1-7-11

Sneak peek for Meijers sales
1/9 - 1/15

California large seedless naval oranges
6 for $2.00 (.33 cents each!)

Kraft shredded, crumbles or cubed cheese
$1.88

Light & fluffy egg noodles 12 ounce $1.00

.Ronzoni Healthy Harvest, Garden delight, or Smart Taste $1.00
$1/2 Ronzoni Healthy Harvest Pasta Ronzoni Healthy 1/3/2011 Rolling
$1/2 Ronzoni Smart Taste Pasta Ronzoni Garden 10/26/2010 Rolling
$0.75/1 Ronzoni Garden Delight Ronzoni Garden 10/26/2010 Rolling
Final Price: As Low As FREE!.

Starkist chunk light tuna 5 ounce can
2 for $1.00

Hormel compleats dinners $2.00
coupon $1.50 off 1
makes it .50 cents each.

Johnsonville breakfast pork, sausage links or patties
$2.69
$1.10 coupon
Makes it $1.59 each.

Buy 1 HP ink cartridge
get 1 40% off.

Hillshire Farm Rope Style smoked Sausage, Cheddarwurst, or Brats $2.00
$0.75/1 Hillshire Farm CheddarWurst Smoked Sausage Go Meat 11/24/2010 Rolling
$0.75/2 Hillshire Farm Smoked Sausage Products Hillshire Farm 10/5/2010 Rolling
Final Price: 2/$3.00

.Jimmy Dean Roll Pork Sausage or cooked links, patties, or crumbles $2.69
$1/1 Jimmy Dean Hearty Sausage Crumbles All You Holiday 2010 12/22/2010 (exp 1/31/2011)
$1/1 Jimmy Dean Fully Cooked Product 10/31/2010 RP Insert (exp 3/31/2011)
$1.50/2 Jimmy Dean Sausage Rolls 10/10/2010 RP Insert (exp 1/31/2011)
$1/2 Jimmy Dean Sausage Rolls 10/10/2010 RP Insert (exp 1/30/2011)
Final Price: As Low As $1.69.

.Chi Chi’s Microwavable Meals $2.00
$1/1 CHI-CHI’s Fiesta Plates Meal Chi-Chi’s 9/5/2010 Rolling .

.Splenda 25% OFF (Meijer Meal Box $1.00/2)
$2/1 Splenda No Calorie Sweetener Packets CouponNetwork.com 1/5/2011 (exp 2/5/2011)
$2/1 Splenda Sweetener Granulated Fiber (IE) Bricks 9/29/2010 Rolling Printable (FF)
$1/1 Splenda Product (IE Bricks 9/29/2010 Rolling Printable (FF)
$3.50/2 Splenda Product Splenda 7/31/2010 Rolling
$1/2 Splenda Product Splenda 7/31/2010 Rolling .

.Maxwell House Coffee or International Coffee $2.50
$1/2 Maxwell House International Cafe-Style Printable 12/14/2010 Rolling
$0.50/1 Maxwell House Coffee 11/14/2010 RP Insert (exp 1/31/2011)
$1/2 Maxwell House Coffee or International Cafe 11/14/2010 RP Insert (exp 1/31/2011)
Final Price: As Low As $1.50.

.Green Giant Vegetables $1.00
$0.50/1 Green Giant Frozen Vegetables Green Giant 9/16/2010 Rolling
Final Price: FREE!.

.Danactive Drinks, activia, or Activia Desserts $1.88
$0.55/1 Dannon DanActive Coupons.com 1/2/2011 (exp 2/2/2011)
Final Price: $.88.

.Progresso Soups $.99
$1/4 Progresso Soup 1/2/2011 GM Insert (exp 2/26/2011)
$1/4 Progresso Soup 12/5/2010 GM Insert (exp 1/29/2011)
$1/4 Progresso Soup 11/21/2010 SS Insert (exp 1/15/2011)
Final Price: 4/$2.96.

.Boston Market Dinners Or Pot Pies $2.20
$1/3 Boston Market Frozen Homestyle Meals Boston Market 4/7/2010 Rolling
Final Price: 3/$5.60.

.Bic Soleil Bella, or Flex 4, or Bic Hybrid $4.64
B1G1 Bic Disposable Shaver 1/9/2011 SS Insert (exp 2/6/2011)
$2/1 Bic Soleil Bella Shaver (IE) Bricks 6/17/2010 Rolling Printable (FF).

.SoftSoap Hand Soap $1.67
$0.35/1 Softsoap Liquid Hand Soap 1/2/2011 SS Insert (exp 1/22/2011)
Final Price: $.97.

.Loreal Kids haricare $1.99
$0.75/1 L’Oreal Kids Toy Story Shampoo or Product 10/24/2010 RP Insert (exp 1/16/2011)
Final Price: $.99.

