Maby's Coupon World

Weekly recap

2008-09-13T19:47:00.000-07:00

Ok, so how did I do? Well, my week was off to a good start, although I didn't stay on schedule. I'm wondering if having just the meals planned - but not assigned to a specific day might work better for me?? Well, we had to adjust a bit because I went over to my parent's house Sunday, and they had a bunch of meat leftover that they'd done w/ tacos, and so they gave them to me. So.... here's how my week went:

Sunday - Crab Meat Salad on Tostadas (as scheduled)
Monday - Flautas made w/ some of the meat my mom gave me. They were YUMMY.
Tuesday - Fried meat w/ chili sauce & Mexican rice (we made this on Monday night since Tuesday is a busy busy day)
Wednesday - Jordan asked for chicken from KFC so... KFC night.
Thursday - Leftovers
Friday - No dinner made. Boys had dinner at my mom's and we went out to watch a movie, so just ate out.

Now, I need to see how this will work. What day do I make my plan, set a day to go grocery shopping etc. I'll need to come up with a better plan..... and post about it tomorrow ;)

My Weekly Meal Plan

2008-09-07T17:41:00.000-07:00

Ok, here goes, not sure how well I'll do ~ but I've been wanting to have a meal plan that I will hopefully stick to, and that it will make dinner time a lot smoother for me.

Sunday - Crab Meat Salad on Tostadas
Monday - Spaghetti
Tuesday - Tacos
Wednesday - Chicken Enchiladas
Thursday - crockpot meal... not sure what yet
Friday - leftovers or Pizza (Dh works 2 shifts, so the boys and I have whatever's on hand) Saturday - eat @ my parents house

I'll have to post an update next weekend and see how I did....

September

2008-09-01T21:19:00.000-07:00

Well, this blog isn't working like I hoped it was going to. Here's shot #2 at it. I've started getting my newspapers again for the last 3 weekends so I'm hoping to get back into couponing, especially now that I will be on maternity leave in the near future.

September Spending

9/1/08 ~ 158.49 ~ Groceries ~ Coupons Used $1.00 (hey, it's something right??)

Looks like another great week!

2008-04-14T22:43:00.000-07:00

So far the two deals I'm REALLY excited about are at 2 different stores. The sodas (Pepsi) products are on sale at Target this week and should come out to about 1.50 for each 12 pack. And then the Suave shampoos at Walgreens are also on sale and should come out to about .70 each... maybe cheaper.

I'll see how it goes this week!

A Growing Stockpile

2008-04-09T17:10:00.001-07:00

I've been shopping with coupons for quite some time now ~ almost a year actually! I started last June. Since then, my little HBA stockpile has grown quite a bit. I thought I would put some of my pictures here to share with anyone that loves Coupons like I do! Can you tell I stocked up at Walgreens with one of their recent sales? Between their sales, the Register Rewards and my Buy 2 Get 1 Free coupons, well, I'm pretty set on shampoo LOL. I've given tons of stuff away to my family and even sold a bunch of stuff last summer at a yard sale. But I love knowing that I won't run out of shampoo LOL.
To the left of my shampoo stash are other bath things... such as body wash and Olay soaps. I also have a little stach of body lotion that isn't too big for now. Way back in the corner are 2 air freshners. I think at one point I had about 10 of those but I gave some away to my brother & my mom.

Grocery Trips 1 &2 for April

2008-04-07T21:02:00.000-07:00

So far we've been to the grocery store twice this month. And we've only had 1 week of the month so far! Ouch!

Monday 4/7/08 - Spent $45.62
- Dog Food
- Not sure what else! Need to check receipt since DH went

Thursday 4/3/08 - Spent: $60.31
- Fruits & Veggies
- tortillas
- 4 packs of meat (diff types)
- sour cream
- 2 loaves of bread (one for my mom's house)
- Kraft cheese (for Bryan's sandwiches)
- 2 boxes of 100% juice for the boys & for Bryan's lunches
- 4 bags of chips (snack size)
- 1 mayo (on sale)

A New Blog

2008-04-07T20:56:00.000-07:00

I had some rebates to send in today for some software I bought not too long ago... and 2 of the 3 are already expired. I can't believe I let $80 just go to waste like that. SOOOO not cool. So, because of that, I decided that I need to keep track of my progress. I have missed sending in my rebates for Walgreens for both February and March. Granted the rebates weren't for huge amounts, but it's still money that I could be getting back and reusing for this. I will keep track of what we are spending and what it's on.

This blog will be used for deals on my groceries and to keep track of the grocery & HBA spending. I also hope to share some pictures when I get awesome deals!