Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Mom, Can I take a pickturk?

Some more of Princess's photography- then I must get to what I'm supposed to be doing, cleaning. I am having 10 people over tomorrow for lunch and the assorted chaos that happens before and after. The funny thing about the 10 people, that's just two families. 7 kids and 3 adults. Isn't it great! The weather will be nice enough for the kids to play outside in the sprinklers and with squirt guns.

A picture of a picture. Interesting

If Dad needs a picture of the BBQ, Mom needs one of the vacuum.

A hairbow, with a hair. 

Self portrait, again. For Spacebook! 

You make a better door than a window

Awww

Summer= books +sandals + grass

Monday, June 27, 2011

A Tours of...My Stockpile

One of the new cool things about being a couponer is having a huge stockpile. Some people have stores in their homes, some have a extra closet with some things in it. You wont end up with a huge stockpile overnight, but little by little things add up. I started out with one shelf, then two, then three, and now I have stuff stuck all over. 

No, you can't come over and shop my stockpile. The stuff may have been free or very cheap, but it did cost me my time in cutting, planning, shopping, and printing. It was well worth it though. Sometimes I do share, when I have extras. :)


I think this is supposed to be a linen closet. I don't like clutter, and I think it's silly to have a closet full of linens. Everybody has sheets for their beds, and a spare set in the closet. This held board games for awhile, but it got taken over. 


This is the top cupboard. The top has shampoo, conditioner, body wash, air freshener, and tons of toothpaste. The second shelf holds pads, liners, razors, body was, lotion, sunblock, diaper rash cream, veet, lotion, and probably more toothpaste. The bottom shelf holds baby bath, baby shampoo, baby bath, kandoo wipes, deodorant, heat pads, and on the side a basket of toothbrushes/toothpaste, and a basket that was once just makeup and fingernail clippers, and now it holds a bunch of medicine too. If I lined everything up all pretty, it wouldn't fit. 

I started to run out of room on the top, so stuff on the bottom is being moved. Well, tossed, since it isn't stuff I need anyways. This cupboard needs a baby lock on it before I put much more in here. 


You wanted to know how much stuff was in the basket right? The other basket I don't dare move, as the stuff will fall over. 

Yeah, so not moving it. We do not have a lack of fingernail clippers in this house! I got the baskets at the $1 store, I will probably get two more and move some stuff around. 


This is the top of Princess's closet, where I toss the diapers I am not using. The pampers box holds a munch of individual bags of diapers, and (not pictured) is some little swimmers stacked up too. Along with some magic cards, and Keith Sluder pictures. If you want some pictures, I'm your (wo)man. I also keep the diapers and wipes I am using, plus an extra pack, on a shelf by my bed in my room. That's where I change most of the diapers. 

I also try to keep an extra bottle or two of what I use under my sink. It stinks when you realize you are out of shampoo or soap and have to run out into the hallway. I also cram all the toilet paper under the bathroom sinks. 


Food doesn't last long around here, but it's all crammed into the pantry cupboard. The whole top pantry section is all spaghetti noodles & ziplock bags. The very bottoms is filled with boxes of cereal. I stack bread on top of the fridge until we are using it. I tell my hubby that I want a kitchen with a big long row of cupboards someday. Someday soon, as we will have 2 teenage boys that eat a lot before we know it. 

So that is the beginnings of my stockpile. 

Menu Plan Monday



For this weeks menu we will be having:

Breakfasts:
waffles (freezer cooking)
scrambled eggs
cereal
toast

Lunches:
Pizza
Sandwiches & Fruit
Grilled Cheese & Fruit
Hamburgers & Fries
Hotdogs & Fries

Dinners:
BBQ Chicken & veggies
Spaghetti (Going to try making my own french bread)
Tacos & Rice
Shepherd's Pie
Chicken Tacos
Teriyaki Chicken and Rice
BBQ Pork Chops & Veggies



I link up over at Organizing Junkie! Head on over to get more menu ideas.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Ka-boom!

So yesterday was one very interesting day. I was planning on cleaning the house so that Sunday we could bug bomb it. In the summertime our neighborhood seems to collect a lot of (disgusting) bugs. We'd been having a pincher bug problem too. Hubby swears the bugs are hiding somewhere, and we need to find where they are getting in from. Our house is in good condition- it's not like it's old and falling apart. And I keep it really clean. So bugs drive me bonkers. We bombed the house a year ago, and I think it just needed to be done again.

