Saturday

I'm grateful because I was able to work all five days this week. We have a three day weekend since Monday is Labor Day, and after that I have three days scheduled for next week so far. 

On Friday night I started getting ready for next week. I went to the outside freezer and pulled the last of my breakfast burritos out and stored them in the inside freezer. There are enough to last all week long. I also pulled out two loaves of bread as we used up what we had in the house. 

I also pulled out some flour tortillas and Flat Out wraps to use as pizza bases this weekend. Freezing food to serve at a later time saves me a great deal of money. 

This pizza was made with a Flat Out Wrap, which we bought for free with coupons, a squirt of ketchup for the sauce (free with coupons), and cheese we obtained free as well. Now, we do not always get free cheese, but this mozzarella cheese was free. Otherwise, we are sometimes able to get cheese with coupons. Anyway, these cost me nothing to make, and feeding my family in the most affordable way is what I am after these days.

All breakfasts, lunches, and dinners were eaten at home this week in order to save money. Dinner on Friday was pizza using marinara sauce, mozzarella cheese, and some Flat Out wraps as the base. 

There is a company that always donate bottles of water to all the schools in our county. This year the middle school has taken to stocking the teacher's refrigerators with these water bottles, so whenever I sub there I am able to get a free water bottle for the day. This week I was able to get a free bottle of water on two different days. A very nice little perk that trickles down to the subs. I love it.  :)

Fresh N' Low is having a one day sale today and they have Oscar Meyer hot dogs on sale for 99¢ while supplies last, which means no rain checks. I had ten coupons for 75¢ off two packages, so I went early this morning, as soon as they were about to open, and bought 20 packages, which cost me 62¢ each after the coupons. I also picked up some cheese, butter, mayonnaise, and buttermilk while I was there. 

The last time I bought hotdogs way in May when Piggly Wiggly had them on sale for 99¢. We had just finished using up those hotdogs about two weeks ago, so I know that those lasted me for three months. At that rate these should last for six months, although sometimes my daughter will eat one for breakfast. Fine tuning this process by figuring out how much we consume and how often these go on sale will help me save money.  Adjustments to our budgets and goals are constantly needed to continue to live frugally. 

Last night I put Field Peas on to soak to make for dinner today. I've already made some cornbread, and I plan on making fried potatoes to go along with that for dinner tonight. 

What is on your menu for tonight?

Belinda
Live simply by not spending money you don't have.
© Belinda & Frugal Workshop, 2011 - 2015.

Grocery Store Ads 7-27-11

Grocery Store Ads here include: IGA, Bi-Lo, Aldi, Food Lion, Cooke's, and Super Saver. There aren't too many things on sale this week that I would consider a stock up price except for the Ground Chuck at IGA. I've included the links if you want to check the store ads for yourself. Following is a list of items I would buy for my family:

IGA

- Ground Chuck $1.99 a pound

- Sugar - 1.99 - 4 pounds

- Crinkle Cut Fries - 5 pound bag - 2/$7.00 

Don't forget, IGA has a weekly web coupon you can print out. This week it's a 24 ounce bottle of Hunt's ketchup for 49¢.

Aldi

- Red Grapes - 99 cents a pound

- Cherries - $1.49 pound

- Strawberries - 99 cents a pound

- Broccoli - 99 cents a pound

- Boneless, Skinless, Chicken Breasts - $1.69 a pound

Food Lion

- Red Grapes - 99 cents a pound

Super Saver Sales - Sale on Powerade

There are some terrific sales at Super Saver this week. They have 32 ounce Powerade on sale for 46 cents each when you buy 15 bottles. If you printed off the coupons that I mentioned here on June 14th, you'll have two coupons for $1.00 each to apply to your order. Each bottle will end up costing 32 cents, which I think is a pretty good deal. Other great sales this week include 8 ounce bags of shredded cheese for $1.00, which is a stock up item for me. The also have Dole Cole slaw mix for 88 cents.

Powerade Coupon

There is a Powerade coupon for $1 off 5 drinks available to print right now. These would be great to combine with the Super Saver sale for 46 cents each. We've been seeing a lot of Powerade sales lately.