Since Walgreens got rid of the Easy Saver Book I have just lost interest in the RR deals. I end up having to buy items I don't want or need inorder to have enough items to match the number of coupns. Plus I have been having a lot of trouble finding the items listed in stock. I have searched all week for Fish Oil with no luck. Once I use up the RR I have to the best of my ability I will probably be done with Walgreens again. (When they lost all my DS19 baby pictures from the first 3months of his life I refused to go there until last year when I found Hotcouponworld.com)

This past week I been to Target twice, Shop n Save and Walgreens.
Target 1

Target 2

Shop n Save

Walgreens


I really don't have big plans for any shopping in the next couple of weeks although I am hoping for a good meat sale.

We spent alot on our garden this year so I am hoping for a great harvest this summer. I built 4 raised vegetable beds but we could only afford dirt for 2 of them so far.
Currently I have green beans, cucumber, lima beans, lettuce and spinach comming up in bed one.
In bed 2 I have sweet peppers, tomatoes, zucchini, watermelon, cantalope.
I am working on a strawberry fountain but I need the dirt which we can't get until it stops raining.
In the older beds from last year I have a new blueberry bush, hot peppers and spaghetti squash.
My very first bed we built on the patio is now a full herb garden with cilantro, sage, lemon thyme, rosemary, parsley, green onions and chives.
As you can see I haven't been as busy shopping but I have kept myself busy in the yard.
We also bought one of the topsy turvy containers just because they are so different and cute. We have grape tomatoes doing very well in there.

After a rough start I am hoping for a quite month.

After being on heavy duty antibiotics for a week I am feeling better and my Asthma seems to be under control again. I was able to get out a little and get a few deals.
2/5 Thursday: While waiting to get my Rx filled


Schnucks
1.00 Progresso Soup -1.10 IP Q
1.00 Progresso Soup -1.10 IP Q
1.88 Ricotta Cheese
1.29 Sour Cream
1.69 x 3 Smucker Grape Jam -1.00/3 I will mail in for Disney Scrapbook Kit
2.09 x 12 Bistro Rotini Meals on clearance - 6 BOGO Free Q (Great for lunch or late night snack at Disney or for DD when she is home from school)
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20.31 (36.05 - 15.74Q)

Monday:
2/9 Sam's Club
4.88 Aquafina 32 pack (DD and I will bring this to FL in 36 days for our Spring Break Disney Trip)
10.88 Propel (DS drinks these almost every day - better than energy drink IMO)
24.87 40QT cooler (I have been wanting a smaller cooler that we can use for our summer picnics and I thought I had a $10.00 MIR for any cooler from Budweiser but I realized it expired 2/1/09 so this may go back until I can find a better deal)
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43.62 total

2/9 Dierbergs
3.29 Coffee Mate -.50 (32 oz was cheaper than the 16 oz)
3.29 Coffee Mate - .50
4.97 2.5 lbs chicken (5 breasts)
2.99 Smucker Sugarfree Blackberry Spread -.55 Hangtag
5.11 Ground Chuck 3 lbs
6.59 London Broil ( turned out to be the best meal ever according to the kids)
3.50 Blackberries -3.50 store special WYB Strawberries
3.99 Strawberries - 2.00 Q WYB EG Bread
2.99 Earth Grains Bread -.35Q doubled to -.70
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30.56 total after Q

Today 2/12/09:
Shop n Save they are having their $10.00 off when you spend $50.00 but I went in with no real plan (big mistake) Normally I stick right to that $50.00 or split into 2 $50.00 to maximize the deal but I was tired and didn't bring my calculator. I purchase a 100.00 GC for $90.00 (Q in the Entertainment Book) because I needed to start using up those coupons and this seems to be a month that I may have extra money.
3.39 Kashi Honey Seasame Crackers -3.39 Q
3.28 x2 California Stir Fry
1.94 x2 Uncle Bens Ready Rice -1.00/2
2.99 x2 Tyson Chicken & Steak Ready strips - .55 x 2
2.50 x2 Dole Spinach -4.50 x 2 meal deal WYB 4 above items
4.88 Wanchai Cashew Chicken dinner - 1.10 - MIR Free
3.28 x 2 Coffee Mate -1.50 x2 (coupons expired tomorrow so I had to use them)
5.00 Culinary Circle Sausage Pizza
1.25 Dr Pepper 2 L - 1.25Q WYB above Pizza
5.39 Tyson Honey Tenders -1.00Q (DS has been bugging me for these)
1.74 x 6 PopTarts 12 pack -1.00/2 x 3 (another DS request)
1.34 R&F Spaghetti 2lb package
2.50 x5 Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks -1.50/5 RR from a couple of weeks ago
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75.84 (see I went way over -10.00 final total 38.77 Not to bad I guess. Used gift card from last May.
Plus I got a $3.00 RR and .03 off my next gas purchase.


