Tuesday, January 31, 2017

February 2017 Monthly Spending

Here is where I will keep a list of our spending for the month of February.  This month we are taking out $200.  This amount covers our family of 4 and our pets.  Let's see how we do this month :)

01/28/2017
$6.36- Dollar Tree
$7.95- Publix
$9.74- Walmart
$17.32- Sam's Club
$114.72- Aldi

02/05/2017
$1.00- Dollar Tree
$2.88- Winn Dixie
$3.00- Walmart
$1.53- CVS
$21.36- Sam's Club

02/11/2017
$1.00- Dollar Tree
$1.50- Walmart
$13.34- Winn Dixie
$64.19- Aldi

02/18/2017
$0.00 :)

$265.89- Running Total

$0.15*- Left to spend for the month

*Thankfully, I came across a Walmart gift card in the amount of $23.27.  We used this to pay for the chicken at Sam's Club and used the remainder for the cream cheese at Walmart.  We are also utilizing the left over grocery funds we had from last month.

So the final verdict~ We would have never made it with our $200 budget this month.  We are so thankful for the Walmart gift card we had and for the extra left over grocery budget money from last month :)

Our Shopping Day~ 01/28/2017

Since there were only a couple of days left in January, we decided to include these few days into February's grocery budget.  That would make this shopping trip our big beginning of the month shopping adventure :)

Here are our shopping trip details:

Dollar Tree
$3.00- Tissues X3
$3.00- Hand Soap refill X3
$6.36- Total

Publix
$7.95- Ronzoni Whole Wheat Pasta X10

Walmart
$1.98- Dates
$5.00- Popcorn
$0.88- Avocado
$1.88- Sub Rolls
$9.74- Total

Sam's Club
$9.84- Crush Tomatoes X3
$7.48- Chia Seeds
$17.32- Total

Aldi
$13.58- Frozen veggies
$5.49- Sausage Patties
$11.97- Meatballs 6lbs
$1.96- Chicken Noodle Soup for our picky eater
$3.38- Milk
$7.56- Cheddar block X4
$5.46- Whole Chicken
$3.98- Almond Milk X2
$3.49- Ham lunchmeat
$7.96- Tortillas X4
$5.38- Apples
$1.99- Sausage
$1.96- Butter
$0.69- Lettuce
$3.18- Bagels
$1.00- Bread X4
$2.19- Baking Mix
$1.39- Crisp Rice cereal for Rice Krispy Treats
$1.19- Italian Seasoning
$1.29- Rice
$0.89- Marshmallows
$0.99- Cheese Puffs
$2.19- Baking Cocoa
$1.18- Kidney Beans
$2.98- Jalapeno Chips
$1.69- Diced Tomato
$2.78- Flour X2
$2.36- Toilet Paper X4
$0.89- Taco Shells
$2.38- Blueberries X2
$2.79- Lemons
$2.58- Strawberries X2
$1.78- Celery X2
$1.29- Carrots
$2.69- Potatoes
$114.72- Total

This shopping trip has been added to our February Monthly Spending post, where I keep track of what we spend for the month of February.

Monday, January 30, 2017

Our Menu Plan for the week of 01/30/2017

How was your weekend?  We had a nice weekend.  Hubby and I went on a little Starbucks date, thanks to a gift card and a free drink reward I had earned :)

Here is our menu plan for this week:

Breakfast
Overnight Oats with fruit X2
Waffles with fruit X2
Banana muffins with fruit X2
Bagels with fruit

Lunch
Chocolate Banana Strawberry Spinach smoothie for me
Sandwich with carrots, apple slices, blueberries and grapes for everyone else or leftovers

Dinner
Chili Cheese pasta with green beans
Chicken with potatoes and peas
Chili
Pancakes with fruit
Spaghetti with broccoli and garlic bread
Turkey Tacos with mixed veggies
Meatballs subs with carrots

Snacks and Desserts
Apples
Grapes
Bananas
Strawberries
Blueberries
Popcorn
Pretzels
Tortilla Chips

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Our Shopping Day~ 01/21/2017

On our awesome busy Saturday, we decided to pop on in to a brand new Aldi's.  Then on Sunday, we headed over to Walmart to finish our shopping.  We didn't need too much at either store, so shopping was a breeze :)

Here are our shopping trip details:

Aldi's
$2.36- Toilet Paper
$0.99- Spinach
$2.49- Organic Kale
$1.19- Garlic Powder
$1.99- Almond Milk
$1.19- Minced Onion
$1.19- Chili Powder
$1.99- Oranges
$1.19- Onion Powder
$1.59- Milk
$2.89- Potatoes
$1.59- Bagels
$6.36- Bananas- almost 22 lbs
$27.16- Total

Walmart
$2.04- Bananas
$4.74- Strawberries
$1.00- French Bread
$0.98- Chia Seeds
$2.36- Cream Cheese
$11.12- Total

This shopping trip has been added to our January Monthly Spending post, where I keep track of what we spend for the month of January.

