Life's little wonders....

They say that life is one big test...and I am really hoping I pass! I do the grocery game, I'm learning how to save money at the grocery store and how coupons can make it easier to stockpile to save more money, and right now I'm thankful.

After just finding out that Chrysler filed bankruptcy I know that it's going to affect my job sometime in the near future. So, i'm saving as much money as I can, and filling out apps...and looking at different schools where I can take classes online...

Hopefully it's not the worst!

I don't have to shop for 2 weeks.

After this week, I think I'm good on having to grocery shop for 2 weeks. I pretty much stocked up on everything that I had to get. They had some pretty good meat sales going on, along with laundry detergent and shampoo/conditioner that I wanted to pick up.
So, if I do have to go to the store, I will only have to buy the "staples" like milk, dog food, bread, and fruit. I have everything else that will hold me over till the next shopping trip.

I'm going through the Flier's...

And I see a lot of 10 for 10 items at Kroger's this week. Now i'm going to have to go through my coupons to see how many I have. And that will be how many I buy.
Say Manwich is on sale 10/10. I have 3 .35 cent coupons, so I buy 3 of them. Each will cost me .30 cents.
That's the joy of 10/10 and using coupons!

At Meijers, I'm seeing a lot of 3/$5. Which makes the items $1.66 each, and If I have 3- $.50 off coupons, they double so I'll save $3.00 which makes it 3/$2.00...woo hoo.

Now i'm going to have to go though all of my coupons, and get the list ready to go!!

I have the insert schedule

That shows when the inserts won't be in the paper...which is very helpful for those of us that buy the Sunday paper, for just the coupons...hehe.

April 12th, there will be no inserts in the Sunday paper.
May 24th, there will be no inserts.
July 5th, there will be no inserts.
Sept. 6th, there will be no inserts.
Nov.29th, there will be no inserts.
Dec. 20 & 27, there will be no inserts.

Going to the store the other day

Probably wasn't a wise idea, but I wanted to grab on to the good sales!!! Spent $100 and saved $57, so I'm thinking that I did pretty good!
After glancing at this weeks fliers, I've noticed more 10 for 10 sales going on...woo hoo!!! The list comes out tomorrow, so I'll be all ready for this weekend!

Just checked out my fliers

And i'm lovin the 10 for 10 sale going on again!! I have a boatload of coupons for pillsbury, and they're on sale this week!! Yippeee!!
I went to the store with hubby, saved $54 spent $100, which isn't too bad considering I bought my daughter the twilight movie for $20. There were some odds n ends that I had run out of, that I wanted to pick up. Also there were things on sale, and I had a coupon for, but they weren't rock bottom prices...but when the kids need something, gotta get it....

So, i'm about to go grab the Sunday paper, and pray that there's good coupons in it!

Great Shopping at Meijers yesterday!!!!

I don't think that I need cleaning supplies for a LOOOOOOOOONG time!

Meijers is having a really good sale on all Lysol products, so I stocked up! There were great coupons in Sunday's paper that I used and I got Lysol cleaner ( that you use to mop) for .74 cents!! I had 4 coupons for $1 off, and they're on sale for $1.74!!! Then the toilet bowl cleaner is on sale for $1.74 as well, and with 4 $1 off coupons, I got those for .74 cents! Then I got the Lysol Spray cleaner for .74 cents so I have 4 of those. Got the Lysol Spray for $1.49, got 2 of those!

Then there was the 10for 10. I have 10 boxes of pizza rolls that I got for .30 cents each, along with those microwaveable brownie things that I got for free..10 of them, I had .50 cent off coupons and they double, so I got the brownie's for FREE!!!
Toaster strudles were on sale so I got 4 of them, and it cost me $3 for those.

All in all, I saved $102 and Paid $54 and got 64 items!