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Monday, March 31, 2008
Funny Post...
I had to share a post that a friend of mine wrote Here. I went back to read it today and it cracked me up again... If you cut coupons etc you'll probably find it humorous!
It costs...WHAT???
I ran to Bi-Lo yesterday to grab some muffins, as those are typically cheaper than Publix. So, as I'm cruising quickly through the store, I walk by the coffee aisle. The Starbuck's coffee that I typically buy is $9.96. WHAT??? You have got to be kidding me! Seriously, that makes me want to give up coffee completely. I drink a lot of coffee every week.... But that is ridiculous!So, I'm on a mission to try to find the cheapest best tasting coffee that I can. I tried Seattle's Best this week, which I have had before. It was $5.99 and it was very good. I'm going to try to one that costs even less.... Sorry, but Starbuck's just lost my business, with prices like that! (I know it's partly Bi-Lo's deal too, because Publix has it for $8.99. But that price is to high too...... imo).
What grocery items have you noticed that have really shown an increase in price? Leave a comment....
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Publix Trip....Finally
No photos to show, but I did go to Publix this evening (Saturday) and shopped for those things that had a coupon. It felt good to get in there and get back to some kind of routine. Weird? Probably. ;-)
It wasn't the best deal. I spent $76 and saved $35. I used a ton of coupons, but they weren't on items that were on any great sale. This was mainly my fault, as I just wasn't motivated to price compare at all the other grocery stores. I felt good just getting to one store this week! So, I guess $34 is better than nothing.
The funny thing is that I still don't have anything for us to eat....as in... planned! I have to get my menu together for the coming week. I'll be using what we have at home in the pantry and the freezer! Baseball season is upon us, and we will be running a LOT! Meaning my crockpot will be getting a lot of use over the next several weeks.
It wasn't the best deal. I spent $76 and saved $35. I used a ton of coupons, but they weren't on items that were on any great sale. This was mainly my fault, as I just wasn't motivated to price compare at all the other grocery stores. I felt good just getting to one store this week! So, I guess $34 is better than nothing.
The funny thing is that I still don't have anything for us to eat....as in... planned! I have to get my menu together for the coming week. I'll be using what we have at home in the pantry and the freezer! Baseball season is upon us, and we will be running a LOT! Meaning my crockpot will be getting a lot of use over the next several weeks.
Weekend Warriors!
Have I mentioned how hard it is to get back into the swing of things? Really tough! I pulled all my coupons that are about to expire at the end of the month, so I can try to use some of them. They are not the best deals, as the don't really match up to BOGO items anywhere... but a few of them I really need to use and we need the products. For instance Paul Newmans Spaghetti sauce. We need spaghettit sauce badly, and it's our favorite, so I want to make sure we use up the 7 coupons I have. $1.00 off each jar. Not great..but I need to remember I save $7.00 which would not happen, except for my coupons.
I'm also listening to Dave Ramsey still and getting motivated to clean up this last bit of debt so that we can begin our 3-6 months of living expenses. I know we can do it!
We also filed our taxes... Hooray! We will be getting a refund and it will go straight into our adoption savings account. I am thrilled! I'm so relieved to have that done. So, today will be a cleaning,organizing, planning and light shopping day. (At least until the new flyer for Publix comes out). It should be a Tackle it Tuesday... HGTV used to have a show called Weekend Warriors all about remodeling your house. I think Weekend Warrior applies to us today! (just not in the remodeling sense. lol)
I'm also listening to Dave Ramsey still and getting motivated to clean up this last bit of debt so that we can begin our 3-6 months of living expenses. I know we can do it!
We also filed our taxes... Hooray! We will be getting a refund and it will go straight into our adoption savings account. I am thrilled! I'm so relieved to have that done. So, today will be a cleaning,organizing, planning and light shopping day. (At least until the new flyer for Publix comes out). It should be a Tackle it Tuesday... HGTV used to have a show called Weekend Warriors all about remodeling your house. I think Weekend Warrior applies to us today! (just not in the remodeling sense. lol)
Thursday, March 27, 2008
MIA & Random Thoughts
Sorry I have been MIA lately. Coming off of a vacation I'm finding it difficult to get back into the swing of things in the blogosphere, and just life in general. I have so many more thoughts... I think I just need to catch up around here, so I have some time to post them.
I need to make a menu for the rest of the week, or a short grocery list...or something! I'm lost without my pre-planning! Boy, what a good reminder of how badly I need it. Planning=Saving Money
We are winding down on the month of March, so I'll see how well we did. I hope we will be able to finally get rid of all the credit card debt. I'll update our financial health check up in a few days!
I need to make a menu for the rest of the week, or a short grocery list...or something! I'm lost without my pre-planning! Boy, what a good reminder of how badly I need it. Planning=Saving Money
We are winding down on the month of March, so I'll see how well we did. I hope we will be able to finally get rid of all the credit card debt. I'll update our financial health check up in a few days!