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9:40am

Still feeling like poo poo!!
Now I have the runny nose, yuck!
My head's so in a cloud at the moment
I almost took heartburn pills instead
of ibuprofen. The bottles looked the same.
It was a good thing the heartburn medicine
was a different shape!

My house is in a shambles
and all I'm thinking about doing
is going back to bed!

Found a couple of sample freebies
of Emergen-C 1,000mg. It was the kind you pour
into a glass of water, yuck.
And it says you can take twice a day
for a total of 2,000mg. I think that's
a little much of vitamin c for 1 day!

I can't take my mouth temp with a stuffed up nose.
So I have been doing it under the arm.
When taking temps under the arm
you are supposed to add a degree.
So my temp is still hanging around 100.7.
3 days of a fever. Sure wish it would break!
3.5 days of feeling sick.
I think an average cold can last 5-7 days
but some can last up to 2 weeks.
A viral (cold) fever can last 2-3 days typically
but could go as long as 2 weeks.

Well I think I'm gonna go and fill up the vaporizer
and head back to bed!!
It's only 10am! Nigh nigh.

It's looking like a hot dog and macaroni
& cheese night. A supper that Tony
can make for everyone, lol.

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Coupon for $6.00 off
when you purchase any 2
Zyrtec (25 count or larger),
Pepcid, Motrin, Motrin PM
or Precise cream or patch, excludes trial sizes.

I looked up Motrin at Walgreens
and found 24 count for $4.49 x's 2 is $8.98
minus $6.00 is $2.98.

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3:47pm

A kid, who looked like a young junior high student,
came to the door asking for the boys, who
are not even home from school yet.
I said they weren't home yet so he asks
what time it was. I say 10 til 4.
He says can you tell me what that means!
I then say 3:47. He understood that but
couldn't understand 10 til 4!!
What are they teaching kids in school???

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My next entry into the
Jelly Belly Cupcake Contest :0)

Baby Bassinet Cupcake


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7:30pm


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$1/1 Xtra Detergent coupon

Kendra- If you don't need this coupon
I sure could use it if you could print it
out for me :0)

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Deals for 1/9 -1/15 at Walgreen’s

Lazy Town Complete multi w/DHA Gummy Bear Vitamins 60′s, $5.00
Get $5.00 RR
Final Price = FREE

Reach Total Care Toothbrushes, $3.99
B1G1 Reach Toothbrush 10/10/2010 RP Insert (exp 4/30/2011)
$2/2 Reach Toothbrushes SmartSource.com 1/7/2011 (exp 2/2/2011)
$2/1 IVC – In Ad Coupon – takes a total of $4 off
Final Price = FREE

EOS Products, $2.99
Get $2.00 RR
Final Price = $.99

Lysol Healthy Touch Hand Soap System, $11.99
Get $7.00 RR
$3/1 Lysol No Touch Hand Soap System Starter Kit 1/9/2011 SS Insert (exp 2/8/2011)
Final Price = $1.99

Tylenol Precise products, $5.99
Get $3.00 RR
$2/1 Tylenol Precise Product 12/12/2010 RP Insert (exp 3/31/2011)
Final Price = $.99

Pantene Hair Care, 2/$7
Get $2.00 RR
$3/2 Pantene Product 12/26/2010 P&G Insert (exp 1/31/2011)
Final Price = 2/$2.00

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8:00pm

I've added more Meijer coupon & sales
match ups. See posts from earlier.

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from passionforsavings

I wanted to give you the heads up on a deal that will be starting at Walgreens on Sunday. There will be a Buy 1 Get 1 Free Coupon for Stayfree Pads in the Sunday 1/9/11 Inserts. This is valid on any package of Stayfree Pads up to a $6 Value.

Walgreens will have an in ad coupon on Stayfree Pads for $3 Off which will make these Free when you combine with the new $1/1 Stayfree Coupon on Smartsource.com

Here’s how to get Stayfree Pads for Free!

Buy 2 Packages of Stayfree @ $6.49 each
Use the Buy 1 Get 1 Free Coupon from the 1/9/11 Inserts (Will only deduct $6 since that’s the max value on the coupon)
Use the $1/1 Stayfree Coupon on Smartsource.com
Use the In Ad Coupon for $3 off (Will Deduct $6)
FREE + $0.02 in Overage after Coupons!

Note: you shouldn’t have any problems using this coupon since it states “Any Stayfree Product” The Cashier should just enter the Max Value of $6 for this coupon.

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1-6-11

HAPPY 11TH BIRTHDAY TO CHRISTOPHER!!

