http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/ Coupons, coupon forum, printable grocery coupons, grocery store coupon matchups, printable coupons, coupon trading, coupon database, coupon trading, deals en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:29:53 GMT vBulletin 720 http://static.hotcouponworld.com/forums/images_hcw/misc/rss.jpg http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/ http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3934-new-year-me-time-get-back-track-financially.html Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:16:38 GMT So I just had my bday and I have been MIA in tracking my spending for a few months, my health had suffered quite a bit, but now I am feeling better,... So I just had my bday and I have been MIA in tracking my spending for a few months, my health had suffered quite a bit, but now I am feeling better, and pregnant to boot, so starting October I will be tracking my spending again, not to mention the holiday season is fast approaching. While in the grocery dept. I don't think i went way over budget these pasts months I haven't held myself accountable in many other areas and that is what I plan to work on now.

Dh and I are committed to starting an Emergency Fund now and we are well on our way this month. Dh has had a great month with commsions and we plan to add quite a bit more to the EF in a few more days.

I plan to go to the cash envelope system for most of the daily spending and track money more that way, I will stick to strict xmas budget and not dare go over the limit either. In years past I would have begun shopping a while back but financially it wasn't possible and I was shopping much less due to my health. I do have small start though, and I am making up a list so that i can keep my eyes out for good bargains along the way.

While our debt hasn't went down as much as we'd hoped these past months, we have managed to get rid of all car loan payments so that is a plus, and once we get better hold on our EF fund we will be hitting our debts more aggressively, but for the time being we will just pay the minimums plus about 100$ extra on the card we are working on snowballing.

Couponing has not been as important these past months, I have cut back on my shopping first because of my health, then because of morning sickness, but it is definitely nice to have a nice stockpile to fall back on in these times. But my first trimester is about to be over in a couple weeks, and I am beginning to feel better, so I will be trying to hit more sales and stockpiling more this fall to prepare for baby! But my diaper/wipe stockpile is pretty much complete until size 4/so it is nice to not have to worry about that now that i am preggo!

In addition to the EF, we have quite a bit of expected expenses that will need to be taken care over the the next months, so I am hoping for a few good months for dh at work so we can get some things taken care of that need attention. ]]> MamaBird06 http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3934-new-year-me-time-get-back-track-financially.html http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3722-rebates-2010.html Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:44:25 GMT it's a little late into the game, but figured i should start tracking these rebates: so far rebates i have received this year:


kraft jingle holiday rebate: 10.00
caregivers marketplace rebate: 9.75
diapers.com rebate: 14.97
stonyfield rebate: 5.00 of natures path products coupon
parenting early years free magazine
kiwi magazine free magazine
delmonte fruitfull survey 5.00
olay rebate 15.00
hasbros/tru rebate 17.00
stonyfield rewards: 5.00 natures path products coupon
Free year of redbook magazine: coke points
PG/kmart rebate: 10.00 card
PG/coupon savings rebate: 100$ in coupons
5$ 7th generation rebate
kraft 20$ year of savings rebate
shick rebate 9.99
fusion rebate: 5.00 cash card

waiting for 13.13 mr. rebates check ]]> MamaBird06 http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3722-rebates-2010.html http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3721-april-2010.html Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:49:03 GMT Okay this month has had a strange start, lots of stocking up on 7th generation items and lots of eating out too, haven't been grocery shopping much this month, ehh..

groceries as of 4/18: 115.55 savings: 186.57
eating out: 62.50

4/17:

