New ALDI Deals, starting Oct 20th!

Here are some of the awesome deals that ALDI is offering, starting the 20th:

• Priano Alfredo Sauce, roasted garlic or 4 cheese 15 oz $1.89 ea
• Priano Roasted Red Peppers, sweet or marinated 12 oz $1.69 ea 
• Priano Risotto, 4 cheese, mushroom or butternut squash 5.93 oz $1.79 ea 
• Priano Soup Mixes, zuppa amore or pasta fagioli 3.4-5.3 oz $1.69 ea 
• Priano Italian Style Diced Tomatoes 14.5 oz $0.49 ea
• Priano Dessert Cups, tiramisu or  chocolate cream puffs 6.3 oz $1.89 ea
• Stonemill Essentials Premium Sauce Mixes 0.5-1.6 oz $0.59 ea 
• Rice Bowl Couscous Mix, Parmesan or roasted garlic with olive oil 5.8-5.9 oz $1.49 ea
• Bake House Creations Pizza Crust 10 oz $1.49 ea
• L'oven Fresh Ciabatta Bread, plain or olive 10.6 oz $1.69 ea
• Millville Instant Oatmeal, original or apples and cinnamon 11.8-12.3 oz $1.49 ea
• Millville Pancake Mix, pumpkin or banana chocolate chip 16 oz $2.79 ea

 To view all of the Specials starting Oct 20th, go Here

For more information about shopping at ALDI, visit the homepage

Tempt My Tummy Tuesday - Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins!

This is my first Tempt my Tummy Tuesday post - YEAH!  I took my regular Banana bread recipe and added chocolate chips to it and made muffins, which are oh so yummy!  Here's the recipe...

 Ingredients:

• 2-3 large ripe Bananas
• 1/3 c Margarine or Butter
• 2/3 c Sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 2 c Flour (unbleached or all purpose or even whole wheat, or a combination of these)
• 2 tsp Baking Powder
• 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
• 1/2 c Buttermilk (which I never have, so I mixes some sour cream and milk together to make 1/2 c)
• 1/2 bag Chocolate Morsels (approx. 1 c)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Puree Bananas.  Add butter, sugar, buttermilk (or sour cream mixture) and eggs.  Mix together until well blended.
3. Separately combine flour, with baking powder and soda.  Add this to the banana mixture a third at a time until all is well blended.
4. Stir in chocolate morsels.
5. Pour into greased muffin cups and bake 15-20 minutes* in preheated oven until golden brown and cooked through.
6. Cool completely on wire rack.
7. Serve muffins with butter and a glass of milk and try not to eat them all by yourself :-)

*If you prefer to make a loaf of bread, bake approx. 55 minutes depending on your oven.

Sunday's CVS Trip

I LOVED the Kellogg's deal this week and the FREE Mentos Gum!  Here's what I picked up at CVS on Sunday...

2 boxes Special K Cereal $3.59 ea - $0.26 & $0.25  Sale = $3.34 & 3.33

1 box Nutrigrain Bars $3.99 - $0.66 Sale = $3.33

- $5 ECB wyb $10 = 3/$5

3 boxes Special K Bars $3.59 ea - $0.36 x 2 & $0.35 Sale - $5 ECB wyb $10 = 3/$5

4 pkgs Mentos Gum $1.79 ea - BOGO Free Sale - $1/1 MC x 4 (newspaper) = 4 FREE + $0.42 MM!

1 CVS Hand Sanitizer Spray $1.99 - FREE item CVS Coupon = FREE

1 Carroll County Times Newspaper $1
2-12 pks Coke Products $5.59 ea - $2.60 ea Sale = $2.99 ea or 2/$5.98 (Not pictured)

+ $0.60 Tax

- $5/25 CVS Coupon (email)

- $19.98 ECB's used to Pay

Total OOP: $2.18, paid with FREE gift card + Earned $10 ECB's for next time!

Sunday's Rite-Aid Trip

Rite-Aid has a LOT of SCR items this week that are freebies and some that are money-makers!  Here's what I was able to grab Sunday...

1 Clearasil Face Wash $5.49 - $1.10 Card Discount - $2/1 in-ad Coupon - $2/1 MC = $0.39

1 Simply Saline $5.99 - $2 Sale - $3.99 SCR = FREE

1 Bee MD Honey Cough Drops $2.99 - $0.60 Card Discount - $2.49 SCR = FREE + $0.10 MM!

1 Thermacare Heat Wrap $3.99 - $1 Sale - $1/1 Rite-Aid Values Coupon - $1/1 MC (newspaper) - $2.99 SCR = FREE + $2 MM!

1 pkg Bodi Heat Patches $3.99 - $1 Sale - $2.99 SCR = FREE

2 Reese's Soft Cookies $1 ea - $0.50 ea Clearance - $0.10 ea Card Discount = $2/0.80

1 Blink Tears $10.49 - $2.50 Sale - $2/1 MC (previous package) - $7.99 SCR = FREE + $2 MM!

- $5/25 Purchase Coupon

- $7 UP+Rewards used to Pay

Total OOP: $5.54, paid with FREE gift card + Earned $20.45 in SCR's!!!!