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7:30am

Still no change with feeling any better.
I woke up to cold chills, fever 100.7
and what felt like the Sahara Desert
in my mouth. It hurts like heck in
my chest and ribs when I cough!
I didn't sleep well and took my inhaler to
bed with me. I had to prop myself up
to sleep because it was more difficult
to breathe laying flat.
I called my mom last night to see if my step-dad
could take her to her dentist appointment today.

I got a cupcake train to finish when I feel
the first burst of energy. I'll just pull up
a stool to the kitchen counter because
you know the feeling you get when feeling
a little tipsy? Well that's how I feel minus the
alcohol. I'm afraid of screwing up these
cupcakes because my mind isn't fully functional
at the moment.
Gosh I sound like a big cry baby at the moment
but it's how I feel. I get agitated not being
able to move around and do things.

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9:30am

Boy the ibuprofen I've been taking helps
sooo much with body aches and chills! If it wasn't
for that I'd probably be back in bed.
I've been trying to work on the train
little by little.
I took graham crackers and cut each
square into fours to make the wood
for the railroad track.

Sitting here looking out the window
and are starting to see snowflakes, yuck!

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11:00am

I got the train cupcakes completed! Whew!



11:30am - 3:30pm

4 hour nap!
Got up and took some more ibuprofen
due to feeling chilled again.

5:15pm

Feeling a little better thanks to the ibuprofen.
Might try to make it to Ci Ci's tonight.
I'll just have to take it slow and easy!
Oh the things I do for people no matter
how I feel!!!!

What are the chances that I just got an email
from Ci Ci's Pizza with a coupon for
2 can dine for $9.99
which includes 2 entrees and 2 drinks!
This could not have been time any more perfect!!
Sorry it's not a coupon I can share as I have
to print out the email they sent.
You can sign up for their EClub HERE
to be sent special offers!

Well I just submitted my cupcake train
to Jelly Belly's contest.
I think it takes 48 hours before it will
show up on the website.
I called it Jelly Belly Express!

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5:45pm - 8:25pm

Finally home, whew, what a mess it
was out there. I swear it took about an hour
to go down Morse Rd to Hamilton Rd
because traffic was at a crawl with the snow.
The first thing I ate when arriving at Ci Ci's?
Chicken Noodle Soup!

We stopped in Kroger at Stoneridge since
it was by Ci Ci's. Needed some more
ibuprofen and some batteries for Christophers
train he got for his birthday.
I browsed the mark downs.
Found boxes of candy canes for .10 cents
and bagged peppermints for .25 cents.
Got them to suck on since I'm coughing like crazy.
Also found lil bags of walnuts for .50 cents each.
Christopher found a toy he got with money
the grandparents gave him for his birthday.
It was $29.99 marked down to $14.99.
Anyways I'm glad to be back home
to rest! My body feels jittery when I'm up
moving around like I have little energy.

........And of course with my jitters I had
to make a mess all over me!!
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1-5-11

11:00am

Left for Meijers around 8:20am
and just now got home.
My back and legs are hurting
pretty good from all the walking.

Meijers Christmas items are 90% off.
Christmas food items 75% off.

I got beaded red garland for .70 cents
for 9 foot. Regular $7.00.
Thinking about doing a red & white
tree next Christmas.
Too bad I couldn't find red ball ornaments.

Also got huge Christmas ball ornaments,
packs of 2 for .70 cents.
Also regular $7.00 each.
These are the kind you hang from
trees outdoors.

Christmas Betty Crocker cake mixes
.39 cents each

Nestle Tollhouse Christmas chips .66 cents each.
Mint & chocolate mix.

I went over my budget but along with grocieries
I got the Christmas stuff,
some little Christmas gifts,
birthday cakes & ice cream &
stuff to make more jelly belly cupcakes.

It's hard to come up with ideas
for the jelly belly contest!
I have one I want to try for
Christopher's birthday I kinda came up
with this morning, so stay tuned
to see what I come up with :0)

11:20am

Ever since waking up from my nap
yesterday I have felt like crap.
Doesn't make sense as I thought a nap
would make me feel more rested.
Instead I got the cold chills, which come & go,
and now my muscles hurt from shivering.
And my chest hurts somewhat when I cough.
I've been taking hits off my inhaler
since last night. It seems to help.
I need to bounce back out of this crap
because I have a cake to make today or tomorrow,
taking everyone out to eat tomorrow at Ci Ci's,
then walking around a 100,000 foot
showroom at the train show on Saturday.

Well I think I am going to go lay down
and watch some of the Ghost Hunters
marathon that is going on today.

12:03pm

My face started to feel like it was getting hot
so I took my temperature.
I had already taken ibuprofen about
an hour ago for muscle aches.
The thermometer said 100.1 degrees.

I'm starting to wonder if I am cursed around
birthdays. On my birthday I was sick,
Christopher's is tomorrow
and I'm not feeling well either.
Wasn't sick anywhere in between those
birthdays.
grrrrr!

