My Shopping Day

Made time with the hubby home very useful- we got our tree up and decorated- yay!!  I even played Christmas music while we decorated.  Over the weekend, we were able to go through all the trash bags of clothes sitting in my bedroom.  We loaded up 6 trash bags of clothes and stuffed animals to go to Goodwill.  We ended up with 2 tubs of clothes to sell.  The boys all have a ton of clothes to get them through the fall/winter:)  That was a huge blessing to my family.

Yesterday was our shopping day and this is what we got:

CVS
$0.99- Dawn hand renewal dish liquid
$2.00- Blistex moisture melt
$2.99
-0.75 Dawn hand renewal cpn
-0.55 Blistex moisture melt cpn
-0.88 ECB
$0.86 and got $1 ECB

Dollar Tree
$3.08- (3) loaves bread

Walmart
$8.31- (3) gallons skim milk
$1.38- Bananas
$2.36- Saltines
$1.04- Baking Soda
$1.38- Black beans
$1.78- International Delight Creamer
$1.78- International Delight Creamer
$3.60- Lunchmeat
$0.98- Beachnut Fruities on the go
$0.98- Beachnut Fruities on the go
$23.59
-1.00 Beachnut Stage 4 or 5 product cpn
-1.00 Beachnut Stage 4 or 5 product cpn
-1/2 International Delight creamer cpn
$21.18- Total after tax

This shopping trip has been added to our November Monthly Spending post, where I keep track of what we spend for the month of November.  How did we do for the month of November?  Hop on over here and see how we did:)

4 weeks to a More Organized Home series~ Day 12 Results

How did your day go today?  I had a busy day, complete with running up to the high school to correct an issue that should have been corrected last month, running to the library to return overdue books and to check out new books, back home to get the checkbook that I forgot, back to the Treasurer's office to pay our personal property taxes, back home to eat lunch, help Kevin on some Spanish work, and to see how much of today's assignment I could get done.

Let's see how I did today:

Crystal's assignment for today was to:

Get dressed in something that makes you feel great~ Done

Sit down with a cup of coffee or tea, refer to your weekly goals and make a list of no more than 5-7 specific things you want to accomplish today
My weekly goals
Get some baking done- Got chocolate chip baked oatmeal done
Put up and decorate Christmas tree- Got Christmas tree up and decorated
Homeschool- Ongoing
Read to little Michael before nap and bedtime- Ongoing
Walk at least 5 miles for 5 days- Walked 2 miles on treadmill
Portion and freeze cheese
Work on and email Christmas lists- Got Chris, Kevin, Nathan and little Michael's lists emailed
Work on menu plan and shopping list for December- Got first week of December planned
Dinner prep done early- Put beans in pot to simmer all day before our school meeting
Label Scentsy catalogs and samples- Done and delivered them to the gym this evening

Set your timer for 15 minutes and vacuum the main living areas of your home- yay- got this done yesterday:)

Clean your microwave, stove top and/or oven- Got microwave scrubbed down inside and out

Even with my running around today, I still think I had a pretty productive day:)  How did you do?  I would love to hear all about your day.  Post below and let me know.  See you all tomorrow~ Have a great evening:)

4 weeks to a More Organized Home series~ Day 12

Ready for a new assignment today?  Let's see how today flows for us- I have a meeting with the school this morning and Lowes said our new correctly cut counter top is supposed to be ready for pick up today.  Story Time at the Library is today also, but I don't think we are going to make it for that.

Crystal's assignment for today is to:

Get dressed in something that makes you feel great

Sit down with a cup of coffee or tea, refer to your weekly goals and make a list of no more than 5-7 specific things you want to accomplish today

Set your timer for 15 minutes and vacuum the main living areas of your home

Clean your microwave, stove top and/or oven

Good luck with today's assignment~ let's see how much we can get accomplished today:)  Don't forget to come back and see how we did and to let me know you did with today's assignment.

Menu Plan for the week of 11/26/2012

Here is our menu plan for this week:

Breakfast
Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal X2- the boys are looking forward to this one
Pancakes
Homemade Yogurt with oats and raisins
Banana Bread X2
Scrambled eggs and sausage

Lunch
Sandwich, banana and popcorn

Dinner
Lentil and Italian sausage soup- this one is a keeper- super yummy:)
Charro Beans with green beans
Taco beans and rice served with tortilla chips and corn
Chocolate Chip pancakes with homemade syrup
Red beans rice turkey sausage dish with peas
Italian sausage and white beans with corn
Garlic Potato soup

Snacks and Desserts
Apple slices
Carrot sticks
Popcorn
Angel Food Cake


What yummy dishes do you have planned for your family this week?

4 weeks to a More Organized Home series~ Day 11 Results

How did today go for you?  Did you get all of today's assignment completed? Today was our normal shopping day, so we had to work today's assignment in.  I think we did pretty good:)

Here is how we did with today's assignment:

Today's assignment was to:

Get dressed in something that makes you feel great~ Done

Sit down with a cup of coffee or tea and make a list of 5-10 weekly goals for this week
My weekly goals
Get some baking done
Put up and decorate Christmas tree
Homeschool- Ongoing
Read to little Michael before nap and bedtime- Ongoing
Walk at least 5 miles for 5 days- Walked 1 mile but did walk around the mall- doesn't that count:)
Portion and freeze cheese
Work on and email Christmas lists
Work on menu plan and shopping list for December
Dinner prep done early
Label Scentsy catalogs and samples

Set your timer for 15 minutes and do a quick pick up of your home~ We got the living room picked up and vacuumed and got the tiled entrance swept

Clean out your silverwear drawer~ Done

All in all, we had a good day:)  How did you do with today's challenge?  Post below and let me know- I would love to read all about it:)

4 weeks to a More Organized Home series~ Day 11

Hope everyone had an awesome weekend.  Did you recover from Thanksgiving?

