Wednesday's Giant Trip

Wednesday Joe and I stopped into Giant to pick up a few necessities, and a couple of good deals.  It was weird only using 3 coupons, but sometimes that's just how it works out.  Here's what we ended up with...

3-35 pks Giant Bottle Water (not pictured) $3.99 ea - $1.97/3 Sale = 3/$10
2-100 ct boxes Giant Bagless Tea Bags $1.25 ea - 2/$2.50
1-4 pk Bumble Bee Tuna $7.99 - $4 Sale = $3.99
1-16 ct Giant Fruit and Grain Bars $1.64 (on clearance)
1 box Quaker Oatmeal $3.69 - $0.69 Sale = $3
2 bags Cascadian Farms Frozen Organic Broccoli $2.29 ea - $0.75/1 MC doubled to $1.50 x 2 = 2/$1.58
1 tub Country Crock Mashed Potatoes $3.99 - $0.55/1 MC doubled to $1.10 = $2.89
+ $0.60
- $0.10 Reusable Bag Credit
Total OOP: $36.96 - $11.86 Sales/Coupons = $25.10 oop, Savings of 30%

Wednesday's CVS Trip

Wednesday we also stopped into CVS to roll my ECB's.  I was able to pick up some awesome deals!  I'm definitely set on prenatal vitamins for the rest of the year.  I also finally earned a $5 ECB from the Pharmacy Rewards program, so I had that to spend today as well.  I did two transaction to make the most of my ECB's.  Here's how it went down...

Transaction #1
2 tubes Fixodent $5.29 ea - $0.30 ea Sale - $2.50/1 MC x 2 - $2.49 ECB's x 2 = 2 FREE!
2-100 ct bottles CVS Prenatal Vitamins $11.29 ea - BOGO Free Sale - $2/1 CVS Coupon = 2/$9.29
1-3 ct Schick Quattro Disposable Razors $10.49 ea - $2/1 MC - $1.79 CVS Coupon (20% off) - $4/$10 CVS Razor Coupon - $3 ECB's = FREE + $0.30 Money-maker!
1 Physician's Formula Eye Shadow $12.79 - $1.79 CVS Coupon (20% off) - $2 CVS Beauty Coupon - $7 ECB's = $2
+ $1.26 Tax
- $19 ECB's used to Pay
Total OOP: $8.23, Earned $14.98 ECB's

Transaction #2
4 bags M&M's $4.19 ea - $1.19 ea Sale - $1.50/2 MC x 2 - $4 ECB's = 4/$5
2 bags Hershey's Miniatures $3.79 ea - $1.29 ea Sale - $1/2 MC - $1 ECB wyb 2 = 2/$3
1 Cadbury Mini Eggs $0.99 - $0.25 Sale - $0.74 ECB = FREE!
+ $1.07 Tax
- $11.98 ECB's used to Pay
 Total OOP: $2.83, Earned $5.74 ECB's

Total OOP: $11.06, Earned $25.72 in ECB's (including Pharmacy Reward)

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4 Weeks to a More Organized Home: Day 2

Today's challenge involved quick clean of the kitchen, which I just did yesterday as part of my weekly cleaning, so that was already done.  Then it was on to cleaning out the refrigerator.  I hadn't cleaned the refrigerator out really well since before Christmas, so I decided to wipe everything down and out as I went.  It really didn't take long at all, and now everything is crumb-free and sparkly again.  I also found a few things to get rid of while I was cleaning out.  Here's the before and after shots...

Inside fridge before

 Door before

Inside and door after, ah...  Much better!  As for my decluttered items: 7 expired/past prime condiments and food items.  I am always so surprised by the amount of expired condiments in the fridge, it's like they appear and multiple over night. 

And a nice clean kitchen - yeah!

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ALDI Deals, Starting 03/05/2014

Here are a few of the AWESOME deals this week at ALDI...

• Weds. 03/05 ONLY: Cattlemen's Ranch Fresh USDA Choice Corned Beef Points $1.99/lb
• Weds. 03/05 ONLY: Fresh USDA Choice Filet of Beef Original or Teriyaki 16 oz $5.99 ea 
• Red Potatoes 5 lbs $1.49 ea
• Baby Carrots 16 oz $0.49 ea
• Cabbage $0.99 ea
• Yellow Onions 3 lb bag $0.79 ea
• Anjou Pears 28 oz $1.19 ea
• Pineapple $1.39 ea
• Friendly Farms Veggie Ranch or French Onion Dip 16 oz $1.29 ea
• Bake House Creation Pie Crusts 15 oz $1.49 ea
• Breakfast Best Homestyle Waffles 12.3 oz $1.29 ea
• Burman's Sauce Assorted Varieties (including cocktail and tartar) $0.99 ea
• Sea Queen Wild Caught Salmon 16 oz $3.99 ea
• Sea Queen Value Pk Tilapia Fillets 32 oz $5.99 ea
• Sea Queen Flounder Fillets 16 oz $3.99 ea
• Millville Honey Grahams Cereal  12 oz or Maple Brown Sugar Frosted Shredded Wheat Cereal 16.5 oz $1.99 ea
• Baker's Corner Irish Soda Bread  16 oz $1.49 ea
• Kerry Gold Irish Cheese Dubliner or Blarney Castle 7 oz $3.29 ea
• Simply Potatoes Shredded Hash browns or Diced Potatoes with Onion 20 oz $1.79 ea
• Sealtite 10-piece round Durable Container Set BPA-free $4.99 ea
• Kitchen Living Banana Hanger with Fruit Basket Black or Chrome $9.99 ea
• Kitchen Living Microwave Cookware Assortment BPA-free $4.99 ea
• Kitchen Living 6-piece Stainless Steel Mixing Bowl Set $6.99 ea
• Kitchen Living Stainless Steel Tea Kettle 2.5 Qt also in Red $6.99 ea
• Kitchen Living Kitchen Gadget Assortment $1.69 ea

For more information about shopping at ALDI, visit their Homepage!