price chopper; oop: 13.26 savings: 11.54

cvs: oop: .65
savings:11.06

4/16: hyvee: oop: 18.57 savings: 6.00

4/13: wags: oop: 8.73
savings: 9.78

eating out: oop: 13.00

tru: oop: 4.27
savings: 2.50

target: oop: 6.50 savings: 9.00



4/11 aldi's : 12.37

eating out as of 4/10 oop: 49.50
grocery/hbaetc: oop: 57.70 savings: 136.69

April 10th: babies r us oop: 8.53 savings: 16.04

eating out 4.50

bargain factory 12.14 savings 11.00

April 9th eating out 15.00

April 8th

Kmart: 2.80 savings: 18.45

April 7th kmart: 5.00 savings: 23.69

toys r us: 10.37
savings: 32.00

wendys: 10.00

April 6th oop: 20.00 zoo/cvs, savings: 6.00

April 5th

April 4th: none easter

April 3rd big lots: 4.00

April 2nd: cvs: 5.12 savings: 35.47

ALdi's 9.74 ]]> MamaBird06 http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3721-april-2010.html http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3677-organic-prices-stockpiling-2010.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:06:49 GMT ALL PRICES are after coupons, clearance, sales, rebates, /gc deals, etc. This will be a reference list to compare prices and try to determine a... ALL PRICES are after coupons, clearance, sales, rebates, /gc deals, etc.

This will be a reference list to compare prices and try to determine a stock-up price for organic foods. When I first started couponing I stocked up on items at a price I wouldn't pay now, so just like conventional couponing, organic couponing will be a trial and error process. Since I have had a couple months of price comparing, i think that i can start charting the list now....


Dairy/eggs/poultry:

organic yogurt: Free-.12/ounce WF

organic/cage free eggs: 1.99/dozen HH/WF

organic cow's milk: 1.69/half gallon HV

smart chicken: whole: 1.88/lb HV

lightlife dogs: 1.99/pack HV

refridgerated/frozen:

organic soymilk: 1.00 to 2.69/64 ounce

organic frozen veggies: .37-.49/12ounce bag HV

Kashi meals: .88 each TG

Natural nuts, non-organic de-shelled

almonds: .19-.21/ounce 3.19-3.32 a pound WAGS

walnuts: .21/ounce 3.50/lb WM

sunflower seeds: .14-.19/ounce 2.24-3.04/lb WM

cashews: .16/ounce 2.59 lb WAGS

flaxmeal: 1.99-3.69/lb WF, WM

almond milk: FREE-1.29/32 ounces HV, DD, WF

Breakfast cereal, natural and/or organic

kashi non organic/organic: free-1.00/box TG

cascadian farms: free to 1.60/box TG

oatmeal/non organic: free to .07 ounce HH, DD

kashi tlc bars: .59/box-.79/box TG

natural/organic chips:
organic best choice corn tortilla chips:
1.87/12 ounce PC

gartin of eatin chips: 1.00/9 ounce WF

boulder chips: .10/ounce WF

tlc crackers: .59 to .84 box TG

canned goods:

organic tomatoes: free-.50/can WM, HV

organic soup: .80-1.20 a can WF

canned black beans: .75/can DD

organic applesauce: 1.00 to 1.98/24oz DD, TRU

Juices: santa cruz 32 oz 1.25 HV

Ragu organic pasta sauce: .60 a jar PC

dried goods:

organic pasta 1.00/box BL, DD

organic chickpeas dried: 1.39/lb WF

organic black beans dried .99/lb WF

organic pinto beans dried .99/lb WF

organic raisins: 1.69 9oz TG

flour: white not organic: .77 5 lb HV

flour: whole wheat non organic 1.50 5 lb TG

flour: whole wheat atta: 6.00 5 lb indian grocery

Produce:

organic carrots: .88 lb WM
organic apples 1.18lb HV
organic pears: 1.18lb HV
organic banana's .49lb HV
organic romaine lettuce: 12 ounce 2.69 or less HV
organic green leaf: 1.50/head WF
organic celery 1.99 HV
organic tomoatos 1.00/lb WF
organic oranges 1.00/lb HV, WF
organic eggplant: 1.00/lb WF
organic kiwi: 1.00/lb HV


household supplies:

marcal 4 roll double back tp: free-.58 pack HV
recycled paper towel: .29-.66 a roll HV, CVS
method liquid hand soap .49/12 ounce TG
Free and clear HE liquid laundry soap 32 loads (tide, all), 1.25 a jug CVS
7th generation dish detergent: .98! TRU
7th generation laundry detergent .98-1.98 16 load TRU

personal products:


7th generation tampons: 1.98 16 count BRU
natracare tampons: 1.99 20 count BB
jason kids shampoo 8oz 1.98 TRU
copper tone pure and simple water babies sunblock: 4.99 8oz BB


okay this is by far my hardest area to try to convert to natural products, because these are the easiest items to pick up for free a/c! So My new project is to start researching the best available conventional items through using the website skin deep and trying to find the items with the lowest hazard level. I was surprised to see the loreal everpure shampoo/conditioner to be rated rather high. At this point i am going to go through all my hba items and check their ratings, and anything with a high rating is going into donation pile or yardsale pile. OF course not all items will be listed and i know dh's bodywash i cannot find on there, so that stuff will stay if we really like it. Ugh, this is going to be a daunting task, but it is good for our health...And it will help me to learn what to avoid buying in the future. ]]> MamaBird06 http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3677-organic-prices-stockpiling-2010.html http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3667-march-2010.html Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:15:14 GMT Another month to save: budget for the month: 274/275.00 for grocery/hba/eating out: savings: 489.93 week 4 oop: 3/31 eating out 12.00 Another month to save:
budget for the month:
274/275.00 for grocery/hba/eating out:
savings: 489.93

week 4 oop:

3/31

eating out 12.00

toysrus: 7th generation clearance!
OOP: 8.23
savings: 32.77 and just found out there is a 5/3 rebate,so looks like i'll be getting 5$ back on this purchase also!

Hen house: oop;11.05
savings: 23.22

Walmart: oop: 9.37
savings: 96.63

Target: 12.55
savings 18.08

3/30 whole foods:
OOP: 22.53
savings: 33.01

cvs 3/24: oop: .39
savings: 3.57

week 3 oop: 75.08
savings: 103.24

3/22:

cvs: oop .06
savings: 30.47

hen house: oop: 7.98
savings: 11.78

aldi's: oop: 15.14
savings: 6.00

3/16:
hyvee: oop: 17.22
savings: 14.74

Whole foods: oop: 21.68
savings: 34.25

eating out: 13.00 savings: 6.00

week 2 oop: 81.56
savings:117.14

3/14, took the liberty to stock up on nuts on clearance at wags. Since my diet states i need to eat 1 ounce a day, and after i lose the weight i will be eating probably 3-4 ounces a day, 7 lbs of nuts won't last us long, but i wanted to get some now and would have gotten more if our budget could allow it.

Wags: oop: 25.79
savings: 32.37

henhouse: oop: 14.82
savings: 30.12

3/11/10: henhouse: needed some lettuce and that had some good frozen veggie sale
OOP: 17.61
savings: 29.12

3/10/10:

Target: oop: 8.24, used previous 5G/c
savings: 25.63, got 5$ g/c back and will submit for 15$ olay rebate so another great target run that will result in my getting more back than i spent today.

3/9/10: 15.10


Week 1: oop: 63.77/68.75 (56.75 grocery w/k)
savings: 98.85

dh eating out: 8.00

3/7 cvs: oop: 4.75
savings: 25.03


3/4:
hyvee: oop: 14.91
savings: 11.00

3/2

Aldi's: 12.92

Target: oop :8.89 savings: 37.03

Price chopper: oop: 12.30
savings: 25.79 ]]> MamaBird06 http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3667-march-2010.html http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3661-february-2010-budget-intergrating-organics-slowly.html Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:10:18 GMT Well this month is about to come to a close and just tallied up my totals and while i am happy with my grocery numbers, eating out seemed to be way... Well this month is about to come to a close and just tallied up my totals and while i am happy with my grocery numbers, eating out seemed to be way over budget this month. I am a little disappointed in this as we are trying to eat healthier and financially i would have preferred to spend more of the money on food at the grocery store, march i hope to adhere to the budget better and try to get dh to stop eating out so much!

status of buying organic: all milk and eggs were purchased organic, all apples, lettuce, pears and yogurt, raisins, soup, bought 2 boxes of organic cereal this month, all organic carrots, celery. Mostly focusing on the fresh produce and milk and eggs. I had two successful trips to whole foods, spending about 60$ and savings over 110$ this month. Plan to go to whole foods bi-monthly from now on as there seem to be quite a few great deals unadvertised there.
We tried organic chocolate for the first time and it tasted great! For march I will continue transitioning to organic and using up the non organic stockpile. I am still buying non-natural soaps at the moment, I plan to clean out the food first and then the cleaning products and the body products are low on the list right now.