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Our Menu Plan for the week of 01/23/2017

How was your weekend?  We had wonderful but super busy weekend.  We started out Saturday by making a trip out to the children's museum and then headed over to the zoo.  We had a lovely dinner at Red Robin and thanks to my wonderful mother in law's Christmas gift of Red Robin gift cards, our dinner including tip was less than $5 :)  Plus Red Robin gave me a FREE Birthday burger~ YAY :)  After dinner we headed over to the new Aldi's and did our grocery shopping.  On Sunday after church we finished the little bit of shopping we had left.  Wonderful and busy weekend :)

Here is our menu plan for this week:

Breakfast
Overnight Oats with fruit X2
Waffles with fruit X2
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip muffins with fruit X2
Bagels with fruit
Warm Cereal Bowl for me- Mmmmm

Lunch
Chocolate Banana Strawberry Spinach smoothie for me
Sandwich with carrots, apple slices, blueberries and grapes for everyone else or leftovers

Dinner
Bean Rice Salsa tacos with corn
Leftover tacos
Turkey, Mashed Potatoes and green beans
Leftover turkey, potatoes and green beans
Chili
Leftover Chili
Spaghetti with peas and garlic bread

Snacks and Desserts
Apples
Grapes
Bananas
Strawberries
Blueberries
Popcorn
Pretzels
Tortilla Chips and Salsa
Watermelon
Avocado

Friday, January 20, 2017

Walgreens deals for the week of 01/22/2017

Things to keep in mind when shopping at Walgreens:
1) You must have as many items as manufacture's coupon
2) Register Rewards (RR) are considered manufacture's coupons
3) You are allowed 1 manufacture's coupon and 1 store coupon per item
4) When redeeming a Register Rewards against the same offer may not receive another RR
5) 2 coupons can be used with Buy 1 Get 1 FREE Sales :)

Check out Walgreens Coupon Policy here:)

Walgreens has a program called Balance Rewards. You earn points you can later redeem. Click here to read more about this program.

Purex- $1.99

Kellogg Special K- $8/3 and get 3000 points
$1/2 Special K Nourish, Chewy Nut Bars, Bites, Protein bars or Protein bites cpn- 01/08 RP
$1/3 Kellogg cereal cpn- 01/08 RP

Glade Automatic spray unit or refill or Plug In refill- $4.99 and get $2 RR
$0.55 Glade cpn- 01/08 SS
$1/2 Glade cpn- 01/08 SS
$2/3 Glade cpn- 01/08 SS


Olay bar or body wash- $4.99 and get $1 RR

Crest or Oral B toothpaste, toothbrush or mouthwash- $3.99~ Buy 3 and get $6 RR

Colgate Total toothpaste or mouthwash- $7/2 and get 3000 points
$0.50 Colgate toothpaste cpn- 01/15 SS
$2 Colgate mouthwash cpn- 01/15 SS

Right Guard or Dry Idea- $3.49
Buy 1 Get 1 FREE Right Guard deodorant cpn- 01/22 RP
Buy 1 Get 1 FREE Dry Idea deodorant cpn- 01/22 RP

Schick disposable- $5.99 and get $1 RR
$2 Schick disposable cpn- 01/01 SS- EXPIRES 01/22

Blink, Complete or Revitalens- $5.99
$3 Blink cpn- 01/22 SS
$3 Revitalens cpn- 01/22 SS
$3 Complete cpn- 01/22 SS

Mars minis or M&M- $6/2
$1/2 Mars fun size or minis M&M, Dove chocolate, mini mix, Snicker or Twix cpn- 01/22 RP
$1/2 Mars Snickers, M&M, Twix, 3 Musketeers, Milky Way fun size or mini laydown bag cpn- 01/08 RP
$1/2 M&M fun size or laydown bag cpn- 01/08 RP


Persil- $5.99
$1 Persil cpn- 01/22 RP


CVS deals for the week of 01/22/2017

Don't forget to....
1) Go to cvs.com/email and sign up for the ExtraCare email and receive a $4/20 cpn
2) Stop by the Red ExtraCare coupon center and get CVS cpns
3) You can use a manufacturer's cpn along with a CVS cpn
4) You can use a B1G1Free cpn along with a B1G1Free sale to get both products for FREE

To view CVS Coupon Policy- click here:) 

Spend $15 on Revlon and get $5 ECB- Limit 6
Buy 1 Get 1 FREE Revlon eye cosmetics cpn- 01/22 SS

Spend $15 on Sally Hansen and get $5 ECB- Limit 3

Colgate Optic White, Sensitive or Enamel Health toothpaste- $3.99 and get $2 ECB- Limit 2
$0.50 Colgate toothpaste cpn- 01/15 SS

