Words to think about

We sang this in church on Saturday and it moved in my life a little. The words just really hit home. Having Rick Muchow lead music was amazing

I’M SET FREE

Everybody say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I just want to say
I just want to say
It's a beautiful day
It's a beautiful day

I just want to say
(I just want to say)
I just want to say
(I just want to say)
It's a beautiful day
(It's a beautiful day)
It's a beautiful day

To be available to mercy
Available to grace
Available to You, Lord
Make me what You want me to be

To be available to serve You
Available to go
Available to You Lord
Make me what You want me to be

I'm set free
I'm set free
Yeah

I just want to say
(I just want to say)
I just want to say
(I just want to say)
You’re worthy of praise
(You’re worthy of praise)
Lord You’re worthy of my praise
(Lord You’re worthy of my praise)

Lord You set me free
(Lord You me free)
Lord You set me free
(Lord You set me free)
Your love is changing me
(Your love is changing me)
Your love is changing me

Now I'm available to mercy
Available to grace
Available to You, Lord
Make me what You want me to be

To be available to serve You
Available to go
Available to You Lord
Make me what You want me to be

I'm set free
I'm set free
Yeah

(Instrumental Break)

I'm set free
(I'm set free)
I'm set free
(I'm set free)
I'm set free
(I'm set free)
I'm set free
(I'm set free)

No more fear for me
(No more fear for me)
No more guilt for me
(No more guilt for me)

Jesus set me free
(Jesus set me free)
Jesus set me free

Now I'm available to mercy
I'm available to grace
I'm available to You Lord
Make me what You want me to be

I'm available to serve You
I am available to go
I'm available to You Lord
Make me what You want me to be oh Lord
Make me what You want me to be
Make me what You want me to be

I'm set free - yeah

© 2005 Encouraging Music
Words and Music by Rick Muchow

Coupon Saturday

First we stopped at Food Basket twice this week and took advantage of the free 4 lb sugar coupon.. I love their free items every week and am very thankful to my friend Pam who always gives me hers, then my friend Diane does when she remembers. It really helps us out.
Tonight after church which was amazing- Rick Warren's music leader came and led worship tonight, pretty awesome, anyway we stopped at Kroger.
I had 4 coupons for Star Kist Tuna packets- at $1 and the sale of $1 all 4 were free
Carefree liners were also $1 and again I had a coupon for $1 so it was free
They had their Kelloggs/Keebler sale of 4 for $10 I had 1 coupon for Townhouse crackers $2/2
Then 2 coupons for $1/1 on another cracker they sale- so my $10 now becomes $6 and I got two free gallons of milk with the deal which rang up at $2.38 each. I felt really good about that. I will do it again on Tuesday - but with Kelloggs cereal instead
I also took advantage of the Prego Heart Smart 2 for $4, then a coupon for $1 each, so made them $1 each.

My Closeout Items were in the Female aisle
I was excited to have brought in my household binder-it is for soap, toothpaste etc.. I almost didn't because it was not on my list.
I got 8 various Kotex/Stayfree items. I had coupons for all of them and a thing of Monistat on clearance $10.79 with a $3 coupon...all for about $15- I was pretty excited, a couple of the bags of Kotex were on clearance for $1.97 and I had a $1 off for both of them. I wiped out all my coupons on the page with the closeouts they were having.

Another good find was Chewable Vitamin C, they were BOGO, I had 2 $1 off coupons, so for two bottles I paid $4
With the 10 for $10 I also had coupons for Knorr Pasta so I got 4 of those
A bottle of Ketchup for 1.59- I now have 4 so that will get us through a whole year stockpile wise.
I allowed each of the kids to get a pint of BlueBell Icecream since they were 10/$10
and I bought myself a Newspaper and a bottle of my favorite juice- Strawberry Cranberry- which only Kroger seems to make anymore.
Oh and we had to make an unexpected by of posterboard thankfully it was only. 52cents
I felt I did pretty good. With the Mega Sale find on female items a while ago, I think I am not set for a year, as long as our daughter does not start anytime soon.

So the real breakdown...
MFG CPN 25.70
Kroger Plus Savings 28.24
Total coming to 53.94
Then I spent 51.45.. I was pretty excited but 1.45 over what I wanted- granted the kids were not supposed to get the icecream- that was a DAD approved expense.