So I started some laundry, put two kids in the tub. I switched the wet stuff in the dryer (we had been to the water park, and swimming, so I had lots of dirty towels and swimsuits). I went to pick up the towels by the back door (Our house is all tile, and when you add in wet feet from playing outside, you get wet dirty slippery floors) and when I moved it to wad it up, there were maggots. From the kids leaving the door open and flies getting in (and not killing them), I guess under that towel was the only spot they could find. Gross.

So I threw out the towels. Not for the life of me was I washing them! Hubby swept up the maggots, while I watched the kids in the tub. Then the power went out. Then it came back on for a second. Then it went off again. I took the kids out of the tub and looked for a towel. Nope. None on the back of the door, none under the cabinet. So I grabbed the two towels in my bathroom and got them dried and dressed. We still had no power, and now we heard fire trucks. Not just one, 2 engines, a ladder truck, and a battalion chief, going up our street.

The kids were flipping out over the power being out (it'd been out for about 30 minutes by now). "The power's out! Mom need to buy more batteries. We're never going to have any power. Can't you turn it back on?" They are flying around the house like the world ended. Oh, and add in the favorite "What are we doing today? What are we doing tomorrow? MOM! What are we DOING today!?" Times 3. I kept telling them I didn't know. So we went outside and looked at the neighbors and looked at the firetrucks. At least there was no smoke.

So we decided to go to Walmart and out to lunch. At least it kept the kids from going crazy, and me from going crazy with all their questions. I don't mind questions, and answering them, it's when they ask the same ones over and over and are either a) not listening or b) hoping for a different answer. We bought bug bombs and two doormats. After a Walmart trip that ended with 3 unhappy children who were not behaving (like Daredevil being told not to touch the stuff on the shelves, and he kept doing it, and then standing on the wheels of the stroller while leaning against shelves of stuff). We went home to, no power. No power, and a bunch of electric trucks. That did not look promising!

Luckily, my electric bill came in the mail that day, so I called the emergency outage number. They estimated the power would be back on at 12:15 AM. It was about 3:00. There was no way I'd stay sane with all the question asking and panicking my kids were doing. Genius understood what was going on and was fine. Daredevil and Princess were a tag team of annoyance. "There's nothing to dooooo. What are we doing to doooo, What are you dooooing?" Hubby and I decided to bug bomb the house since we were going to go out someplace anyways.

So we emptied the cabinets, bagged up the food, and got the house ready to be bombed in about 30 minutes. All to the tune of- "Since we have no power, we're blowing up the house. Bye, Bye House." I promise, I tried many, many times to explain we were not bombing the house, it was just to kill the bugs. My kids get so dramatic sometimes. I can't imagine who they get that from.

We took a drive to the mall. Not the close by mall, the far away mall. Hubby and I got new shoes (It's so hard to pass up a buy one get one 50% off sale, when you are already buying one). Doorbuster walked holding his Daddy's hand all around the mall and he looked so proud and happy he was walking with the big kids. We ate dinner (there goes the eating out budget, but it was worth my sanity), then headed home. We stopped at the 99 cent store to buy flashlights just in case. Well, I figured if I bought them, the power would be home when we got there (no such luck). We needed flashlights for our earth quake kit anyways.

So we get home to a pitch black neighborhood, lit up with lots of flashing lights from all the electric trucks parked down the street. Princess is hysterical that it's dark, her stomach hurts, she wants to sleep with Dad, she's scared, it's awful, etc. etc. She acted like the flashlight I gave her was poison. It's 9:00. It's bedtime, and the house is open and airing out. The boys had a grand time playing flashlight tag, making shadow puppets, and hide and seek. Finally Princess went and played too. After the house finished airing out, we sent everyone in and to bed.

Once everyone was in there beds, the power came back on. YAY. Luckily all the food stayed cold, and nothing (aside from a underground transformer and the side of a neighbors garage) blew up. I still have most of my sanity too.

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Super Saving Saturday- Ka-BOOOM! Edition

So today was interesting. First, I put the two younger kids in the tub while I was cleaning the bathroom. I took some towels to toss into the washing machine, when I figured I'd throw in the towels by the screen door to the backyard.

I picked it up, and there were maggots in the towel. Ewwwwww. Triple Ewww. Threw out the towels, hubby sweeps up maggots while I Ewww some more.