Spend $15 on Loreal foundation, powder, blush, concealer, lip, nail or eye and get $5 ECB
$3 Loreal Voluminous Feline mascara cpn- 01/22 RP
$1 Loreal lip cpn- 01/22 RP
$2 Loreal Infallible lip cpn- 01/22 RP
$1 Loreal eye shadow or liner cpn- 01/22 RP
$3 Loreal face cosmetic cpn- 01/22 RP
$3 Loreal face cosmetic cpn- 01/01 RP

Valentine M&Ms, Mars Valentine minis or Fun size- $10/4 and get $1 ECB
$1/2 Mars fun size or minis M&M, Dove chocolate, mini mix, Snicker or Twix cpn- 01/22 RP
$1/2 Mars Snickers, M&M, Twix, 3 Musketeers, Milky Way fun size or mini laydown bag cpn- 01/08 RP
$1/2 M&M fun size or laydown bag cpn- 01/08 RP

Gain Flings or Tide Pods- $4.94
Use $2 CVS App cpn
$3/3 Tide Pods cpn- 01/15 SS

Kellogg cereal- $5/2 and get $1 ECB
$1/3 Kellogg cereal cpn- 01/08 RP

Nivea lotion or crème- $13/2
$1.50 Nivea lotion or crème cpn- 01/22 SS
$4/2 Nivea lotion or crème cpn- 01/22 SS

Nivea lip- $5/2
$3/2 Nivea lip cpn- 01/22 SS

Softsoap body wash- $7/2 and get $3 ECB- Limit 4
$0.75 Softsoap body wash cpn- 01/15 SS

Spend $15 on CVS Health, Beauty 360 wipes or cleansers and get $5 ECB

Spend $15 on Leggs hosiery or Hanes X-Temp and get $5 ECB

Loreal Advanced- $12/3
$1 Loreal Advanced cpn- 01/22 RP
$3/2 Loreal Advanced cpn- 01/22 RP
$5/3 Loreal Advanced cpn- 01/22 RP

Spend $15 on Physicians Formula and get $5 ECB

Spend $15 on Almay and get $5 ECB- Limit 6
$4 Almay cpn- 01/22 SS

Spend $15 on Cover Girl foundation, powder, blush or concealer and get $5 ECB- Limit 3

Spend $15 on Wet N Wild and get $5 ECB- Limit 3

Spend $15 on Crest, Oral B ProHealth or Glide floss and get $7 ECB- Limit 2

Spend $15 on CVS pain relief and get $5 ECB- Limit 2

Persil- $4.34
$1 Persil cpn- 01/22 RP

Kleenex- $4/3
Use $1 CVS Coupon Center cpn
$0.50/3 Kleenex cpn- 01/01 SS

Fructis- $7/2 and get $2 ECB
$1 Fructis cpn- 01/08 RP
$3/2 Fructis cpn- 01/08 RP
$1 Fructis styler cpn- 01/08 RP

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Our Shopping Trip~ 01/15/2017

We ended up doing our grocery shopping on Sunday after church, since hubby had a Saturday meeting.  I only had 3 stores to go to~ easy :)

Here are our shopping trip details:

Sam's Club

$3.98- Strawberries

Walmart
$1.32- Hot Sauce
$4.00- Cashews
$2.68- Mild Sauce
$2.68- Fire Sauce
$0.79- Avocado
$1.76- Bagels
$13.23- Total

Aldi's
$9.11- Frozen veggies X9
$4.38- Coffee creamer X2
$2.58- Blueberries X2
$3.78- Cheddar Block X2
$1.79- Spinach
$2.15- Bananas
$3.39- Grapes
$5.07- Apples X3
$1.99- Almond Milk
$3.58- Milk
$4.98- Lunchmeat
$2.98- Jalapeno Chips X2
$1.98- Tortilla Chips X2
$3.78- Salsa X2
$2.36- Toilet Paper X4
$2.69- Baby Watermelon
$1.98- Oyster Crackers X2
$1.50- Crackers X2
$2.99- Granny Smith Apples
$9.48- Pumpkin X12
$1.79- Lemons
$2.32- Eggs X4
$3.40- Bread X4
$80.22- Total

This shopping trip has been added to our January Monthly Spending post, where I keep track of what we spend for the month of January.

Monday, January 16, 2017

Our Menu Plan for the week of 01/16/2017

How was your weekend?  We had a pretty nice weekend.  Hubby had an out of town weekend meeting.  The boys were playing so nicely, which doesn't happen too often :)  I decided to get some much needed deep cleaning done.  I was able to get my bathroom super clean.  It is so shiny.  Now, how long it will stay that way?  No clue~ with boys~ probably not that long :)

Here is our menu plan for this week:

Breakfast
Overnight Oats with fruit X2
Waffles with fruit X2
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip muffins with fruit X2
Bagels with fruit
Warm Cereal Bowl for me- Mmmmm

Lunch
Chocolate Banana Strawberry Spinach smoothie for me
Sandwich with carrots, apple slices, blueberries and grapes for everyone else or leftovers