Puppies

Tonight we went to my friend Pam's house. We picked up three puppies from her. The intent was one, which by the end of a phone call turned into two, then my husband going with me and seeing them. Then by the time we left it was three, almost four puppies. So now we need to play with them all weekend and then decide which TWO we are keeping. It will be a hard decision. At least for tonight they are washed and sitting all quietly in a container . That won't last very long in a few days I am sure they will figure out how to climb out.
Fun Fun

Kroger Deals for this week

There are not as many deals that I will use this week at Kroger this week, maybe it is more that we don't typically buy as many of the items on sale this week. There is one that I am very excited about. The StarKist Tuna packages. These are great for my daughters lunch, sometimes the boys take them. I found a way to print 4 coupons for $1 off then I just ordered 10 of the $1/2 from My Coupon Hunter. She is super quick at turning around orders so I will get them in plenty of time to shop before Tuesday when the sale is over. I will make two trips this week to ensure I get my free Tuna and Free Green Giant Veggies. Kelloggs Deal buy any 4 for $10 and get 2 free Gallon of milk, I will do this at least once but maybe twice, we easily go through 4 gallons of milk in a week.

Starkist Tuna Pouch from there site here 10/$10
Coupon from My Coupon Hunter Here
Green Giant Veggies 10/$10
Blistex 35 cents off 1 from My Coupon Hunter Here
BlueBell Pint IceCream 10/$10
Louisianna Fish Fry also from My Coupon Hunter- will be in this weeks paper in SS
Kelloggs Items- Coupons.com, ss various weeks, also this week they have some kind of snack in the ss, and I got some free from the store from their SS box
Redplum also has one you can print here
(this included 2 dif cereal coupons, Keebler cracker coupon and a Kelloggs snack coupon- all in the 4/$10 sale)

I might purchase some Totinos Pizzas, Pace Salsa, Pepperridge Farm Garlic Bread and Prego Spaghetti Sauce, it depends I have coupons for everything but the Pizza, but we only have $50 to work with this week. Just depends on how well my other savings are I guess.

Happy Shopping and Deals.. Really do give My Coupon Hunter a look - esp if you are specific to your items. Depending on the coupon savings depends on the handling fee of the coupon, then it is just 45 cents to ship first class. I spent less then $2 this week and got at least $12 in savings (off sale prices)

What Am I Learning Friday

I am learning that my body is starting to get a little old this week. I have had some minor trouble doing small tasks like opening a bottle of milk. This bothered me a little bit. On top of that I have been super tired and not sleeping well. My mom suffers from various medical issues so it got me thinking. I need to exercise. My husband has been trying to get me to take walks etc however to be honest the weather is too cold and it makes me ache so bad. We talked about getting bikes for outdoors but either it is too hot or too cold here for most months, so I talked him into an exerciser. One that is a step/bike thing. We have a workout bench but it hurts me to use it, so this will be a great way for me to work out while the kids are in school and still be safe. We dont live in the best area so I can't go walking during the day alone for sure. Eventually I might need to do more than just this bike/step machine but for now it is a great start.
Another thing I am learning is that I can mail coupons that have expired to a military base. I follow Stockpiling Moms alot, she gave out some info for where we can donate them within the U.S. Most other blogs I saw it is all out of the U.S. and then you have to deal with APO addresses and such, it is rather difficult to do all that. I wanted somewhere that just took a stamp and not all the paperwork to go with it. I do appreciate all that the military does and if I am going to buy 3+ papers most weeks I want the ones I dont use for sure to go to someone else.
Here is the info from her Blog, you may also read her post here.
Stockpiling Moms donates all of our expired coupons to our local American Legion Auxiliary. If you are interested in joining us and supporting our efforts please mail your coupons to:

American Legion Auxiliary Unit 450
450 Victor Stier Dr.
Milford, OH 45150

Walgreens Photo

This morning I took advantage of another Walgreen's Deal, you just load your photo to your account online, in this case my photo was already on my page. Then you select an 8 by 10 print and enter the code for the Free Photo. I selected the Walgreen's near me and will get this one photo for free.
With the loss of our dog recently I chose an 8 by 10 photo that both my husband and daughter love, it is the two of them and then our 4 dogs at the time. Since then our family life has changed a great deal. I asked my husband to pick it up on the way home. I am sure I can find a cheap 8 by 10 frame at the dollar store or Walmart next time I am in town. Free is so nice.

