Our Shopping Trip~ 06/26/2019

Our family is participating in VBS this week with our church.  As much as I love participating in VBS, at the end of each day, I am wiped and ready for a nap.  Scheduling a Walmart Grocery Pick Up on our way home was just what I needed.  I figured why I was already out, the boys and I could run a couple of super quick errands :)

Here is what we bought:

CVS
$3.79- Hershey Cookie Layer Crunch
-2.00 Hershey Coupon Center cpn
-1.00 ECB
$1.04- Total with tax

Sam's Club
$8.28- Flour
$8.48- Quaker Oats
$4.48- Yeast
$2.78- Lettuce
$24.02- Total

Aldi
$9.16- Almond Milk X4
$17.91- Ground Turkey X9
$1.69- Brown Sugar
$3.49- Peanut Butter
$3.78- Kettle Chips X2
$0.99- Bread Crumbs
$1.89- French Fried Onions
$6.49- Paper Towels
$4.99- Toilet Paper
$51.14- Total with tax

Walmart Pick Up
$4.00- Blueberries
$1.53- Pretzels
$1.84- Croutons X2
$6.20- Almond Crunchy Oats cereal X3
$0.89- Bananas
$1.73- Cottage Cheese
$1.00- WW Rotini
$2.66- Tortillas X2
$1.19- Strawberries
$1.78- Salami
$1.16- Turkey
$1.68- Bread X2
$2.00- Can Corn X4
$1.00- Can Green Beans X2
$9.74- Cheddar Cheese X2
$11.24- Tilapia- 4 lbs
$1.36- Black Beans X2
$11.04- Twin Whole Chicken
$4.66- Chocolate coffee creamer X2
$2.00- Broccoli X2
$2.84- Sweet Potatoes- 3 lb
$3.00- Can Green Beans X6
$1.24- Tortilla Chips
$75.95- Total

This trip will be included in our July Spending Post~ where we document what we spend for the month.

Couponing Deals for the week of 06/23/2019

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

$10/3- Crest toothpaste X2 and either Oral b or Scope
Use (2) $1 Crest toothpaste cpn from 06/16 RMN
Pay $8.00 and get $4 ECB
This deal has a limit of 2

Deal #2

$2.99- Hershey kisses or minis
Pay $2.99 and get $1 ECB

Deal #3

$3.79- Hershey Cookie Layer Crunch, Brookside, or Hershey Pouches
Use $2 CVS Coupon Center cpn
Pay $1.79

Deal #4

$4/2- Black Forest, Now & Later, Brach Lemon, Trolli Sour or SweeTarts
Pay $4.00 and get $1 ECB

Deal #5

$11/2- Olay body wash or bar
Use $2/2 Olay body wash or bar CVS App MFR cpn
Pay $9.00 and get $3 ECB

Walgreens 

Deal #1

$11/2- Bounty paper towels
Use $2/2 Bounty or Charmin Walgreens Monthly Savings book cpn AND
Use (2) $1 Bounty paper towels cpn from 06/23 RMN
Pay $7.00 and get $2 RR

Deal #2

$6.99- Garnier Nutrisse
Use $2 Garnier Nutrisse Walgreens Monthly Savings book cpn AND
Use $2 Garnier Nutrisse cpn from 06/16 RMN
Pay $2.99

Deal #3

$11.97/3- Colgate toothpaste or mouthwash
Use $5/3 Colgate Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn
Pay $6.97 and get 5000 points (5000 points= $5)

Deal #4
$4.99- Colgate toothbrush, toothpaste or mouthwash
Pay $4.99 and get 3000 points (3000 points= $3)

Deal #5

$8/2- Crest toothpaste
Use (2) $1 Crest toothpaste cpn from 06/16 RMN
Pay $6.00 and get $4 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 06/24/2019

We had such a blast last week with our visitors.  Between eating at their rental and eating out, we didn't use any of the food we had purchased for last week :)  Makes this weeks menu plan and shopping super easy :)

Here is what we have planned:

Breakfast

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

Lunch

Sandwich with carrots and fruit or leftovers

Dinner

Honey Garlic Chicken, rice, green beans and salad

Fish, rice, peas and salad

Tacos with carrots and salad

Baked Chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans and salad

Pancakes, scrambled eggs and fruit

Chicken Pot Pie and salad

Lasagna, peas, rolls 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 06/23/2019

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:)

Tide- $4.99
$2 Tide Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn
$2 Tide Pods cpn- 05/26 P&G

Bounty paper towels or Charmin 6 mega roll- $11/2 and get $2 RR
$2/2 Bounty or Charmin Walgreens Monthly Savings book cpn
$1 Bounty paper towel cpn- 06/23 RMN

Pringles- $4/3
$1/3 Pringles Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn

Nice bags- $0.99 with in ad cpn- Limit 4

Garnier Nutrisse or Olia- $6.99
$2 Garnier Olia or Nutrisse Walgreens Monthly Savings book cpn
$2 Garnier Nutrisse cpn- 06/16 RMN

Gillette disposable razors- $7.99
$3 Gillette disposable Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn
$3 Gillette disposable- 05/26 P&G

Colgate toothpaste or mouthwash- $3.99 and get 5000 points when you buy 3
$5/3 Colgate Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn

Colgate toothbrush, toothpaste or mouthwash- $4.99 and get 3000 points

Crest, Oral b toothbrush, toothpaste, mouthwash or floss- $8/2 and get $4 RR
$1 Crest toothpaste Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn
$1 Crest mouthwash Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn
$1 Oral b floss Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn
$1 Oral b manual toothbrush Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn
$1 Crest toothpaste cpn- 06/16 RMN