Victory at Walgreen's - Finally!!!

I finally have figured out how to work the best deal at Walgreen's..... This week they have Reynold's wrap on sale - there is a coupon in their weekly ad that brings the price down from $1.59 to $.89. However, I had a coupon from the Sunday paper for $1.00 off. The problem that I have always run into is that if your coupon value is greater than the item, then the register beeps and won't accept the coupon. But, tonight I finally figured it out - you have to present the coupons in the correct order to get it to work correctly. After the casheir rang up my items, I gave him my manufacturer coupons and then I had him scan the coupons from their weekly flyer which reduced the cost even more!!! I purchased 4 rolls of foil and 4 candy bars (B1G1 Free - stacking a Walgreen's coupon and a manufacturer's coupon) and spent a total of ........................$.46 which includes $.32 in tax.

Gotta love free chocolate!!!!

Free Subs

Sign up for a free Quizno's Sub here. After you put in your info, they will email you a coupon for a free sandwich. It is a quick and easy signup. My email arrived within a minute - but you have to use the coupon within 5 days of printing.

Weekly Menu Plan

Sunday:
Chicken Rolls, Green Beans, and Green Salad
Monday:
Tacos
Tuesday:
Chicken Enchiladas and Broccoli/Raisin Salad
Wednesday:
Steak on the grill, Baked Potatoes, and Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad
Thursday:
Lasagna (homemade - from the freezer), Corn on the Cob, Green Salad
Friday:
Leftovers or Frozen Pizza

Thrifty Thursday

One of my friends at work was asking what a catalina is - so here is a picture....I have 2 catalinas left over from my shopping trip to Albertsons this morning. I got the $10 one for buying 10 GM products that are on sale this week. The $3.50 one is for buying 5 fruit snacks/roll-ups in one transaction (which also goes toward the 10 GM products....yeah!!).

My receipts to show what I really paid (double click on the picture to see up close) ...I had to do 3 transactions....I broke it down into 10 items per transaction so that I could roll the $10 catalina from each transaction.

So ... this is what I ended up with today....none of which I would buy at full price. However, with coupons and the good deal that Albertson's has going on....I paid OOP $19.84....but I still have the 2 catalinas to use next week.....so net for the trip today is..............$6.34!!!!

I ended up getting:

12 Progresso soup
6 Fruit Roll-ups
4 Fruit Snacks
4 Chex Mixes (Cheddar is the best)
2 tubes of crescent rolls
2 Peanut butter cookie mixes (these are good)

Menu Planning

Monday:

Orange glazed pork chops, mixed veggies, fried rice (using left over ham)

Tuesday:

Spaghetti, Green Salad, Sweet Corn

Wednesday:

Chicken, Broccoli, and Rice casserole (from freezer)

Thursday:

Shake N Bake Chicken, Peaches, Au Gratin Potatoes

Friday:

Leftovers or Frozen Pizza

FINALLY DONE!!!!!!

I have finally finished school!!! I took my last final on Monday night and now I am just waiting for my grades. I had to do a comprehensive oral exam on Dec 5th. That was the most stressful part of my whole program - but I passed and I am so relieved!

My mom sent me these beautiful flowers the day before my oral exam to encourage me.

Mike went with me to my exam since it was in Pocatello and I didn't want to make the drive by myself - I was a nervous wreck! Afterwards we were planning to go to dinner. When we got there, my mom and sister and her family were all there. Mike had arranged it a couple of weeks before - I was very surprised. We had a nice dinner and then my sister, Melissa, brought a surprise over to my house - she made me this AWESOME cake -it is huge!!!

Red Ribbon Week at Kenneth's School

Last week at Kenneth's school they celebrated Red Ribbon Week. On Friday they wore Halloween costumes - Kenneth was a football player.... Scare drugs away - stay drug free!

Thursday was crazy hair day - this was the best! Kenneth has been needing a haircut for a while, but we knew that this day was coming, so we let him grow his hair out. Mike buzzed the sides of his head Wed. night and left a big strip down the middle. I found some hair glue at the store (I never knew that such a thing existed)which worked really, really well. Then we spray painted it bright orange with black stipes along the sides - it was great!! The theme for this day was Don't be crazy - Don't do drugs!

Wednesday kicked the celebration off with crazy hat day....the theme was Be Cool - Too Cool to Do Drugs! Kenneth found a leatherhead hat that he instantly knew was the right one for the occasion - he now needs it to keep his head warm since he has no hair.