Thankful Thursday

You know I have so much to be thankful for this week, as normal. We did very well on coupons. Getting many bottles of Purex using the BOGO coupons, in addition to the previous weeks sale where I had coupons for so much off, and then the sale with Kroger for $2.49. We do a lot of laundry around here, sometimes I feel like i have six or seven kids because they go through so many clothes and towels. Of course living in a mud pit does not help. I will be thankful when we can get some crushed concrete.
This past summer we "purchased" a truck from my husbands brother in law, it was $6000. We were able to pay half of it and we were supposed to pay $100 a month until the rest was paid off, or until our tax return. Well I lost my job in October and we could not even begin to make a payment. I really do not like owing people money, esp family. I am so thankful that our Tax Return came this past Friday. We were able to write the check for the remaining $3000.
I was also thankful to have the IRS money because we had to do the unthinkable, put the property taxes for the 21.5 acres that Paul owns on the credit card. Just a few days later the truck needed repairs and that went on the credit card. We were both just dumbfounded as we had worked so hard to pay those off. Well that money had been provided also.
I am praying for some weather that contains NO RAIN! Our 2 acres that we live on is a SWAMP! the worst part is the overflowing septic system. I don't even think it works anymore. It just flows into the yard. The entire side yard is now septic water, from the foundation of the house to the fence line and it is now going under the gate and out into the front yard.
I see the poor dogs bellies and know they are getting parasites from them. I worry about the conditions of the floor and encourage the kids to wear socks- thankfully it is cold so that is an easy battle. I know we are tracking all these yucky germs in the house too. EEEWWW gross.
In order to get it fixed though, it has to dry out so that we can even dig it up, so that someone can come drain it. What a pain. The dumbest thing of it is they placed this right outside the back door. Why on earth would you do that. UGH!
I am thankful though that eventually it will be taken care of. I am also thankful that the snow did not last long. I am not a big fan. It makes me ache. I have hurt all day today from the weather yesterday. Being out in it, probably was not the best idea.
We have much to be thankful for, as sales have been good, coupons continue to work and we now finally have a stockpile of food to fall back on because the lean months approach us. I am thankful to pay attention and adjust what we normally would eat so that we will have enough food. I am not a fan of all this processed stuff but at this point to be able to eat felt more important. I am very excited about some coupons for this week, like four for Free Tuna packages that my daughter uses for school lunches. Also 2 free Green Giant Veggie Coupons too. I am almost kicking myself for using 10 of them this week at a local store, should have held out till this week, but I was so afraid of them expiring. Those 10 could have all been free...but then I don't want to get greedy either. :-)
The Lord is so good, I am ever thankful for his Provision.
Please pray for my friend Tracey and her family- her husbands dad passed away. Also pray for a mom of our kids school, her name is Lori, her mother lost her battle to breast cancer day before yesterday. I see so much loss lately. Another reason to be thankful to know the Lord as my personal savior because I am secure in the faith that this is not the end, it is only the beginning.

Catpults

So sometimes Paul can take a simple project and turn it into a giant one. This catapult was for science club this past week. Paul had to work on Saturday so Sunday morning we reviewed a few online. I had to leave to go get Mekenzei during part of the construction so I was surprised to see its size when I got back home. He did a great job. I did find that two bungee cords would have been ideal as it actually broke after testing the third item. I think more because we had already tested it a few times at home. The kids were very disappointed. This coming month we have to create a balloon powered boat. Fun Fun... they will also have to make their own as they just fought way to much the last two months.
I enjoy Science Club, it is interesting to see all the different ideas children/and their parents, bring forth. Also it is just once a month so it is not a bad way to get involved at the school. This is my third year helping. Jakob has pitched in this year because it allows him one hour of PALS credit- which is a Peer Assistance Leadership Service for his jr. high. The school loves having his help, esp Mrs Wilky who is in charge of the Science Club.