Then comes the awful sound of the power going out, then quiet. So I get the kids out of the tub and realize, there's no towels. They are all in the dryer being dried, or the washer. I plan ahead so well, don't I? I remember I had 2 towels left hanging in my bathroom, so they used them.

So 12 hours later, the power is on! Yay! I'll tell the rest of the no-power tale tomorrow after I have taken a shower and gotten some sleep. On with my savings!

I went to Rite Aid and bought more toothpaste (I was paid to bring it home with coupons), some gum, and some heartburn medicine. Total OOP was $1.95. I didn't take a picture.

Then to CVS, where they were out of the free with ECb stuff. I ended up with two toothbrushes and some Pantine Pro V shampoo and conditioner.

I also went to a new (new to us) store- DD's Discounts. I found some good deals on clothes for Princess. For $30, Princess got 3 shirts, 1 shorts, 1 leggings and Daredevil got a pair of shorts. They had a few short/shirt outfits for $4.99, for us is a really good deal. Better then Goodwill prices.



I also went to Walmart and price matched all the good stuff out of the ads- 6lbs of bananas at 3 lbs for $.99, Strawberries at $.89 a lb, and soda at $4.99 a 24 pack. We went through 6 lbs of bananas and 5 lbs of strawberries in a day. Today we went to Walmart and bought a new outside rug ($10), a inside rug ($7) for the back door, a door weather strip for the bottom of the garage door ($5), and some water balloons. It was a odd feeling to go through Walmart without any coupons.

So that was it for my Sunday. I've now got to see how our food are doing after being in the fridge/freezer with no electricity for 12 hours.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Princess's Photography


Princess asked for the camera and said she had some pictures to take. Well, pickturks as she says. Here's what I found on the camera:

She was taking this picture to put on "spacebook" for Grandma

Trains everywhere

Schoolroom wall


She was very proud over this one. She took it just for Dad. 

This is Ugly Baby. She has a ton of new pretty babies, but she likes Ugly Baby.

I have no idea how she got this red

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

5 Minutes for Mom Interview








I'm listed over at 5 minutes for Mom! You can check out my interview by clicking on the link above. (Good luck finding 5 minutes to read my interview! I've gotten interrupted a dozen times just writing this). 


Princess is convinced Santa is coming tomorrow, she needs to make gifts for people, and she has lots of letters to write. 

Monday, June 20, 2011

Father's Day

For Father's Day we went to the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris. It is one of our favorite spots to hang out at. On Father's Day, they pull out a lot of trolleys to ride, so it's an extra special day for extra special Dads!

We took my Dad along with us, and the kids were so excited to get to ride trains with Grandpa. We walked lots, and rode all of the trolleys up and down the line. Doorbuster was in shock most of the time, and kept looking at everything with big eyes. They were TRAINS!

Waiting at the station for Mom to get tickets. 

Looking at Red Cars that are being restored

Grandpa is in demand.

Riding with Dad

Genius says he's not having fun. I told him we were going to stay
until he started having some fun. 
Waaay out in the yard

Riding the passenger car

Saturday, June 18, 2011

My First Rite Aid Trip (of the sale week, that is)

I was trying to print out target coupons but they wouldn't print. I checked the paper, the printer queue, turned off and on, and it still wouldn't work. Finally, I realized the dreaded ink out light was on. So then came the problem. Do I get ink, then come home and print coupons? Do I just miss out on those deals? I also had a $10 UP reward that expired today, so if I didn't use it, I'd loose it. I knew that leaving more then once wasn't going to happen, so I settled on doing the deals I didn't need the printer for.

So here is what I bought:


St Joseph Aspirin- $1.50 with a $1.50 UP = Free x 2
Colgate- $2.99 with a $2.99 UP (minus $.75 Q)= $.75 money maker on each
Tic Tacs- 2 @ $1.49 (minus $.75 Q)= $1.48 for both
Total was $11.95, paid $10 in UPs, $1.95 in spare change, and got 11.97 in UPs back.

Before I used to buy toothpaste if it was under $1. Then it was if the toothpaste was free. Now I only buy it if I make money off the deal....I think I have 25 tubes of toothpaste. It adds up really quick!


Last week I did:

Dial- $3.99- $1 Up - $2 Q = $.99
Bayer- $3.99-$1.99 UP - $2 Q = Free
I had a $3/$15 Survey Q, so it made it all free!

