NOVEMBER challenge: Living Off Of Your Stockpile. WINNERS in post 1088

[jenrose]

Originally Posted by saving-n-va He laughed when he saw my bags of flour in the freezer. I told him it keeps the bugs out. Can/should I throw the extra sugar in a freezer bag too and put it in the deep freeze? Does sugar (regular and brown) do ok in the freezer??

I think sugar is best kept out of the freezer in bug proof conainers. You just need to keep the ants and such out. Moisture from the freezer would not be good for the sugar

[saving-n-va]

Originally Posted by jenrose I think sugar is best kept out of the freezer in bug proof conainers. You just need to keep the ants and such out. Moisture from the freezer would not be good for the sugar

Yeah, thats what I was thinking, but thought I had read somewhere about keeping it in the freezer. I have it in Ziploc storage bags, and we don't have any trouble with ants (we are on the 5th floor..) so I think it will be fine. I only have a few bags anyway.

[irishsaver]

Originally Posted by pkchicken Wellllllll I'm in trouble again! Acme is having another one of those buy $30/get $15oyno deals! Can't resist free or nearly free. The trouble? It's an addiction I tell ya!!! Here I am challenging myself to use up stockpile but instead I'm stockpilling more than ever! It's a disease! I need help! Is there a support group for addicted couponers? pk

I feel your pain now I am back in the game this week ... I got 32 Paper towel this morning and paid .86 I think and got $30 back in Cats yikes I started with $15. but feels good. Yes it is an addiction but a good one .... I would love to do it again but dont want to clear shelves.... What do we do... I need more storage in basement so DH is going to build me a few more shelves...

The cure is : Just get out there lady and get what you can especially when they are paying you too !!

[latte]

oooh and there is a reason why i dont like taking my 8 and 10 year old to the store with me!!!!! i got all distracted last night @ albertsons.......not sure of exact totals between the 2 transactions but it was close to 50-----although i am fairly certain that i screwed up as the skippy naturals i got, i was thinking i was going to get a cat for 1.00 onyo for every 2 i bought...that didnt happen, so i think im goin to return them


185$ remaining for the month......OUCH only a week in and ive spent half my grocery money already????? oh and it doesn help that ive been scatterbrained more so then normal, my culinary skills are off, ive been breaking things lately, ive been a klutz and some days i just cant even wrap my head around the household chores i gotta do!!!!

kids are eating breakfast of cereal (i think honey nut little bites?)
lunch---most likely sandwiches
dinner---i didnt pull anything out of the freezer but we have some leftover chicken which i think will be shredded and add some bbq sauce to it for bbq chicken wraps....but i dont know


still havent made it to walgreens.....gotta go there today and pick up some prescriptions(forgot my walgreens $ and giftcard at the house yesterday!!!!) may hit up target today........the kitties need kitty litter, and BOTH my kids need new sneakers.....school just started on sept 1st---i was hoping their shoes that they got when school started would hold out until xmas.....but thats not gonna happen-----i am hoping i can find some sneakers for them at the thrift store (my kids are HARSH on shoes, i cant justify paying 20+ for a pair of shoes that they are going to wear out in 3 months-----when i can, i buy them at the thrift store adn just toss em in the washer first)

ok now that ive babbled away, have a great day everyone and keep your oop low!

[cody82414]

Went to Kroger for some fareak-ing pretzel rods for DS2...

After consulting with the CSR, my results were

$86.65 total
$4.95 oop

(Now I need a nap)

No cat OYNO for Dole tropical Fruit
No cat OYNO for ICBINB.
:sad:SIGH.

[TonyBreandthe4]

Saturday fun lunch at BK.. 10.06

WORTH IT.

You know.. the not having to come home and do the dishes/clean the kitchen, sweep the floor after a meal. Plus we ate in the car so that means no swine flu either...bbut boy did they shriek when then found out we werent going in the play place.

So loud I think some dogs in passing cars were barking at us.

Oh well..

Thinking about making a hair appt. Does that count or?

[jenrose]

Finally a day when we have absolutly nothing that HAS to be done and DS1 starts throwing up so you know how my day is going.

[nwonder]

OK ...checking in. Bought milk ($2.39) and ate some fast food ($4.34). Total OOP - $35.40 Money left - $164.60.

[MoneySavinDiva]

Okay. Did my weekly shopping today and I'm SUPER happy with how it turned out!!

Target - Saved $78.78, and total OOP was $12.82, which I paid on a gc
CVS - Saved $31.99, and I actually came out ahead $0.10 here
HyVee - Saved $17.32, and total OOP was $10.62
Walgreens - Saved $37.00, and total OOP was 51 cents, which is <10%
WalMart - Saved $6.20, and total OOP was $10.54
Family Dollar - Saved $19.53, and total OOP was $1.47, which is <10%

I also found a penny on the ground at CVS

Soooo...my new total OOP for November is $67.15

Definetely not as bad as I thought it would be! PLUS, I also have $26.50 in rebates ready to go out on Monday

I also got the Bissell Pet Hair Eraser at Target, and got $25 Target gc at checkout and will send in the $20 MIR for it!! I'm so excited, but none of that transaction will be counted in the totals here since it's not a grocery item!

Today's Meals...

Breakfast - I had oatmeal, hubs didn't eat
Lunch - I had a turkey and cheese tortilla wrap. Hubs forgot to pack a lunch for work, so I dropped off some yogurt, and apple and some crackers that I had got when shopping on my way home.
Supper - Not sure yet. We are going to hubs' grandma's house to spend time with her and a couple of his uncles that are in town, so I will either make a homemade pizza before we go there, or we'll eat take out from somewhere there (and odds are they won't let us pay. they're crazy nice like that!)
Snacks - Haven't decided yet...but it's about that time

[pkchicken]

Originally Posted by pkchicken Wellllllll I'm in trouble again! Acme is having another one of those buy $30/get $15oyno deals! Can't resist free or nearly free. The trouble? It's an addiction I tell ya!!! Here I am challenging myself to use up stockpile but instead I'm stockpilling more than ever! It's a disease! I need help! Is there a support group for addicted couponers? pk

Welll ok...totals so far are under 10% phew!!!! and I have cats to roll.
And there are 5 days left of this sale.
11 deals done so far, some doubles, plus a great price on toilet paper so:
total $408. paid $35.32 <10%.

Nothing for the freezer was bought in the participation of this sale.....I made the kids eat the only 1 ice cream!

pk