Tackle it Tuesday

This morning started very early. I had such a hard time sleeping last night- female issues and headaches, then this morning was up at 5:15..I don't like mornings like that.. On a positive note I got a cute potholder set finished for a friend and also put a bag of two dif color towels and some sample fabrics for a teacher who wants a set of towels and 2 sets of potholders. I am hoping we can finalize this "deal". It would give some milk and bread money for next week.
Paul did a Tackle it Tuesday for me this morning on the way to work.
His didn't go so well. Of course he has only been with me a few times with coupons and even though I explained everything, wrote it down, he simply forgot...
Scenario
3 BOGO Purex coupons- Daytona Price 2.49 each- should ring the second one at $4.12 that's what it did the other day.= 6 Purex
2 boxes of Cheerios- Had a $1 off coupon with the price right around $2.49
1 bag of Frito's- Sale Price ( no coupon)
Here is the mix up. I had a coupon for Kraft Mac n cheese- it says 5 boxes. There is a sale on 5 boxes- however the manager decided that he would not allow this coupon with the prepackaged 5 boxes. Since it was on the way to work my husband didn't argue simply said he didn't want the Mac N Cheese then, and wanted the coupon back.
Normally this might be okay except he forgot the key- as to why I said he needed the Mac N Cheese. You have to buy 10 items to get the lower cost, so now he paid higher on everyone of those items! I had to grin, because he has gone with me and I count and recount and often will throw in one extra item to not miss that 10 item discount, because it is $3, sometimes more.
Oh well, it was still only around $14 for 6 bottles of Purex, 2 boxes of Cheerios and a bag of Frito's, really that isn't too bad, but he should have gotten it for 4.74 plus maybe tax. He was actually very upset over his messup. I was just so thankful he made the trip. No matter how you look at it I got 3 bottles of Purex for free. :-)

Catalina Issues

I sure get a lot of Catalina Issues...Krogers twice now has not printed out the reward stuff for Purex. Then tonight I could not use RR at Walgreen's for a purchase of 2 Tylenol cold, and a pack of trident gum. He said I had to many coupons or something. I had one coupon for 2 ty cold and then the one for the trident gum. I was bummed it would have brought it down to $5
Then I purchased 2 Excedrin and a trident gum- and the $2 RR did not print. I had done it on a previous day so I know it happens. It is rather frustrating. Silly at the same time to be upset over not getting these little RR things..
I am hoping that Kroger restocks the Purex since I have 6 BOGO coupons. It is such a good deal. They give you the second at the 4.12 price not the sale price of $2.49, so with the 10 participating items at $3 off deal, I could just about pay for my 5 pack of mac n cheese and 3 boxes of Cheerios.
My husband said he would look for me before work. I have to be to the school at 9:30 so I might just go first thing also. Have to cut some fabric for some handprints that the kids in Zekaryah's class will be doing.
I am still trying to sort through all this coupon stuff. I really want to get the best deal I can. We will have no money at all for food during the month of March, and possibly April so I am just praying that my last trip this month is a good one. I am also praying I sell a few towels or quilts in those two months just so we can get the normal like milk and eggs. Otherwise I will be getting very creative. I trust the Lord to provide though, he always does, something I am ever grateful for.

Menu Monday

First I want to say that I didn't find Walgreens to work out so well for me with stacking of coupons. I was pretty disappointed really. Their beginning prices were a lot higher than Walmart and then to get to the register and not get the items for the price it should have been wow what a pain. So not sure if I will try it again. It did give me a $2 RR for the Excedrin that I bought, which was nice. I think I was most upset over the Listerine and crest. On either item they would only accept the Walgreens coupon. Anyway lesson learned...
I just find I do better at Kroger, or go to Walmart for my household items. I got 2 purex with a BOGO this weekend, 6 Campbell's soup with a $1/3 printable, 2 Country Crock butter with a 30 cent coupon (triples to 60 cents) plus was part of the buy 10/$3 off Kroger sale, 1 soft soap body with $1 off, 1 bottle of soft soap hand soap with $1.00 off, sale price this week was 88 cents. The total came to $9 and some change. The Purex was the best deal, next to the free soap. I got the BOGO free price at $4.12 and the sale was for $2.49 a bottle. That made it just about $1 for both bottles. I must admit I can't make soap that cheap. I have some more of those coupons on the way. I am praying they get here before Tue night when the sale is over.

Now to my Menu Monday, we will be using alot of bagged and boxed foods that I have gotten on sale lately. This week Gortons fish was $2.49 a bag after my coupons.

Monday
Fish Sticks/ Fish Filets and Betty Crocker Augrautin Potatoes, can of corn, can of green beans

Tuesday
Frito Pies- Jakob on his own

Wednesday
Homemade Chicken Tenders (from chicken my cousin gave us) and homemade fries, okra

Thursday
Blueberry Waffles and Bacon (bacon free from Food Basket last week)

