saved 41%.

Mail Call! Week of April 25

I didn't get a whole lot of mail this week, but I got some good stuff.

I got in several items from listia for free.  (I am collecting up items to put in my grandchildrens cloth bags that I am making them for their birthdays)---Stuffed mouse, small Little Golden book Pinocchio, set of 3 Mawtchbox helicopters and a battle ship, Crayola color your own stickers set.
the undervalues self book (won through a blog giveaway, but I don't recall which blog, and a search revealed that many blogs gave this book away)


2- free 20 oz Coke coupons from mycokerewards

3 magazines--Good Housekeeping, Family Fun and Traditional Home (all free subcriptions)
coupon train

in my email:
.09 paypal from youdata

$3.01 paypal from adpaid


$2.01 paypal from neobux

Resolutions Journal Week 13--April 24--April 30

Week 13 Accomplishments:  April 24-April 30

Read in my current books Hollywood Station and Evan's Castle.

Did a little work on making cross magnets and baby blocks (while my daughter was at her dentist appt)

Updated Hannah Montana, Our Garden 2010, How To Make Plastic Canvas Cross Magnets, Trunk or Treat, Bierocks, and Owl City squidoo lenses.

Worked on sewing quilt squares together.

Made more of the fabric totes.

Put another set of 2 little girls bracelets and 2 sets of bookmarks listed on listia.

Listed 2 sets of little girls bracelets and more books in my blujay store.

Steve's been on vacation this past week, but I still got a lot accomplished.  As you see, I'm keeping up with my blog nicely.  I've added a new regular post, which is My Frugal Week, and will be posted each Monday.

 

Walgreen's Shopping 4/25/10

(I just realized I hadn't posted this to my blog yet)

I started working on my list Saturday evening, finished up with it Sunday morning before we headed to church.  My brothers church is on 30th, along with Walgreens so I had a plan.....make Steve stop there on the way home to make sure I got my shopping in!

This is what I got:
Tone bodywash, on sale for $3.99, rec'd $3 back in register rewards (rr's)  (there is a $1 printable coupon for this, but it wouldn't print for me)

Clorox Clean Up 32 oz spray and Clorox Disinfecting Wipes, on sale 2 for $6, rec'd back $2 in rr's  (I debated on buying these since I had no coupons, but I just used the last of my wipes and I love cleaning both the kitchen and the bathroom with them...and, I've been wanting the spray to help bring back the white to some things around here)

Plackers Flossers, on sale for $2, rec'd back $2 in rr's  (there was supposed to have been a .50 coupon in the paper on the 18th, but didn't find one in mine)

3M packing tape, on sale for just .99 with Walgreen's coupon and I used a $1 coupon (my best deal since I use it all the time and regular price is $3.49!)

Walgreen's 20 sq ft aluminum foil, on sale for .79 with Walgreen's coupon (we were out)

Stayfree Maxi pads, on sale for $2.99, used $1 coupon and got back $3 in rr's

Skintimate Shave gel on sale for $2.99 and got back $3 in rr's.

Warhead freezer bars, $1 (this was an impulse buy at the register because I knew Jasmine would love them).

I used a total of $9.50 in register rewards from my previous shopping trip.

I spent $10.50 on my regage Visa card, $1.45 was sales tax.  I saved $14.60 with coupons and got back a total of $13 in register rewards for my next shopping trip!!

I could have saved more if I had all available coupons....and could have spent less without the freezer pops, but all in all, I am quite satisfied with my shopping.  I think anytime I can save more than I spend.....AND walk out of the store with more in register rewards that I spent, makes is a success for me.
Pictured below is what I got minus the Stayfree.  We are well stocked up on this type of product thanks to Walgreen's so I sent them home with my mom for my other daughters.  I also forgot to take the freezer pops out of the freezer to get them in the photo.