March 2019 Monthly Spending

Our normal budget is as follows: $300 for groceries, $20 for household, $20 for newspapers and couponing deals and $30 for animal needs. 

Let's see how we do this month :)

02/27/2019
$2.07- Dollar Tree
$12.92- Walmart
$57.39- Aldi

03/06/2019
$2.58- CVS and received $5 ECB
$3.13- Dollar Tree
$3.40- Walgreens and got $4 RR
$12.46- Sam's Club
$20.12- Walmart
$46.22- Aldi

03/13/2019
$1.36- Walgreens and got $5 RR
$10.44- Walmart
$60.93- Aldi

03/20/2019
$48.36- Aldi
$14.24- Sam's Club
$5.73- Walmart
$3.61- Walgreens and got $1.29 RR and 4000 points

$277.57of $300 for groceries

$16.44 out of $20 for household items

$25.95 of $20 for newspaper purchases and couponing deals

$0.00 out of $30 for animal needs

Our Shopping Trip~ 02/27/2019

Another Wednesday Shopping Trip :)  It feels so good to be back to our normal shopping schedule :)

Here is what we purchased:

Dollar Tree
$1.00- Glad Cling Wrap

$1.00- Coconut cooking spray
$2.07- Total

Walmart

$2.48- Chocolate Caramel Coffee Creamer

$2.72- Lunchmeat

$1.41- Eggs

$1.00- WW Penne

$2.37- Peach Tea bags

$2.37- Sampler Tea bags

$0.98- Chili Powder

$0.59- Cucumber

$13.92

-1/2 Celestial tea bags cpn

$12.92- Total

Aldi

$2.59- Parm Cheese

$0.49- Mac & Cheese

$1.19- Garlic

$1.19- Cinnamon
$9.95- Ground Turkey X5

$1.89- Chocolate Chips
$2.19- Pepperoni

$1.69- Flour

$4.58- Almond Milk X2

$1.59- Honey Oats cereal

$3.479- Chicken Nuggets

$0.99- Frozen peas

$1.99- Cheese slices

$0.84- Butter

$2.29- Cottage Cheese

$1.89- Kettle Chips

$0.89- Croutons

$3.19- Peanut Butter

$2.99- Gala Apples

$4.17-Lettuce X3

$1.69- Tortilla Chips
$4.99- Toilet Paper

$57.39- Total

This trip will be included in our March Spending Post.  Our March Monthly Spending Post is where we document what we spend for the month.

Couponing Deals for the week of 02/24/2019

Couponing can be overwhelming and/or time consuming~ I was there.  Completely overwhelmed with the amount of coupons and deals.  It doesn't have to be.  My advice to new couponers is to take it slow.  Start by picking up a Sunday paper and focusing on 1 deal for the week and adding on as you feel more confident and comfortable.  Soon you will be creating quite the stockpile :)

If have ECB's and/or Register Rewards, go ahead and apply them to this week's deals to lower your out of pocket expense :)

To keep things super simple, here are my top couponing deals that are $10 and under:

CVS 

Deal #1

$10/2- Tresemme Premium
Use Buy 1 Get 1 Free Tresemme cpn from 02/24 RMN
Pay $5 and get $2 ECB

Deal #2

$2.99- Crest ProHealth, 3D White or Complete toothpaste
Use $2 Crest toothpaste cpn from 02/24 P&G
Pay $0.99

Deal #3

$2.49- Speed Stick
Use $0.50 Speed Stick cpn from 02/24 SS
Pay $1.99 and get $1 ECB
This deal has a limit of 4

Deal #4

$4.99- Crest rinse or Scope
Use $1 Crest mouthwash cpn from 02/24 P&G
Pay $3.99 and get $2 ECB
This deal has a limit of 2

Deal #5

$3.00- Colgate Max or 2in1 toothpaste
Use $0.50 Colgate toothpaste cpn from 02/24 SS
Pay $2.50 and get $2.50 ECB

Walgreens 

Deal #1

$2.99- Crest Complete 3D White or ProHealth toothpaste
Use $2 Crest toothpaste cpn from 02/24 P&G
Pay $0.99

Deal #2

$10/2- Tresemme Premium
$10/2- Tresemme Premium
$20.00
Use (2) Buy 1 Pantene Get 1 FREE cpn from 02/24 RMN
Pay $10 and get 3000 points (3000 points= $3)