Mom was sick around Christmas and they came
over about a week ago for a gift exchange. They say it usually
takes a week for a virus to set in.
So now I wonder if I got her cold since
it's the same symptoms.
Well I'm popping a couple vitamin D3's and
heading to bed to go nigh nigh!

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This guy has an amazing voice.
He was found at Hudson & 71 off ramp
here on the North end of Columbus!
..

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5:50pm

Aren't I a good mom.
I feel like bleep de bleep and I made
everyone tacos for supper
and are now working on mini
and regular sized chocolate cupcakes
for Christopher's birthday tomorrow.
Mom's never seem to get a day off,
even when sick, unless they are in the hospital.

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8:00pm

Well I can't take no more of baking
and are gonna go lay down.
Sickies are getting the best of me.
I try to go as long as I can
before laying down.
So if I made it this far I am doing good.
Tomorrow I need to finish Christopher's
cake, and for those of you who can't see
what it will be, it's a train made out of
cupcakes. I had a few extra
cupcakes I tinkered with also.
The train still needs it track made
along with wheels put on.
It is a steam engine (in the middle) and it
will have a coal car, the cupcake with
the black and brown jelly beans.

SunflowersMushroom
Flower pot with flowers

Panda
Then tomorrow I have to
take mom back to the dentist at 10am.
Don't know how I'm gonna survive that or
how long that will last.
And I don't think I will be getting any
adjustments for myself with the way I'm
feeling. Don't need to be breathing on
people if I can help it!

Well it's 8:15pm and I'm off to bed!
Getting chills and took my temperature
which was 100.2 degrees.
Just took 2 more ibuprofen.

Night night!

1-4-11

Yesterday Tony priced Lexus lug nuts
at NAPA for our car.
They want $86 for a set of 20!
($4.30 a lug nut!)
Plus you might have to wait
4 weeks for them to order it
since they have none in stock.
My solution to getting something cheaper
is always check Ebay!
I found new ones on there that are
factory lug nuts for $17 with $5 shipping, $22 total.
($1.10 a lug nut!)
That's a savings of $64!!

Ebay also came to the rescue when
we needed cell phone chargers and batteries.
I priced them at Sprint for $20 - $50.
Ebay, $2-$3!!

Another example is Tony wears
diabetic socks. Those are ridiculously
expensive in stores, like around $3-$5 a pair!
($72-$120 if I bought 24 pair)
One year I got him 2 dozen new socks for about $25
on Ebay!

Oh, Tony was able to get both calipers unfrozen, yeah.
If not, 2 new ones would have cost $160!
So there was another $160 saved!

Well I've gotten my grocery list
about 95% done.
Still need to go over my list
and see what I really need and
what we could do without.
Just because something may be
a really good deal does not mean
you should get it.

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Mom's dentist appointment went
much quicker today!
The appointment was for 11:00am.
We got there at 10:35 and was out
at 10:50! So glad it wasn't as long
as yesterday!
We go back Thursday at 10am.
I decided I would also get some adjustments
made also while there for $20.

Ooh goodie. I get to take me a nappie today.
I haven't had one in about a month it seems.
I so need one to get caught up with my sleep.

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4:00pm

I've been cranking the heat back to 69 degrees
during the day then back up to 72/73 in the evening.
I'm hoping to cut back on gas and electric some.

Supper has been in the crock.
I've got pork chops with leftover sauerkraut.
Then for sides will have mac & cheese and corn.
Pork chops $2.73
corn .35 cents
Mac & cheese .60 cents
sauerkraut (leftover) free

Total $3.68
Serves 5 @ .73 cents a serving

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4:45pm

Ever get cold chills without a cold or fever?
That's me right about now, brrr.
I can't seem to get warm.
I turned the heat up to 73 degrees
and put a sweater on.
Now my muscles hurt from shivering
so I popped a couple ibuprofen.

I think I went over my grocery list
about 4 times trying to get it down to
a price amount that I liked.
Well to the point my head is hurting anyway!
It will still cut into next weeks grocery money.
The most expensive item I need to get
isn't food anyway, it's heartburn medicine
which could run $7-$10 by itself for store brand.
And also I need birthday cake mixes and ice cream for
two birthdays this month.
So those 5 items are actually extra expenses
that I don't get all the time.
So that's where I am running over with my budget.
What I'm getting tomorrow along with
what I have in the stockpile should get us
through til the end of the month.
I also made a meal list so I know
what to make with what I buy and
what I have on hand.

I think the only meat I am getting tomorrow is a
pound of ground sausage. I'm pretty stocked
up with meat for the moment.
And even then I plan to stretch that sausage.
I want to make tacos and taco salad.
So I will use only a half pound of sausage
for each meal and mix it with some
rice to stretch it. Rice goes with
Mexican meals anyway.