Friday
Homemade Pizza per request of Zekaryah

Saturday
Spaghetti and Garlic Bread, Broccoli
Sunday
On Your Own

Thankful Thursday

I have a very thankful heart tonight when I think of my dad. I just got done watching the movie My Sisters Keeper. I had read the book and decided it was not a movie I could watch in the theater. I could not believe the differences at first but once I got past that the movie was very healing for me. See my dad got Leukemia shortly after my oldest Jakob was born. We had gone out to have him baptized in April of 1996. My dad was not feeling well and chalked it up to the flu. However, shortly after returning home I got a call that he had been diagnosed with Leukemia. Being in Texas and my family in California I was so torn emotionally. It was so hard to see my brother in his last year of High School have to really pick up an adult role in life. I had this brand new baby so even if I were to come back to CA and try and help what use would I really be. That is what Paul's mom convinced me of anyway. Everyone told me the best thing that I could do was pray. There is nothing much like helplessness.
See I am not biologically his child, even though I consider him fully my dad, father etc...the part about not being biologically his was tough as I knew beyond a doubt I could not be a match. I think that was the first time I felt so far apart from him. I knew how hard it was on my mom emotionally and physically. It was a fairly long road but after time things really did turn around.
I saw him in June when my brother graduated. That was rough. I remember not wanting to leave at all. I was so thankful to even just be able to see him in the hospital, as I had brought Jakob with me.
I know there were things that went on that I will probably never really understand as I was absent from 98% of it. I am so thankful tonight as I write this Thursday post that the Lord healed him. He has been in remission for several years now. I know sometimes it is so hard to believe. I remember the "numbers" the doctors give, the facts of the case... it all really showed how truly wonderful healing can be.
I know I think of my mom often with that. I don't always understand why she has to go through such a rough physical journey in life. Even though she mainly has rough days I am still thankful she is here. I will continue to pray for her healing and be ever so thankful that we are all in the Lord's Hands.
I love you Daddy.

Another Giveaway

Go here for the entry form

Our birthday bash marches on with yet another great giveaway! One reader will win a Save At Home Mommy Coupon Binder in the color of their choice. I will have to say that over the past few days, I have loved my binder even more! I even dropped it in the store and not a single thing fell out. I was scared to look at first but was so happy to just be able to pick it up and put it back in the cart with no casualties. You can read more about my binders and order one for yourself or a friend HERE.

I am also going to put them on sale through this Saturday the 20th ONLY for only $20.00 for the standard binder! This is a great savings so if you have been waiting to buy one, now is a great time!

(1) reader will win a Save At Home Mommy Coupon Binder in the color of their choice with the standard pages included. Please fill out the form one time for each entry you complete so they will all count.

Coupon Mom Book Giveaway

Go here for a great giveaway, here are the details

As another great giveaway to you my readers in thanks for the past year, one reader will win one copy of Stefanie Nelson’s newest book, “The Coupon Mom’s Guide to Cutting Your Grocery Bills in Half”. This book is FULL of all different ways to save money including making your own yogurt and much more. If you are looking for new ideas or a little clarity on the money saving adventure, this book may just be for you!

Falling Short Last Weeks Tackle it Tuesday

I got some Tshirts a while back from Jakob's school. I had a craft fair to do and used the shirts to create a sampler I think it turned out really well. It was a lot of work but now I need to buy more stabilizer so that I can make my order for a teacher at the school.

Menu Monday

Wow we do not have a menu this week. Not quite sure what I will do. I could not get anyone to get involved.
My ideas are easy breakfast foods- mainly because we have ham left from last week. It didn't get cooked until Thursday.
So I am thinking:

Monday
Waffles and eggs

Tuesday
Pancakes and hash browns

Wednesday
French Toast and fruit

Thursday
Biscuits and Gravy and eggs

Friday
Egg and potato tacos

Saturday
Spaghetti and Garlic Bread

Sunday
On Your Own

Menu Monday

This week we will use a ham for meals starting on Tuesday. I was in Walmart when a lady in front of my friend and I was buying several hams for 47 cents a lb. I then called my husband and asked him to stop by on his way home. He was able to get four of them. That was pretty nice! So I decided with a crazy week I might need something real simple. What is more simple then cooking a ham and having some breakfast food all week. Of course we forgot to thaw it out last night so it does not start until Tuesday.
Monday
French Toast and Bacon

Tuesday
Biscuits, Gravy, Eggs and ham

Wednesday
Ham, Rice and Veggie (fry)
(mix cooked rice, olive oil, ham, cabbage and some onion, mixed veggies, egg in pan)

Thursday
Pancakes, Ham and eggs

Friday
Waffles, blueberry topping, eggs and ham

Saturday
Birthday Party for Noah

Sunday
On Your Own

Tackle it Tuesday- finishing up

This Thomas the Train Pillowcase was made for my friends baby Noah, he just turned one yesterday. I was so excited to get it done and take with me. I was able to spend some of his birthday with him which I thought was really neat. He doesn't know Thomas yet but I thought he would like the bright colors of the fabric. He sure did. He would just lay his little head on the pillowcase. It was the sweetest thing. Of course I also purchased a pillow too, because I was counting on it being his first real pillow. It sure was. That made it the perfect gift.
This is a new baby genius Quilt. I made it for my younger two's choir teacher. Is that even correct grammar.. Oh well. Anyway she has a niece that just found out she is due in a few months so I suggested one of these. I have another quilt order from her for a Baby quilt in pink and brown damask fabric. I sure hope that one turns out as nice because it will not have cut fabric. It is just one piece on either side with binding- that is not my typical quilt.