Deal #3

$6.99- Head & Shoulders
$3.50- Head & Shoulders @ 50% off
$10.49
Use $6/2 Head & Shoulders Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn
Pay $4.49 and get 2000 points (2000 points= $2)

Deal #4

$2.99- Speed Stick
$1.50- Speed Stick @ 50% off
$4.49
Use (2) $0.50 Speed Stick cpn from 02/24 SS
Pay $3.49 and get 3000 points (3000 points= $3)

Deal #5

$9.98/2Colgate toothpaste
Use (2) $0.50 Colgate toothpaste cpn from 02/24 SS
Pay $8.98 and get $5 RR

These are only a few of the amazing deals CVS and Walgreens have to offer.  To see more deals and matchups, click here for CVS and click here for Walgreens :)

Our Menu Plan for the week of 02/25/2019

How was your weekend?  We went to an outdoor movie night at church and watched Ralph Breaks the Internet.  It was so cute :)

Here is our menu plan for this week:

Breakfast

Choice of Muffins, Fruit, Oatmeal, cereal, waffles, pancakes or bagels

Lunch

Fruit Smoothie for me

Sandwich with carrots and fruit or leftovers

Dinner
Chicken & Broccoli over rice with salad
Burrito Pie with carrots and salad
Chicken Fried Rice with salad
Pasta with meat sauce, peas and salad
Homemade Pizza with carrots and salad
Turkey burgers with corn and salad
Fish, rice, peas and salad

Snacks and Desserts

Apples

Grapes

Bananas

Strawberries

Carrots

Popcorn

Pretzels

Tortilla Chips with salsa

Oatmeal Raisin Bites

Cookies

No Bake Vegan Energy Balls

Chocolate PB Nice Cream

Rice Cakes with PB

Celery with PB and raisin

Chia Pudding
PB Chocolate Chip LaraBar Copy

Walgreens deals for the week of 02/24/2019

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 will not receive another RR

Check out Walgreens Coupon Policy here:)

All- $2.88
$1 All Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn
$1 All cpn- 02/03 RMN

Crest Complete, 3D White or ProHealth toothpaste- $2.99
$2 Crest toothpaste cpn- 02/24 P&G

Dawn or Puffs- $0.99
$0.25 Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn
$0.25 Dawn cpn- 02/24 P&G
$0.25 Puffs cpn- 02/24 P&G

Air Wick Freshmatic or refill- $4.99
$2 Air Wick cpn- 02/24

Tide- $4.99
$2 Tide Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn
$2 Tide cpn- 02/24 P&G

Spend $15 on Tresemme- $10/2 and get 3000 points
Buy Tresemme Premium Get1 Free cpn- 02/24 RMN

Clairol Nice N Easy or Natural Ice- $14/2
$5/2 Clairol Nice N Easy cpn- 02/24 SS
$2 Clairol Nice N Easy cpn- 02/24 SS

Head & Shoulders- Buy 1 Get 50% off~ and get 2000 points when you buy 2
$6/2 Head & Shoulders Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn
$3/2 Head & Shoulders cpn- 02/24 P&G

Pantene- Buy 1 Get 50% off and get 2000 points when you buy 2
$3/2 Pantene cpn- 02/24 P&G

Colgate Max or 2in1 toothpaste- $2.99
$0.50 Colgate toothpaste cpn- 02/24 SS

Speed Stick- Buy 1 Get 50% off and get 3000 points when you buy 2
$0.50 Speed Stick cpn- 02/24 SS

Colgate toothpaste or toothbrush- $4.99 and get $5 RR when you buy 2
$0.50 Colgate toothpaste cpn- 02/24 SS
$1 Colgate Enamel Health or Sensitive cpn- 02/24 SS

Crest, Oral b toothbrush or mouthwash- Buy 1 Get 50% off and get $2 RR when you buy 2
$1 Crest mouthwash cpn- 02/24 P&G
$1 Oral b toothbrush cpn- 02/24 P&G

ZZZquil- Buy 1 Get 50% off and get 2000 points when you buy 2
$1.50 ZZZquil Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn
$1.50 ZZZquil cpn- 02/24 P&G