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!