Too Long

Wow! over 3 years ago was my last post.
My cute hubba hubba politely asked me if I would start couponing again.
So guess what I did this am? went to pinterest and found a few sites to start me up again. I am getting the Sunday paper again. So, here goes....

Last Day of School=Weight Watchers Meatloaf!

really, that's what it means. My kids love meatloaf, so although this is a TREAT for my kids, it's actually pretty healthy if you make it the smart way. Here's a recipe I just found, but this is not the recipe I USE...lol. but it looks similar and yummy.
TREAT YOURSELF TO SOMETHING YUMMY and healthy!!


http://www.skinnytaste.com/2009/02/turkey-meatlof-45.html

check it out, and if you use her recipe and like it, leave her great feedback. she seems "On the ball"
have a great last day of school! woot!!

a YUMMY dinner for tonight- minus the bacon.

we like bacon, but it's all frozen right now. But doesn't this look good?

http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/search/label/chicken?updated-max=2008-06-25T06%3A39%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=20

what are you making for dinner tonight?

LACK of POSTING...

I'm so sorry for the lack of posts. I really only do this for me, but if it benefits anyone that'd be cool, too. So, if there is anyone out there that I have let down, I'm truly sorry.
We moved in October, and with the holidays, being off track, and switching to new schools, along with my new fun job of babysitting a friends' baby full time, I've been a little busy.
To be perfectly honest, I haven't coupon shopped in a long time...I've been buying only the bare minimum and essentials and we've been living off our stockpile. I still have quite a bit of Peanut butter and Ragu and H.Helpers, so we've been making a lot of that stuff, so we didn't have to spend all sorts of money on food. $ been a little tight lately, but we're on the upswing, I hope.

I am crossing my fingers that I'll get to do a big coupon trip in the month of Feb. and get back into couponing very soon. Been really missing all the deals.

Happy New Year to all of you!

What deals do you like to take advantage of?

I love me a SWEET deal! and last week, at my Ralphs,

#5 bag of potatoes were on sale for .68cents. this is the

absolute CHEAPEST I've ever seen potatoes for...in

the 18 months I've been coupon shopping.

So, I bought 4 bags.....

This morning, I baked 2 bags and made twice

baked potatoes to store in my freezer. Thanks to my

friend, Jill, for this idea a year ago. I do it every time

I can buy cheap potatoes.

What deals do you really STOCK UP on and freeze?

Ralphs mega event

for all my so-cal peeps...
Ralphs is doing a mega event this week
thru 9/22.
Buy 10 save 5$.
There were 2 items I was REALLY
excited about.
Capri-Suns are 99cents after the -5$
i used a few 1$/3 blinkies that i got last week,
on that aisle and ended up getting
10 boxes for 7$
Also, Wheat thins and triscuits are 1.49 after the -5$
i couldn't find a Q for this, but this is a great price...

Good luck to you.
Go find your great deals...
I use www.Hotcouponworld.com and
www.couponmom.com

slow Cooker Orange Chicken-YUM

Oh, I am so trying this Recipe. It looks so good.
Friday night dinner. all i have to buy is the frozen
OJ. I'll let you know how it goes. We LOOVEE
a little panda at our house, so this could be a
way cheaper version.

done a lot of cooking lately...

just keep forgetting to post anything about it.

this pic was prepped food for our camping trip

last weekend.

I made homemade mac n cheese, a crockpot full

of chicken for sandwiches and such and a pasta

salad.

I've decided a bag of chicken with salt, pepper,

and 1 can of chicken broth is a great idea. I put

it in tupperware, and when I get hungry and nothing

sounds good, I have myself a chick sammy. and my

HUBBY lOvEs them...yay for me!

cookin', roastin' and chillin' this summer.

I'm sorry there are no pics. my camera is OUT OF ORDER.
I have been cooking like crazy this summer. New recipes galore.
It's been interesting and so fun.
I posted some of these new recipes onto my friends' new
recipe blog. You should go check it out.
Last night, I made a new breaded chicken tender recipe, and
everyone gobbled it up, even my picky 9 YO. (she even asked
for seconds. lol) I've posted that one on the blog too...

We've also been roastin'! I mean, man, is it hot this summer.
and chillin' by the pool. and we've also been chillin' with our
homemade popsicles and sno cones.
go get yourself a sno cone maker. You can probably find them on
clearance just about now at your target or walmart. This is the summer
clearance season, you know.
good luck, and have a great REST of the summer.

Chocolate Chip Orange Zuchini cookies, say what? ;)

my cool BFF has a new recipe website. you gotta go check it out. we have been slowly uploading our favorite recipes to share, and then we have them all in one spot.
So, Go! check it out...
www.mommiesrecipebook.blogspot.com
you're gonna love these cookies.
sorry there's no picture. I have no camera at the moment.
they are very light and fluffy in looks and color. so yummy.
thanks for sharing Julie.

what do YOU freeze?

this morning on a small trip to Henry's I bought
canteloupe..2 of them, which is A lot for me.
My 2YO and I are the only ones in the fam that
will eat them. (they were 2/1$)
so I came home and started cutting them up...
wow! but it was too much canteloupe.
so I wondered, could I FREEZE canteloupe?
I always freeze grapes, chives, peppers, onions,
strawberries, celery, broccoli,
and even bananas, so, looked it up...and there
you have it! You can freeze canteloupe. I'm so excited
to find other fruits and veggies to freeze.
That way I can stockpile on more fresh produce when
it's super cheap.