Brookshire Brothers Sale Feb 3-9

Here are this weeks deals at Brookshire Brothers. Prices effective for Katy, New Caney, Magnolia and Montgomery Stores only
Brawny Paper Towels BOGO Limit of 2- I believe there is a coupon for this
Grands Biscuits 8 ct BOGO- S/S 1/31 print here or here
Tombstone Pizza (thin, brick, oven or garlic bread crust) BOGO
Lays or Doritos Chips BOGO
Blue Diamond Almonds 2 for $5 -Insert 1/24
Kraft Shredded Cheese 2 for $4 Insert 1/31 print here
There are other sales also but these are some that most would be interested in. If you would like to see the full Brookshire ad you can go here

Hope this helps those shopping for deals.

Menu Monday

Wow I cannot believe it is February already. My oldest son was supposed to help me with our menu for this month since he turns 14 on the 12th but that did not happen. So I am going to try and figure out what he might want. To be honest that means some processed foods. I think he got hooked on some of these when his dad cooked dinners while I worked nights years ago. Also we have a very busy week after school due to the science fair for the younger two so dinners need to be quick and simple. Here is this weeks Menu Monday

Monday
Tuna Helper, corn and broccoli

Tuesday
Spaghetti, garlic bread, broccoli

Wednesday- Church Night
Bean and cheese burritos

Thursday
Baked Potatoes

Friday
Chicken tenders, mashed potatoes, corn

Saturday- Church
Breakfast foods

Sunday-
On Your Own

As you can see his favorites are corn, potatoes and brocolli- really pretty easy :-)

Shopping Day Saturday

I think Saturdays may become my normal shopping day. The store is a little more crowded but it just seems to fit in my schedule better for now. This week I just went to Kroger. I did not find that I needed anything at Walmart this week. Kroger's had a Mega Sale and it was full of really good deals, even if you did not have coupons for some of the items. Like Rotel- at 40 cents a can. You just can't beat that. We eat a lot of queso around here and love Rotel for things like enchiladas so I stocked up. Another item I stocked up on was Kraft cheese. I had 5 coupons for $1 off 2. That meant I got 10 bags for $1 each. Great deal. I had a BOGO for Always products- 2 of those. What was nice was she gave me the org price of $3+ for the second one so instead of the sale price of $2.49 for each first product I got them for an additional $1 off. Making 4 Always products $1.49 each. I was highly impressed. Another item I did really well on was I can't believe its not butter. I must admit I tend to be pretty loyal to brand. This is not one I would generally buy. However, it is really hard to pass up a sale for 99 cents on the two pack when you have a $1 off coupon.
I feel I did pretty good. I do not have pictures this week as honestly all but the cold food is still in the bags. We still do not have our side room finished so I can't even put all the food away. The table from last week still has last weeks food on it. I think we might try to just put it all in containers for now since my husband will probably have overtime all week and not get to it until next weekend. It is a pretty funny site to start a stockpile and have so much food and no where for it to all go. I miss the old days of having a pantry in my kitchen.
So the breakdown
I paid 105.27- included 2 papers
MFG savings 43.82
Bonus Coupons 4.00
Kroger Plus $85.05
Total Savings $132.87

Not too bad. I must admit my cashier was the best yet. I handed her this forever stack of coupons and she laid them in two piles and pulled them one at a time. She would even print the receipt- which she did three times to make sure coupons scanned. She was so highly impressed. However the very nice but young bagging person said even though I saved so much she would rather not go to all the work. I'd like to see her unemployed and with three kids then see how she feels :-) For me it is worth every penny we saved. I just hope I can get even better at it because I only had the $100 to play with this week due to a quilt sale. Normally our weekly budget for food is more like $20-40. Pretty hard to feed a family of five on that.

Oh and we bought $10 in rotel items so I will submit my receipt to get $25 in savings back from ConAgra Foods.