ALDI Deals, Starting 09/26/2012!

Here are some of the great deals at ALDI this week!

• Friendly Farms Low fat Yogurt Strawberry or Peach 32 oz $1.99 ea
• Gardenline Garden Bags 32 gal pop-up style $6.99 ea
• Kirkwood Frozen Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts 3 lb $5.99 ea
• Lifeway Low fat Kefir Mango or Pomegranate 32 oz $2.79 ea
• O'donnells White Chocolate Cream Liquor 750 ml $8.99 ea 
• Season's Choice Diced Onion Rings 16 oz $1.29 ea
• Onions 3 lb bag $0.99 ea
• Baby Carrots 16 oz bag $0.59 ea
• Celery $0.89 ea
• Red Potatoes 5 lb bag $1.49 ea
• Red Grapes $1.98/2 lb container
• 4 pk Pears $1.59 ea

For more information about ALDI, visit their Homepage!

ALDI Deals: Starting 08/15/2012

Here are some of the deals starting this week at ALDI...

• Garden Mums 8" Pots $2.99 ea
• Countryside Creamery Tastes Like Butter Spray 8 oz $1.49 ea
• Combos Cheddar Cheese Pretzels 7 oz $1.69 ea
• Peaches, Plums, and Nectarines $0.29 ea
• Bananas $0.39/lb
• Mangoes $0.59 ea
• Green, and Red Grapes $1.98/2 lb pkg
• Kiwis $0.99/4 pk
• Millville Raisin Bran 20 oz, or Honey Crunch 'n Oats Cereals Almond or Original 14.5 oz $1.89 ea
• Millville Old Fashion or Quick Oats 4.2 oz $2.19 ea
• Nature's Nectar 100% Tomato Juice 4.6 oz $1.29 ea

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Weekly Spending Report: 08/05-11/2012!

Here are the shopping trips from last week, before we left for vacation.  I was able to get a LOT of great deals!

Target: 4 boxes Annie's Mac and Cheese (sale and 2 Target Coupons) for $3, 2 bags Annie's Snack Mixes @ $0.99 ea, 1 Up & Up feminine itch cream (used TC) @ $0.89, - $0.05 for bringing my own bag = $5.82 oop

CVS: 3-12 pks Coke Zero (not pictured, on sale 3/$10), 3 pkgs Snack Size Hershey's Candy (sale + ECB deal) @ 3/$1.97, 1 Aleve travel pk $1.57 - CVS C $3/1 = Money-maker!, and 1 pkg Zantac (sale, ECB deal, and MC) @ $0.99 + used ECB's to Pay

Total OOP: $4.33, Earned $4 ECB's!!!!

Rite-Aid: I actually had to stop at 2 Rite-Aids to find 2 Advil PM's.  Joe uses these often, so I wanted to make sure to get my limit.  2-80 ct Advil PM's (20% discount + MC + UP+Rewards deal = $3.59 ea) and 1 Con-air Hairbrush (20% discount + UP+Rewards deal = $0.55) + Used SCR Check and UP+Rewards to Pay

Total OOP: $3.89, Earned $10 UP+Rewards!!!

Safeway:  I haven't been to Safeway for months, but I have been hearing wonderful things about the new Just for U program, so I had to go give it a go.  I ended up with some awesome deals too!

5 Tortino's Pizzas $1 ea on sale - $1/5 load to card coupon +

6 Lean Cuisine Dinners $2 ea on sale - $0.12 ea Just for U Savings - $5 off $15 Frozen Food in-ad Coupon =  11 Items for $10.28!!!!

2-24 pk Pepsi $5 ea (Friday sale) - $2/2 MC (newspaper) = 2/$8

3 boxes Hamburger Helper $1 ea on sale - $0.75/3 doubled MC (newspaper) = 3/$1.50

Total OOP: $18.38, Savings of $31.52, 64%!

Giant: I used a LOT of coupons towards my total + $40 from Joe's Mom to be used towards our vacation food so in the end it was, $70.93 - $10.13 in Savings and Coupons - $40 from Joe's Mom = Net OOP of $20.31!

I also stopped into the Dollar Tree, Kohl's, BJ's, and Giant again, but didn't take pictures of the trips...

Dollar Tree: 5 bags of Bagel Chips and a bucket $6.06 oop

Kohl's: Used my $10 off any purchase coupon to buy 2 Simply Home Yankee Candles in Bartlett Pear on clearance, Saved $29.20, Total OOP $2.95!

BJ's: 1 lb Bag Diet Cape Cod Potato Chips and 1 pkg Apple Gate Cheese, used two coupons Total OOP $8.48

Giant: Bought 2 newspaper and 3 more boxes of Stevia pkts OOP $11.77 - $3 coupons = $8.77 oop

Grand Total OOP: $78.99 - $14 Rewards Earned = Net OOP: $64.99!!!   

For all the deals I got and all the shopping I did, I think I did AWESOME!!!

Freezer Cooking Day!

Before things got hectic around here, Joe and I harvested our onions for the season, we ended up with a huge basket full.  So I spent an afternoon before vacation processing them for the freezer.  

I ended up with 14 - 1 cup portions of diced onions 

(thanks to my mom's food processor, which will now live in my kitchen)

While I was using the food processor any way, I whipped up a batch of homemade knock-off Chili's salsa (recipe coming soon).  You have to drain the tomatoes for the salsa, so I froze the 1 cup of tomato juice as well, I figure I can use it in chili, or something like that.

