Angel Food

I just picked up this months Angel Food stash. Ever since I started in December-again a tip from my good friend Emily-I have really enjoyed this program. For those who aren't familiar here is their link I think Jason would agree we have been eating pretty well these past few months and saving money while doing it. You get tons of food for only $30. Here is a sample menu(actually next months).

2 lb. Fully Cooked Meatloaf
1 lb. Beef Fajita Strips
3 lb. Breaded Frying Chicken
2 lb. St. Louis Style Ribs
2 lb. Lasagna Dinner Entrée
1 lb. Gourmet Sausage
1 lb. Fully Cooked Meatballs
16 oz. Broccoli
15 oz. Refried Beans
12 ct. Tortillas
26 oz. Pasta Sauce
16 oz. Pasta
6 oz. Pancake Mix
16 oz. Fresh Carrots
3 lb. Golden Yukon Potatoes
4 oz. Chicken Noodle Soup (Makes 64 oz.)
4 lb. California Oranges
1 Dessert Item

I also just came across a website that has meal ideas and recipies that use these items here. I think this is going to be pretty helpful.

Easter Fun!

We just got back from a great weekend with my family in Piqua. It is so fun celebrating Easter together. It was a little cold but that didn't stop the kids-Faith(8), Evan(4), Issy(4) and Abby(2) from hunting eggs outside. There was no shortage of food but we almost went without dessert, which in my family would be a DISASTER. To make a long story short my mom baked some brownies that spilled over into the oven creating a smoke filled house-they set off every alarm! Luckily I had an extra brownie mix on hand to bake before coming over-I guess I saved Easter?

I must say the best part of the weekend though was going to Meijer with my sister Amanda! She has recently gone a little coupon crazy like myself and we both got some great deals but she really did well thanks to a $6 coupon that printed last time she was there. Check this out!


All this for a total of $4.23(she saved over $40!) Way to go Mandy!

CVS'ing

So most of you reading this already know but I have been working the CVS deals(basically getting LOTS of free stuff) for about 6 weeks. And let me tell you it has been worth the effort, and stress at times. This was my latest trip to CVS. All of the items pictured should have totaled 15.07(carefully calculated so I could use my $5/$15 coupon!). I did make a last minute adjustment to add the lip gloss instead of the dish soap I was going to get as a "filler". BIG MISTAKE! The lip gloss should have rang up for 30cents but it rang up for 2.99 and I didn't realize it until the receipt printed out-I was suspicious because I thought I calculated everything and it was a few dollars more then I thought. So after a long 10 minutes we finally got it worked out. Here are my final deal numbers

Total Before Coupons 15.07
-10.30 in coupons
Total after Coupons 5.07
Used 5 ECB's(Extra Care Bucks from previous purchases)
.07 Out of Pocket
and I earned 7 ECB's

Not Bad Huh....

Check out this link if you want to know where I learned my tricks!

Oh...and here are my biggest lessons learned!
1. Always be nice to the cashier NO MATTER WHAT!
2. Plan ahead
3. Stick with the plan if possible
4. Have a back up-most likely they will be out of something!
5. Take your ad with you! I always forget what is on sale...
6. Avoid being in a hurry...that is when I make mistakes.

Blizzard of 08

What a weekend! Both of us got off work early Friday because of the snow but we didn't quite realize what we where in for! This is what was outside our door on Saturday afternoon at about 4pm.








20.4 Inches of SNOW(my dad didn't believe me until he saw it on Fox News)! Luckily we left the snow shovel by the door so we didn't have to get in the garage. It took Jason(Beth did a little but we only had one snow shovel and being the gentleman that Jason is he did most of it) around 4 hours to shovel us out! We must say though- other then the shoveling it was a great weekend being snowed in.