Sunday, November 7, 2010

Happy Birthday to my sweet little niece!!!!!



We made a trip to Louisville yesterday for my niece's 4th birthday. This was her first big family birthday party because they have lived in California for the other ones.


It was a day filled with food..........



family.......


fun........




and presents!


Happy 4th Birthday!!!! We are thrilled that we got to spend it with you!!!

Friday, November 5, 2010

Great stocking stuffer or Christmas gift!



Head on over here to buy.com and get a Personal Travel Pouch with Burt's Bees body lotion and lip balm for only $5.99. Don't forget to select the Free shipping option. This will make a great Christmas gift.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

My Kroger trip broken down

When Kroger does a Mega Event, you have to buy 10 of the participating items to get the price. You can’t get 9 and you can’t get 11, you have to purchase in multiples of 10 and you can only do the Mega Event 3 times, per transaction (30 Mega Event Items). You can do as many transactions as you want during the week.

This week’s Mega Event is buy 10 items, get $5 off. The $5 will come off at the end of your transaction. Every coupon that I used was printed from the internet. You can normally print 2 coupons per computer and we have 3 computers in our home, so that is 6 of each coupon for us.

My Mega Event Items in this transaction were…….

6 - Ronzoni Pasta @ .79 ea.

Coupons used

2 - $1/2 from here

2 - $1 from here


6 - Cream of Chicken soups (make sure you get the ones on the bottom shelf that are 49 cents each) @ .49 ea.

Coupons used

2 - $1.50/3 from here


2 - Campbell's Chunky Soup @ .99 ea.

Coupons used

2 - .50 from here


2 - Hungry Man Meals @ 1.79 ea.

Coupons Used

2 - $2 from here


2 - cans Swanson Broth @ .49 ea.

No coupons


2 - Best Life Butter @ 1.49 ea.

Coupons Used

2 - .50 from here


Other Items Purchased

4 - Think Thin Bars (Organic Section) 1.25 ea

Coupons Used

4 - .50 from here (this is a PDF coupon, so you can print as many as you want)


2 -Ronzoni Pasta (these 2 were not part of the Mega Event)

Coupons Used

2 - $1 off from here



That's pretty much it. Keep in mind that Kroger doubles coupons that are 50 cents or less. For more coupon match-ups for the Mega Event, go to www.southernsavers.com and click on Kroger.







My Baking Day

I got some great deals this week on muffin and pancake mixes. So I decided to make some today. I bought a box of muffin mix for .99, and I made 12 muffins. The kids ate some and I froze some for later.

After that Todd and I started on the pancakes. I got a box of pancake mix for .79 and we made the entire box.


We ended up with nearly 40 pancakes. I put them in freezer bags and froze them. Now all I have to do is take them out and warm them in the microwave when the kids want a pancake. I am really thrilled about this because if you bought frozen pancakes at the store, you would spend about 1.79 or more for a box of 10. I got 40 frozen pancakes for 79 cents!

The next thing that we made were yeast rolls. I used the recipe from here. http://afewshortcuts.com/2009/08/tide-you-over-tuesday-pepperoni-rolls/


These rolls came out so yummy! They didn't look as pretty as I would have liked and didn't rise like I wanted them to. I will make a few changes next time around. I cooked 9 (hubby already ate one), and I froze the rest for later.

Mega Event - Trip #3


Another great Mega Event at Kroger. My total OOP was $3.86 and I saved $43.42, a savings of 91%.

Monday, November 1, 2010

Another great Kroger trip


Went to Kroger again today to do the mega event. My total OOP (out of pocket) was $9.83 and I saved $51.14, a savings of 83%! So totally thrilled!