Dinner
Chicken & Penne Bake with broccoli
Ribs, mashed potatoes and peas
Spaghetti with green beans and garlic bread
Leftover Ribs, mashed potatoes and peas
Bean Rice Salsa Taco with corn
Shredded Pork on bun with carrots
Mexican Chicken & Rice with Cauliflower and carrots

Snacks and Desserts
Apples
Grapes
Bananas
Strawberries
Blueberries
Popcorn
Pretzels
Tortilla Chips and Salsa
Watermelon
Avocado

Friday, January 13, 2017

Walgreens deals for the week of 01/15/2017

Things to keep in mind when shopping at Walgreens:
1) You must have as many items as manufacture's coupon
2) Register Rewards (RR) are considered manufacture's coupons
3) You are allowed 1 manufacture's coupon and 1 store coupon per item
4) When redeeming a Register Rewards against the same offer may not receive another RR
5) 2 coupons can be used with Buy 1 Get 1 FREE Sales :)

Check out Walgreens Coupon Policy here:)

Walgreens has a program called Balance Rewards. You earn points you can later redeem. Click here to read more about this program.

Spend $10 on Listerine, J&J or Plax dental and get 5000 points
$1 Listerine Smart Rinse cpn- 01/08 SS
$0.75 Listerine cpn- 01/08 SS
$1 Listerine floss cpn- 01/08 SS

Kashi bars or cereal- $2.99 and get 1000 points

Ziploc- $5.50/2 and get $1.50 RR
$1/2 Ziploc cpn- 01/15 SS

Windex, Scrubbing Bubbles bathroom or Fantastik- $6.50/2 and get $1.50 RR
$1.50/2 Windex cpn- 01/08 SS
$0.50 Scrubbing Bubble bathroom cpn- 01/08 SS

Glade candle, wax melts or Plug In refill- $6/2 and get $2 RR
$1/2 Glade cpn- 01/08 SS
$0.55 Glade cpn- 01/08 SS
$2/3 Glade cpn- 01/08 SS

Head & Shoulder Clinical- $9.99 and get $5 RR

Head & Shoulder- $12/2 and get $2 RR

Speed Stick- $1.99
$0.50 Speed Stick cpn- 01/15 SS

Spend $15 on Dove, Degree or Axe deodorant and get 5000 points
$1.50 Dove Clinical or Advanced Care deodorant cpn- 01/01 RP

Crest or Oral B toothbrush, toothpaste or mouthwash- $2.99 and get $6 RR when you buy 4

Colgate Total mouthwash, toothbrush or power 2pk or toothpaste 2pk- $4.99
$0.50 Colgate toothpaste cpn- 01/15 SS
$2 Colgate twin pack toothpaste cpn- 01/15 SS
$2 Colgate mouthwash cpn- 01/15 SS
$2 Colgate power toothbrush cpn- 01/15 SS
$2 Colgate 360 or manual multipack cpn- 01/15 SS
$0.50 Colgate 360 or floss tip toothbrush cpn- 01/15 SS

CVS deals for the week of 01/15/2017

Don't forget to....
1) Go to cvs.com/email and sign up for the ExtraCare email and receive a $4/20 cpn
2) Stop by the Red ExtraCare coupon center and get CVS cpns
3) You can use a manufacturer's cpn along with a CVS cpn
4) You can use a B1G1Free cpn along with a B1G1Free sale to get both products for FREE

To view CVS Coupon Policy- click here:) 

OGX hair- $12/2 and get $2 ECB

Post Honey Bunches of Oats or PopTarts- $1.99
$1/2 Post cereal cpn- 01/01 SS
$1/2 Post cereal cpn- 12/11 SS
$1/3 PopTarts cpn- 01/08 RP

Spend $15 on Loreal eye, lip, concealer, blush or cover up and get $5 ECB
$3 Loreal face cosmetic cpn- 01/01 RP

Spend $15 on Revlon and get $5 ECB- Limit 6

Purex- Buy 1 Get 1 FREE

Spend $15 on Gold Emblem chips, crackers, Abound veggie chips or Heavenly Light Popcorn and get $5 ECB

Trident, Stride, Dentyne, Swedish Fish or Sour Patch kids- $3/3 and get $1 ECB

Spend $15 on Physicians Formula and get $5 ECB

Dove Valentine, Original Promises or Truffles- $6/2 and get $1 ECB

Spend $15 on Beauty 360 cosmetic brush or implements and get $5 ECB

Spend $15 on Almay and get $5 ECB- Limit 6

Spend $15 on Cover Girl eye and get $5 ECB- Limit 3

Spend $15 on Sally Hansen and get $5 ECB- Limit 3

Spend $10 on Essence of Beauty or Beauty 360 and get $4 ECB

Spend $15 on Tresemme, Tresemme Premium, Dove or Suave hair and get $5 ECB
$1 Suave Professionals Styling cpn- 01/01 RP
$1/2 Suave Professionals cpn- 01/01 RP
$1 Suave Professionals Gold cpn- 01/01 RP
$1 Suave Men hair cpn- 01/01 RP
$1 Suave kids hair cpn- 01/01 RP
$ Dove Men+Care hair cpn- 01/01 RP
$3/2 Dove hair cpn- 01/01 RP