I still have a few deals I want to get for this week- the free Zantac, the free Samy Fat Foam Hair Color, and maybe the Stride Gum and the Tom's of Main deal. I still need to cut my receipts and see exactly how many UPs I have at the moment. I've been doing my best to keep rolling them, and not spend more then the UPs I have.

Friday, June 17, 2011

Online Coupons? Coupon Chief!

Whenever I'm going to buy something, I usually head to my trusty Google to search for the best deal. It's really easy to find exactly what I am looking for without having to load everyone in the car and go to a million different stores. The downside is, I'm obsessive about finding a coupon (or a great price) for everything I buy. If it isn't a good deal, I do without!

Coupon Chief has made it really easy to find coupon codes for every place imaginable. I've looked for coupon codes online, but most of the time they don't work. Or, they take me to a website that's filled with malware and viruses. It stinks when you are looking for a deal and instead have to spend the next few hours hoping you didn't destroy your computer! Coupon Chief is easy to use, easy to read, and doesn't have a ton of pop-ups to search through to find what you are looking for. I like to think of it as my little coupon binder on the web.



The kids needed new shoes recently. 4 pairs of shoes? Ouch! We looked all over the mall- not only were there no good sales, our trusty fall back of payless wasn't even having a buy one get one half off sale. After coming home and checking Coupon Chief, I found a coupon for 20% off my order, in addition to buy one get one half off. Score! I already knew my kid's sizes, and it was really easy to click, find exactly what we wanted, and check out. Much better then searching through stacks of boxes to see if they had the shoes my kids liked, in the size they needed (it never happens).

We have a lot of birthdays coming up this month- My Mom, my Hubby, my Brother, my Grandpa, Daredevil, Princess, and my Stepdaughter is turning the big 1-7. I put Coupon Chief to the test to look for some neat gift ideas for all of them. My Mom likes Jeeping (off-roading)- I found some Jeep Stores. My hubby loves electronics, so I found a few good deals at Best Buy. My brother, the triathlete- it was easy to come up with a lot of ideas (and deals), looking at Sport's Authority. With my Stepdaughter, I didn't have too much of an idea of what to get her, so I browsed by looking by category instead of store. They even have coupons for Prom Dresses!

The part that makes Coupon Chief stand apart from any other coupon website is their pays-2-share program. You get PAID for sharing coupons when people use them. How cool is that? I get paid to shop with paper coupons in the store, and now I can get paid to share my coupons online. You get a 2% commission per store, up to $25. Not bad! If you come across codes pretty often, it might make you a little bit of extra money (which, you could find some good deals to spend it on).

Coupon Chief also has a Facebook page (they just gave away a $50 J.C. Penny Giftcard!), and a Twitter account, so you can know about all the great coupons as they come along. I liked them on Facebook so I could have a chance at the other great contests they will have in the future. Can't pass up a chance at free money, especially when you can stretch it even farther with a great coupon!

Thanks Coupon Chief for giving me the opportunity to review your site!



*I received compensation from Coupon Chief for this review. The opinions presented are solely my own. 

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

20 Questions- Princess Style

Princess is so full of questions, she doesn't stop for an answer. Or, the answer means more questions. Here are my favorite 20 from the past day or so:

1) What does God do when we pray?

2) Does God pray?

3) Why do we have things to do? Why do my friends have things to do?

4) Can Doorbuster be my boyfriend?

5) Can Doorbuster be M's sister so he can be my boyfriend?

6) Who is Doorbuster's girlfriend?

7) When I was a baby, did I have a little pink chair?

8) Why can't we watch movies in the car?

9) Why do kids die?

10) Why doesn't Jesus bring more people back to life?

11) Why can't I have Popsicles for breakfast?

12) When you die do you stay dead?

13) Why can't we write on the walls?

14) Why does Dad have to work?

15) Why do babies cry?

16) When I was a baby, did I cry?

17) Why do we have bellybuttons?

18) Why can't I bite my toenails?

19) Why does my arm need fresh air and sunshine?

20) Why do we have to leave Doorbuster alone when he's sleeping?

Monday, June 13, 2011

Monday Menu!

Breakfasts:
Cereal
Toast
Waffles
Cereal
Cinnamon Rolls
Cereal (What can I say? I can't get them to eat anything else)

Lunches:
Sandwiches
Hot Dogs & Fries
Mac & Cheese
Taquitos

Dinners:
BBQ Chicken Pizza
Shredded Beef on homemade rolls (with veggies)
BBQ Chicken
Enchiladas
BBQ Steak
Apple Butter Pork Chops
Lasagna Casserole


I linked up at Organizing Junkie!