1-3-11

Starting today I'm gonna try to save all receipts
throughout the year for grocery shopping alone
to see how much we spend over 12 months time.
Won't be easy as I might forget sometimes
or misplace a receipt but will give it my best.
I'm gonna get a gallon zip bag
and label it grocery receipts and place them
all in there.

Might do a Meijer grocery trip this week
so here are some Meijer coupon match ups I found online.

.Old Orchard Frozen Juice Mix - $1.00
10 for $10 Sale, 11th Item Free, Mix & Match

• $1/4 Old Orchard Frozen Juice Concentrates (IE)
• $1/4 Old Orchard Frozen Juice Concentrates

Net Price $.75/ each

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.V8 Splash or Splash Smoothies - $1.68

• $1/2 Campbell's Diet V8 Splash Juice Beverage Varieties
• $1/2 V8 Splash Juice 01/02/11 SS Insert (exp 02/13/11)

Net Price $1.18/ each

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. V8 Fusion or V-Fusion - $2.50

• $1/2 V8 V-Fusion Juice, 46oz
• $0.75/1 V8 V-Fusion Juice 01/02/11 SS Insert (exp 02/13/11)

Net Price $1.75 or $2.00/ each

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.Red Gold Tomatoes - $1.00
10 for $10 Sale, 11th Item Free, Mix & Match

• $1/4 Red Gold Tomatoes
• $1/3 Red Gold Tomatoes 10/24/10 SS Insert (exp 01/31/11)
• $0.75/2 Red Gold Tomatoes

Net Price as low as $.63/ each

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.Hunt's Spaghetti Sauce - $1.00
10 for $10 Sale, 11th Item Free, Mix & Match

• $1/3 Hunt's Tomato Products Hunt's
• $1/5 Hunt's Tomato Product's Meijer MealBox (exp 01/21/11)

Net Price as low as $.67

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.Old El Paso Beans or Taco Shells - $1.00
10 for $10 Sale, 11th Item Free, Mix & Match

• $0.60/2 Old El Paso Products
• $0.50/2 Old El Paso Products 11/14/10 SS Insert (exp 01/08/11)

Net Price as low as $.50/ each

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.Campbell's Cream Mushroom or Cream Chicken Soup - $.79

• $1.50/3 Campbell's Condensed Soups
• $0.40/3 Campbell's Condensed Soup 01/02/11 SS Insert (exp 03/15/11)
• $0.40/2 Campbell's Condensed Soups 12/12/10 SS Insert (exp 02/15/11)

Net Price as low as $.29/ each

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.Campbell's Spaghettio's - $.50

• $0.40/2 Spaghettios Canned Pasta 12/12/10 SS Insert (exp 02/15/11)

Net Price $.10/ each

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.Grands Biscuits - $1.00
10 for $10 Sale, 11th Item Free, Mix & Match

• $1/2 Pillsbury Grands! Biscuits
• $0.40/3 Pillsbury Grands or Grands Jr Biscuits 11/14/10 GM Insert (exp 02/05/11)
• $0.30/2 Pillsbury Grands Refrigerated Biscuits
• $0.30/2 Pillsbury Refrigerated Grands! Biscuits

Net Price as low as $.50/ each

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.Coffee-Mate Creamer - $2.50

• $0.75/1 Nestle Coffee-Mate Liquid Creamer
• $1/2 Nestle Coffee-Mate Liquid Creamer All You Dec 2010 (exp 03/31/11)
• $1/2 Coffee-Mate Liquid Creamer Meijer MealBox (exp 01/21/11)

Net Price as low as $1.50

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.Yoplait Yogurt - $.50

• $0.50/8 Yoplait Yogurt Cups 11/14/10 GM Insert (exp 01/08/11)
• $0.40/6 Yoplait Yogurt Cups 11/14/10 GM Insert (exp 01/08/11)
• $0.40/6 Yoplait Yogurt 01/02/11 GM Insert (exp 02/26/11)
• $0.50/8 Yoplait Yogurt 01/02/11 GM Insert (exp 02/26/11)
• $0.50/4 Yoplait Yogurt Cups

Net Price as low as $.25/ each

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.Green Giant Boxed Frozen Vegetables - $1.00
10 for $10 Sale, 11th Item Free, Mix & Match

• $0.60/3 Green Giant Frozen Boxed Vegetables 12/05/10 GM Insert (exp 01/29/11)
• $0.60/3 Green Giant Frozen Boxed Vegetables 11/14/10 GM Insert (exp 01/08/11)

Net Price $.80/ each

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. Ore Ida Frozen Potatoes - $2.50

• $2/2 Ore Ida Frozen Hash Browns 12/05/10 SS Insert (exp 02/07/11)

