It's FREE CHOCOLATE Friday again!! Be one of the first 250,000 people to go here today after 9:00 am and sign up and you will get a coupon in the mail for a FREE single-size package of M&M's, Milky Way, Snickers, 3 Musketeers, Twix, or Dove.
*Limit one coupon per email address on Friday and four coupons per household for the entire promotion.
Thanks, Deal Seeking Mom!
Go here and enter your zipcode and select "beverages" on the right side to see if they come up.
If they don't come up with your zipcode or with no zipcode, try 63101 which is for the St Louis, Missouri area.
Thanks, Money Saving Mom, for the heads up on these coupons!
Paula Deen's fresh fruit tart - recipe here
Miniature quiches - spinach, bacon and mushroom - recipe hereTuesday - Fried or grilled Chicken tenders, Fried Squash, Cheesy Broccoli Rice
Wednesday - leftovers or snacks
Thursday - Grilled chicken, grilled corn on the cob, Cheesy ranch potatoes, and salad.
Friday - Homemade Calzones
It's FREE CHOCOLATE Friday again!! Be one of the first 250,000 people to go here today after 9:00 am and sign up and you will get a coupon in the mail for a FREE single-size package of M&M's, Milky Way, Snickers, 3 Musketeers, Twix, or Dove.
*Limit one coupon per email address on Friday and four coupons per household for the entire promotion.
Click on the links below to read some online news articles concerning coupons and bargain shopping.
Get 50 4 x 6 prints at Walgreens for $5.00 - that's $.10 each. Also any prints over 50 will be $0.10 too! Enter code SUMMER50 at checkout through Saturday, July 25th.
Buy ANY backpack at Staples this week and get 100% back in Staples Rewards!! That means a FREE backpack! There is a limit of one per address.
Not a member of Staples rewards? Staples rewards is a free card that allows you to get cash back for purchases made at Staples. You earn 10% back on certain purchases. You also earn $3.00 back in Staples rewards for every ink cartridge that you bring into the store to recycle. Staples rewards are issued in the form of a check or coupon that you can use as payment at your Staples store. If you are a teacher they have a Staples Teacher Rewards program that has even greater benefits. And the Staples Teacher Rewards is available to homeschoolers too! Click here to learn more about the Staples rewards or Staples Teacher rewards program.
Here's some other great free after rebate deals you can get on school supplies this week at Staples:
Zebra Cadoozles 0.7 mm mechanical pencils, 10/pack
On sale for $2.99 –$2.99 easy rebate
Final price: FREE after rebate
Zebra Sarasa retractable gel pens, medium, black, 5/pack
On sale for $4.99 — $4.99 easy rebate
Final price: FREE after rebate
Pentel Handy Lines retractable assorted highlighters, 4/pack
On sale for $4.99 — $4.99 easy rebate
Final price: FREE after rebate
Staples Slim-Line pencil sharpener
On sale for $15.99 – $5.99 instant savings — $10.00 easy rebate
Final price: FREE after rebate
It's FREE CHOCOLATE Friday again!! Be one of the first 250,000 people to go here today after 9:00 am and sign up and you will get a coupon in the mail for a FREE single-size package of M&M's, Milky Way, Snickers, 3 Musketeers, Twix, or Dove.
*Limit one coupon per email address on Friday and four coupons per household for the entire promotion.
It's FREE CHOCOLATE Friday again!! Be one of the first 250,000 people to go here today after 9:00 am and sign up and you will get a coupon in the mail for a FREE single-size package of M&M's, Milky Way, Snickers, 3 Musketeers, Twix, or Dove.
*Limit one coupon per email address on Friday and four coupons per household for the entire promotion.
Here's another great Kraft and Publix rebate. I love these Publix rebates and this one is great because you can submit it up to 3 times for a total of $30.00!
Here's how:
Have you joined Right at Home yet? Once you do you will receive free monthly e-newsletter filled with ideas for your home, plus you'll get exclusive money-saving coupons, chances for prizes and more. Join here.
Here's a new feature I would like to start here at CentsibleSavings. I know that many of you probably plan weekly menus and you might even participate in Menu Plan Monday at orgjunkie.com. I will be honest, I usually just plan my menu in my head because I have a lot on hand in my stockpile, and I am a "eat what I feel like that day" person. But I NEED to get into the habit of actually planning a menu and using up some forgotten things in my stockpile and I can keep myself accountable by sharing it with you!