Who is ready for more of Crystal's 4 weeks to a More Organized Home series?  I know I am- I can't wait to see what she has in store for us today. 

Today's assignment is to:

Get dressed in something that makes you feel great

Sit down with a cup of coffee or tea and make a list of 5-10 weekly goals for this week

Set your timer for 15 minutes and do a quick pick up of your home

Clean out your silverwear drawer

Seems like an easy day.  Let's see what we can get done today, since it is Monday and I am getting ready to head out in a few minutes to do our weekly shopping:)

Come back this evening and see how we did and to let me know how you did with today's assignment:)

Walgreens deals for the week of 11/25/2012

Things to keep in mind when shopping at Walgreens:
1) You must have as many items as manufactur's coupons
2) Register Rewards (RR) are considered manufactur's coupons
3) You are allowed 1 Manufactur's coupon and 1 store coupon per item
4) Cannot use RR printed from item to pay for same item and get RR's again~
For example- If you were to purchase Colgate for $3 and get $3 RR, if you purchase the Colgate again and use the RR's earned from the 1st Colgate purchase you will not earn the RR's again

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

Russell Stover holiday candy- $0.29

Coffee Mate- $2.99- Buy 2 and get 1000 points

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

Sunny Smile paper products- $3/5 with in ad cpn- Limit 10

Joy Brite candy canes- $0.99

Trident White or Dentyne Ice- $4/2- with in ad cpn- Buy 2 and get 250 Points- Limit 4

Orbit, Wrigleys or Eclipse- $0.69 with in ad cpn- Get 100 points- Limit 6

Hershey or Cadbury candy bar- $3/2 with in ad cpn- Buy 2 and get 250 points- Limit 4

Gummy candy- $0.79 with in ad cpn- Limit 4

Lysol All Purpose, wipes. mildew, bathroo, Lime A Way or Neutra Air spray- $2.99 or $5/2- Buy $15 and get 2000 points or Buy $10 and get 1000 points
$0.50 Lime A Way cpn- 11/11 SS

Christmas pencils- $1/6 with in ad cpn- Limit 12

Mini sticker or tattoo tablet- $0.39 with in ad cpn- Limit 4

Jumbo coloring book- $1.99 with in ad cpn- Limit 4

Window Clings- Buy 1 at $1.99 and get 2nd for FREE with in ad cpn- Limit 4

Wexford tape or Scotch mailers- $0.39 with in ad cpn- Limit 6

Tinsel garland- $1

Replacement bulbs or fuses- $0.99 or $2/3

Bubble knee highs- $1/3 with in ad cpn- Limit 6

Finesse- $1.99
$1 Finesse cpn- 11/18 SS

Natural Instincts or Nice & Easy non permanent- $5.99 and get 1000 points
$2 Clairol Natural Instincts cpn- 11/11 SS
$1 Clairol Nice & Easy or Natural Instincts cpn- 11/11 SS
$2 Clairol Natural Instincts or Nice & Easy cpn- 10/28 P&G
$1 Clairol Natural Instincts or Nice & Easy cpn- 10/14 P&G

Aussie or Herbal Essence- $6/2 Buy 2 and get 1000 points
$1/2 Aussie or Herbal Essence cpn- 10/07 RP

Oral B 5 way clean toothbrush, Scope dual blast or outlast mouthwash, Crest select toothpaste or Glide floss- $9/3 and get $4 RR
$1.50 Scope mouthwash cpn- 11/04 RP
$0.75 Crest toothpaste cpn- 10/28 P&G
$0.75 Glide floss cpn- 10/28 P&G

Reach UltraClean toothbrush- $5/2- Buy 2 and get 3000 points

2pk Crest 3D White Vivid toothpaste, Oral B Cross Action power toothbrush or refill or 2pk Prohealth Clinical ProFlex toothbrush- $6.49 and get $3 RR
$0.75 Crest toothpaste cpn- 10/28 P&G
$1 Oral B Adult battery toothbrush or 3D White Action toothbrush cpn- 10/14 P&G

Scooby Doo toothbrush with toothpaste or toothpaste- $1.99 each or $3/2

Tampax or Always- $8/2
$1 Tampax Pearl or Pearl Compak cpn- 10/28 P&G
$1 Tampax Radiant cpn- 10/28 P&G
$1 Always Radiant cpn- 10/28 P&G

Zims Freeze pain relief- $7.99 and get $7.99 RR

Ricola- $3.19
Use $1 Walgreens store cpn
$0.75 Ricola dual action cpn- 11/11 RP

Walgreens sugar free cough drops- $0.99

Carmex- $0.99
$0.30 Carmex cpn- 10/21 SS

Barefoot Repair Overnight foot cream- $9.99- mail in rebate in box

Hershey candy- $0.59

Quilted Northern bathroom tissue- $4- Spend $12 and get 1500 points

**This is not the entire Walgreens Register Rewards (RR) or Balance Reward Points sale items- these are some of the great deals I spotted in the upcoming Walgreens ad.**