Food oop: 214.65
savings: 300.38
eating out oop: 101.78
savings: 15.00

great month for rebates!

checks: 10.00, 14.97, 9.75,
free products, stacy pita chips, excedrin, kashi cereal from rb. Hope to get a good deal on olay for that rebate and also get good deals for the pandg coupon rebate next month. ]]> MamaBird06 http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3661-february-2010-budget-intergrating-organics-slowly.html http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3562-january2010.html Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:56:35 GMT Okay, this month i'm gonna try something new, rather than giving details of my trips, i'm just going to enter my total oop and savings for each day, and add pics of the great trips at the end if i feel the need!

1/1 oop: $0
1/2 oop: 4.98 savings: 8.49
1/3 oop: 2.00
1/4 oop: 2 savings 2.15
1/5 oop: 7.02 savings: 118.69
1/6 oop: 20.32 savings: 17.90
1/7 oop: 0
1/8 oop: 0
1/9 oop: 7.10
1/10 oop: 2.00
1/11 oop: 5.00
1/12 oop: 0.00
1/13 oop: 22.54 savings: 15.01
1/14 oop: 0
1/15 oop: 0
1/16 oop: 0
1/17 oop: 14.82
1/18 oop; 0 savings :38.97
1/19 oop: 9.99 savings: 6.50
1/20 oop; 16.24
1/21 oop: 2.00
1/22 oop; 2.00
1/23 oop: 0
1/24 oop 47.97 savings:
1/25 oop: 0
1/26 oop: 0
1/27 oop: 0
1/28 oop: 0
1/29 oop: 0
1/30 oop: 0
1/31 oop: 35.69 savings 53.30 ]]> MamaBird06 http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3562-january2010.html http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3548-2010-budgeting-goals.html Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:51:47 GMT so i have found that tracking every cent is just not going to work for me, so i am thinking that going to the envelope system may be the best bet for... so i have found that tracking every cent is just not going to work for me, so i am thinking that going to the envelope system may be the best bet for me that way i can track on a monthly or weekly basis and rather than figuring out how much i spent after the fact, it may be better to go over what i have at the end of the month, mainly in entertainment/eating out/gifts areas.

I will continue to track our food spending and savings as usual, only this year there is an added twist: we will be transitioning to more organic foods which pretty much equals less savings and less stockpiling. I will be doing more of a stockpile challenge for january for myself, and working on cleaning out the pantry. I have went over the spending for the past 11 months and it looks like i am at an average of 275$ a month for grocery/eating out spending, so my goal will be to try to eat more healthfully on 275$ a month, what every i don't spend one month will be carried over to the next. This figure also includes all cleaning/household/health and beauty products and while i may have 6-12 supply of odds and ends in the food department, my non-food items will probably last closer to 2 years for most items. I may sell some of my unwanted items that i get for free at a yard sale once or twice a year and use that money to stock up on items i can't get free.
I will not be switching over to organics 100%, only making adjustsment gradually where i feel they are needed.

January and february are normally times i slow down shopping or stop altogether, after the big xmas shopping days. I plan to do that also and i have learned that it is better to not buy something unless i know i will need it at some point as reselling is not always what is cracked up to be. Selling a few free items sure, okay, but stockpiling the wrong size pullups and your ds pottytraining before needing them is not okay, so i will definitely pay more attention to what i'm buying and make sure that it is not something that i may end up losing money on later on.