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Teething? Sick? Mr Grumpy Returns!

We had one of those awful days again. I think Doorbuster was getting another tooth. Or maybe the flu. He was hot and grumpy. He would get hysterical over everything and then throw up on me. At least today he seems to feel a lot better. I'm impressed at all his talking he does now, or my favorite, his singing! Here's some of his talking and being silly.



The kids and hubby are working on a new music video. There is much debating on what song they want to do and how they want it to look. Princess has been singing non stop with the MP3 player. It's funny to hear what the words end up being.

We've been staying home and enjoying not going anywhere lately. We did make a trip to Rancho Jurupa park in Riverside. It was so much fun! It was a great trial to see if the kids would like Raging Waters at all. I still don't think we are ready for a trip there (well, I am, a KID FREE trip).


We'd like to go back, but now we have June gloom. It's all day gloom, it doesn't get warm until after dinner. Hopefully the weather will be nice and warm soon so we can go back.

Friday, June 10, 2011

5 Question Friday



1. How close to your childhood dreams is your life now? 
Well, seeing I dreamed about being an astronaut, a teacher, a paleontologist, a marine biologist, and a million other things, I suppose my life is pretty close to that now. I sure get a lot of opportunities to look at the stars, teach my kids, dig for things, identify random stuff, and much more.

2. What is one must have item for the summer?
Sunblock. I've so learned my lesson about being burnt!


3. Do you have your kids stay up on school stuff during summer break?
Yup, Reading and Math Monday-Thursday, except for Daredevil reads every day. He needs the practice. 


4. Do you can or freeze fresh produce?
Produce doesn't last long enough around here to get frozen or canned. I've never canned anything in my life. It does sound like a lot of work. My kids can go through a lot of fruit in a day. 


5. Do you get ready for the day first thing in the morning?
It depends on the morning. Most of the time I do. It gives me a head start on everyone else. But I usually take Saturday or Friday to lay around in my pajamas. 



Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Toddler Thoughts


It makes you wonder what they are thinking- "Mom, was this really a good idea? What are we supposed to play with here?"


Big brother always makes things right!

Monday, June 6, 2011

One of THOSE Days


It's one of those days. It's the first day I let the kids take a break on schoolwork (except for Daredevil and his reading), so you could consider it the first day of summer vacation. We've been home all weekend (aside from a walk to get slurpies and a paper from 7-11). Hubby has been gone for most of the time between overtime and volunteering at a play. So today the kids are starting to get bored. I'm even starting to get bored (even though I have a million things to do, like laundry). There are things to do but I just don't feel the urge to do them at this moment. So I'm going to be lazy, and the kids will be lazy, tomorrow we'll get out of the house and by Wednesday we'll all be happy being home again.



I love checking my camera and seeing the random pictures the kids take. It sort of gives you an idea of what things look like from their level. I don't like it when Doorbuster gets a hold of the camera. He already ruined a hard drive with a good wack, so anything electronic should NOT be allowed around him. The kids have their own camera to be using anyways. My camera is a pain to get to focus, or hubby screwed with the settings again. Or, at least someone did. It was fine a week or two ago. I feel bad when I take more pictures of my coupon stuff then them, so I try to even it out a bit. That tube of toothpaste wont care if it had it's picture taken! Someday I'm sure my kids, grandkids, great-great-great-grandkids, will laugh over the prices I paid or what all the stuff looked like.


Princess had her pin taken out at the Four Season Surgery Center. That place is so nice. It was so much better then trying to do it through the hospital. We were in at 6:30 and out by 9. I loved it. If anyone (I really hope not) needs any sort of surgery, that is what I will insist on. No being bumped for emergency surgeries, no waiting for hours, a personal nurse, it was great! Now Princess can move her arm with no more pain, and wear long sleeves again.


Poor Doorbuster's allergies are bothering him. At least he is good at taking medicine for the most part. Genius and Daredevil have been playing trains with him, which he loves. If he hears Thomas he will go running in to "choo-choo" at the TV. It's really cute.


Here is what the play/school room looks like when it hasn't been cleaned up. Toys, toys everywhere! Well, at least train tracks everywhere. And legos. The floor is vacuumed and steam cleaned, so the train tracks get to stay until it's time to vacuum again. I give the kids one room to keep their train and lego mess in, and this is it. I would hate it if halfway through my baking mess someone came along and yelled at me to pick up, so I try to be respectful (to a degree) with the train building. I can handle toy messes. Food, trash and dirty laundry? They drive me nuts!


