Weekly savings

Walgreens has some pretty nice deals going this week, so I decided to try and "stock up" on a few items:

10 boxes of Royal jello

PAID $.20 each ~ $2.00 Total

6 bottles of Peroxide

PAID $.33 each ~ $2.00 Total

5 candy bars

PAID $.49 each ~ $2.45 Total

4 cans Campbell's Condensed Cream Soup

PAID $.39 each ~ $1.56 Total

I was also able to get some great deals at Walmart this week. I was able to purchase 26 items worth $72.00 for only $28.50! That's about a 62% savings. Some of my SUPER deals were:

4 Airwick I-motion smell goods - on sale for $5.00 each

Used 4, $4.00 off coupons

PAID $1.00 each

6 Pull ups flushable wipes - $1.64 each

Used 3, $2.00 off 2 items coupons

PAID $.64 each

2 pkgs Bic Markers - on sale for $.50 each

Used a $1.00 off 2 items coupon

PAID $0 - FREE

2 boxes of HUGGIES wipes - $2.47 each

Used 2, $2.00 off coupons

PAID $.47 each

1 pkg Nature Valley Clusters - $2.94 each

Used $1.60 off coupon

PAID $.68

2 boxes of Zantac (8pk) - $4.23 each

Used 2, $5.00 off coupons

OVERAGE $1.54 total - THEY PAID ME!!!

4 pkgs White cloud TP - $2.00 each

Used 4, $1.00 off coupons

PAID $1.00 each

If April showers bring May flowers, then what do September showers bring?

It's been a while since I've posted any new pictures, so I wanted to share some recent photos of Paul, Seth, and Clay. The photo below is from one morning last week. We had a break in the rain, so the boys and I decided to go outside and pick some tomatoes and peppers from our garden.

These 2 pictures below are from earlier today. It feels like it's been raining for a week straight and we have not had the opportunity to get the boys outside to play. (Even our back deck is soaked.) The ground is pretty saturated, so we decided to take a walk to our mailbox to check the mail.
Here are Clay (solid blue), Seth (green), and Paul (blue/white stripe) holding the mail as we walked back to our house.

Best shopping day to date

My local grocery store, Kroger, runs their sales from Wednesday through Tuesday. I got such great deals last week, that I decided to go back for some more deals before the sale closed. (Priscilla, you inspired me to go back.) So, I ran out to the store last night and I am SO happy I did. I think I had my best shopping experience yet! In summary, I was able to purchase 39 items worth $109.01 for ONLY $33.26 - that's right I ONLY PAID $33.26 for all of my groceries! That a 71% savings of $75.75!!!!

I was looking at this week's Kroger ad this morning and I think I was kind of able to get the "best of both worlds" last night. It looks like they had already started marking the sales for this week, so I was able to take advantage of last weeks deals with some of this weeks deals. If that is the case, then maybe I'll just have to start doing my shopping on Tuesday nights!

Kroger - super savings

I hit the mother load during this trip. Kroger is currently running some great sales that I was able to combine with some great coupons. In addition to running a sale that allows you to purchase 10 items for $10, they are running another similar sale on random products which are already marked down and if you by 10 of these specially marked items you get $5.00 back. Even if you don't have coupons to match them with, you can still walk away with some really great deals this week. I was able to save a total of $63.65 by purchasing items ONLY on sale and using coupons! Here is a list of my super sweet deals:

8 boxes of General Mills cereals

Regular price: $4.79 each

Paid: $.99 each

4 boxes of Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks

Regular price: $3.79 each

Paid: $.99 each

2 boxes of Nature Valley Granola Bars

Regular price: $3.49 each

Paid: $1.64 each

2 boxes of Hefty zip lock freezer bags

Regular: $1.85 each

Paid: $.80 each

Kroger brand marinade

Regular: $1.99

Paid: $.65

Kroger salad dressing

Regular: $1.50

Paid: $.65

Betty Crocker Peanut Butter Cookie Mix

Regular: $2.35

Paid: $.69

Country Crock Spread

Regular: $2.35

Paid: $1.15

Pampers wipes

Regular: $2.79

Paid: $0 ~ FREE

Two 4-packs of Dannon Yogurt

Regular: $2.79 each

Paid: $.88 each

Hillshire Farm Sandwich meat

Regular: $4.29

Paid: $1.89

Walmart - super savings

I found some REALLY great deals during this shopping trip. I had to purchase dog food for our dogs, because I am not willing to let them starve, and it kind of threw me off a little. If you subtract what I spend on the dog food alone, I would have only spent $15.93 for everything you see in the photo above! Some of my super finds were:

2 pkgs of Chinet plates

Regular $2.54

Used 2 $2.00 off coupons

Paid: $.54 each

2 pkgs Carmex Lip Therapy

Regular $1.08

Used 2 $1.00 off coupons

Paid: $.08 each

Welch's Strawberry Jelly

On sale for $2.68

Used $.75 off coupon

Paid: $1.93

2 pkgs of Pull Ups Flushable wipes

Regular $1.64

Used $3.00 off 2 coupon

Paid: $.14 each

Travel size skintimate shave gel

Regular $1.47

Used $1.00 off coupon

Paid $.47

Tyson Chicken Nuggets

On sale for $5.50

Used $1.00 off coupon

Paid: $4.50

4 pkgs of BIC Pens

On sale for $.50 each

Used 2 $1.00 off 2 items coupons

Paid: $0 - got them for FREE

2 Glade 2oz soy candles

Regular $2.97

Used 2 coupons for FREE 2oz Glade soy candle

Paid: $0 - got them for FREE

We love the weekends

We had a great time last weekend! We took the boys over to my parents house to play and eat dinner. The dinner that Yaya and Papa-Al prepared was yummy. It was just an absolutely beautiful afternoon so the boys were able to just play around and we were all able to eat the delicious dinner outside. Here are a few photos of the boys playing in the sand with their Dad.

We all got up on Sunday morning and met up with my parents, my brother, and nephew at our local park. Again, it was just a beautiful day and the boys had a grand time running all over playing with new things. We just couldn't have asked for better days!

Here is our nephew, Tyler, playing with his little cousin Paul.

We have another exciting time planned for this upcoming weekend when we go visit Shane's parents. So, be sure to check back in on us to see what kind of fun and trouble we can find while we're visiting with Nana and Big Daddy! We can't wait! :)

Saving our garden veggies

Some of the "fruits" of our labor: squash, bell pepper, banana pepper, jalapeno pepper, cow horn pepper, Roma tomato, better boy tomato, purple hull peas, and green beans.

I wanted to try a new technique for putting up corn. All you do is take your fresh corn and wrap it in foil. You then put the foil wrapped corn in zip lock bags to freeze. When you are ready to eat them you just boil the corn with the foil still on.

I chose to "flash freeze" the bell peppers.