We will continue to work on our consumer debt. This includes: 8000 in student loans, 4200 in suv, and 14500 in credit cards, 850 in taxes, and about 5000 in medical bills. Although dh will probably be getting a settlement at somepoint this year, we will still continue to work on these debts as income flow allows and continue with snowballing them as usual. Our originial debt last year was over 54k and now it is at about 32k with the medical bill included. So we have made a lot of headway this past year despite many obstacles along the way. ]]> MamaBird06 http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3548-2010-budgeting-goals.html http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3547-december-2009.html Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:24:29 GMT okay was majorly lazy in keeping track this month, but thought i would attempt to get a calculation for december: will be adding more possibly later... okay was majorly lazy in keeping track this month, but thought i would attempt to get a calculation for december: will be adding more possibly later receipts so far:

december oop:194.61
savings: 205.91

aldis: 16.28

hen house: 17.17
savings: 12.56

walmart: 29.04
savings: 8.75


cvs 12/16 oop: 7.15
savings: 31.98

save a lot: 5.63

hyvee: 12/15 oop: 10.,93
savings: 21.27

henhouse 12/9 oop: 11.37
savings: 6.08

taco bell 12/4 oop: 3.83

aldi's oop: 12/4 8.62

walmart 12/4 oop; 23.00
savings: 29.67

cvs 12/6 oop: 1.87
savings: 23.00

target 12/17
oop: 2.80
savings: 7.19

wags 12/13 oop; 1.92
savings: 7.91

walmart 12/23 oop 0 used g/c
savings: 39.00

walmart 12/23 oop 0
savings 9.75

walmart 12/23 oop 0 savings 3.75

subway 12/23 oop 12.00

wendys: 11.00

backyard burger oop 7.00 savings 5.00

chalapa oop: 25.00 ]]> MamaBird06 http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3547-december-2009.html http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3463-feeling-need-live-off-stockpile.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:10:19 GMT Well with the holidays fast approaching and me dropping money on gifts, not to mention i bought ds a new carseat last week (a good deal, but still it... Well with the holidays fast approaching and me dropping money on gifts, not to mention i bought ds a new carseat last week (a good deal, but still it was money oop,) I am feeling that the last half of november will be a good month to try living off the stockpile. I am making a last round trip to lawrence for mega deals at dillons and heading to target to use some expiring coupons and wags. Actually, after this week, until black friday I plan to lay low on the couponing front, I am needing to concentrate on holiday deals and I am starting a new curriculum with ds in a couple weeks for his homeschool/preschool. Cvs and wags is getting boring, i don't even want to put in the effort to figure scenerios, so I will be going there a bare minimum also. Just when ecbs/rr's are expiring. I've got 7.50 in rr expiring tomorrow plus a 3/10 grand opening coupons i am still scratching my head on what to do with them. I can honestly say I don't really need anything, so I am going to try to get xmas gifts/stocking stuffers and maybe one deal that I can roll, thinking of the boxed candy deals...I will be heading to cvs next week to roll some ecbs and use my 5/30 but other than that I am laying low... ]]> MamaBird06 http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3463-feeling-need-live-off-stockpile.html http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3462-november-2009.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:56:42 GMT november oop:205.61 savings: 524.64 week 4: 11/24 to 11/30 oop: 39.59 savings: 190.63 (may be missing some eating out will readjust if... november oop:205.61
savings: 524.64

week 4: 11/24 to 11/30
oop: 39.59
savings: 190.63 (may be missing some eating out will readjust if necessary)

wags: 6.76
savings: 7.96

cvs 11/29
oop: 3.21
savings: 33.47

11/27 hyvee:

got 75$ in g/c and 15$ hyvee gc free]

oop: 5.93
savings; 48.15

target: first week i had find a filler!

