10-23-10

from Hip2Save

Wow! You can currently score a VERY sweet deal on the Similac Ready to Feed formula at Target! Here’s how….

*Similac (1 qt.) $3.86
(Sensitive Formula With Iron, Organic or Advance Early Shield)
Use the new $3/1 coupon found on Coupons.com
Final cost only $0.86!

from Passion For Savings

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There’s a great deal coming up on Huggies Diapers at Walgreens Next week. This Coupon will make them even better!

Save $2 off Huggies Diapers Printable Coupon

Walgreens will have Huggies Diapers for $7.99
Buy 1, Get a $1 Register Reward
Use $2 Huggies Printable Coupon
Pay just $4.99 each package after Register Reward.

I'm not sure but if you want to get more than one pack you

may have to do more than one transaction to get the register reward.

A register reward is a paper coupon that prints at the checkout

for money off your next visit to Walgreens.

Now I don't think you can use let's say a register reward you

got from Huggies on more packages of Huggies.

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When we picked up some Big K 2 liters
of pop the other day someone accidentally
got a regular pop. I won't let them have it
due to what the label says.

Regular Orange 2 liter soda

8 fl. ounce serving
140 calories
25mg sodium
32g carbs
31 grams sugar
caffeine free

Diet Grape 2 liter soda

8 fl oz serving
0 calories
20mg sodium
0 carbs
0 sugar
caffeine free

Diet pop does not have High Fructose Corn Syrup.

Regular pop has these bad things:
High Fructose Corn Syrup and
brominated vegetable oil.
Not sure what that is but doesn't sound good.

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You will hear me talk allot about what foods are
good for you and what is not.
The only way I can learn is to take notes
and let it start sinking into my head.

Eating fish is one of the best meats you can have.
My guess would be to buy tuna in water
rather than oil.
Fish is loaded with Omega-3 which is really really good
for you and your heart!

I have in front of me a can of 5 ounce can Bumble Bee light tuna
and a 2.5 ounce pouch of Bumble Bee light tuna.

each serving is around 2- 2.5 ounces for each.
By looks you would think the pouch tuna would be better.
BUT after doing some comparison it looks
as though the canned tuna is better for you!

Pouch Tuna
70 calories
0 fat
35mg cholesterol
240mg sodium
180mg potassium
0 carbs

Canned Tuna
50 calories
0 fat
30mg cholesterol
180mg sodium
90mg potassium
0 carbs

While canned tuna has lesser potassium
I feel it is better for you due to lower calories,
cholesterol and sodium.

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One of my next projects will
be to find a healthier cereal that the kids
will like. This will not be fun.
Have you seen how many cereals are
in a cereal isle???

Here is what I am currently reading
Choosing Cereal by Dr. Sears

How many grams of sugar should you be eating
a day?

The USDA says you should not have more than 40 grams of sugar a day. One can of soda has about 40 grams of sugar.

Here are some I am considering:
And now that I've researched some I got
to thinking, hey aren't most of these
the kinds of cereal you could get when
you had W.I.C.?
So if you've ever done that program
for women, infants & children
think about what you used to have you buy
because those items are good for you!

Sometimes if the cereal is too bland for the kids
I might add a teaspoon of Splenda to the cereal
to sweeten it up.

Honey Bunches of Oats 7 grams sugar--
(Yummy! One of my favorites! And I know Kroger has
their brand of it but don't know how many
grams of sugar for their brand but will find out)
Honey Nut Cheerios 9 grams sugar--
Cinnamon Life Cereal 8 grams sugar--
Multi-Grain Cheerios 6 grams sugar--
Berry Kix 8 grams sugar--
Kix 2 grams sugar--
Honey Gram Life Cereal 7 grams sugar--
Cheerios 1 gram sugar--
Wheaties 4 grams sugar--

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2:00PM

Kids went to a birthday party down the street
so me and Tony went to Kroger to get a few things.
While there I found a bunch of
mulitgrain bread on clearance for .49 cents!!
Also found some Kroger brand Frosted Flakes
for .79 cents manager special!
It has 12 grams sugar per serving.
I have some regular corn flake cereal I could
mix this with to cut that sugar in half per serving!
So there's a thought.
Still keep your kids favorite
cereal but mix in half of a similar cereal that's healthier to cut down the sugar intake!

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8:00PM

Just pretty much kicking back and chillin today.
Got most of my laundry done earlier this week
so won't have as much to do tomorrow.
Also earlier this week I went
around tidying the living & kitchen/dining areas
and did some vacuuming.
I did manage to wipe down the walls today.
With kids playing outside in the dirt during the
Summer months they always seem to have dirty
hands which end up making prints all over
the walls and door jambs.
This evening I decided to work on getting
my coupons organized. I am soooooooo
far behind with them.

Last week we went to a church sale.
I had bought 2 over the door clear plastic
shoe organizers for .75 cents for both.
At the time of getting them I didn't have
a plan of what to use them for.
Well I came up with and idea of what
to use one of them for tonight.
In the past couple months I haven't been
taking my coupon binder with me to the store.
Instead I just made lists and took whatever
coupons I was using with me.
Sooooo I needed to find a way to sort
my coupons at home without the coupon binder.
Something that was easily accessible, can
move anywhere I need it to go and doesn't
take up much needed space around here.
So here was my idea that I came up with
.I labeled each pocket with a different coupon
category. If company should come over
for holidays or whatever I can easily
transport this to the back of a bedroom door out of sight!
Or I could take it down, fold or roll it up,
and put it underneath the couch out of sight!