I made buttermilk bread today- 2lbs. This time I put it into two loaf pans and made two little loafs. I usually just let the bread machine cook it, but I wanted to see how this would turn out. It turned out perfect! I usually mangle the bread while cutting it, and today I figured out how not to turn it into a pile of bread crumbs. I learned that if you push very very gently down while sawing, it's works way better! The kids have already eaten one loaf and half of the other. I'm going to have to go mix some more bread before hubby gets home so he can have some. Now I just need some thick, meaty slices of meat to go on top, like some turkey. YUM! Or maybe some meatballs with that Vodka sauce that's sitting in my cupboard calling my name.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

My Walmart Price Matching Adventure! (Super Saving Sat)

Since Southern Cali Saver went and price matched at Walmart, I figured I would give it a try. I really wanted the Schick razors for $.99 with overage (with the $3 coupon). I also had a few other coupons I wanted to use at Walmart but couldn't bring myself to go. I usually don't end up having a very good time at Walmart. Usually my kids act like gorillas, the store is super crowded with people who have never shopped in their lives, and I stand in line for days. It just never goes well, so I rarely go. This might change (gasp, gasp!).

Before I went, I figured I needed a very good plan before I left the house. Since I was taking all the kids (Boo for hubby working, Yay for overtime), the quicker we could go in and out, the better. I also wanted to make sure I knew exactly what I was there for and what I needed. So I pulled out the ads (I save all the weekly circulars because I'm crazy like that). We have 7 or 8 different stores around here. I then made myself a spreadsheet so I could see what I was buying, if I had a coupon, what the price was, and the store I was matching it too. I also broke down all the combined prices into per item and per lb (like the 2lbs for $.99, 4 sodas for $11).


Then I set aside the coupons that were on my list and clipped them to the list. I took my list, my coupons, and all the ads (just in case). I figured I was well armed and ready for battle! The kids even brought notebooks and I made them write what we bought and the prices to add it up (except Genius, he gets the real list).

I forgot one thing though, and didn't realize it until I was in the store walking past the frozen food. I forgot my ATM card! Crud! Luckily, I had my checkbook in the diaper bag, so I grabbed our stuff, set aside our basket, and hurried out to get my checkbook. I was tempted to scratch the whole trip right then, seeing maybe this was a sign.

Thankfully the kids behaved for the trip being busy writing things down, and we found most of our list. There were quite a few things that they didn't carry or were out of stock, which stunk, but maybe I will (gasp!) go back another day to see if they have them. I even lucked out in finding Noxema Razors for $2.67 that I had $2 coupons for, that I didn't even know Walmart carried.

So then came the much awaited moment. I had two cashier choices, a younger lady with very made up eyes and a pissy look on her face, or an older lady. I picked the older lady. I split the stuff on the belt into two groups, no price match and price match. I figured if they price matching went horribly wrong, it'd be easier to leave it there. We got through all the regular items, then came the price matching. I showed her my list that had the prices and said I wanted to price match. She went right off the list I made and matched all the prices, no problem! I was so, so impressed! It was just as easy as handing a stack of coupons. Once my price matching was over with no hassles (I brought the ads in my binder just in case), she scanned my coupons, took my check, and I was out the door.

If price matching is this easy, I think I will be making a weekly Walmart trip just to price match all the sales.

My trip was $33 OOP:
Not pictured, 2 more Dr Peppers and a coke; One tic tac, Two sour candies.
Yes, I bribed my kids. It's been a long day with no hubby!

The sodas were 4/$11
Grapes- $.99/lb
Broccoli- $.49/lb
Franks- $1.00 each (used $1.00/2 Q)
Wilkinsons Sword Razors- $.99 (used $1.00/1 Q)
Noxema Razors $2.67 (used 2 $2/00/1 Qs)
Tablecloth $4.88 (Good price for a plastic tablecloth for my very long- 104inch- table)
Acetaminophen- $3.88 (we needed it as I ran out of my free Excedrin)

Not too bad of a trip! Walmart sells their soda for $4.98 a 12 pack, their grapes were over $2/lb, the broccoli was $1.37/lb. Good thing I price matched!


Here's a closer look at my spreadsheet: