In the comments of my last post someone asked me why in the WORLD I bought sweetened condensed milk so often! So I thought I’d let you in on my Starbucks busting secret. Instead of buying a $5 coffee every day I make my own sweet coffee drink for less than $2 per week. And it’s so embarrassingly easy. All I do is make a full pot of coffee, mix it into my Pampered Chef Quick Stir Pitcher ( Read More...

Check out this week’s CVS Deals: Get $9.99 ECB wyb Estroven $9.99 Limit 1 Free after ECB Get $2 ECB wyb Blistex Deep renewal, Fruit Smoothie, Silk & Shine, medicated ointment, Revive & Restore $2.87 Limit 1 – $0.25/1 Blistex Lipcare Product, (11/13 SS) – $0.35/1 Blistex Lipcare Products (1/22 SS) $0.52 after coupon & [...] Read More...

Here are a few good deals you can currently get at Walmart, all for $1.00 and under. Hopefully you can get in on some of these deals in your area. Walmart prices do vary between stores and regions so always check the prices at your local store. Remember, check out the Walmart forum here on [...] Read More...

I tried to offset last weeks budget blow-up with a slim and creative week this week. I built my menu around meat already in the freezer, fruits and veggies I already had and just got the minimum we’d need to feed us healthy meals for a week. Here’s what I got.Fred Meyer’sFamily Size Pork chops marked down to $11.02Win-coWorcestershire sauce $1.10Soy sauce $1.93Milk $2.53Almond Milk $3.24Matches Read More...

This weekend I finally cleaned out my fridge.  It was scary. In December we had the holidays, followed by the mad rush to get back into the normal swing of everyday life, and as a result, my refrigerator hadn’t had a good going-over in quite some time. I lost a lot of food due to my negligence, and I’m sure I lost quite a bit of money to boot. Food waste is a serious problem.  As of 2011, it’s estimated that 1.3 billion tons of food (about 1/3 of total worldwide Read More...

A couple of nights last week, I came home from work too tired to cook so I assigned kids to pull something together. We all got fed, they had a nice little lesson in cooking and serving and Mama was happy. It also left me with a few recipes that I have all the ingredients for, so they will get moved to this weeks menu. And since I blew last weeks budget out of the water, it’s really going to Read More...

In a stunt that would make Bananaman proud, a Tesco worker earned his superhero credentials by chasing and capturing an alleged thief while dressed as a giant banana. Checkout worker Luke Summerhayes, 21, was wearing the 6ft 7ins outfit as part of a charity fancy dress day, but when the security alarms went off as he supervised the tills, he wasted no time in pursuing the suspect through the car park and holding him until police arrived. Mr Summerhayes, who is also a special constable in the Read More...

This magazine is usually found in Walmart, about $2.30 per issue.  I always buy it (or 2) because of the good coupons inside.  I’ve been waiting for  a deal like this to come along (it’s been a while).  Here is the link https://subscription.allyou.com/storefront/subscribe-to-all-you/site/ay-6for6blogger1111.html?xid=300×250_6for6_banner&link=1007241 Sorry, I had trouble linking it, just copy and paste into browser     h Read More...

Here’s a preview of this Sunday’s newspaper coupon inserts. There will only be 1 Smart Source and 1 Red Plum insert this week. Regional inserts may contain different coupons or values. Smart Source A.1. steak sauce 10oz+  $1/1 (02/19/12) Bausch+Lomb Soothe Dry Eye product  $4/1 (03/31/12) Betty Crocker SuperMoist cake mix AND Ready to Spread [...] Read More...

Here’s a preview of this Sunday’s newspaper coupon inserts. There will only be 1 Smart Source and 1 Red Plum insert this week. Regional inserts may contain different coupons or values. Smart Source A.1. steak sauce 10oz+  $1/1 (02/19/12) Bausch+Lomb Soothe Dry Eye product  $4/1 (03/31/12) Betty Crocker SuperMoist cake mix AND Ready to Spread [...] Read More...

I wish that my parents had written a hand book for my husband when we first got married. It would have made life so much easier. There were just some things he needed to know about living with me that I couldn’t explain to him all by myself. For instance, there were certain times that he needed to have a bag of peanut butter cups ready for me with no questions asked. He also needed to know Read More...

Boy did I blow the budget this week. But we’ll be trying out some fun new vegetarian meals to add to our future list of meatless recipes. All in the name of research, right?Win-co2 bags tortillas $3.76TP $4.98mushrooms $1.989 mini pizza crusts $10.022 vegetarian refried beans $2.10butter spread $2.642 cans garbanzo beans $1.362 gallons milk $5.06salsa $3.98English muffins $1.98apples Read More...

I didn’t know what to expect on the first day of the grocery bag ban. Well the only thing I expected was that everyone had gotten the memo, was I wrong… So much confusion, so much anger as if I’m asking the customers for donations. The bewildered look on the customers faces when they ask for paper bags and I tell them, “Sorry but we now charge 10 cents for each bag,” and trying to explain to them that its not our doing but its the new law that just passed. Read More...

Here’s this week’s Highlights! Estroven PM Caplets 24ct $10.00, $10.00RR on 1 $3.00/1 Product Final after RR: $3.00 Moneymaker! Just for Men Color $5.99 with ad coupon (excludes Autostop) limit 4 Try Me Free MIR $2.00/1 HERE Final: $2.00 Moneymaker South Beach Diet Snack or Meal Bars 5ct $5.99, $5.99RR on 1 $1.00/1 HERE Final [...] Read More...

Check out this week’s CVS Deals: Get $3 ECB wyb (3) American Greetings Cards (excludes clearance items) Limit 1 Free after ECB wyb (3) x $0.99 cards Get $3 ECB wyb Almay Intense i-Color Shadow, liner or mascara $5.99 Limit 1 – $2/1 Almay Cosmetic Product (1/1 SS) – $3/1 Almay CRT $2 MM after [...] Read More...