OOP: 1.31
savings: 18.30

wags: oop: .84
savings: 5.99

henhouse oop: 8.87
savings: 38.75 tons of freebies!

kmart free candy oop: 0
savings: 2.50

hyvee oop: 6.18
savings: 11.50

price chopper oop: 6.11
savings: 15.64

cvs oop: .38
savings: 8.37

week 3: 11/17 to 11/23 oop: 43.21
savings: 117.00

11/20

3.21 biglots

11/18 eating out:
15.00
savings 6.00

11/17;
cvs, walmart and target:

cvs: oop: 4.57 also got 50$ g/c for xmas
savings44.03

target:
oop: 10.76
savings: 43.97

walmart:
oop: 7.67
savings: 23.00


week two: 11/9 to 11/16
oop: 78.72
savings: 153.25

alice dot com order:

.88 for veggie wash and kids bodywash, used g/c from swag bucks
savings 6.00

dillons:37.14
savings; 119.54

wags:8.11
savings: 22.76

target: 2.59
savings 4.96

eating out: 28.00

week one: 11-1 to 11-8
oop: 44.09
savings: 63.76

newspapers: 4.00

aldi's oop: 11.24
savings: 4.00

walmart: oop: 12.81
savings: 25.00

hyvee oop: 7.25
savings: 7.10

henhouse: oop: 8.79
savings: 19.66 ]]> MamaBird06 http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3462-november-2009.html http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3395-october-2009.html Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:30:42 GMT october oop: 321.80 october savings: 659.36 week 4: `10/25 to 10/31 oop 85.35 savings: 198.96 price chopper: 23.94 savings: 10.78 ... october oop: 321.80
october savings: 659.36

week 4: `10/25 to 10/31 oop 85.35
savings: 198.96

price chopper: 23.94
savings: 10.78

hyvee: oop: 6.83
savings: 1.0

dollar tree oop: 3.08



10/28/09

dillons mega event! wohoo, it's been a longg time since i've been to lawrence, think it was beginning of feb. anywho, i got 5 1/2 mega deals (one deal didn't turn out right and got a refund) and some other goodies too!



OOP: 39.88
savings: 111.55

10/27/09



cvs: 1: oop: 2.71
savings: 28.94

cvs 2: oop: 1.68
savings: 19.98

wags: 2.51
savings: 19.66

hyvee: oop: 4.72
savings: 7.05



Week 3: 10/16 to 10/24
oop: 95.74
savings: 147.14

10/24


walmart: oop: 4.60
savings: 25.68

wags: oop: 1.55
savings: 19.57

wags: oop: .39
savings: 1.00

price chopper: oop: 8.52
savings: 15.58

on the border: oop 30.00

aldi's: oop: 15.07

10/21

taco bell: 4.79

10/20

hyvee: awesome marcal coupons came out and wanted to do a coke/popcorn deal again. ds and dh also got chinese.



oop: 19.41
savings: 31.00 got a 2$ oyno for pizzas

10/17


henhouse: oop: 0 used (8.80 on g/c)
savings: 33.26 (including 8.80 from g/c)
Found the celestial peach teas 40ct on an end cap for 1.06! used 1/1 and got it for .06 each.

hyvee: oop: 11.41
savings: 21.05
super hot coke/orville popcorn deal this week: buy 4 2 liters for 5$ and 2 orville 2.85 bogo and use 2 3/3 coupons: 1.85 for all 6 items! I had more coupons, but i wanted to test it out and of course the coupons didn't scan, so they had to be put in manually, but didn't have any problems. Debating on doing this deal a few more times, i had 11 coupons, so i guess i could do it 8 more times if i wanted!

Week 2: 10/8 to 10/15
oop: 78.42
savings:211.26

10/14/09

cvs: oop: .63
savings: 14.00

taco bell: oop 5.96

aldis: oop: 17.26
savings: 5.00

10/12/09

price chopper, got everything i was planning except the bugs fruit snacks, but that was more of a treat for ds, but he ended up staying home with dh on his lunch break. Nothing free, but some good sales none the less. Highlights include: .69lb red grapes, cheezit boxes for .24 each a/c, dozen eggs .69 each.

OOP: 9.31
savings: 18.17

cvs: had to use up 9.98 in ecbs expiring tomorrow, went for the halloween candy. Got 4 bars fun size bags and 2 gold emblem mix bags, used 1 1/2 gold emblem and 2 1/2 mars and ecbs

OOP: .94
savings: 21.96, i have only 7$ to get to the 20 mark for the 5ecbs, so i will probably get a couple coupons together and go get some more candy to roll the ecb on wednesday, don't wanna go out tomorrow. I'm trying to cut back on my trips and trying to bring ds as little as possible, but that's easier said than done, especially when places like PC have columbus day sale on a Monday of all days!

