Author: Jenny

Ok, so Saturday night I decided to sneak into CVS really quick because we were desperate for flushable wipes. I had a HUGE stockpile of these before potty training/Sophie using the potty regularly, and now we were down to like 1/4 of a pack.  While I was there I decided to get some of next week’s deals early since my stores start their sale on Saturday night, and throw in a monthly deal and a current deal as well! Shew! Luckily, they had everything I wanted. I was low on ECB so I paid quite a bit more than usual out-of-pocket, but my ECB in return made up for it.  Here’s what I scored:

Pull-Ups $8.99 (Sophie still wears these to bed. And YES she will be THRILLED with the Lightning McQueen designs! She loves CARS. They were out of the girl Pull-Ups in her size.)
Bio-True contact solution $2.99
2 packs of CVS toddler wipes BOGO 50% off $2.23
Pampers Swaddlers big box $21.99
U by Kotex tampons $4.99
total = $41.19
coupons:
-$1.50 off Pull-Ups from last week’s Smart Source
-$2 Bio True printable
-$2 Swaddlers coupon from P&G insert
-$4.50 Pampers big box CVS coupon from coupon scanner (SCORE!)
– $1 Kotex printable
=$30.19
paid with 4 ECB and paid $26.19 + $2.61 tax for a total of $28.80. I got back 3 ECB for the Pull-Ups, 2.99 for the Bio-True, 10 for the Pampers (making my total for those $5.49 for a BIG BOX!!!) and 4.99 for the Kotex. So my total ECB earned was 20.97, making my net expense for all of the above $7.83. I am pretty pleased with that!!  And now I have LOTS of ECB for next time!  Here are some notes:

The Bio-True deal is good for the month of July, so you can get this any time. It’s $2.99 free after ECB and there is a $2 printable so it’s a $2 money-maker.

The Pampers and Kotex deals are for this current week. Kotex is a $1 money-maker if you use this printable.

The Pull-Ups deal was for last week. So don’t try that one, it’ll be done tonight (7/24).

Happy shopping! What did you get??

I know I have been delinquent in posting my shopping trips this week, but that’s because…I DIDN’T go shopping!  Actually that’s not totally true. I tried Rite Aid on Monday morning, but they were already wiped out of EVERYTHING I wanted to get. I was super-bummed.  Major pouting ensued.  I guess I have to get there on Sunday…

And the CVS deals just weren’t exciting enough to get me out of the house in this heat.  Plus, Tues-Thurs I had three of the busiest days of the summer. Appointments galore.

I didn’t even make the mega-event sale at Kroger, which I’ll probably regret.

But I didn’t need to.  Because two weeks ago, I did some freezer cooking and all I needed at the grocery last week was snacks for the kids, which I spent $17 on at Aldi. All I needed this week was milk & bananas and tortilla chips, which I spent $5.16 on at Kroger.  So even though I spent about twice as much as I usually spend on groceries two weeks ago to make my freezer meals, I more than made up for it by not hardly spending anything these last two weeks!

Because I am lazy, I freezer-cooked from Once A Month Mom’s no-cook recipes. That’s right, MEAL ASSEMBLY people. It’s the WAY TO GO!  Since then I’ve just pulled stuff out of the freezer to thaw and thrown it either in the crock pot or the oven.  It’s been SO easy!! And we’ve had plenty of leftovers too, so I still have about 4 meals left after two weeks (I made 11 originally.)

Here’s what I made:

• Freezer Beef Stew
• Ultimate Beef Stroganoff
• Lemon Chicken with Veggies
• Dump Chicken with Grapes
• Islander Pork Roast
• Asian Peanut Butter Pork Chops (so good you MIGHT DIE)
• Black Beans and Brown Rice (which you DO have to cook a little but it’s easy!)

When I go to the grocery this week I’m going to get some things to “assemble” more things on the no-cook recipe list.  I really recommend giving this a try if you haven’t already!  I really do not enjoy cooking, but I really DO enjoy pulling meals out of the freezer and throwing them in the crock pot!