Sunday, June 22, 2008

Rite aid deals June 22

I bought
OFF! mosquito lamp $10.99 sale $7.99 used $3 coupon from paper and $1 coupon from rite aid add. Total $3.99
2 Sea kelp shampoos $7.98 sale $5.98 after rebate $2
2 finesse conditioners $7.98 sale $6 after rebate $1
Crest tooth paste $3.99 sale $2.99 after rebate free

Full price $27.98
Sale $22.96
After coupons $18.96
After rebate $6.99

Tax adds $1.97
Total $8.96

Friday, June 20, 2008

Easy Peasy menu plan :)

I cant stand for long periods of time, in fact i shouldn't be using my knee at all. This makes cooking rather difficulty. Especially because my beloved husband is not a cook. He is on his way to becoming a barbecue master, but thats about it. Not to mention he's exhausted after a very very long day of work. We both agreed we don't want to eat fast food for the foreseeable future. My answer is simple meals, with liberal use of the crock pot.

Saturday evening after we go to the grocery store i want to put this breakfast casserole in the crock pot. We can eat it for breakfast Sunday morning. I plan to put the leftovers in tortillas, freeze the tortillas and reheat all week long. Yum!

Saturday I would like to eat fish for dinner. Perhaps with a pasta and pea side dish.

Sunday- Depends on what Dh wants.

Monday- leftovers, dh works

Tuesday- Chicken Bean Tortilla Soup yum

Wednesday- Roast with vegetables

Thursday- Italian Tortellini maybe with spinach salad

Friday-Leftovers

Saturday- We'll see!

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Rite aid deals

A quick after dinner rite aid run yielded:
2 liption rice packets normally $3.78 on sale for $1.98 after coupon $1.25
2 hershey packs $3.18 on sale for $1.58
Colgate sensitive toothpaste $3.99. sale for $2.99 after coupon $1.99 after rebate $1
3m bandiaids $3.99 on sale for $.99 used $1 coupon free
diapermate disposable bags $2.99 on sale $2.49 free after rebate
2 Vitamins for dh $9.98 sale bigo $4.99 after $1 coupon $3.99

Full price $27.91
sale before coupons $15.02
After coupons $11.27
After rebate $7.78

Walgeens deals

Monday Dh and I were in Walgreens, they had a deal on their thermacare heat wraps. They were 2/$12 with a $5 register reward. Dh LOVES these things, I try to buy them whenever I can. They also have a rebate when you spend $20 on thermacare you can get a $10 giftcard. So $24 in thermacare for $10 Register rewards, and a $10 giftcard. We can do that!

We will go back Saturday and buy 4 cross action oral B toothbrushes. I have 2 BiGo free coupons, and they have a $5.50 register reward. Which means we will spend $11 on $22 worth of product and get back $11 in register rewards. Brings out walgreens total to $35. Im going to take that $21 in register rewards and buy

Bacon 2/$6 use $1 coupon = $5
Snuggle sheets $1.99 use $1 coupon = $1
All $1.99 use .50 coupon = $1.50
huggies wipes 2/$5 use .50 coupon = $4.5
Advil $3.99 use $2 coupon = $1.99
Benefiber $4.99 use $2 coupon = $2.99
Total before coupons $23.96 on sale
Total $16.98 after coupons

When we get there i'm going to look at the price for move free advanced, its on sale bigo and i have a $5 off coupon. Dh would like it so we'll see. If its too expensive we will probably get another Benefiber for $3 (have more coupons) and some .79 candy to use all the register reward.

If this all goes correctly we will have spent a little more then $35 ($25 after rebate, there may be rebates available for the other products too. I have not looked yet) for $70 worth of product. Its actually more then $70 worth, that is the sale price!

Bum knee

Our in home interview went wonderfully, thank goodness the agency sent us an animal person! We were pressed to accept a sibling group again but she did accept our refusal. I have nothing but respect for parents who can do so, but thats not me. We *should* be licensed foster parents right now but Dh's boat refused to honor his signed day off, and as such we have to wait to take the class again (and drive very far to do it sooner) till July 12th. This could pose a problem as i have injured my knee badly enough to require a full leg immobilization cast. And the military doctors are dragging their feet, i hurt my leg a week and a half ago (had to go to the emergency room because I couldn't get a doctor appointment till the 24th) and Monday a full two weeks after i was hurt i can SCHEDULE the MRI to see whats up with my knee. Yeah. And i need another minor surgery that is waiting to see whats going on with my knee. I'll tell you what, I will book EVERYTHING around this class. Its more important to me then getting my knee fixed.

i'm struggling right now with being laid up on the couch. I had plans to pain my bathroom, finish the nursery trim, attack the yard, make concrete stepping stones,finish painting the outside of the house, make a rock back patio, and plant flower beds in front of the house. not to mention enjoying summer. Dh and i were thinking about taking a cruise! (through the military) We were going to stay in the caboose we stayed in our first night as a married couple for our 3rd anniversary. Instead my poor over worked husband is having to do the best he can around the house, while i do what I can without injuring myself.

There is a positive to all this.
I get time to read.
I found Dave Ramsey, and he is getting me fired up to do better financially.
I have time to scrap book, i love to do it but am usually to busy.
Plenty of time for animal pets.
Lots of time to coupon, and really search for good deals.
More mind full of trips in the car, since riding hurts and I cant drive.
We have cable TV, when i was sick from my ulcer we did not.
I don't make any income so we're fine financially
Navy medical, all the things I've been through would cost a fortune otherwise!

I'm trying to learn to be content with the way life HAS to be and not beat myself up over letting things go. I AM going to vacuum while sitting on the couch, lol. If only we had a wheelie chair down here i could vacuum a lot more but it would probably hurt the floor.

I do need to call our agency and advise them of the injury, which i hope does not cause any problems. I'm SO worried about that!