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Coupon Binder - Take Three -Photos
Goodness! It is hard to believe that I haven't posted anything in 5 days! I do apologize, I really wanted to post the binder pictures.... but I was unable to log on from my own laptop to upload my photos. My new camera never did arrive in time thanks to DHL. So, it will be arriving tomorrow. The pictures I'm going to post are okay. Not great, but they are the best I could do. It will be interesting to compare them with the new camera when it arrives
Now, onto the coupon binder, and the photos. I used the baseball card inserts that my friends suggested as well as the 4x6 photo sheets. (These were also suggested). My friend Jennifer used the Post It tabs and so I also implemented that idea to be able to really categorize each section. To get the internet printed coupons into the baseball inserts, I just folded them. Some people might not like to do this, but I don't mind. I suppose for those that like them straight and unfolded, you could use the photo sheets
I also want to add that dh had this binder just laying around the house from a job interview he had two years ago. (For the job he is at now). He never uses it, so I asked to have it! It is way cool, with handles to carry it and a zipper to keep everything intact. So here it is.... binder, categories and inserts!
Now, onto the coupon binder, and the photos. I used the baseball card inserts that my friends suggested as well as the 4x6 photo sheets. (These were also suggested). My friend Jennifer used the Post It tabs and so I also implemented that idea to be able to really categorize each section. To get the internet printed coupons into the baseball inserts, I just folded them. Some people might not like to do this, but I don't mind. I suppose for those that like them straight and unfolded, you could use the photo sheets
I also want to add that dh had this binder just laying around the house from a job interview he had two years ago. (For the job he is at now). He never uses it, so I asked to have it! It is way cool, with handles to carry it and a zipper to keep everything intact. So here it is.... binder, categories and inserts!
Thursday, March 20, 2008
My Coupon Binder- Take Two
Okay, that was a little longer break than I anticipated.... lol! My old camera is so not cooperating with me! The photos I took came out very poor. My new camera is supposed to be coming in the mail here any day. I had it sent to Florida because I didn't want to have it arrive while we were away. But they emailed me shortly after saying that the shipping was delayed. I'll be really disappointed if it arrives the day after we leave. So say a prayer it arrives today or tomorrow!
Let me start by listing how I have the binder categorized. This is my favorite part and really works well for me. I'm the type of person that needs things in categories! Sorry for the crazy formatting.... I am a stickler for that kind of stuff, but I have fiddled with it enough and that's all the time I have! The bullet points are the subcategories that I have those sections broken down into.
I used the post it file tabs that my friend Jennifer at All Things Frugal used. It's a fantastic idea and combined with my label maker looks really good! So here they are: (I will try to take some better photos and post them next....)
Baby
Bags
Baking
Beverages
Canned
Cereal
Cleaning
Dairy
Hygiene
Misc
Oral Care
PBJ Bread
Paper/Plastic/Wrap
Restaurants
Let me start by listing how I have the binder categorized. This is my favorite part and really works well for me. I'm the type of person that needs things in categories! Sorry for the crazy formatting.... I am a stickler for that kind of stuff, but I have fiddled with it enough and that's all the time I have! The bullet points are the subcategories that I have those sections broken down into.
I used the post it file tabs that my friend Jennifer at All Things Frugal used. It's a fantastic idea and combined with my label maker looks really good! So here they are: (I will try to take some better photos and post them next....)
Baby
Bags
Baking
Beverages
Canned
Cereal
Cleaning
- Air Freshener
- All Purpose
- Bathroom
- Dishes
- Disinfectant
- Floor
- Furniture/Glass
- Laundry
Dairy
- Beverage
- Bread
- Butter
- Yogurt
Hygiene
- Deodorant
- Feminine
- Hair
- Lotion
- Makeup
- Medicine
- Soap
- Vitamins
Misc
Oral Care
PBJ Bread
Paper/Plastic/Wrap
- Tissues
- Towels
- TP
- Wraps
- Mexican
- Pasta etc
Restaurants
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
My Coupon Binder....Take One
Jenny sent me the following email right before I left for vacation:
Hi. I am wondering if you would post pictures of your coupon binder? I remember you blogging about making it, but it would be neat to see the finished product. I have been "couponing" for about a month and would love to get more organized...those coupons are taking over my house :) Also, I'm wondering how you get the large Internet printed coupons to fit in the baseball card holders?
Absolutely! I'd love to display my coupon binder. But with one caveat: I totally got the idea from many others. The gals at the following websites are friends of mine, so I had the opportunity to not only read their sites, but check out their coupon binders in person. :-) What's a Girl To Do? Living Sensibly, All Things Frugal and Growing-in-Grace. I also checked out Laura Williams Musings. I gathered ideas from all these folks and included some ideas from Money Saving Mom, who inspired my first coupon organizer.