Spend $15 on Garnier face care and get $5 ECB
$3 Garnier moisturizer cpn- 01/08 RP
$1 Garnier cleanser cpn- 01/08 RP

Spend $15 on Jergens or Curel and get $5 ECB
$3 Jergens Wet Skin cpn- 01/01 SS
$2 Jergens Natural Glow cpn- 01/01 SS
$1.50 Jergens moisturizer cpn- 01/01 SS
$2 Curel cpn- 01/01 SS
$3 Curel Hydro Therapy cpn- 01/01 SS

Spend $15 on CVS Health, Beauty 360 skin care or lotion and get $5 ECB

Spend $15 on Loreal Advanced and get $5 ECB

Spend $9 on Fructis and get $3 ECB
$1 Fructis styling cpn- 01/08 RP
$3/2 Fructis cpn- 01/08 RP
$1 Fructis cpn- 01/08 RP

Spend $15 on Biore and get $5 ECB

Spend $10 on Oral B manual toothbrush or Crest 3D White toothpaste and get $5 ECB- Limit 2

Crest 3D White mouthwash, ProHealth mouthwash or Oral B toothpaste multipack- $4.99 and get $1.50 ECB- Limit 2

Gillette disposable razors- $7.99 and get $1 ECB
$3 Gillette disposable or razor cpn- 01/15 SS

Palmolive- $0.99
Use $0.25 CVS Coupon Center cpn

Spend $10 on Softsoap hand soap, Colgate Total rinse, Optic White rinse, Irish Spring body wash or bar, Colgate Total toothpaste, Softsoap body wash or Speed Stick and get $5 ECB
$0.75 Softsoap hand soap cpn- 01/15 SS
$0.75 Softsoap body wash cpn- 01/15 SS
$0.50 Colgate toothpaste cpn- 01/15 SS
$2 Colgate mouthwash or rinse cpn- 01/15 SS
$0.50 Irish Spring bar cpn- 01/15 SS
$1 Irish Spring body wash cpn- 01/15 SS
$0.50 Speed Stick cpn- 01/15 SS

Thursday, January 12, 2017

January 2017 Challenge Update

It has only been a week on my January Challenge but I am super excited.  I have been doing so well with my mini challenge of eating a healthy breakfast and lunch.

For breakfast, I have been having a delicious warm cereal bowl.  It really is so good and filling. Mmmmm.  For lunch, I have been making myself a smoothie containing 2 bananas, a date, 1 cup of unsweet almond milk, 1 scoop of vegan chocolate protein powder, 1/4 of an avocado and a large handful of spinach, swiss chards and kale mix.  Sometimes, I throw in 4-6 strawberries and oh my it is so tasty.  For dinner, I eat what I fix for my family.

I am so excited that I have lost a pound- YAY :)  Now I know that if kick up my exercise a notch and cut out the snacking and desserts, I am sure that I might lose a little bit more.  But I know me.  And I know that I will go hardcore for about a week or 2, then something will come up that throws off my whole schedule and bam the whole work out, no snacking goes right out the window.  I am a very emotional eater. 

For my exercise, I have been taking it light.  I am following a 30 day crunch, leg raise and plank routine that my son sent me from Pinterest.  I have also been doing 10 minutes on my Gazelle and 10 minutes on my bike :)  I feel great.

So far so good on my baby steps.

I will check in with you next week and let you know how things are going :)


Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Our Shopping Trip~ 01/08/2017

It rained all day Saturday, so we made the decision to not go out.  We stayed in and played board games.  And of course, you can't play games without making them into some sort of Bean Boozled Challenge.  Oh boy :)  We were playing Bean Boozled Uno and the boys favorite Bean Boozled Connect 4.  Aside from those nasty jelly beans, we all had a wonderful day on our soggy rainy day. 

Here are our shopping trip details:

CVS
$16.92- Irish Spring 6pk bar X4 and got $8 ECB

Walmart
$3.94- Apples
$2.94- Spinach, Swiss Chard and Kale Mix
$2.00- Mixed Nuts
$1.98- Chocolate Chips
$3.52- Avocados
$1.00- Lemons
$1.36- Oranges
$2.36- Cream Cheese
$19.10- Total

This shopping trip has been added to our January Monthly Spending post, where I keep track of what we spend for the month of January.


Monday, January 9, 2017

Our Menu Plan for the week of 01/09/2017

How was your weekend?  Did you get snow?  It sure got super cold like it was going to snow yesterday.  When I got up it was 38 degrees and said it felt like 31- brrrrrr :(  I love snow somewhat.  I love to look at snow- it is so beautiful and peaceful.  I am drooling over my friends Facebook snow pics.  I don't love being in snow.  I am not a cold weather person.

