Happy Memorial Day

I'm a big girl now!

My youngest made her first attempts at going down the slides by herself:

Walgreens $16.44

2 Huggies 9.00 sale
Little Swimmers 6.99 sale
Goody's barrettes 2.99 sale

$27.98 + 1.96 tax = $29.94 Total
-2.00 Walgreens Little Swimmers coupon
-1.50 Little Swimmers coupon
-3.00 Huggies coupon
-2.00 Huggies coupon
-5.00 RR

$16.44 PAID
and rec'd new RR's of $3 & $3

Online Earnings Update

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2010 YTD Earnings:

Cash $27.95
Gift Cards $5

Total $32.95

Fareway $13.74

Blueberries pint 2.50 sale
Green Beans .69/lb sale = .55
Miracle Whip 1.97 sale
Mustard .79 sale
Brats 3.18
Ground beef 2.25 sale
Hillshire Farms smoked sausage 2.50 sale

$13.74 Total

Walgreens $7.09

Little Swimmers 6.99 sale
Iron Man Muscle Spray 5.99 sale
Goody's ouchless barrettes 2.99 sale

$15.97 + 1.12 tax = $17.09 Total
-2.00 Little Swimmers Walgreens May coupon
-1.50 Little Swimmers coupon
-2.00 RR
-4.50 RR

$7.09 PAID
and rec'd new RR's of $3 & $5

House Listed for Sale

It's official, my old house is for sale. I signed the realtor listing papers at 4pm today. I hope to sell it within 6 months. Wish me luck.

IT IS HOT!

We went from low 70's last week to 92' today. It is hot and humid!
I really wasn't ready for this.

Target $14.66

We stopped by Target on the way home today to look for shoes for my son, we didn't find that but we did get a few other things.

Heinz 40oz ketchup 1.00 sale

12 ears Sweet Corn 3.00 sale

2 pairs of jeans 4.98 clearance (for oldest daughter)

$13.96 + 0.70 tax = $14.66 Total

Hy-Vee $14.07

Hy-Vee is having another red hot weekend sale so I stopped as we were going by anyway.

3 Hamburger Helper 0.68 sale

6 Cottage Cheese 12oz 0.68 sale

1 Sour Cream 16oz 1.38

4 80% Ground beef 1.49 sale

4 Apricots 1.99/lb = 1.61

$15.07 Total

-1.00/3 Hamburger Helper coupon

$14.07 PAID

Garden Update

How is everyone's gardening efforts going?

I have moved all of my tomato, peas, broccoli, jalapeno, and habanero plants outside. I have all four of my hanging flower baskets full and hanging on the patio. Inside I still have a few flowers that are not mature enough to move outside and my bhut jolokia and red carribbean peppers have been transplanted to bigger pots but need to stay inside for quite a while yet. These particular peppers are not to be planted outdoors until the soil temperature reaches 60'.

I will try to take some pictures of my plants outside soon.

Fareway $26.88

Sprite 2L $1 sale

Watermelon 3.97 sale

Kraft deluxe mac n cheese 1.75 sale

Wonderbread 1.50 sale

10 Ground beef patties 10.55

Jello gelatin .50 sale

4 Jello pudding .50sale

4 Kraft singles 1.39 sale

$26.88

Do you buy CSA?

I have been debating whether to buy a CSA share this season?

I would really like to support a local farmer and I am really trying to incorporate more fresh fruit and vegetables into my families diet. To buy a share at our local CSA is $390 and that gets you a box of freshly grown, in season produce for 18 weeks. I am worried about getting things that my kids won't eat and having it go to waste, and not getting enough of things we will eat and having to buy more at the farmer's market or grocery store.

The deadline to buy a share is Friday. Ugh, I need to hear more from people that have done this before.

New Bike

I bought my oldest daughter a new bike today. Her old bike was just too small for her so it will eventually be used by her younger sister.

Soccer

Last regular season soccer game this morning. Tournament play starts Thursday!

My oldest daughter is the one in the middle.

Walgreens $10.65

Walgreens Diapers 4.99 sale
Duracell battery Charger 9.99 sale
EOS Shave Cream 2.99 sale
Walgreens Gummy Worms 0.39 sale

$18.36 + 1.29 = $19.65 Total
-3.00 RR
-2.00 RR
-2.00 RR
-2.00 RR

$10.65 PAID
and rec'd new RR's of $2 & $3

Fareway $5.36

2 GW 4lb Sugar 1.68 sale
Fiber One bars 2.50 sale

$5.86
-0.50 Fiber One coupon
$5.36 PAID

Online Earnings Update

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2010 YTD Earnings:

Cash $26.95
Gift Cards $5

Total $31.95

Aldi $15.89

Milk 1.99
3 Animal Crackers 1.29
3 Fudge stripe cookies 1.19
Rice Krispie treats 1.79
Noodles .99
Tator Tots 1.79
Fruit & Grain bars 1.89

Total $15.89

Hy-Vee $20.57

Ruffles 1.99 sale
2 Campbells cheddar cheese soup 1.00 sale
4 Kiwi 3/$1 sale
2.3lb Red Grapes 1.18/lb sale
6lb 85% Ground beef 1.88/sale
Ronzoni Smart Taste spaghetti 1.25 sale
4 Buddig lunch meat .50 sale

$22.57 Total
-1.00/2 Campbells coupon
-1.00/1 Ronzoni coupon

$20.57 PAID

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

I hope all the mothers reading this had a great day.

I spent mine doing the typical mommy things: taking care of a very sick little girl, cooking, and doing laundry. My little girl is so sick all she wants to do is cuddle on my lap, which is very nice, I just wish it was under better circumstances.

Fareway $5.39

Ran to Fareway really quick to get a movie and a few other things:

Ruffles 1.99 sale

Pretzels 0.99

Bread .72 sale

Half & Half 1.69

Total $5.39

Walgreens $1.90

I had to stop at Walgreens to get a prescription. There was only one deal that I wanted to do this week, so I did two transactions so that I could get two bodywashes.

2 SoftSoap Bodywash 2.99 sale

$5.98 + .42 tax = $6.40 Total
-2.50 RR
-2.00 RR

$1.90 PAID
and rec'd new RR's of $2 & $2

Checkup & Shots

My youngest daughter had her 18 month checkup and shots today. The doctor said everything is looking very good. And she was a really tough girl and barely wimpered when she got her shots.

Broken Toe

This morning I broke one of my toes. What horrible timing, I have a very busy week: two doctor's apptointments for the kids, orientation at next year's new intermediate school, plus five days of work and all my normal other duties. Ugh, walking is very painful, but there's nothing I can do to change it now.

YTD Spending

Here is a breakdown of my spending and saving on the categories that I track here on my blog.

January
Groceries $118.96
HBA & Cleaning supplies $9.22
Diapers $46.22
Coupon savings $52.28

February
Groceries $78.84
HBA & Cleaning $30.76
Diapers $15.23
Coupon savings $48.64

March
Groceries $123.89
HBA & Cleaning $43.69
Diapers $19.86
Coupon savings $50.48

April
Groceries $149.46
HBA & Cleaning $11.70
Diapers $10.33
Garden $14.36
Coupon savings $68.64


2010 YTD (Four Months)
Groceries $471.15
HBA & Cleaning $ 95.37
Diapers $91.64
Garden $14.36

Coupon Savings $220.04