Hopefully henhouse will have a good sale this week, i have 10$ g/c for there that I haven't used, there just haven't been enough sales there to warrant a trip up there since i got the g/c a few weeks ago.

10/11/09 whew, just got back from wm/wag/hyvee run, didn't make it to cvs anyway i'm going to PC tomorrow for the colombus day sale and their in the same strip so i can hit them both then.

Wags:

OOP: 7.41
savings: 45.05 got 10 in rr back

Walmart: woo hoo, found the imotion kits, got 5 of those and whole bunch of other goodies!

oop: 11.69
savings: 79.70

hyvee:

oop: 17.39
savings: 21.63

10/10/09
7.93 oop target

Pic of everything bought today!


Week 1
oop; 62.29
savings: 102.00

10/6

wags: oop: 1.99
savings: 9.03

target: 12. 83
savings: 17.23

october 4th: cvs: oop: 5.82
savings: 48.52

october 3rd:
price chopper9.73
8.27

kmart: 9.99
savings:18.65

October 2nd: 6.46 dollar general

papa john's 12.91

10/1 mcdonalds: 2.56 ]]> MamaBird06 http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3395-october-2009.html http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3350-septemerber-2009.html Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:39:21 GMT OOP: 357.74 round to 400 for eating out not listed savings: 915.92 money/rebates made this month: yardsale: 180$ rebates: 39.00 total:... OOP: 357.74 round to 400 for eating out not listed
savings: 915.92

money/rebates made this month:

yardsale: 180$
rebates: 39.00
total: 219.00 made this month

Week 4 9/25-9/30
walmart: 13.86 savings: 10.75
hyvee: 10.42 savings: 14.00
aldi 9/29 oop: 9.07
kmart 31.02 9/27 savings: 115.17
sunfresh 12.97
savings:4.30
walgreen: 20.91 savings: 24.59
kmart 28.04 savings 123.20
cvs 8.71 saivngs: 100.51
walmart 9/25 oop: 5.00 savings: 9.00

Week 3 9/17 to 9/24

price chopper 21.51
savings: 60.94

fashion bug oop: 28.50 savings: 17.98

chipotle 16.93

pinup bowl: 17.50

dollar tree 4.31

gap 9.71

kohl's 19.36

walmart 9/21
oop:8.19
savings:14.35
Week 2: 9/9/ to /916

9/15 biglots 4.31

9/15 target: OOP: 8.09
savings: 14.15

henhouse: oop: 17.87 savings: 25.56

9/16 harvest moon: 7.30 oop

hyvee: 9/12
oop: 14.00
savings: 10.00

aldi oop: 15.51 9/12

cvs 9/13 oop: 3.68 savings: 72.66


Week one: 9/1 to 9/8

9/1:

target: oop: 2.74 savings: 20.97

indian grocer: 19.42

kmart: oop: 12.29 savings: 57.90

panda express: 14.88 savings: 3.00

9/2
Aldi: eggs, produce: 5.88

target: OOP: .98
savings: 19.78
target 2: OOP: 3.00
savings: 13.59

9/5:
CVS: OOP: 3.22
savings: 28.23

9/6
cvs: 4.01
savings: 87.77

hyvee:
OOP: 17.70
savings: 34.70

henhouse:oop: 8.12
savings: 19.22

gordmans: OOP: 3.78
saving: 16.00 clothes for me

newspaper: 2.00

walmart: 9/8
OOP: 3.17
savings: 14.00

henhouse: 9/8
oop: 8.19
savings: 17.61 ]]> MamaBird06 http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3350-septemerber-2009.html http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3285-august-2009.html Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:12:53 GMT August grocery/eating out total: oop:229.05 savings: 670.16 clothes/gifts/shoes: oop: 71.16 savings:195.50 office/school: 7.86 savings:... August grocery/eating out total:
oop:229.05
savings: 670.16

clothes/gifts/shoes: oop: 71.16
savings:195.50
office/school: 7.86
savings: 47.08
entertainment: 40