Net Price $1.50/ each

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. Marie Callender's Dinners - $2.00

• $1/1 Marie Callender's Fresh Flavor Steamers
• $1/1 Marie Callender's Fresh Flavor Steamers

Net Price $1.00

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.Lean Cuisine Entrees - $1.99
Buy 6 & Get $3 Off Instantly

• $1/3 Lean Cuisine All You Jan 2011 (exp 02/28/11)
• $1/4 Stouffer's Dinners, Lean Cuisine Dinners, Lean Cuisine Market Creations Meijer MealBox (exp 01/21/11)

Net Price as low as $.91/ each

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.Palmolive Dish Detergent - $2.00

• $2/2 Palmolive Dish Liquid 01/02/11 SS Insert (exp 01/22/11)

Net Price $1.00/ each

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.Bob Evans Sausage - $2.79

• $1/2 Bob Evans Sausage (IE)
• $0.50/1 Bob Evans Sausage (IE)
• $1/2 Bob Evans Sausage 12/12/10 SS Insert (exp 01/16/11)

Net Price as low as $1.79

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.Colgate Toothpaste - $1.00

• $1/1 Colgate Total Advanced Toothpaste All You Jan 2011 (exp 02/28/11)
• $1/1 Colgate Total, Max White, Max Fresh or Colgate Sensitive Toothpaste 01/02/11 SS Insert (exp 01/22/11)
• $1/1 Colgate Toothpaste 01/02/11 SS Insert (exp 01/22/11)

Net Price Free

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.Suave Body Wash or Kid's Shampoo - $1.68

• $0.50/1 Suave Naturals Body Wash

Net Price $.68

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.Crest Toothpaste - $1.68

• $0.50/1 Crest Toothpaste 12/26/10 P&G Insert (exp 01/31/11)
• $0.75/1 Crest Toothpaste 12/26/10 P&G Insert (exp 01/31/11)

Net Price as low as $.68

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Other coupons

.Malt O’Meal Cereal
$1/2 coupon found here or the regional $2/2 coupon found in the 1/2 SS



.*$1 off any bag of 4oz Kettle brand baked potato chips
*$1 off any two Pop Secret 94% Fat Free or 100 Calorie Items.


WALGREENS

.
TwinLab Max Dots Resveratrol Dietary Supplement Tablets (60 ct) $9.99
Use the $10/1 Walgreens coupon found in the January coupon booklet
(From what I’ve heard this Walgreens coupon auto-adjusts to $9.99 and does not beep!)
Final cost FREE!.

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9:00am - 2:30pm

Been at the dentist office with mom.
Still have to take her back tomorrow at 11:00am.
Then go back Thursday.

Sooo, looks like this week Wednesday
will be grocery shopping day.
That'll give me an extra day to make up
my list and round up any coupons :0)

Well gonna go lay on the couch and rest my eyes
til the bus comes. I stayed up late last night
trying to finish everything.
I was falling asleep in the dentist's office
waiting room!

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Well I guess about 35 minutes of resting
my eyes will have to do.
I awoke to someone knocking on the door.
It was a friend of the boys saying
he was locked out of his house. I let him in and let him
use the phone to call his dad.
Dad's on the way home and so is this kid
now. He actually lives a couple blocks from here.
So it's good to know this kid won't be outside
in this bitter cold!

It's 3:45pm. I threw in the second
turkey pizza I had made. Yeah, I know,
we had turkey pizza yesterday and are
having it two days in a row.
I'm just that tired to make anything else.
I really wanted some pork chops done up
in the crock pot with some sauerkraut.
Maybe tomorrow.

One thing I do have to do is make
some bread cubes or croutons.
I weeded out my freezer of all
the extra bread and heels I had been saving
and have it all thawed out.
So that needs to be cut up,
tossed with oil and baked before it
goes bad.

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7:50pm

My Tea Party Cupcakes
are now on Jelly Belly!


Got all my bread cut up and made into
croutons tonight.
You'd be amazed at how much bread
you would throw away with just the heels alone!
I save them all until I have a bunch to
make croutons. I can then make stuffing,
use them on salads or put into food
processor and use on meats as breading.
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McDonalds is running a special
at the moment.
I saw it on the menu when me & mom
ate there today.
4 hamburger or cheeseburgers
AND
4 fries
for $5.00.

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Cold Spell Causes Issues For Produce Farmers, Higher Costs.

Channel 4 News


Time to stock up on those Meijer sales
this week with some produce for $1.00
or other produce on sale.
Buy things that you can freeze.
Like the $1.00 carrots and onions can be blanched
and frozen or if you have the time and patience,
put in a food dehydrator.

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Thinking about taking Christopher to
Ci Ci's Pizza for his birthday then
to the Train Show at the
Convention Center this weekend.
Adult $10 each
Children under 16 Free
.