I'm really interested...
*What do you freeze?

SIDE NOTE: I wash and prep (cut)
the fruits and veggies before freezing.
2nd SIDE NOTE:
today I cut 5 onions, 4 green peppers and
2 canteloupe. also, freezing 2lbs red grapes.

a new name for us....

penny Stretchers!

These are ways i stretch my pennies...

I know they aren't grand, but they are mine!

* we eat left overs

* i clip, print and use coupons

* if we eat out, it's usually off the $ menu or

kids eat free nights.

*we carpool with Daddy to save 1 car payment, car ins. and

registration, though this does make our gas bill a

little higher

* we turn off lights when not in use

*turn off air most mornings at the house

*up'd my text plan, so I wouldn't go over anymore

*stockpile on main ingredients and snacks for my

fam so I won't have to buy them at regular prices,

very often...sometimes I miscalculate

* don't rent movies unless they are FREE at redbox

* swap babysitting with a friend, so we don't pay for a sitter

* all my boys get HOME haircuts all the time

* turn off water while brushing teeth

***And MOST Importantly***

*Get all the FREE stuff I can get that my family

will actually use, ...cuz it's FREE!

What do you do that's not on the list? I'd love to

do more to stretch pennies....Help me, please?

Lovin' VONS this week

this is the second and third time I did these deals...
some Cereals-coco puffs, lucky charms and honey
nut cheerios are 4/6$ with vons Coupon- added
my own 1$ off/3 from 5/31 Paper making them
4/5$
Nature Valley Granola 4/6$ with vons coupon
used 2 .75ent off coupons from 5/31 paper
totalling 4/4.25$
also 3rd time for Pepsi/doritos Deal
buy 1 doritos at 2.99 get 2 20oz Pepsi for FREE
+ 1$ off. no coupon necessary. just swipe your
vons card.
all this for 9.45
love it.
gonna go do it again later...
go grab your goodies, before they're GONE

****SIDE NOTE****
you gotta try these new doritos.
LATE NIGHT TACOS
they are SOOO good.
Tastes like you're eating
yummy taco salad all wrapped
up in ONE chip...

only WHILE SUPPLIES LAST...means...

there are NO RAINCHECKS...When they run out
they run out!
So RUN OUT, now, to your local Albertsons...
Here's what you can get...I did it twice in the
same transaction with no questions, or problems...
Buy 1 5pk of Macaroni and Cheese-
they are BOGO this week...
on the side of the package you will find a
coupon for a FREE pkg of Caprisun SUNRISE...
which is a new YUMMY product.
so for the price of ONE Mac and cheese pack-
my store price was 6.29
I got 1 pack of mac n cheese FREE
and 2 Caprisun sunrise-FREE
doing it twice my total for the pic above was
12.58
for 20 boxes and 4 drinks...
sounds like I rambled a little.
Go, RUN! go get YOU some...
good luck...while supplies last only!
***and, a 2$ Catalina printed out
so I can use it on my next order of any
amount at Albertsons...

BREAD STORE Deals

I just love my bread store. I've blogged about
it before, so I'm not gonna go on and on about
it, but I did great.
34 items for 41.xx
8 english muffins
3 Thomas' bagels
4 sandwich thins- new to me, so excited to try
5 fajita sized tortillas
1 Orowheat bun
10 country white Orowheat loaves
1 country Potato loaf
1 donut-entenmanns
and 1 dumb candy
pretty good.
and I shouldn't need to go til almost July now...
woohoo

a little organizing bug

This is the before picture...

this is the AFTER pic of my downstairs bathroom.

I have to say that I caught a little organizing bug

from my friend, Jenn. she's doing some

EXTREME re-organizing at her house...every

closet, every room, pantry, every space.

I'm just trying to do ONE space a week.

so here's my first attempt.

Thanks for the KICK in the pants, Jenn!

More room for Stockpiling! YAY!

AHHHHH...I need a good deal....

on trash bags. i've been waiting to
see something amazing...i guess I'll
break down and pick up a HUGE box
at Sams tomorrow, that'll last me forever.
My recyclables are piling up in my
kitchen, and if you saw what little space
I have in my kitchen, you'd really
FEEL for me. I have some great Glad
coupons, b3g1FREE, just wanted them to
be on sale.
Happy Earth days, and deal days! to you!

Target STEALS...or deals, whichever way you look at it.

1 box ritz-2.54
used 2 Qs- $1manu and 1$ target=.54
1 ceral bars 1.99
2 easy macs .77 each- 1$ Q=.27 each
3 bliss bars .99each -3 1$target Qs= FREE
1 string cheese .40
6 Kraft shredded cheese 1.99 each=1$ each
used (3)1$/2 manu and
(3) target 1$/2 target Qs
total with tax....drumroll...please....
9.53
I think I did good! happy monday everyone.

Sunday coupons

why am I not excited for the coupons today?
I think it might be all of those amazing coupons
we printed last week from Kraft. They were
great...nothing GRABBED my interest like those
ones, except the hillshire farms deli meat 1$ off
coupon in my LATIMES parade.
Hope you all found something you like A LOT
this week.
Still, there are some good deals. I'll share them
with you soon.

Something new to try...and a deal at the same time?

Click here to learn more about the

Purex Complete 3-in-1 Laundry sheets

and sign up for the contest.

I'm very interested. It's a bricks coupon,

so make sure you print it twice.