Here is our menu plan for this week:

Breakfast
Overnight Oats with fruit X2
Waffles with fruit X2
Banana Chocolate Chip muffins with fruit X2
Bagels with fruit
Warm Cereal Bowl for me- Mmmmm

Lunch
Chocolate Banana Strawberry Spinach smoothie for me
Sandwich with carrots, apple slices, blueberries and grapes for everyone else or leftovers

Dinner
Italian Chicken Legs, Mashed Potatoes and zucchini
Leftover Chicken Legs
Spaghetti with green beans and garlic bread
Fish, rice and peas
Bean Rice Salsa Taco with corn
Shredded Pork on bun with carrots
Chocolate Chip pancakes with fruit

Snacks and Desserts
Apples
Grapes
Bananas
Strawberries
Blueberries
Carrots
Roasted Carrots
Popcorn
Pretzels
Tortilla Chips and Salsa

Friday, January 6, 2017

Walgreens deals for the week of 01/08/2017

Things to keep in mind when shopping at Walgreens:
1) You must have as many items as manufacture's coupon
2) Register Rewards (RR) are considered manufacture's coupons
3) You are allowed 1 manufacture's coupon and 1 store coupon per item
4) When redeeming a Register Rewards against the same offer may not receive another RR
5) 2 coupons can be used with Buy 1 Get 1 FREE Sales :)

Check out Walgreens Coupon Policy here:)

Walgreens has a program called Balance Rewards. You earn points you can later redeem. Click here to read more about this program.

Tide- $10.99
$2 Tide cpn- 01/01 P&G

Arm & Hammer laundry- Buy 1 Get 1 FREE

Black Forest or Trolli candy- $1.50 and get $1.50 RR

General Mills cereal- $1.99
$1/2 General Mills Chex cpn- 12/04 SS
$1/3 General Mills Big G cereal cpn- 12/04 SS

Butterball turkey bacon or Nice eggs- $2/2

Kellogg Special K cereal, bars or crisps- $8/3 and get 3000 points
$1/2 Kellogg Special K Nourish, bars, or bites cpn- 01/08 RP
$1/3 Kellogg cereal cpn- 01/08 RP

Progresso- $2.50/2
$0.50/2 Progresso cpn- 12/04 SS

Nice bags- $0.99 with in ad cpn- Limit 8

Lysol spray or wipes- $10/2 and get 1000 points
$0.50 Lysol wipes cpn- 01/01 SS
$1 Lysol spray cpn- 01/01 SS
$1 Lysol wipes cpn- 12/04 SS- EXPIRES 01/10
$0.50 Lysol spray cpn- 12/04 SS- EXPIRES 01/10

Ricola- $4/2
$1/2 Ricola cpn- 01/08 RP

Crest or Oral B toothbrush, toothpaste or mouthwash- $3.99~ Buy 3 and get $6 RR
$2 Crest toothpaste cpn- 01/01 P&G
$1.50 Crest mouthwash cpn- 01/01 P&G
$0.50 Oral B manual toothbrush cpn- 01/01 P&G

Colgate toothbrush or toothpaste- $5/2 and get $3 RR
$0.50 Colgate toothpaste cpn- 01/01 SS
$0.50 Colgate 360 or floss tip toothbrush cpn- 01/01 SS

Garnier Fructis- $7/2
$3/2 Garnier Fructis cpn- 01/08 RP
$1 Garnier Fructis cpn- 01/08 RP

Clairol Nice & Easy or Root Touch Up- $14/2 and get $1 RR
$5/2 Clairol hair color cpn- 01/08 RP
$2 Clairol hair color cpn- 01/08 RP

Spend $15 on Axe and get 5000 points
$3/2 Axe dry spray cpn- 01/01 RP

Delsym or Mucinex- $9.99
$4 Delsym cpn- 12/11 SS
$2 Mucinex cpn- 12/04 SS

CVS deals for the week of 01/08/2017

Don't forget to....
1) Go to cvs.com/email and sign up for the ExtraCare email and receive a $4/20 cpn
2) Stop by the Red ExtraCare coupon center and get CVS cpns
3) You can use a manufacturer's cpn along with a CVS cpn
4) You can use a B1G1Free cpn along with a B1G1Free sale to get both products for FREE

To view CVS Coupon Policy- click here:) 

Angel Soft, Brawny or Quilted Northern Ultra Plush- $15/3 and get $5 ECB
$0.45 Angel Soft cpn- 01/08 RP
$0.25 Quilted Northern Ultra Plush cpn- 01/01 RP