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1-2-11

12:15pm

Don't ya hate it when your run out
of ice cubes and you're craving a cold drink!
We don't have room to put pop in our
fridge so we store it on the shelves
and go through lots of ice cubes.
I found a temporary solution to
having a cold pop today with no ice cubes, lol.
I found one of those freezer pops,
the ones in plastic, and put that in my
pop, lol. Hey it worked.
When one side melted I flipped it over.

I've been looking through Meijer's ads online
because I have yet to receive my door ads.
They seem to have allot of good deals this week.
They have lots of items that are
buy 10 for $1.00 each and get the 11th item free.
Some of their $1.00 sales this week.

This week in the Sunday Dispatch
are 4 coupon inserts!!
I haven't looked through coupons yet
to see if there are any match ups.



3 lb. bag of onions
3 lb. bag of carrots
5 lb bag potatoes
8 ounce mushrooms
12 ounce iceberg Dole salad
12 ounce cherry cocktail tomatoes
Armour pepperoni
3 pack Meijer microwavable popcorn
14.5 ounce Red Gold tomatoes
Meijer fruit snacks
Meijer paper towels
50 count Meijer paper plates
Old Orchard frozen juice

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1:30pm

My agenda for today,
the last day before everyone
returns to work and school.

-Finish laundry & put away.
-Get kitchen tidied up, wash dishes & put away.
-Sew rip in Tony's jacket.
-clean Christopher's room.
-Give everyone a hair cut.
-Turkey pizza for supper.
-Bills

Currently working on laundry
& Christopher's room.

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3:00pm

Slowly tiring out.
Still in Christopher's room cleaning away
and rearranging furniture.
This day's going by too fast!

Done at 3:45pm! WHEW!

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4:00pm

Just got my door sales ads.
In those ads is another Smartsource
coupon insert for a total
of FIVE inserts this week!

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6:40pm

Had to go out and pick up some
milk, bread and another water
bottle for the gerbils. The one we bought
at Christmas time did nothing but drip.
At times a full bottle would be empty
within an hour and I would have to completely
clean out the cage and put in new bedding.


This economy must be so bad that people
will steal just about anything.
We were in Speedway tonight and
watched two thefts while the place was busy.
Jonathan saw a girl pocket a 20 ounce
bottle of pop and put it in their pocket
and walk out the door without paying.
I didn't say anything. Why?
Because this husky gal looked tough dressed in
a leather coat, had what
looked like a mean attitude, knew that
Jonathan saw what she did and
was parked next to us further out
in the parking lot. I didn't need any trouble
or her and a truck full of people following us
home causing problems.
Tony saw another person get a hot dog or
something of the like, walk around the store
and eat it and then walk out without paying.
Another time, on yet another busy night,
Tony watched a guy walk out with a
12 pack of beer. And then there was the
time I saw a lady pocket Klondike bars in Kroger.
And lastly while sitting in the truck at another
Speedway a cashier came out and confronted
a guy about stealing candy bars!

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Anyone needing laundry soap!
I really do so anyone not using these
coupons please send them my way!

This is from Nickles-n-Dimes

Current sale at CVS!

Wisk, $5.00
-$2/1 Wisk Laundry Detergent, exp. 2-13-11 (RP 01/02/11)
=$3.00

Combine this with the current ECB offer to get $10 Extra Care Bucks with you spend $25.00.

Buy 5 at $25.00 total
-(5) $2/1 Wisk Laundry Detergent, exp. 2-13-11 (RP 01/02/11)
=$15.00
-$10.00 Extra Care Bucks
=$5.00 ($1.00 each!) after coupons and extra care bucks

I am willing to wager that CVS is already sold out so here’s my recommendation: RAINCHECKS!

By getting rainchecks, you can go back when it’s convenient for you as long as you make it before the coupon expires on February 13, 2011.

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Some coupon match ups

MEIJER

V8 Splash 64 ounce $1.67
x's 3 is $5.01
minus $1.00 off 3 meijer mealbox coupon
Makes it $4.01 for 3 or $1.33 each.

CVS
Kleenex .88 cents each
x's 3 is $2.64
minus .5o cent printable coupon
makes it $2.14 for 3 or .71 cents each

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New Year's eve 2010, Beebe, Arkansas

1,000 of birds, mainly red winged black birds,
fall from sky, most dead.
..

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The evening is slowly winding down.
I am trying very hard to get everything
on my list, completed for today.
Each weekend I will write
down a list of what I would like to
accomplish each day to try and keep me on track.
I usually get through the list.
But are happy if I complete most of it.

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9:20pm

Giving everyone a haircut.
This I usually wait and do at the last
minute so they all can jump in the shower
then into bed.