Running total for the month
$480.18 -$20.31 -$43.62 -$30.56 - $90.00 = $295.69

I have already been checking out next weeks ads and I don't see much.
I know I still have to buy the FAR items from Walgreens and I have been picking up a couple of razors this week to get the $6.00 RR. Price w/ tax 5.34 on WAG GC.
I also had a Tupperware party so I am sure I will be spending more than I should there but they had some great deals.

Look Ma No Cavities

Family: This week has been crazy. I haven't even gotten the Christmas tree down yet.
The kids and I went to the dentist Tues for regular teeth cleaning. Which turned out to be a little exciting since the bank next door got robbed earlier in the day. They announced on the news this morning that they have the person in custody. His parole officer called him in to "talk" after one of the bank tellers recognized him as a former customer (Duh dude).

Wed things started to pick up at work, all the doctors are back from vacation so I will start getting busy later this week. Flori had basketball practice so I found a few minutes to catch up on my reading. We have both been reading "New Moon" (the second book in the Twilight series) so that I can help her understand it. (She is in 7th grade but her reading is around a 3rd grade level) She has trouble with her comprehension but I really think reading this book which she loves has helped her alot. For Christmas her grandmother bought her the next 2 books. We are really looking forward to reading them.

Budget: I am hoping to get some shopping done later today since I have RR's getting ready to expire later this week and I don't see any other day to get it done. I will update this later. I didn't really feel like going out tonight but after this great trip I am glad I did. I even gave away a bunch of coupons to some nice gentleman that was looking for the Betty Crocker boxed potatoes. He was so grateful for the 6 .25 Q - I knew I wouldn't use them since I had some .35 and .40 ones that will double at Schnucks and Dierbergs next week.

Shop n Save:
10.00 Iams Dog food -10.00 Q (one free bag)
2.00 BC Fruit Snacks x4 = 8 -.50/2 x 2
2.50 Fiber One Chewy Bar (Strawberry, Oats and Almond) - 1.00 IP
1.25 Pasta Roni x 8 - 1.00/4 x 2
3.00 Kraft String Cheese x 3 - 1.00 IP x 3
2.50 Dole Lettuce x2
1.53 Bananas - 1.35 (2 free lbs bananas wyb 2 Dole Lettuce)
6.24 Beef Round Steak - 5.00 wyb 8 boxes Pasta or Rice a Roni
3.19 1 gallon of milk - 1.00 wyb Sara Lee Bread
1.99 Sara Lee Bread
10.00 Gilette Fusion Razor - 4.00 Q
Subtotal w/ tax $70.91 - Q and -$15.00 in Holiday rewards earned in Nov and Dec = Total $24.47 on GC from last May's Tax incentive. $0.00 OOP
+ recieved $15.00 on my next shopping trip for buying $30.00 worth of GM, P&G &/or Coke.

Walgreens:
5.00 Benefiber Stick Pak x 2 - 2.00 x 2
5.00 Flintstone Gummie Vitamins x 4 - 1.00 x 4 MFQ - 4.00 WAG activity book
3.49 Electrasol Gel Pack -2.50
.59 Orange fruit cups (filler)
.50 Flavor Pack Icees (filler)
-10.00 RR from last month
Total w/ tax 10.76 on GC
Received $10.00 RR and $5.00 RR + Electrasol MIR 1.50 + $8.00 MIR on Vitamins


Diet: I worked on dinner menus for the rest of the month but I will just post them on Sunday starting the next one since I am apt to change things.
For the rest of this week we will have:
Thur: Cubed steaks, mashed potatoes and green beans
Fri: CP chicken (this will be an experiment so I will wait to see if it turns out before I post the recipe), rice and broccoli
Sat: CP ham and beans w/ cornbread