SNOW DAY!!!

The oldest 2 Princesses Did not have school today!!!

YAY for them!!

Not soo much for mommy!!

Don't get me wrong I love having the girls home but today I had shopping that I was going to do but there is NO WAY I'm taking 3 girls shopping and NO WAY I'm going anywhere in this weather.

So now WHAT TO DO?? WHAT TO DO???

First off we all got to sleep in!!!! major plus!!!

Then they watched TV, read books, had lunch, played wii, played in their rooms!

They complained about being bored one time, but after having them help me fold their laundry, they didn't complain again!!!

Well I'm not real sure what else we are going to do today, I think maybe Fun bath time, and maybe get their Valentine's day cards ready!!

What do you do when plans change?

Staples 15% off coupon

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NO LONGER AVALIABLE!!

Wordless Wednesday

Just wanted to share

This coming week Giant Eagle will be having some really good deals that coinside with last Sunday's coupons and this coming sunday coupons.
So If you shop Giant Eagle I would suggest getting this coming sunday's Red Pulm coupons!!

MY FAVORITE SALE IS this special deal,

Purchase $20 in the following items and get $5.00 ONST (off next shoping trip)
Knorr(lipton) sides 10/$10
Breyers Icecream 3/$10
Ragu 4/$5
Promise spread, I can't believe its not butter 2/$4
Wish-bone salad dressing 2/$3
skippy peanut butter 4/$10
Hellmann's Mayo 2/$5

This coming Sunday's paper has

Wish-bone dressing $1.25 off 2
Promise $1.00 off 1
Skippy .40 off 1 (double it)
Knorr sides 1.00 off 3.00
Hellmann's .50 off 1 (double it)
Can't believe its not butter .60 off 2 (double it)
Ragu 1.25 off 3

So these make for some really really Good deals!

There are also quite a few other special this coming week!!

These sales dont start until Thursday, Jan28 and run till Feb 3rd!!
(wait until you get this coming sunday(Jan31) coupons for the above deals!!)

My Giant Egale Deals!!!

We went to Giant Eagle last night and I got some GREAT DEALS!!!!


Transaction #1
Mr. Clean pourable cleaner - 2.50
Dawn dish soap - 2.50
Dawn dish soap - 2.50
Frebree Air Effects - 2.50
( used .50 off coupon, doubled )
total 9.57 with tax
AND Received a 5.00 of next order coupon

Transaction #2
(3) Gogurt @ 2.00 ea = 6.00
(used 1 coupon for 1.50 off and 1 coupon for 1.00 off 2 coupon) =3.50 for the gogurt
(2) Nestel cookie dough @ 2.50 ea= 5.00
(used 2 1.00 off one coupon) =3.00 for the cookie dough
(6)Pillsbury Bisquits @ 1.00ea =6.00
(used 1 .40 off 4 doubled & 1.00 off 2 coupons) = 4.20 for the bisquits
Used 5.00 off coupon - i got last transaction
total 5 .70 with tax
AND Received a 4.00 off next order coupon
and a 2.00 off next order coupon

Transaction #3
(2)bags of lettuce @ 3.68 for both
(2) bags of Bagels @ 3.98 for both
Bananas 1.20
Used 2.00 & 4.00 off coupons - from last transaction
Total was 2.86



So I spent only $18.13 OOP for 36.43 worth of groceries with sale prices so I saved over 50% just for using coupons!!!!

Then went and got gas at Getgo and saved .40 off a gallon so I saved another 6.00 off!!!

On Our Menu

This week I'm going to try 2 new recipes (I'll post them later)

Monday - Pork Chops, Potato Wedges, Peas, & Corn

Tuesday - Spaghetti & meatballs, garlic bread, & salads

Wednesday - Meatloaf, Bake Potatoes, corn, & peas

Thursday - Meatball subs & salads

Friday - Hot dogs, Tater Tots, corn, & peas

FREE Veggie Tales Movie

Pick a Veggietales title to get for FREE! You will pay shipping of $2.99. You will get to pick one of 6 options.
We grab these at Garage & Consignment sales, so $2.99 for a new copy is great! I just got Duke and the Great Pie War, is it wrong that I enjoy these as much as my kids??
You can even pay the shipping with PayPal!!

My Mommy Tip of the week

This week my tip is really just something we do that works for us!!

I Use 2 different diaper pails.

I got a diaper Gennie for my Baby shower and it works GREAT keeping the smell down BUT the cost of the refills are CRAZY!! It is over 6.00 each. When Rayanne was first born I used Just the Diaper Gennie and was chaging the refill around every 3 weeks. That was CRAZY so now we use the diaper Gennie for just Poop Diapers and use a trash can with wal-mart bags (FREE) for the pee diapers. This has cut back the need for changing the refills to only every 3 months or so!!

SO this is our way of Saving even just a little on the Diaper disposal!

What do you do?

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Easy Quesadillas

Tonight for supper I'm trying a new recipe!! I thought I woud share I with you, I found this on another blog and its sounds real easy!

Easy Quesadillas
10 flour tortillas
non-stick cooking spray
3 oz cream cheese, softened
1 Tablespoon taco seasoning
filling: beans, chicken, beef, etc...about 2 cups
2 cups shredded cheese (your choice)


Heat skillet over medium low heat. In a small bowl, mix the cream cheese and taco seasoning together until well combined; set aside.

