Super Doubles Day 3

 

I had to go to 3 stores to find the All detergent. Luckily, the stores are all within a mile or two of each other.

Before coupons & sales- $130

Final cost after coupons and sales- $38.63

 

70% savings

 

I got the Gear deodorant at Lowes Foods on closeout. On sale for $2.49. Used a $2 Q that bought the price down to .49 or .98 for both.

 

So out of my $80 weekly grocery budget I have spent $75.80. I was able to stock up on things that I was running low on.

 

I really liked the Aleve deal.

 

A 100ct. bottle runs $10.99.

On sale for $8.99

Had a Q for $2 that doubled

Final cost- $4.99 for 100 ct.

That is a real blessing!

 

(The 50 ct. bottles usually run about $6 alone.)

 

Happy Super Doubles!

 

Amanda

Matthew 6:33

 

 

Dutch Potato Soup (GOOD for Cold Carolina Weather!)

This is an awesome (yet time consuming) soup to make. It has a lot of prep time that goes with it.

I like it too because it uses a lot of household staples. No fancy ingredients just wholesome goodness.

 

 You will need the following:

 

1 large onion-chopped finely

1 lb. bacon- cooked/crumbled

2 tablespoons of saved bacon grease

1/2 cup flour

Enough cut and diced potatoes to make 8 cups full

1 tablespoon thyme

2 cups milk

6 cups water (will need exact amount)

Salt & Pepper to taste

 

 

Cook down the onions in the bacon grease.

 

 

 

This is what they will look like. Brown and tender.

 

 

Bacon fried and grease saved.

 

 

8 cups taters diced

 

 

Place the water, thyme, and taters into a large soup pot. Boil until tender when inserted with a fork.

 

 

Drain taters.

 

 

Save the water.

 

 

Reserve half of the cooked taters and mash.

 

 

Mashed taters.

 

 

Add the flour. Mix well with the taters.

 

 

Pour the reserved water into the taters/flour mixture and mix well.

 

 

 

Add onions.

 

 

Add bacon.

 

 

Add the other half of the taters.

 

 

Pour in the 2 cups milk and stir.

 

 

Bring to a slow boil. It will thicken slowly.

 

 

All done!

 

This soup is not super thick. Enough though to be able to dip corn bread into and sup up!

 

Add cheddar cheese on top before serving. YUMMY!

 

 

 

Super Doubles Day #2!

 

(Not shown is 3 pks. of Huggies diapers)

 

 

80% savings!

 

Happy Mama!

 

 Paid $21.97

 

Got back $10 Catalina for the diapers

(Diapers were for my sisters grandbaby)

 

Total after the $10 Catalina- $11.97

 

3 pks. Diapers

3 Excedrin

3 Smoked Sausages

3 pks. Mashed taters

3 pks. Oreos

3 toothpastes

3 Palmolive

1 Lipton Tea

 

Very Blessed!

 

Amanda

Matthew 6:33

 

 

CVS Deal Jan.7th 2015

 

3 Sparkle Paper Towels $15 ($5 per pk.)

4 Stay Free Pads- $17.96 ($4.49 per pk.)

 

Before Coupons- $32.96

Used $3 CVS Q (birthday gift from CVS)

3- .50 Q's for paper towels

.50 Extra Bucks Quarter Rewards

4- $3 Q's for the pads

 

Total after Q's-$15.96 pre tax

 

Got back another $5 CVS Extra Buck Reward

$10.96 now

 

It's like paying 1.56 per item!

 

Thank you LORD!

 

Amanda

Matthew 6:33

It's Super Doubles Week at Harris Teeter! (Jan.7th-Jan. 13th- 2015)

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What is Super Doubles? Here in NC we have a grocery store called Harris Teeter. They double coupons everyday up to .99. This week though, they are doubling coupons up to $2. So that means a coupon for $1 now doubles to $2. A $2 coupon will double to $4. All which can lead up to great savings and makes it an excellent time to stock up so you don't have to pay full price!

 

Without coupons- $85

With coupons I only paid $25!

 

Happy Dance!