Here's a few explanations of our menu: I will only post dinner meals for now. Our family consists of just my husband and I for now and we both work so breakfasts and lunches will be food we just keep on hand or leftovers. Here's typically what we do for breakfasts: for him - oatmeal, grits, granola bar, yogurt, etc. and for me - I eat breakfast at work - toast, bagel, yogurt, fruit, etc. Then for lunches we are usually at work so my husband takes leftovers from supper the day before (I also keep on hand cans of hearty soup or a prepared meal for days just in case there are no leftovers but 4 out of 5 days he will eat leftovers) and I have fruit salad, crackers and cheese or peanut butter, or a sandwich. Also because of our work and church schedule our meals are somewhat unusual on a few days: Wednesdays we usually don't have time to eat in between work and church so we try to eat a bigger lunch and will just snack when we get home from church, Fridays we are both home late and will eat a lighter meal, and on Sundays we will eat our bigger meal for lunch.
So here is what we will have for dinner this week:
Monday -
grilled turkey tenderloin, grilled corn on the cob, mashed potatoes
(My husband and I both do a lot of grilling during the summer - so you will see a lot of grilled food for the next few months.)
dessert - Fresh Fruit Pizza (I picked blueberries last week, got strawberries for $.99 at Aldi's, and have cream cheese and sugar cookie dough in the refrigerator that need to be used so this will be good! I adapt the recipe I linked above by adding a few teaspoons of powdered sugar to the cream cheese and I only make 1 "pizza" with the cookie dough on my large Pampered Chef Pizza stone. You can use any fruit you want but I always try to include strawberries and kiwi as they are especially good with this recipe.)
Tuesday - our day off
breakfast - homemade, hot from the oven,blueberry muffins for breakfast with my fresh blueberries I picked last week - yummy, can't wait!
dinner - grilled chicken salad and toasted french bread. I cut chicken breasts into strips and marinate in Italian dressing. Then I (or my husband!) grill them on the grill and serve over a bed of greens, tomatoes, cheese, and bacon. Perfect for a hot summer day!
Wednesday -
leftovers or snacks (see explanation above)
Thursday -
dinner at a friend's house so no dinner to plan for tonight :)
Friday - BLT sandwiches, chips
Saturday -
we are heading out of town as soon as my husband gets off work so we will probably grab fast food on this day.
Sunday -
we will be out of town so will eat out for this meal with David's family
So there you go - our somewhat unique menu plan. How about you? Do you menu plan and what is on your menu this week? As I am fairly new at this, I would love to hear how you plan your menus and any suggestions and ideas you have for me. I hope to share recipes with you in future menu posts and I would love to read some of your favorite recipes.
Our country just celebrated Independence Day and our 233rd birthday yesterday. It is a day to celebrate our freedom and remember all of the many sacrifices that were given, and blood that was shed to provide that freedom for us!!!!!! Even today, there are soldiers all around the world that are sacrificing for us - being away from their families and putting their lives in danger so that our country and our families can remain safe and free. I am eternally thankful for them! And I am thankful that the Lord has allowed me to live in America!
But there is another person who offered even a greater sacrifice - He gave His own life for us in order for us to have freedom. Not political freedom, but spiritual freedom and freedom from sin and eternal death in hell. Jesus Christ died and rose again for all, so we may have life eternal! If you would like to learn more please check out this post.
Publix trip #1, 2 and 3
Total $90.30
- $72.50 in coupons
I paid $17.80!
The ziplocs and Raid (and hotdogs!) were all free after coupon and I used (3) $5/25 Rite Aid coupons to help pay for my other groceries!
Publix trip #3
Total $48.66
-$44.61 in coupons
I paid $4.05
Ziplocs and Raid were free, A1 was $0.10 after coupon. Used a $5/25 coupon to help pay for the other groceries. Have I said before that I LOVE Publix!!! I love their coupon policy of taking competitor coupons and being able to use 2 coupons - a store coupon and manuf. coupon on one item. I went to a new location this week and they were sooo nice! No complaints, just smiles about processing my huge stack of coupons.
Kroger trip
Total $29.95
-$11.49 in coupons
I paid $18.46
The cheese was $1.03 after promo price. The chicken was on sale for $1.99/lb. but I had a coupons for $1.00 off a package of chicken. I found the smallest packages I could find - most were 1 1/2 lbs. So I got the boneless, skinless chicken breasts for about $1.25 - $1.33 /lb. Great price for chicken breasts! Hoping they have them on sale for $1.99 again before the coupons expire at the end of the month.
Total for all trips $40.31 - so right at my $40.00 a week grocery budget with lots of ziplocs and chicken to spare! :)
Link in and leave a comment of your shopping trips this week!
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