Remove two (2) flour tortillas from bag and spray one side of one tortilla with non-stick cooking spray (if you don't have this, use butter or olive oil, your choice), place the 2nd tortilla on top.

Using the back of a spoon, spread about 1 Tablespoon of cream cheese mixture over the tortilla. Spread thin layer of cooked beans or meat over the cream cheese layer. Sprinkle a couple of tablespoons of shredded cheese over the bean/meat layer.

Separate the tortilla from the oily one beneath it and place it into the heated skillet. Place the oily tortilla over the cheese layer, oily side out. After about 1-2 minutes, carefully flip the tortilla so the other side can brown. Remove the quesadilla from the skillet to rest and so the cheese can finish melting.

Continue making quesadillas. Cut them into quarters or sixths. Serve with guacamole, salsa and sour cream.

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You'll want to hurry because quantities are limited

Rite Aid Shopping Trip

I got some Great Deals at Rite Aid today!!!

Here's what I got

Curel Lotion on sale for $5.99 (I used 1 $1.00 off 1 coupon,from the paper and 1 $1.00 off 1 rite aid coupon)
so Curel Lotion was just - $3.99

Ricola cough drops on sale for .99 (I used 1 $1.00 off 2 coupon from the paper)
so I got 2 packs for just .98

Nyquil & Dayquil on sale for 3.99ea I bought one pack of each (used a $2.00 off and a $1.50 off coupon)
so I got 2 packs for $4.48

Puffs tissue on sale for 2.49 (I used a free puff when you buy 2 vicks items coupon)
so I got the tissues for FREE

Men's Gilette boday wash on clearance for 2.49 (I used a 1.00 off 1 coupon)

so this was just 1.49

4 pack of heat wraps on sale for .99

4 pack of Kid's be Kool packs on sale for just .99 (i bought 2 packs of these)

Bayer asprin on sale for $1.99 ( I used a 2.00 off 1 riteaid coupon)

these were FREE

Lil criters gummy vitmins 6.99 BOGO ( so 2 bottles were just 6.99)


I used a $5.00 off $25.00 Rite Aid coupon ( this coupon expired today SORRY but you can get a $5.00 off $20 coupon still jsut for watching a few videos)
I got my Rite aid coupons for the Bayer and the curel when I did the Rite aid Video Vaules and got a $5.00 off $20.00 coupon , (which i used last week an you only get one )


I paid just 15.92 OOP for everything!!!
(oop mean out of pocket)


If I was to buy these products without coupons or sales it would have been 64.17

so thats a saving of around 75%!!!!

OH AND GUESS WHAT
The Nyquil and dayquil have a single check rebate (1.00 each)
and them, the gillette, puffs. will go towards the Rite Aid P&G Rebate
Check out riteaid.com for more info

So On top of gettingGREAT DEALS I will also be getting a little money back on them!!!

Wordless Wednesday

SNACK TIME!!!

(if you know me, you know I cannot be wordless)

ON OUR MENU Jan 18 - 22

Monday - Hamburgers, fries, & salads

Tuesday - Slow cooked Roast, mashed potatoes, gravy, & veggies

Wednesday - Lasagna, garlic toast, & salad

Thursday - BREAKFAST - eggs, hash browns, sausage, toast

Friday - Chicken Quesdias, corn, & chips & salsa

CVS DEALS

I went to CVS yesterday and got some really good deals!!!


Pepsi products were on sale for 6/$20 with a $10 EBR (Extra buck, basically a coupon that prints out at the end of your recipe that you can use the on your next purchase)

so I bought 5 cases of Pepsi products and 1 bag of Tostitos hips (also in the promo)
for a total of
$21.44
I used a $5 off $20 purchase coupon
so I paid just $16.44 OOP and got $10.00 EBR back and a coupon or 2.00 off huggies wipes

Next I bought
Pamper 8.88
wipes 3.49
batteries 2.99
wipes 1.49
= 16.85
Used .75 off battery coupon
2.50 diapers and wipes coupon
1.00 EBR ( had from last week)
10.00 EBR
=2.65 OOP

Next I bought
huggies wipes 3.49
used .75 off coupon
and 2.00 off coupon that I got with order #1
= .74 oop

So Grand total that I spent OOP was $19.84

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Before coupon and EBR it would have cost me $41.78 so I saved over 50% just for using coupons and EBR!!!!!

My mommy Tip of the Week

Have you ever been in a hurry and go to get dressed When you realize your(or the kids or even Hubby's) clothes are WRINKLY instead of getting out the iron and waiting for it to heat up then forgetting to unplug it not too mention actually finding time to iron the shirt, Simply Throw them in the dryer with a damp washcloth and a fabric sheet, dry them for about 5-10 mins and then just shake them good when you pull them out and they will be at least 80% less wrinkly!!

Since I stared doing this I only use my iron when sewing!!

New Recipes we tried this week.

We tried 3 new recipes this week!!

Parmesan Fries

Crusted Roast Pork with White Beans

Hearty Sausage Skillet

(you can find the recipes for these is an earlier post)

So this is what we thought of them

The Fries - They were eatable but not great. Needed lots of Ketchup!!lol

we will probably not make these again, I'm going to try to find another baked fires recipe.

The Crusted Pork Meal was GREAT!! We will be making this again!!

The Hearty Skillet - well it turned out like Mac and Cheese with Sausage in it with a side of Broccoli and cheese.