Week 4+5: august 24th to 31st
oop: 123.75 eating out/groceries only
savings:250.83

target: 8/30

OOP: 7.15
savings: 12.45 plus got 5$ g/c for special promo

thriftshop: oop: 6.48 books/playclothes
saving: 25 est.

henhouse 8/26

OOP: 12.69
savings: 25.30

hyvee: oop: 14.58
savings: 23.10

mcdonalds: 4.47

price chopper 8/28
oop: 14.57
savings: 36.10

price chopper: 2
oop: 5.62
savings: 8.64
hyvee: 11.79 chinese

cvs: oop 0
savings:11.68

kmart: oop: 6.90
savings: 86.45

cvs: 3.91
savings: 41.11

office max: 7.86
savings: 47.08

hyvee: 11.07
savings: 6.00
2.00 newspaper
subway: 13.00
dh out w/friend crackerbarrel 19.77
entertainment: ethnic festival and deanna rose: 40.00

mall: bookstore 2.15
pretzel shop: 6.02
burlington coat: 6.45
savings: 12.01
TCP outlet: 22.80
savings: 65.66
payless: 16.36 used 25% coupon and shoes were bogo, one pair was reg 22.99 oncleareance for 8$ so pretty much got them for .20 after all sales/discounts/promo!
savings: 22.79
target: 12.34 clothes/gifts only
savings: 5.00

Week 3:

august 16th to 23rd

OOP: 67.01
savings: 231.62,
kmart super doubles, hyvee, cvs, price chopper, aldi's etc, eating out.

clothes shopping kohl's and jc penney: OOP: 5.75
savings: 76.85
Week 2:

august 12: 13.17
savings: 109.91

target: OOP: 3.93
savings: 7.70

aldi's: oop: 6.05

august 9: slow to get out, but managed to get my cvs shopping done for the week, (unless some new deal comes along...) only had to go to 2 stores to get all my mars bars, i got 34 total all free! also got some wrigley's gum so did the candy deal 2 times. also did huggies, revlon and monitor deal, got 2 newspapers too.

OOP: #1: 3.19
savings: 76.85

OOP: 2 1.22 (all of this was tax)
savings: 25.36

Week one:
oop: 25.12
savings: 77.80

August 8: cvs: had to get a bday card and ran in for a raincheck for electrosol, scoped out the benefiber deal i read about online and and it was clearanced and a big moneymaker.

OOP: 1.06
savings: 36.71

August 6:

OOP: 19.39 Aldi's. No great sales this week, and we are trying to eat more fruits and veggies so aldi's was the place to shop!
got: 6lbs bananas, 3lbs onions, 3lbs carrots, 3lbs apples, 10lbs potatoes, 2 lbs strawberries, 1 cantalope, 1/2 gallon soymilk, and 3 12ounce bags of salad mix for less than 20!

Also stopped at target as i wanted one of the clearanced baby scales, reg price 59.99 clearance 14.98. I plan on using this to weigh produce from the garden, mail, and the next lo as ds had trouble gaining weight when nursing, so i want to be prepared for the next lo to monitor progress, of course i'm not preggo yet, but we're ttc!

oop: 19.96 ds got a couple small toys also

August 2: oop: 2.67 cvs
savings: 41.09

newspaper: 2.00 ]]> MamaBird06 http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3285-august-2009.html http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/blogs/mamabird06/3282-gardening-2009.html Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:56:35 GMT Here's another way to save money on the grocery budget. I think this year i have spent minimal money on the garden. I used seeds i already had, and bought some organic fertilizer for about 9.00 but i haven't used all of it. So other than my labor and the occassional water i use to water the garden, this garden of about 100 sqft has cost me a few dollars this season. I have 4 squash plants, 12 tomato plant 4 different varieties, 1 cucumber plant 10 pepper plants, about 10 bean plants and one parsley.

I have been getting about 5 squash a week for a few weeks now, but haven't posted any pics. Here's what i picked today from our garden. One cucumber, and the tomatoes are finally turning red too.

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