Couponing this week....

Just a few good deals I found for this week:
*Target has 1 lb. of grapes for $1 all week, and a $1/1 lb Target printable came out today- so go stock up on grapes!

*Walgreens-
Puffs are $0.89 -.25 coupon in today's paper= $0.59
Chicken broth- .69/can
5 lb. bag of sugar- $1.99

*Reasors- until Tuesday, 2 liters are .89 and Borden ice cream is $1.99

*The quaker deal is back- but we don't have any coupons to match w/ the deals! Hopefully those will be coming next week.....

And here's a printable coupon for $0.50/3 Libby canned veggies- http://www.getbacktothetable.com/

Dez for Prez!

Yesterday we watched our OSU Cowboys go 4-0 in football! It was a great game against Troy and our wide receiver, Dez Bryant is amazing! Hopefully we'll actually make it onto the AP rankings this week.... We went to Stillwater a little early to eat w/ Liz and her boyfriend, and to pick up our custom jerseys. Brandon's always wanted a jersey, but they are really expensive. And, every couple years, the current #'s become obsolete since the player graduates, etc. So, Brandon had the great idea of getting jerseys with our last name on the back! He's #1 since he was a Koehling before me :)

While we were gone, my parents kept Leia- and she had a little accident. We thought her front left leg might be broken, so we took her to the vet this morning (we skipped church yet again- we really need to get back on our schedule!) and thankfully she just has soft tissue damage. He gave her some anti-inflammatory to help her little leg and she has to stay off her foot/leg as much as possible these next couple days. Which means, alot of time in her kennel. She doesn't seem to mind so far though.

Yesterday's groceries

After work yesterday, I ran across town to Homeland.

I spent $28.32

I saved $36.42 :)

I have a new rule about driving 20 minutes to Homeland. At least 3 products I need/want must be free or below 50 cents to make it worth the trip. I picked up 2 Dawn dish soaps, 4 Old ElPaso products, Powerade, Trident, Rice-A-Roni and pasta for free :)

I'd say that's a pretty good trip!

How have you'all been doing w/ your couponing?

an easy dinner

These TGI Friday skillet dinners are amazing! Target has them for $6.48, and I used the $1/1 Target printable and the $1/1 manf. coupon from an All You magazine. We've tried the fajitas and the seseme chicken- both were amazing! I'd buy these even w/out a coupon for those nights that I'm just not in the mood to cook very much.


And, what would a post be w/out a Leia photo? Here's Leia with her chew stick and toys- she has to have them in a pile around her. :)

What a weekend!

Friday was MusicFest at my elementary school. It was a great opportunity to meet several of my kiddos parents. It was hosted by our school sponsor, the BA Nazarene Church. What a great outreach tool for the school and the church!

Saturday was our neighborhood's annual garage sale- it was crazy! Karen, Will, the kids and Elizabeth came over. Here's all the stuff I bought- for a total of $4.65 (it's all for school, besides for the little bobbly apple- we had one as a kid, and I just couldn't pass it up- it was 10 cents!)

Also this weekend, Brandon bought Leia a new toy- one of those long Bobo dog things you see on the PetSmart commercials. At 1st she was scared of it, but she loves it now!

And, my Hershey's coupons came in the mail! $4 off any Hershey's product....I'm going to try and save 'em till after Halloween and get more for my coupon $$........

Yet another couponing tip.........

Last July, when I started couponing, I realized how many great printable coupons are out there. But, after about a week- I got really tired of all the updates from the manufactures.

Granted, to get most of the coupons, one must subscribe to the product newsletters. Which is a great thing when manufactures decide to send out special coupons :) but not a great thing when you just want to sign into hotmail real quick and instead you have 30 messages waiting for you.

Thus, I set up an email account solely for my couponing adventures. I used yahoo, and I love it! I check it about 3 times a week, when I have the time to devote to coupon printing. I love not having 'junk' mail mixed in with my personal emails too!

Just thought I'd share the separate email suggestion :)

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