Friday, October 17, 2008

Budget update

I used up some more of the $2 coupons this evening. They expire tomorrow so I need to finish them up.

Cub
3 cans tuna $.85
1 loaf bread $3.50 (I know, I know)
-2 $2 OYNO coupons
Total OOP $2.55

Total Spent This Round $2.55
Total Spent This Month $82.26
Total to Recieve from Simple Supper $54.67
Total Left for the Month $57.41 + $4 OYNO expires tomorrow, $5 OYNO and $5 on meat at Rainbow

New list of IPs

It seems like I spend my sick days wasting time on the computer. You can always tell when I'm not feeling well because I'll be posting more IPs for everyone. ;)

I haven't printed all of them yet, but I believe they are the usual limit of 2 per link unless otherwise noted.

$1/2 Hunts Tomatoes

$1/1 Kellogg's cereal (limit 6)

BOGO Uncle Ben's wild rice

$1/1 Lean Cuisine

$1/1 Nestle Candy 10 or larger

$1/4 Yoplait light

$1/1 Muir Glen, $1/ 5lb bag of Gold Metal flour and more. (requires sign up)

Time to Update the Budget

At the end of the last update I had $16 in Rainbow Catilinas and $32? in Cub Catilinas. I noticed that I didn't at the information into the last update so I thought that it might be helpful to know going into this update.

October 16
Sam's
Raisins $6.74
Country crock $10.30
Chips $3.56-Simple Supper
Total OOP $17.04 +$3.56 for Simple Supper

Cub
2 Beef base $2.53
2 Chicken base $2.53
Used 5 $2 OYNO catilinas
Total OOP $.12

October 15
Target #1
1 Ocean Spray grapefruit juice $2.49
1 Archer Farms juice $1.48
-$1/1 TC for juice
Total OOP $2.97

Target #2
10 Archer Farms juice $1.48
5 1lb baby carrots $.99
-5 $1/1 TC for carrots (adjusted down to $.99)
-10 $1/1 Archer Farms juice
Total OOP $4.80

Rainbow #1
Whole mushrooms $1
6 cans Bush's beans $.60
3lbs yelllow onions $1.50
10lbs potatoes $2.99
10 cans Muir Glen tomatoes/sauce $1.59
-10 $1/1 Muir Glen peelies
-5 $1/1 double coupons
-5 $2 OYNO catilina coupons
Total OOP $.35 Received $5 off any meat purchase coupon

Rainbow #2
5 Dove shampoo/conditioner $3.50
8 Yoplait light $.50
-4 $1.50/1 Dove MF
-2 $1/4 Yoplait
-2 $1/4 Yoplait coupons doubled
-3 $2 OYNO Catlina coupons
Total OOP $6.64 Received $5 OYNO for the dove.
--My total was $22.xx before the coupons. The cashier scanned my two $1/4 coupons and they doubled. She told me that the register will double off the regular price, not the sale price so you can get doubles even if your total is until $25. I want to test this more, but it would be great if it works all the time and wasn't just a flook.

October 12
Cub
White bread $1.29
6Curly's pulled pork, chicken, beef $1
Curly's baked beans $1
2 Cub french bread $2.99
-2 Free french bread with survey $2.99
-2 $1/1 Curly's pulled meat MF Blinkie
-3 $2 OYNO catilina coupon
Total OOP $.39

October 11
Cub
4 1lb butter $.99
2 eggs $.99
20 dannon 4pk $1
1 M&M $.69?
-20 $1/1 Dannon
-3 $2 OYNO catlina coupons
Total OOP $.66


Total Spent This Round $32.97 + $3.56=$36.53
Total Spent This Month $79.71
Total to Recieve from Simple Supper $54.67
Total Left for the Month $59.96 + $8 OYNO expires tomorrow, $5 OYNO and $5 on meat at Rainbow

Free Hot Drink at Barnes & Noble

Here is a coupon for a free hot drink at Barnes & Noble. It is an IP and good until October 31 so there is plenty opportunity for free coffee.

The bold print says cappuccino, but the find print at the bottom also lists latte, cappuccino, expresso, coffee, or hot tea. It looks like hot chocolate is the only thing not included.

Link to coupon

Sunday, October 12, 2008

This weeks Menu

Karin suggested that it might be nice to know what I actually cook with all these random things that I buy. I've thought about it in the last, but at times we don't eat very exciting or healthy things. Usually not for a lack of food, but more for a lack of energy or creativity.

Well, for this week at least I'll let you know what we are having for supper. I try to have it planned out by Sunday night or Monday because otherwise I tend to not be able to think of things and we just eat things like soup, pasta, or grilled sandwiches.

I usually just plan supper. We will having leftovers usually for lunch or I'll make Noah something that he asks for and have a little of that myself. One of my problems is I tend to make family sized meals for 2.5 people, cause of this you'll notice that Saturday is usually clean out the fridge day.

If I get really ambitious I'll try to write out what goes into my meals and how much they actually cost. I can't always remember because some of them use ingredients I bought a long time ago, but I'll do my best if I have time.