Let me quickly give some history. My first binder idea I got straight from Crystal at Money Saving Mom. I had every item I needed already in my house, and so I just worked at labeling the sections and getting them in an old Rubbermaid shoe box. I was being over run with coupons and needed a system fast! I was happy to be so organized, but quickly learned it was a pain to carry them around in that shoe box at the stores, and even if I left them in the car, who wants to run out to the car to get extra coupons when you see something unadvertised on sale. Plus anticipating adding two small children to our household, there would be no place to put the box when a child needs to sit in the shopping cart (or buggy as they say in the south). I didn't even want to think about that box of coupons flipping over! Yikes! So, I began to think about the coupon binders that my friends had made. To view the old organizer click HERE.
I'll be back in a bit to post photos of the new binder and show what products I used, and how I organized each section.
Hi. I am wondering if you would post pictures of your coupon binder? I remember you blogging about making it, but it would be neat to see the finished product. I have been "couponing" for about a month and would love to get more organized...those coupons are taking over my house :) Also, I'm wondering how you get the large Internet printed coupons to fit in the baseball card holders?
Absolutely! I'd love to display my coupon binder. But with one caveat: I totally got the idea from many others. The gals at the following websites are friends of mine, so I had the opportunity to not only read their sites, but check out their coupon binders in person. :-) What's a Girl To Do? Living Sensibly, All Things Frugal and Growing-in-Grace. I also checked out Laura Williams Musings. I gathered ideas from all these folks and included some ideas from Money Saving Mom, who inspired my first coupon organizer.
Let me quickly give some history. My first binder idea I got straight from Crystal at Money Saving Mom. I had every item I needed already in my house, and so I just worked at labeling the sections and getting them in an old Rubbermaid shoe box. I was being over run with coupons and needed a system fast! I was happy to be so organized, but quickly learned it was a pain to carry them around in that shoe box at the stores, and even if I left them in the car, who wants to run out to the car to get extra coupons when you see something unadvertised on sale. Plus anticipating adding two small children to our household, there would be no place to put the box when a child needs to sit in the shopping cart (or buggy as they say in the south). I didn't even want to think about that box of coupons flipping over! Yikes! So, I began to think about the coupon binders that my friends had made. To view the old organizer click HERE.
I'll be back in a bit to post photos of the new binder and show what products I used, and how I organized each section.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Hearing Aid Batteries....
For those of you folks that have hearing aids or parents who have hearing aids....or maybe grandparents who have them. Here is a deal I found today:
My dad was going to purchase hearing aid batteries at CVS today as they were on sale. I quickly showed him two websites where he could print coupons and save even more money. Click HERE and HERE for those websites....to get $2 off Energizer hearing aid battery coupons.
Anyway, we went to CVS and the batteries they advertised were not the correct size he needed. But Walgreens had 8 EZ change batteries on sale for $5.99 (The same batteries were $8.99 at CVS). So with the two coupons they ended up being $3.99 each. He was so pleased...and we'll be going back again tomorrow to get 2 more sets.
I plan on helping him out whenever I can by sending him hearing aid battery coupons. Those things are expensive and they don't last very long either. Too bad I never see ECB's for those! lol!
My dad was going to purchase hearing aid batteries at CVS today as they were on sale. I quickly showed him two websites where he could print coupons and save even more money. Click HERE and HERE for those websites....to get $2 off Energizer hearing aid battery coupons.
Anyway, we went to CVS and the batteries they advertised were not the correct size he needed. But Walgreens had 8 EZ change batteries on sale for $5.99 (The same batteries were $8.99 at CVS). So with the two coupons they ended up being $3.99 each. He was so pleased...and we'll be going back again tomorrow to get 2 more sets.
I plan on helping him out whenever I can by sending him hearing aid battery coupons. Those things are expensive and they don't last very long either. Too bad I never see ECB's for those! lol!
Catching, Cleaning and Cooking Fish
Well, we went out on a boat on Sunday all day and fished the inlet. I was so proud of myself... I caught the first fish of the day and baited my first live shrimp to boot. By the end of the day I was a pro at baiting not only shrimp, but live fiddler crabs as well. We caught about 8 fish, packed them in ice, and dh will be cooking them up this evening. We'll see how we like it. lol! Free fish dinner...I know Ilike that!
We went to one Publix and asked about the mystery coupon....the lady had no idea what I was talking about. Late that same evening dh ran to another Publix, but forgot to ask. We also ended up only getting one paper on Sunday, so once I look through it, I see an order to Coupon Clippers coming!
We'll be visiting a Publix soon to shop for the week, and I need to hit a CVS to use up some ECB's. Thanks to Sisterly Savings for posting the CVS deals for the week. I haven't had time at all to look, so it was a real time saver for me!
We went to one Publix and asked about the mystery coupon....the lady had no idea what I was talking about. Late that same evening dh ran to another Publix, but forgot to ask. We also ended up only getting one paper on Sunday, so once I look through it, I see an order to Coupon Clippers coming!
We'll be visiting a Publix soon to shop for the week, and I need to hit a CVS to use up some ECB's. Thanks to Sisterly Savings for posting the CVS deals for the week. I haven't had time at all to look, so it was a real time saver for me!
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