9-12-10

This morning for breakfast I am going to fry up some potatoes and eggs. I have 5 pounds of potatoes that need used up. They are not as firm as they used to be and some have eyes which I just picked off.
Hash browns .75 cents,
4 eggs .32 cents,
4 cheese slices .24 cents
TOTAL for 4 servings: $1.31 or .32 cents a serving.

As soon as breakfast was made and served
I took the leftover remaining hasbrowns
and put them in the crock pot with the
following ingredients:

Potatoes .75 cents
1/2 container leftover frozen onion gravy- FREE
frozen celery from freezer already diced up- .10 cents
1 can cream of mushroom soup- FREE
1 cup of milk- .12 cents
about 1/3 cup plain yogurt- FREE (mom gave me)
1 pkg diced ham .89 cents
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese for top- .50 cents
sour cream & onion ruffled chips- FREE
(leftover from yesterday's trip. Will crush &
put on top of soup)

TOTAL COST FOR SUPPER: $2.36
serves 5 @ .47 cents a serving

If I used leftovers from other meals
then I consider it free. Those costs
were already added into those other
meals so leftovers are a freebie!

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Here are the wheels we got yesterday to put
on our fence. Hoping to get this done today.
We will be outside tinkering around cleaning
and me getting laundry washed and hung up.

4:00pm

This afternoon we spent cleaning up the yard
and carport area.
We also took down both gates
and installed the wheels on them.
Works really good.
The only problem now is the gap
between the gates where Dewaine
notched out a section of wood.
I guess we could leave it as is for now
or buy 1 more fence board to replace it.
For now I'm leaving it alone because
I'm too tired and have too much to do.
Started working on getting the Trans Am waxed up
for the Winter. I put on a coat of wax, wipe off
then top off with my secret ingredient of baby oil.
In the past when I didn't have time to wax
a car or didn't have any wax I got out a bottle
of baby oil, put a little on a rag and wiped the car
with it for a quick glossy clean.
You can see below the before and

after on the oxidized paint.Got the charger tucked in bed for the Winter.
Put the car cover over it to protect it
from the elements.
Also ran a hose from the water barrels along
the fence line out to the alley way
and have them draining.
Will keep the faucet turned on
so if any water tries to collect in there
it will run out through the hose.
Gotta make sure to drain water barrels
before Winter. If you don't you risk the chance
of the water freezing inside and them cracking.

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8:20PM

Got the kids each a shower,
packed up all their lunches,
Got clothes laid out for the next 7 days.
(socks, undies, shorts, top & shoes
for Tony and 2 boys.)

I did finally get my sales ads today
late afternoon.
Not going to do a big shopping list week.
Only going to get a few Hamburger Helpers
HAHAHAHAHAHAH .

Since I don't have a printer
I won some coupons off Ebay
for the Hamburger Helpers.
Should ship fast due to having
a balance in my paypal account.
Won't have to wait for anything to
clear from a bank, thank goodness.

This is my first time purchasing coupons
on Ebay!
I will be getting 20 coupons for
.75 cents ($1.50 doubled) on 3 Hamburger Helpers.

I know you are probably wondering
what's my urgency to get this many coupons at once.
Well let me tell ya the deal this week!

Hamburger Helper .99 cents
x's 3 is $2.97
minus $1.50 on 3 coupon
makes it $1.47 for 3 or .49 cents

Sound good so far???

For every 5 boxes I buy
I get a $3.00 Catalina coupon
good on my next shopping trip.
So it's like getting them all for FREE!!

use 2 of the $1.50 off 3 coupons
and buy 6 boxes
to get your catalina coupon.

You will probably have to go through
the checkout or visit the store several times
this week.
Because I'm sure it will only give
you one of those Catalina coupons
per transaction.

So I would have to do this
10 times with 20 coupons! 5 times
if I bring mom along.
And you thought couponing was easy.

So the end result would be this:
a total of 60 boxes of Hamburger Helper.
Pay $30
get back $30 in Catalina coupons
to use on next weeks shopping trip!
So in all reality 60 boxes for FREE!
I pay $30 now and turn around
and get $30 worth of food next
week for FREE!!

But oh no, let's sweeten this deal
even more!
I am hoping for some really good sales
next week since this week looks crappy
with other items on sale.

So here is how it will look for next week's
shopping trip:

10 Catalina coupons for $3.oo each= $30.00

Catalina coupon good for $4.00 off $40

Catalina coupon good for $5.00 off

2 Catalina coupons for $2.00 off= $4.00

THAT'S A TOTAL OF $43 off any of my groceries!!
And that doesn't include any manufacture coupons
I might have!

There's a possibility of not having to pay
for any of my groceries next week!!

But before doing anything
I will go straight to the service desk
before purchasing anything
and double check to see if I can
use as many of these Catalina
coupons.
When in doubt always get it ok'd
before jumping in head first.
Tony doesn't think this is possible.
But does anyone remember
back around Easter when we had
a bet about how much I could
get for $5.00???
Guess who won that bet???

OOH OOH got a plan B to this deal.
But like I said always check with the service
desk to see if it will work first!

I'm still thinking about this one because
there is a little flaw that I will point out.

Buy 6 Hamburger Helpers $5.94
give them two $1.50 coupons
makes it $2.94
Get a $3.00 catalina

Now I could turn around and
get 6 more Hamburger Helper
for $2.94 but I need something
to make up that .06 cents
to bring me up to $3.00
to use that $3.00 off coupon
to make everything almost FREE.
No tax on food so that wouldn't help.
Think, Think

OK what is the cheapest thing
you can buy at the store???
Ramen Noodles run about .15 -.18 cents each
is Kool-Aid still .10 cents each. Really wish it was!!
What else is there????

But anyway the reason I say check with the service desk
is because I remember when buying let's say Tylenol
at Walgreens and getting a Catalina coupon
I could not use that specific coupon towards another
purchase of Tylenol because it was Tylenol
that offered the coupon in the first place.

So will have to do this as a trial an error.

So 60 boxes would cost me:
(break down)

$2.94 for first 6
Need to pay this to get the first Catalina.
If Kool Aid is still on sale for .10 cents each
then an additional 9 more times through
the checkout with 6 boxes & a pack of Kool Aid
each time would be
$2.94 ( 6Hamb. Help with manf. coups) + .10 cents (Kool Aid)=
$3.06 - $3.00 catalina coupon.
.06 cents x 9 trips through checkout is .54 cents

You should get a $3.00 Catalina coupon
each time you buy 6 Hamb. Helpers.


Then add in the cost I paid
for all the coupons from Ebay
for a grand total of
$4.98 for 60 boxes!!

That's .08 cents a box.

Hamburger Helper is regularly
around $2.00 a box
x's 60 is $120
minus $4.98 what I should pay
I would save $115.02!!!!!

Here are some coupons on
Ebay for
Hamburger Helper
You need the ones that
are .75 cents off 3.

I won mine yesterday and
will get shipped Monday.
I looked for a person
that was closest to Ohio
to possibly get shorter
shipping time.

HAVE I LOST ANYONE YET???
LMAO!!

Told ya I got my thinking cap on tonight!!
Well brain is fried, lol.
Time for bed.
All that matters is that I know
what I am talking about huh,
LMAO!