 

The plates were .50 (50 ct.)

Butter was $1.50 (1lb.)

 

I had rain checks for them.

 

All detergent was .89 a bottle (awesome deal!) (bogofree)

Palmolive was .79 a bottle (bogofree)

Ragu - B2G3free- .65 each

Lipton Tea- FREE! (bogofree)

Eckridge Sausage- .50

Idahoan Instant taters- .52 each

 

All prices are after sales and coupons.

 

You can use 20 Q's  a day.

 

I LOVE couponing!

 

Amanda

Matthew 6:33

 

 

My Weekly Grocery Trip & Breakdown on Costs

 

Here is this weeks grocery trip. I got everything but the buttermilk.

 

Hamburger Meat - 3lbs. $16 (OUCH! it ended up being $3.28 a lb.)

Orange Juice- 1 gallon $4

Milk 1 gallon- @3.50

Chicken Breasts 6 lbs.$13

Oranges - 5 lbs. $6 (OUCH!)

Eggs- 2 18 pks.- $4.80

1 head of Lettuce- $2

Mushrooms 1 lb. - $2.50

2 Cheese Salsas- $5

Tortillas- $3

Tomatos-2 $1.09

 

Not pictured is 3 loaves of bread and 1 12 pk, of Hamburger buns.

$4

 

Total- $65 (rounded  up)

 

The meat was not listed on things needed. It was however a good *stock up* price. I really don't see hamburger meat getting much cheaper at a sale price anytime soon.

 

I already have most of next weeks item for the menu. That's a good thing. I'll wait and see what is on sale next week and stock accordingly.

 

Trying to stay on track!

 

Blessings,

 

Amanda

Matthew 6:33

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Week Menu- (December 30th- January 15th)

 

 

It's been almost a month since I last posted. Now that Christmas is over its time to get back to the budget. I did go over the weekly grocery budget by about $60 for the month of December. Not good I know. It was Christmas though and I enjoy making *extras* for my family and my extended family.

 

Now with that confession made, its time to get back to business!

 

Here's the dinner menu plan for the next 2 weeks. It only includes dinners. Lunches and breakfasts are standard fare around here.

 

T- (30th)- Hamburgers & Homemade Ranch Fries

W- (31st)- Chicken Dumplings & Veggies

T-( 1st)- Reruns

F- (2nd)- Tacos

S-(3rd)- Homemade Lasagna & Salad

S- (4th)- Reruns

M- (5th)- Pancakes & Bacon

T- (6th)- Turkey, Stuffing & Veggies

 

W- (7th)- Reruns

T- (8th)- Onion Joes & Fries

F- (9th)- Soup & Sandwiches

S- (10th)- Homemade Pizza & Salad

S- (11th)- Reruns

M- (12th)- Dutch Potato Soup & Cheddar Cheese Cornbread

T- (13th)- Reruns

W- (14th)- Parmesan Chicken & Rice & Gravy/ Mashed Taters & Veggie

T- (15th)- Reruns

 

Here is what I will need to buy to complete the menu:

 

lettuce- 2 heads

tomato- 2 large

Hamburger Buns- 2 pks.

Bread- 2 weeks worth

Milk- 2 gallons

Eggs- 2 18 pks.

Chips- varies weekly

Chicken Breasts- 6 lbs.

mushrooms- 1 lb.

Orange Juice- 2 gallons

Oranges (looking for a good sale)

Salsa- 2 large jars

Tortilla Chips

Buttermilk

 

 

Cost  (about) $73 for 2 weeks or $37 for 1 week.

 

That leaves me with about $40 for 2 weeks. I'll use that to stock up on whatever sales the stores have coming up. LORD willin' that is.

 

I'm considering adding another $20 to my weekly menu so I can get more fresh fruit & juice. Making my weekly budget $80 a week instead of $60. I can afford to for now (thank you LORD!)

 

I guess I'll Just take it one week at a time and see if I can S_T_R_ E_T_C_H that $60 further.

 

Have a blessed week in Sweet JESUS!

 

Amanda

Matthew 6:33