Spend $15 on Sally Hansen and get $5 ECB- Limit 3

Spend $15 on Loreal and get $5 ECB
$3 Loreal face cosmetic cpn- 01/01 RP

Spend $12 on Ziploc, Windex, Scrubbing Bubbles, Glade or Shout and get $3 ECB
$1/2 Ziploc cpn- 11/13 SS
$0.50 Windex cpn- 11/13 SS
$0.50 Scrubbing Bubbles all purpose cpn- 01/08 SS
$0.50 Scrubbing Bubbles bathroom cpn- 01/08 SS
$1 Scrubbing Bubbles toilet cpn- 01/08 SS
$0.50 Scrubbing Bubbles cpn- 11/13 SS
$1/2 Glade cpn- 12/11 SS
$2/3 Glade cpn- 12/11 SS
$0.50 Glade cpn- 11/13 SS
$1/2 Glade cpn- 11/13 SS
$2/3 Glade cpn- 11/13 SS

Tide or Gain- $11.94 and get $2 ECB
$2 Tide cpn- 01/01 P&G
$2 Gain cpn- 01/01 P&G

Brita Classic or refill 3pk- $17.99 and get $5 ECB
$4 Brita pitcher cpn- 01/08 SS

Spend $15 on Duracell and get $5 ECB
$1 Duracell cpn- 01/01 RP

Pepsi or Dr Pepper 2L- $0.99
Use $0.24 CVS Coupon Center cpn

Spend $15 on Garnier face care and get $5 ECB
$3 Garnier moisturizer cpn- 01/08 RP
$1 Garnier cleanser cpn- 01/08 RP

Spend $15 on SkinFix lotion, cream, ointment, face care or lip balm and get $5 ECB

Spend $15 on ELF and get $5 ECB

Spend $15 on Cover Girl foundation, powder, blush, concealer or lip and get $5 ECB- Limit 3
$1 Cover Girl lip cpn- 01/08 RP
$3 Cover Girl Outlast cpn- 01/08 RP


Irish Spring body wash or bar 6pk- $3.99 and get $2 ECB- Limit 4

OGX hair, lotion or oil mist- $12/2 and get $2 ECB

Spend $10 on Colgate Optic White and get $5 ECB- Limit 2
$0.50 Colgate toothpaste cpn- 01/01 SS
$0.50 Colgate 360 or floss tip toothbrush cpn- 01/01 SS

Spend $10 on Colgate Total and get $5 ECB- Limit 2
$0.50 Colgate toothpaste cpn- 01/01 SS

Spend $10 on Oral B manual toothbrush, Crest ProHealth or Scope and get $5 ECB- Limit 2
$0.50 Oral B manual toothbrush cpn- 01/01 P&G
$1.50 Crest mouthwash cpn- 01/01 P&G

Right Guard or Dry Idea- $7/2 and get $2 ECB- Limit 2

U by Kotex- $3.99
$1 Kotex tampons cpn- 12/11 SS
$1 Kotex Ultra thin pads or liners cpn- 12/11 SS

Spend $15 on CVS sleep aids and get $5 ECB- Limit 2

Spend $10 on Listerine, Rembrandt, Reach or Listerine floss and get $5 ECB- Limit 2
$0.75 Listerine cpn- 01/08 SS
$1 Listerine smart rinse cpn- 01/08 SS
$1 Listerine floss cpn- 01/08 SS

Spend $15 on Clean & Clear and get $5 ECB
$1 Clean & Clear cpn- 01/08 SS

Spend $15 on Aveeno lotion and get $5 ECB
$1 Aveeno cpn- 01/08 SS
$2 Aveeno lotion or wash cpn- 01/08 SS

M&M's- $6/2
Use $2 CVS Coupon Center cpn

Garnier- $3.50
$2 Garnier Whole Blends cpn- 01/08 RP
$1 Garnier Fructis cpn- 01/08 RP
$3/2 Garnier Fructis cpn- 01/08 RP

Thursday, January 5, 2017

Our 2017 Goals

I know a lot of people are sitting down and jotting down their 2017 New Year Resolutions.  I gave up on the word resolution some time ago. I renamed them goals :( 

I wanted to make goals for our family.  In the beginning, I would be so hyped up for this new journey.  I had the best of intentions, but sadly never followed through with them.  I would get so discouraged that I never devoted the time to completing them.

Now in 2017, I didn't even want to set any goals for this year.  But then I realized that sometimes goal setting can be positive.  After much thought, I came up with 4 goals for our family for 2017.

