dinners #1

Dinner Plans for the next two weeks.

August 24th
Monday (dinner for jon only, make left overs)

Tuesday - Tacos (salsa/zuccini)

Wednesday - Spaghetti

Thursday - Chicken Ranch Pot Pie (casserole) Green beans,

Friday *Home game (left overs)

Saturday - Chicken and stuffing

Sunday Lunch - Pizza
Sunday Dinner -

August 31st
Monday - Sausage

Tuesday - Italian chicken (crockpot)

Wednesday - Lemon chicken & rice

Thursday - BBQ Chicken

Friday - *Home game (Chicken tenders ( potato fries & zuccini))

Saturday - Pizza

Sunday Lunch - Left-overs
Sunday Dinner - Spaghetti

Kroger Trip #2

Before Kroger savings/coupons $162.00
(Kroger is doubling dollar coupons today, So I went early)

Toiletries
12 pack of Charmin Toilet paper
3 pack dial soap
large bottle renu contact solution
Downy Wrinkle release
red zone body spray
red zone body wash
Colgate Toothpaste (free)

Cleaning Products
Windex
Fantastic
2 pack sponges
20 count Electrosol tablets

Kitchen Stuff
2 boxes ziploc freezer bags

Fruits/Veggies
6 fresh peaches
2 cans green beans
3 cans diced tomatoes
3 cans of tomato sauce
1 can corn

Meat
2 packages of ham lunch meat (got 1 free)
1 dozen eggs

Dairy
1/2 gallon milk
6 containers of yoplait yogurt
1 package of shredded cheese

Bread
1 package of bread

Baking Stuff
2 packages of pillsbury cookie dough
pillsbury pie crust
1 box of stick butter
1 container frosting

Misc
rice chex
Two boxes popsicles
2 boxes of special k protein bars
box sausage biscuits
box of pancakes
box of pampers diapers
box of pampers/wipes (free)
2 boxes of pancake mix ($1 a piece)

After Coupons $114.18
I saved $47.87
I'm getting better.

My 1st attempt at "The Grocery Game."

So this is my first attempt at "The Grocery Game," so I started small. I also didn't buy as much because on Saturday they are going to double all $1.00 coupons, so I saved my coupons for saturday. I figure with a baby I'm going to be up early anyway.

Price before coupons/store prices $52.00

Meat
2 pkgs of chicken breasts
1 large pkg of chicken tenders (this will make two dinners)

Veggies/Fruit
2 bags dole salad mix
1 bag frozen peaches
4 lemons
1 big bunch of red grapes

Dairy
2 boxes of go-gurt

Breads
2 pillsbury pizza crusts
2 pillsbury grands biscuits (5 ct)
2 pillsbury orange rolls

Other
1 bag lays potato chips
1 bx rice-a-roni

Price after coupons/store prices $29.05

That's a savings of $22.95
Yeah me!!!

Grocery Shopping

Grocery shopping is a huge way for me to save us money. The trick is to buy things in bulk when it's on sale, so you never have to pay full price for anything. For example I buy ground turkey at "Sam's Club." I can buy 5 lbs of turkey for $10. At the grocery store I can only buy 1 lb for $4.99, and that's on sale.

Grocery shopping websites I use.

I'm trying out the 4 week free trial of "The grocery game." I'll let you know how it works. If you try it out put my email address under referral, it's suppose to give you some kind of credit.

seale.kristen@gmail.com


thegrocerygame.com

These are some sites that will load the coupons directly on to your Kroger card.
Cellfire

P&G Saver

Shortcuts

This site lets you print coupons.
Coupons.com

Another site that shows you places to save money, (for example diapers)

Money Saving Mom

I also clip coupons from the Sunday Paper. I just found out that Kroger will triple manufacturers coupons up to .39 and double up to .50. That's amazing. Well this is just the start of me trying to save us more money in grocery shopping. We will see how it goes.

Stay at home mom

So I'm a stay at home mom now! I am so excited, excited I don't have to drop my sweet little man off at day care, and I get to be there for all of his "firsts." I am also wondering what I will do all day, going from a full time, very busy job, to staying at home is very different. At work everything is organized for you, but at home you are your own boss. So I am hoping to use this time to bless my husband by keeping the house, and being around for our sweet little man.