But, there were still a few more onions to process, so I took the last 11 and sliced them for the freezer, and had 6 meals worth, for things like fajitas, or to saute with mushrooms for steak or sandwiches.

Lastly, I wanted to bake a batch of chocolate chip cookies to bring along to the beach and snack on, so while the mixer was already dirty, I whipped up 2 more batches of dough for the freezer - yum-o!!!

I only spent an afternoon's worth of time, and got some much accomplished, I love days like that!

8 Weeks to a Less Cluttered House Update #6

 The 5th week of decluttering was an easy one for me, mainly cause I had 2 days off!  Here's what I ended up getting rid of...

Day #21 and 22: Children's Closets
Joe and I have no children yet, so this does not apply to our household, so 2 days off for me!

Day #23 and 24: Clothing, Master Bedroom Closet and Dressers
Items Decluttered: 29

Day #25: Bathroom #1
Items Decluttered: 22

Total Items Decluttered: 46
(Still Ahead by 278 items!)

8 Weeks to a Less Cluttered House Update #5

 For the fourth week of this challenge, things were still plugging right along.

Day #16: Magazines and Newspapers
Items Decluttered: 20

Day #17: Decorative Items
Items Decluttered: 45

 Day #18 Furniture
Items Decluttered: 4

Day #19: Children's Clothing
Items Decluttered: 0
This unfortunately does not apply to our home yet, so a day of rest it was!

Day #20: Children's Clothing Day 2 or Freezer Clean Out
I did a little straightening in the freezer, but mostly used to day to put some things up in the freezer for easy meals and snacks later on (update coming soon).

 Total Items Decluttered for Days #16-20: 69
(282 Items Ahead!)

8 Weeks to a Less Cluttered House Update #4

 Well, I am way behind on giving updates, even though I have been plugging along with decluttering the house.  This has been a crazy few weeks with my mom dying, going to a steam show flea market for a week, and now Joe and I are at the Ocean for the week.  However, I really want to see this decluttering challenge through, so I am trying really hard to keep up with it, and things are flying around here.

Day #11: Children's Books Day 2 or Purse
Items Decluttered: 1

Day #12: Adult Books

Items Decluttered: 25

Here's the finished product!  (fyi this bookcase was FREE off the curb!)

Day #13: Adut Books Day 2 or Fridge Organization

Items Decluttered: 5

Day #14: First Aid and Medicine

Items Decluttered: 25

Day #15: Kids Artwork

Another day that doesn't apply to us, so no decluttering today! 

Total Items Decluttered for Days #11-15: 56

(263 Items Ahead)

ALDI Deals, Starting 07/18/2012!

Here are some of the great deals at ALDI this week...

• Belmont Sorbet Assortment Raspberry, Lemon, or Mango 14 oz $1.99 ea
• Diana's Bananas Banana Babies Milk or Dark Chocolate 10.5 oz $3.49 
• Little Salad Bar Fiesta Dip 18.5 oz $2.99 ea
• Millville Blueberry or Mixed Berry Fruit and Grain Cereal Bars 10.4 oz $1.69 ea
• Reggano Linguine or Fettuccine 16 oz $0.99 ea
• Uncle Ben's Country Inn Rice Broccoli Rice Au Gratin or Chicken Rice 6 oz $0.99 ea
• Vanderwall Clothes Drying Rack $9.99 ea
• Vanderwall Pop-up Hamper $5.99 ea
• Vanderwall 3-tier Laundry Cart $9.99 ea
• Vanderwall Table Top Ironing Board $5.99 ea

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8 Weeks to a Less Cluttered Home Update #3

Last week my mom was admitted to the hospital, and will hopefully be coming home tomorrow.  Needless to say, that between visiting her for long hours, and trying to keep up with my normal household duties, and work, things have been CRAZY!  However, I did manage to keep up with this organizing challenge, it's actually been kind of relaxing to get rid of excess clutter.  Here's how last week went...

Day #6: Kitchen 'Other' Drawers and Cabinets
Items De-Cluttered:13

 

Day #7: Cookbooks and Recipes

Items De-Cluttered: 50

I do not have a picture of the items I got rid of, but this is the 'after' of my Cookbook shelf, much better!

 
Day #8: VHS Tapes, DVDs, and CD's
Items De-Cluttered:160
(this only includes DVDs and VHS tapes, because that is as far as I've gotten, still working on this one)

Day #9: Desk

Items De-Cluttered: 26 (all paper trash) 

Here's the final product:

The white pan is my 'action box' for now, it has things I need to type or look up on the internet, by the end of summer, it will be empty though!

Day #10: Children's Books

Items De-Cluttered: Zero!  :-(

Unfortunately, Joe and I are not in the season of our life where this applies to us yet, so nothing to de-clutter today.

Total Items De-Cluttered for Days #6-10:249

(257 Items Ahead)

Menu Plan Monday: July 16th 2012

Last week was suppose to be rather laid back, but then my mom was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia on top of her congestive heart failure and fluid retention.  She is hopefully coming home tomorrow, but we'll have to wait and see what the PT says.  Needless to say we didn't really stick to the menu plan much.  This week is also going to be haphazard as well, at least until my one sister gets back from the beach.  I'll be cooking for my mom, dad, and Joe and I for a few days, so my menu plan is already out the window.  I didn't want you all to think I had abandoned things here in the frugal neighborhood, but sometimes life happens, and fun things, like blogging, get put on hold.
I plan to be back in full swing and menu-planning action next week!

But for some AWESOME Menu Plans, visit Org Junkie!