They are:
1) To get out of credit card debt- we are currently sitting at $9,919.34
2) To finally lose this extra "baby" weight- this has been a goal for a few years but some how the scale went in the opposite direction and instead of needing to lose 10-15 pounds that number has crept up to 35 pounds :(
3) For Nathan and myself to get new glasses.  I desperately need new glasses, we have figured out that super glue is not all that super or permanent :(
4) To get a new to us vehicle.  I LOVE the fact that our vehicle is paid off and do not look forward to having a vehicle payment but our poor poor van is on its last breath :(  We keep having to take it in to the mechanic and right now are paying $500 a month just to pay off the repair bills :(

To help with the first 2 goals, I am not thinking of them as goals for this year.  I am thinking of them as mini monthly challenges.  I am hoping that by setting mini challenges that I will follow through better and am hoping that they will be become positive habits :)

By setting up small challenges, I hope to trick my brain into not thinking of a long year commitment but rather a short monthly challenge.  Baby steps :)

My Mini Monthly Challenge for January is starting with eating a healthy lunch.  I do a good job for breakfast.  I eat oatmeal with fruit every single day.  Recently, I have discovered a warm cereal recipe that is sooo delicious.  I have been eating that instead of my normal fruity oatmeal.  Now for lunch, I am having a Chocolate Banana Avocado Spinach Protein Smoothie- Mmmmmm.  It is good and filling.  For dinner, I am eating what is on our dinner menu plan.  Like I said Baby steps.  One of my favorite You Tubers states that losing weight is 80% nutrition and 20% exercise.  I am curious to see what is going to happen at the end of this month :)

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

January 2017 Monthly Spending

Here is where I will keep a list of our spending for the month of January.  This month we are taking out $400.  This amount covers our family of 4 and our pets.  Let's see how we do this month :)

12/31/2016
$7.42- Dollar Tree
$22.93- Sam's Club
$23.00- Walmart
$132.15- Aldi

01/08/2017
$16.92- CVS
$19.10- Walmart

01/15/2017
$80.22- Aldi
$13.23- Walmart
$3.98- Sam's Club

01/21/2017
$27.16- Aldi
$11.12- Walmart

$357.23- Running Total

$42.77- Left to Spend

Our Shopping Trip~ 12/31/2016

We came home and realized that we needed to go grocery shopping immediately :) I bribed the boys with picking out a treat of their choice for coming with me.  Off to the store we went to shop for the month :)

Here are our shopping trip details:

Dollar Tree
$2.00- Hand soap refill X2
$1.00- Sponges
$1.00- Dustpan
$1.00- Scouring pads
$1.00- Basket for school supplies
$1.00- Gloves for cleaning
$7.42- Total with tax

Sam's Club
$3.83- Ketchup refill
$13.12- Crushed tomatoes X4
$5.98- Strawberries
$22.93- Total

Walmart
$5.00- Popcorn
$2.98- Raisins
$3.18- Parm Cheese
$2.74- Dark Chocolate Chips
$3.48- Just Mayo
$3.24- BBQ Sauce X2
$1.50- Bananas
$0.88- Onion
$23.00- Total

Aldi
$0.99- Mac & Cheese
$3.80- Frozen Veggies X4
$2.38- Broccoli X2
$1.16- Eggs X2
$2.99- Fish
$3.58- Whole Grain Garlic Bread X2
$0.95- Bologna
$3.58- Milk.
$3.98- Almond Milk X2
$3.38- Diced Tomatoes
$6.50- Tuna X10
$1.96- Butter
$11.98- Ground Turkey- 6lbs
$1.49- Spinach
$2.36- Toilet Paper X4
$5.97- Soft Tortillas X3
$5.96- Cheddar Cheese Blocks X4
$1.29- Green Peppers
$1.69- Cheese Slices
$6.02- Whole Chicken
$2.49- Roast Beef lunchmeat
$2.69- Grapes
$1.99- Sausage
$2.59- Blueberries
$1.29- Celery
$2.79- Granny Smith Apples
$2.58- Italian Dressing
$1.59- Zucchini
$2.69- Potatoes
$3.99- Medjool Dates
$5.67- Salsa
$3.98- Toaster Tarts- the boys treat they picked out
$3.54- Kidney Beans X6
$1.19- Onion Powder
$1.88- Corn Bread Mix
$2.69- Golden Apples
$2.49- Red Apples
$1.70- Bread X2
$1.59- Bagels
$10.25- Bananas 23 lbs
$132.15- Total

This shopping trip has been added to our January Monthly Spending post, where I keep track of what we spend for the month of January.

Monday, January 2, 2017

Our Menu Plan for the week of 01/02/2017

Happy 2017 :)  I cannot believe how crazy and busy December was.  As much fun as we had traveling and visiting with family, I am glad that we are home :)

Here is our menu plan for this week:

Breakfast
Overnight Oats with fruit X2
Waffles with fruit X2
Banana Chocolate Chip muffins with fruit X2
Bagels with fruit

Lunch
Chocolate Banana Spinach smoothie for me
Sandwich with carrots, apple slices, blueberries and grapes for everyone else or leftovers

Dinner
Chili with cornbread
Leftover Chili
Sausage Gravy with biscuits and eggs
Chicken, Broccoli and potatoes
Spaghetti with green beans and garlic bread
Baked Chicken & Penne Casserole with zucchini
Mexican Chicken & rice with zucchini

Snacks and Desserts
Apples
Grapes
Bananas
Strawberries
Blueberries
Carrots
Roasted Carrots
Popcorn
Pretzels
Tortilla Chips and Salsa