11:10pm

Got Tony's jacket sewed,
all bills done,
clothes laid out,
breakfast ready to go for tomorrow,
one load of laundry to fold or hang up
and last load to go into dryer.
Yeah I'm getting tired!
No rest for the weary!


Tomorrow I'm going with mom to
the dentist at 10am.
I drive her to and from there since
she can't remember how to get there.
Plus it's nice to have someone go with
you rather than by yourself.
That reminds me, I need to round
up a few magazines to take.
You know how doctor's office
magazines can be!
At least mine will be current, lol.

1-1-11

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
1-1-11

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10:30am

What's on my agenda today?
-make pizza dough in bread machine.
-make 2 turkey pizzas.
(one for freezer, one for tomorrow)
-finish laundry & get put away.
-work on cupcakes
-supper: cheesy potatoes & ham & sauerkraut roll ups.

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I have a drawer full of all kinds of chargers,
from phones to mp3 players to jump boxes.
It's kind of hard to tell them apart at first glance.
So I came up with this solution so we didn't
play guess what cord goes to what.
Cut out a strip of paper, fold it in half.
On each side write what and who the
charger goes to. Place the folded paper on one end of a piece of
packing tape twice the length of the paper.
Place cord into the fold of the paper
and fold over tape.

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12:15pm

I've got a bunch of cupcakes baking
in the oven. I used a Lemon Supreme cake mix.
I did 3 different sizes. The contest did not
say what size you had to use!
So with this many cupcakes and sizes
I can experiment a little :0)
Mini........Regular......Jumbo

Once baked I'll let them cool on racks
while we go out to Tony's work.
When doing brakes yesterday on the Lexus
we discovered the calipers are locked up
on both sides. We're trying to spray some
PB Blaster down in them and let them sit.
PB Blaster is GREAT for getting bolts free
when rusted on!!


We're trying really hard to get these
calipers working because if not
they run about $82 each!!
TIMES TWO!!
And of course no one sells just
the caliper bracket which is all we need,
they sell the whole freaking thing, grrr.
Next we need lug nuts because the ones
from the 20" rims won't work with
the regular rims, another grrr!
I just thought of a funny that actually happened to us.
Went to the auto parts store and asked for lug nuts.
The guy working behind the counter
asked us what a lug nut was!!
He wasn't trying to be funny either and was serious!

Anyway after stopping by his work we might
head to Sears Outlet to see if they are open
and stroll around there to see what they have.

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4:15pm

Dear God,
I realize it is New Year's day but do you really
have to test my nerves the first day of the year???

Went to Tony's work.
He was wanting to use a torch to heat
up the calipers and try to work them free.
I was sitting out in the truck while he
was in the shop.
After awhile I decided to get out
of the truck and go inside and check
out how things were going.
I should've stayed in the truck!
I walk through the shop door
and see a torch hose on the cement floor ablaze!!
The hose connector was not tightened all the way
and when Tony was holding it and working
on the second caliper it must of come loose
and caused fire along the hose connection.
He had thrown it to the floor
and was turning the gas to the tank off when I walked in.
I swear he's trying to test my nerves
and good news is, they are still working
and shaking like a leaf!!
He burnt his forearm. Didn't look too
awfully bad but can't tell right away
with black soot on it, ahhhh!
When I first saw his forearm it was blackened.
I gave him a lukewarm towel with water on it
and had him clean it well.
The only thing I found in the first aid
kit in the shop was burn cream so
he applied that soon after.
From there we went over to
Sears Outlet. I will have to say
if you need a major appliance at
a reasonable price, this is the place to go!

Then from there I stopped in Kroger.
Not a good thing to do the first of the month
and especially at Northern Lights Shopping Center,
my least favorite Krogers of all!
But it was in the same shopping center as Sears.
I remembered to bring my camera along
because I wanted to show you a pig's
head at Kroger!
Don't this look yummy???
Ahhhhh!!!
All the Krogers I've been to recently has
had them for New Years.

5:25pm

Just got supper done and made two
turkey pizzas with homemade pizza dough.
I had the bread machine going when
we were out and about so
the dough would be done when we got home.

Here are my pizzas.
I left one without cheese to show
you the toppings on it.
close up
crust, cranberry jelly, stuffing, turkey & gravy.
Then I topped with cheese after I took the photo.
.Here is tonight's supper
Cheesy potatoes topped with
sauerkraut ham roll up and cheesy sauce.

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7:50pm

Well here it is.....
My cupcakes I made with Jelly Belly Beans.
Tea Party Cupcakes.
I had my pork & sauerkraut today
so am hoping luck is on my side
with this contest and the beginning of
a new year!
I proved my honey wrong that I could make
these. Everyone here loved them!
I have submitted this to Jelly Belly
and are waiting for it to appear on their site.---------------------------------------

8:00pm

My new wireless mouse!