Meal Planning And Shopping Weekly

So i just started a new way of shopping for me. It's what the coupon world recommends, it's like DUH why didn't i do this before? I have budgeted $400 a month (4 person family) for grocery, toiletries... any diapers or wipes or things that like i might need. I had been shopping monthly since my husband gets paid monthly. BUT since ad matches vary from week to week i was buying a big bunch of my food and then going back each week to get stuff for my stock pile when items went on sale.
Instead i'm going to try to shop weekly. By doing this i'm planning on looking at the ad matches for the week and the coupon deals for the week and plan my meal plan accordingly and shop just for the stuff on my meal plan. Some things are the major good deals i will buy more then i need that week so it can go into my stock pile.
Like this weeks meal plan was as follows:

Meals

Dinners:

1. Burritos
2. Nachos
3. Salisbury Steak, Mashed Potatoes & Corn
4. Hamburger Pie
5. Veggie Pizza
6. Mac & Cheese w/ Hamburger
7. BLT's & Baked Beans
8. Sloppy Joes

Lunches:

1. Fancy Dogs w/ Cheeto's
2. Ham Sandwiches
3. Salad
4. Baked Potatoes
5. Tuna & Tomatoes

Snacks:

Pretzels

Peaches

Ice Cream

So the nachos and burritos needed salsa, well since the Red Gold 16oz salsa was on ad match for $.50 a piece instead of buying one (which is all i would have needed this week) i bought 7 because really... $.50 for 16oz of salsa doesn't come around to often.
I also grabbed a few extra Mission Tortilla shells because i wanted to freeze some and it was a really good deal.

Here was my shopping list:
AD = Ad match
Q = Coupon

Fresh Foods	Dry Foods	Cold Foods
-Vine Ripe or Roma Tomatoes $.99lb (AD) -Baby Carrots 16oz $.59 (AD) -Broccoli $.99lb (AD) -Head Lettuce $1ea (AD) -Russet Potatoes 5lb Bag $.98 (AD)	-Mission Flour Tortillas 10ct $1 (AD) (4) -Red Gold Salsa 16oz $.50 (AD) (7) -Hamburger buns -Bread -Cheetos -Best Choice Mac & Cheese 7.25oz $.39 (AD) (6) -Always Save Peach Pieces 29oz $1 (AD) (4) -Snyder's Of Hanover Pretzels 13.5-16oz $2 (AD)	-Kroger Sour Cream or Dips 16oz $1 (AD) (4) -Best Choice Shredded Cheese 16oz $3.39 (AD) (4) -Cheese hot dogs -Crescent rolls (3) -Bacon -Ham lunch meat (Q) -Blue Bell Ice Cream or Cups Half Gallon $4.99 (AD) -Best Choice Large Eggs $.99 (AD) (2) -Kraft Naturals Sliced Cheese 7-8oz $1.99 (AD) (2) -Milk 1 Gallon $1.99 (AD) (3)

So on all of this i spend about $80 and with what i could remember of the regular prices i saved about $30+ and that was with buying some extra things.

This food should also actually feed us longer then a week because the burrito stuff alone has fed us 3 meals already.

This is my first time actually doing this week meal plan thing so i'm hoping i will get better and better at this!

New Ad Matches Button

So it occurred to me that new comers to the blog might not know where to find the most recent ad matches of the week. There is a link to the right where you can always fine the ad matches but just as a precaution i also added the above button which will always appear on the top of the blog. That way everyone that comes should know where to go. I hope this helps!

Planning My Shopping Trip

Plan on making my last minute trip to Wal-Mart.

Some ad matches i'm interested in look at are:

Checker: 1/2 - 1/8

• Bar S Jumbo Meat Franks 8-16oz $1
• Best Choice Plastic Cutlery 48ct $1
• Thinking i might grab a few to stock pile for when the new baby comes :)
• Dole Salad 9-12oz $1.50

Homeland: 1/2 - 1/8

• Land-O-Frost Bistro Thin Sliced Meats 6oz Buy 1 @ $3.29 Get 1 FREE or $1.65ea
• Land O Lakes Eggs Natural Brown or Omega 3 $2
• Use $.35 OFF (1) Eggs 12/2 SS
• Final Price: $1.65
• Minute Instant Rice 14oz $1.50
• Cains Custom Roast Coffee 30oz $5.99

ShurFine: 1/2 - 1/8

• Fresh Grape Tomatoes 10oz $1.59

G&W: 12/26 - 1/1

• Hiland Butter 16oz $2
• Farmland Bacon 12oz $2.50

ALDIS: 12/26 - 1/1

• Milk 1 Gallon $1.99
• Blueberries 6oz $1.69
• Blackberries 6oz $.89
• Naval Oranges $.37lb or $1.48 for a 4lb Bag

Not on my ad matching list:

• Bagels

At Dillons:

• Buy (1) Duracell 4ct AA or AAA, 2ct C or D and the 1ct 9Volt batteries – $2.99
• Use (1) $2/1 coupon from the 12/9 RedPlum
• Final Price: 99¢!
• Buy (6) Tony’s Original Crust Pizzas – $11.94
• Use (2) $1/3 coupons from the 1/6 inserts
• Pay: $9.94 and get a $2 Catalina
• Final Price: $7.94 for all SIX, or $1.32 each

So now that i have my list ready i will go and grab out the few coupons i have that match up and get them put aside and ready.

Coupons To Swap On Facebook

My sister was able to snag me a couple coupon books with longer lasting expiration. Here are a few coupons that i will not be able to use and i would love to give away.
All these coupons have an expiration of 7/31/13

• (2) Save $1 OFF any 11oz or larger bag of Dunkin Donuts Coffee
• (2) Save $1 when you buy 3 Kid Cuisine
• (2) Save $1 one one 20lb or larger package of Purina Tidy Cat Scoop any variety
• (2) Save $1 on any 3 Weight Watchers Smart Ones Frozen Product
• (2) Save $1 on any 2 Nestle Coffee-Mate liquid or powder coffee creamers (excludes natural bliss)
• (2) Save $1 on 2 Lipton Tea products 18ct or higher
• (2) Save $1 on 2 Magnum products (excludes single bar)
• (2) Save $1 on any 2 Dove Chocolates 8.5oz or larger
• (2) Save $1 on 2 I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! products
• (2) Save $1 on any 12ct box of K-Cup packs

These coupons also expire 7/31/13 and yes these really are Best Choice Brand. I've never seen Best Choice coupons before! These are cool! But i don't ever get to a store that actually carries the Best Choice brand so why hold onto the coupons? So i'm giving them away to who ever will use them. Hope they help someone!

• (2) Save $1 on 1 Best Choice Physx 8-pack, 20oz bottles.
• (2) Save $1 on any 1 Best Choice Coffee 34.5oz Columbian, Supreme or Breakfast
• (2) Save $1 on any 1 Best Choice Laundry Detergent

*** I am posting this here just to display the coupons i have to give away for facebook purposes. Please only reply on the facebook coupon swap site the link was posted on. Thanks!

Wal-Mart Shopping Spree 12-21-12

Ad matches i used:

• (Checkers) Best Choice Eggs $.99
• Regular Price: $1.78
• Saved: $.79ea
• (Checkers) Cuties 3lb Bag $2.99
• Regular Price: $3.99
• Saved: $1
• (Checkers) Green Onion $.49ea
• Regular Price: $1.08
• Saved: $.59ea
• (Checkers) Kraft Cheese 5-8oz $2
• Regular Price: $2.58
• Saved: $.58
• (Save-A-Lot) Keebler Club or Town House Crackers 11-16oz $1.99
• Price Cut: $2.50
• Saved: $.51
• The Club had peelie coupons buy 2 Club crackers get $1 off any brand of cheese.
• (Save-A-Lot) Lays Stax 5.5-5.7oz $1
• Regular Price: $1.18
• Saved: $.18
• (Apple Market) Cracker Barrel Cheese 7-8oz $3
• Regular Price: $3.47
• Use $1 OFF (1) Cracker Barrel 6oz+ 11/11 SS
• Final Price: $2
• Saved: $1.47
• (Apple Market) Grape Tomatoes 10oz $1.69
• Regular Price: $2.99
• Saved: $1.30
• (G&W) Hiland Sour Cream & Dips 16oz $1
• Regular Price: $1.50
• Saved: $.50
• (Aldis) Broccoli $.99lb
• (Aldis) Russet Potatoes 10lb Bag $.99
• Regular Price: $1.50
• Saved: $.50

Total savings in coupons used: $15.40

Saved in ad matches: $27.53

Total savings: $42.93

Shopping Trip 12-14-12

Ad matches i used:

• (Checkers) Best Choice Spices .87-5.25oz $.89
• Regular Price: $1.98
• Saved: $1.09ea
• Was super excited about this because i don't usually see sales this good on spices!
• (Checkers) Best Choice Cream Cheese 8oz $.77
• Regular Price: $1.28
• Saved: $.51ea
• (Checkers) Best Choice Large Eggs $.99
• Use $.55 OFF (2) Any brand eggs printable (HERE)
• Final Price: $.72ea WYB 2
• Regular Price: $1.78
• Saved: $1.06ea
• I was wondering if this coupon would work and it went through just fine! Yippee!
• (Checkers) Best Choice Cornstarch 16oz $.79
• Regular Price: $.98
• Saved: $.19ea
• (ShurFine) Skippy Peanut Butter 15-16.3oz $1.99
• Regular Price: $3.13
• Saved: $1.14ea
• (G&W) C&H Sugar 4lb $2.19
• Use $.75 OFF (2) C&H Sugar
• Final Price: $1.82ea WYB 2
• Regular Price: $2.62
• Saved: $.80ea
• With coupon this name brand was cheaper then the normal ad matches on store brand. A good price :)

And i got a free Reach Floss after coupon!

My total ad match savings was: $36.32

Very cool if you ask me! Love my ad matches!

Coupon Alert!

Hurry over to Incredible Edible Egg Facebook's Page and 'like' the page to get a coupon off ANY 2 dozen eggs. Krazycouponlady.com says 'ANY' meaning any brand and even says it works on Wal-Mart brand eggs. 

Deal Idea:

Use Checkers ad match deal running 12/12 - 12/18

• Best Choice Large Eggs $.99
• Use $.55 OFF (2) Any brand eggs printable (HERE)
• Final Price: $.72ea WYB 2

Ad match these for the store brand Great Value. Remember you can print this coupon twice. Good luck!
If you have any questions on ad matching head over to the 'How To' section of my blog.

Thanks Krazy Coupon Lady!

Homemade Cleaner Makes Tub & Shower Sparkle Almost Effortlessly

I have tried lots of different cleaners, bleach included, nothing i repeat NOTHING has ever cleaned my tub this easy and this amazingly. I sprayed this on, left it for 15-20 minutes. Went in there with my scrub brush and just wiped it, didn't really even scrub it but in a couple places and my tub is sparkling! Why didn't i find this before? It really seems to good to be true!

I have had issues with this tub because since we bought it it had a draining issue which means water stood in the tub longer then it should because of the slow drain. This meant grim piled on easier. It got to the point where it wouldn't drain at all. Hubby fixed the pipes and after he was done, the tub was grosser then gross. This way the first time i used this cleaner (just now... literally just got done rising the tub). I am blown away, you have to try this! No more store bought bathroom cleaners for me!

Source and recipe HERE

Shopping Trip 11/16

I had a very stressed day today and when Hubby came home he told me to go do my shopping, take my time and relax. It was so nice not to worry about the time and cruise around the stores.

I went to Dillons first and went from isle to isle looking for unadvertised sales i would like.

I found some good clearance deals.

(8) Skintimate Cream Shave 6oz
Normally: $3.50
Marked down to: $1.79
Used the $1.50 OFF (2) Skintimate 11/11 SS and the printable on coupons.com
Final Price: $1.04ea WYB 2
I saved $.75ea and a total of $6 on all 8 that i bought. Or $2.46 off regular price and $19.68 on all 8.

(2) Colgate Optic White Mouthwash 8oz
Normally: $2.99
Marked down to: $1.49
Use the $1 OFF (1) Optic White Mouthwash 11/11 SS
Final Price: $.49
Saved $1ea or $1.50 off the regular price.

None Clearance Sales:

You all probably heard of the FREE Pampers wipes on the buy 4 participating items get $4 back deal. Sadly i only had two coupons so i had to find two other items to get me up to 4.

I found the scope which was on sale for $2.99 or $1.99 when you buy 4 participating items. So i grabbed two of those and used the $1.50 OFF (1) Scope mouthwash 11/4 RP. Making it $.49ea, saving $2.50ea.

Got the Jet-Puffed Marshmallows 10/$10
Used the $.50 OFF (2) Printable at coupons.com (doubles)
Final Price: $.50ea WYB 2

Karo Corn Syrup 16oz $2.50
Use $.40 OFF (1) Karo Syrup 9/30 RP (doubles)
Final Price: $1.70

I bought a few other things that i'm going blank on at the moment.

In total i paid $31.91
And saved $36.33

Then i made a Wal-Mart trip.

Some ad matches i used:

• Blue Bell Ice Cream Half Gallon $3.88
• Normally $6.28
• Saved $2.40ea
• Cooks Ham $1.18lb
• Normally $2.98lb
• Saved $1.80lb
• Baby Carrots 1lb $.99
• Farmland Bacon 12-16oz $2.98
• Normally $3.48
• Saved $.50ea
• Libby's Canned Vaggies $.50
• Use $1 OFF (4) Libby's Veggies 11/11 RP
• Final Price: $.25ea WYB 4
• Normally $.75ea
• Saved $.50ea
• Avocados $.79
• Normally $.94
• Saved $.15ea
• Tomatoes On The Vine $1.29
• Normally $1.48lb
• Saved $.19lb
• Hiland Dips or Sour Cream 16oz $.99
• I'm not finding which insert is was but i found a $.45 OFF (1) Hiland Sour Cream 16oz and a $.45 OFF (1) Hiland Dips 16oz coupon. I was so excited! I only had two each, but hey that works! I am still trying to find the insert it came in!
• I did find stacks of them being sold on ebay. (20) for $1.50 with free shipping. I think i will buy a stack of each because they don't expire till 12/31 and Hiland sour cream and dips go on sale all the time!
• Final Price: $.54
• Russet Potatoes 10lb Bag $.99
• Yellow Onions $.27lb or $.79 3lb Bag

Some non ad match deals i saw where:

Swanson Canned Broth $.60, normally $.98
$.40 OFF (5) 11/4 SS and on coupons.com
Final Price: $.52ea WYB 5

Campbell's Great For Cooking Canned Soups $.75, normally $1
$1 OFF (4) 10/7 SS
Final Price: $.50

Loved my savings at Wal-Mart! I got so tickled about my Cook's Ham savings!