Sunday
French bread Pizza
-French bread Free with Cub survey coupon
-Farmland 16oz Frozen sausage Free with Cub sale and $1/1 coupon
-Tomato sauce $.25? I can't remember for sure. I've gotten some for free. I know it was no more then $.25
-Italian spices-Who knows
-Olive Oil-The whole bottle cost $3
-Cheese 8oz?-Free with the Free Cheese WYB 2 Nabisco crackers
-Carrot sticks. Free this week at Target

Monday
Cabbage Rolls
-Chicken left over from backed chicken on Friday night. $1.50 for left over portion?
-Cabbage, half head. $.79 for whole head
-Celery, half stock. $.79 for whole stock
-Carrots Free this week at Target
-Chicken Stock, $.50 from CVS
-Rice, 3 cups?. Maybe $1 at the most
-Spices

Tuesday
Fajitas
-Chuck steak $.30 From Target last year when it was $1.99 per lb with $2/1 package coupons
-Onion 1.5lbs. $.79 for 3 lbs
-Green peppers 1 to 2. Not sure haven't bought them yet. Sometimes I leave them out cause I don't like them, but Jason does.
-Cheese, Free with Kraft/Nabisco coupon mentioned above
-Tortillas. $1 at Cub
-Refried beans or homemade black beans. $.69 per can or $.53 for 1/3 lb dried
-Fajita mix-$.50 on sale at Rainbow with coupon
-Tortilla chips. Free, left over from simple supper
Optional extras if we have them
-Tomatoes
-sour cream
-limes

Wednesday
Beef barley soup with vegetables
-Chuck steak from Target $.30. (I froze them two to a package so I need to use them together)
-Carrots. Free this week at Target
-Celery. One stock $.79
-Onions 1.5lbs. $.79 for 3 lbs
-Potatoes 2-3lbs. I can't remember how much they were, but I know they are on sale now for $1.99 per 5lb bag.
-Barley 1/4 cup. $1 for the whole box?
-Beef stock seasoning $.75. I think the whole jar is around $4. It seldom goes on sale. :(
-French bread 1/2 left over from the two loaves used on Sunday night. Free
-Cheese leftover from Tuesday night. Free
-Grapes. Free from Cub or Target first week of October. (wash them and keep them in a strainer in the fridge the will last us a week or two in the fridge no problem)

Thursday
Pulled Pork with baked beans
-Curly's pulled pork. Free after sale at Cub and $1/1 coupon
-Curly's baked beans with brisket $1
-Buns. Haven't bought them yet, but probably will run around $1.50
-Carrot sticks. Free from Target
-Grapes. Free from Target or Cub, mentioned above

Friday
On your own. Noah is heading out to grandma's so I'm taking the night off. I'll probably have cereal and Jason will probably make eggs.

Saturday
Left overs. Most of the weeks will feed 4-6 so even with Jason taking some for lunch most days there is always things left in the fridge at the end of the week.

Well, I hope this gives you an idea of what I am able to make with all those random things that I bring home. As you can see sometimes I freeze or store things for a long time. I am constantly going through the pantry and pulling things to the front that need to be used up. Usually I am able to work them into the menu, but occasionally I still forget about them and then end up getting tossed. Case in point is the teriyaki sauce that I found tonight while getting out the olive oil. It expired about two weeks. It's probably still fine, but some things I just don't like to chance it.

Cheap or Free Curly's BBQ meat tubs-Cub in Shakopee

Update I found a $1/4 IP for the Yoplait. It's a Brinks so you should be able to print 2 from each computer. If you are able to get 4 IPs then it will bring your OP down to $2.50 on 20, plus you will get the coupon for 2 free at checkout. Brings the per cup cost down to just over $.11 each. Great Price!!!

Was at the Cub in Shakopee after church this afternoon and they had tubs of Curly's pulled pork, beef, and chicken on sale for $1. There are blinkie coupons out from a while ago for $1/1. I had two coupons and used both, but I think the expiration date on them was sometime in December.

They are only available until the supply is gone. At 1:00pm they were fully stocked, but I saw lots of employees going back to get them as they went on break.

The tubs are a little over 1lb so even without the coupon it is a great price. The expiration dates on the tubs I grabbed were all in December so there is a long time to use them up. I believe they also freeze well.

There is also a good deal on Yoplait Yogurt. Buy 20 for $10, get $2 off with the in ad coupon. You also get a Catilina coupon at the register for 2 free cups of Yoplait. There are also coupons out for them. I think the best coupons I could find were $.40/6 cups and then also 1 free cup WYB 6.

This is what it would look like
21/$10.50
$2 off 20 in ad coupon
-$.40/6
-$.40/6
-$.40/6
-Free WYB 6
-Free WYB 6
-Free WYB 6
Total =$5.80 + 2 free coupons catilina
23 cups total for $5.80=$.25 per cup

Free Carrots at Target!!

Target has not IP coupons out this week. There is a coupon for $1.00 off 1 to 3 lb bags of Green Giant baby carrots. 1lb bags are on sale this week for $.99. Looks like it is a great time to stock up on carrots!