Menu Plan Monday Oct 18th 2010

This week is full of doctor's appointments and physical therapy appointments for Joe and work for me; things are going to be a little hectic around here!  Here's what's cooking this week:

Breakfasts: Cold Cereal, Cream of Wheat or Oatmeal

Lunches: Leftovers or Deli meat Sandwiches with Chips

Dinners:

Sunday - Homemade Pizza

Monday - Cheesy Salsa Mini Meatloaves with Mexican Rice and Salad

Tuesday - Parmesan Broiled Tilapia with Baked Sweet Potatoes and Steamed Broccoli

Wednesday - Coq au Vin Stew with Homemade Bread and Salad

Thursday - Chicken Parmesan Bundles with Buttered Egg Noodles and Salad

Friday - French Toast or Eggs with Toast and Bacon

Saturday - Friends over for dinner -- TBA!

What's Baking: Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins; Iced Dark Chocolate Brownies

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Sunday's CVS ECB Trip!

Trip #1:

 

Trip #2:

The deals were definitely plentiful last week at CVS!  Here are my two trips from last week, listed together:

2 boxes Quaker Chewy Granola Bars $3.59 ea - $1.09 ea Sale - $1/2 MC (newspaper) - $2 ECB wyb $5 = 2/$2

2 boxes Quaker Instant Oatmeal $4.99 ea - $2.49 ea Sale - $1/1 MC x 2 - $2 ECB wyb $5 = 2/$1

1 box Ritz Crackers $1.99 - $0.99 Sale = $1 (for a new recipe this week)

2 cans Gold Emblem Beef Broth $1.19 ea - $0.69 ea Sale = $0.50 ea or  2/$1

2 cans Gold Emblem Chicken Broth $1.19 ea - $0.69 ea Sale = $0.50 ea or  2/$1

2 pkg Candy Corn $0.99 - $0.99 CVS Coupon x 2 = 2 FREE

2-24 pks Gold Emblem bottled H2O $3.99 ea - $1.02 ea Sale = $2.97 ea or 2/$5.94

1 Colgate Total Advanced Toothpaste $3.69 - $0.70 Sale - $1/1 CVS Coupon (email) - $0.75/1 MC (magazine) - $2.99 ECB = FREE + $1.75 MM!

1 AZO Itch Relief Cream $6.99 - $2/1 MC - $5 ECB = FREE

1 Carroll County Times Paper $1

2 pkgs Purex Complete Laundry Sheets $7.99 ea - BOGO Free Sale $7.99 - $3/1 MC (newspaper) x 2 = 2/$1.99

+ $1.03 Tax

- $4/20 CVS Coupon (email)

- $19 ECB's used to Pay

Total OOP: $3.19, paid with FREE gift card + Earned $12.99 in ECB's ($1 for green bag tag) for next time!

Rite-Aid Trips for last week

Trip #1:

Trip #2

Rite-Aid has some AWESOME deals this week!  I was able to make 2 trips to Rite-Aid and I am now very well stocked on Udderly Smooth lotion for Joe.  Here's what I was able to get (both trips listed together):

7 Udderly Smooth Lotions $2.99 ea - $1.99 ea Sale - 1 UP+Rewards x 7 = 7 FREE

4 bottles Gain Dish Soap $1.49 ea - $0.60 ea Sale - $1/1 MC (newspaper) x 4 = 4 FREE + $0.44 MM!

3 boxes Fixodent Denture tablets (for my Dad) $5.49 ea - $1.50 ea Sale - $1/1 MC x 3 (newspaper) - $2 UP+Rewards x 3 = $0.99 ea or 3/$2.97  (which I was paid back for)

2 pkgs No Nonsense Socks $4.99 ea - $2 ea Sale - $1/1 Rite-Aid Values Coupon - $1/1 Rite-Aid Coupon (Flu shot booklet) - $1UP+Rewards x 2 = $0.99 ea or 2/$1.98

1 pkg Sucrets Lozenges (for my Mom) $2.99 - $2.99 SCR = FREE

2 Metal Key-ring Medicine Holders $5.99 ea - $4 ea clearance - $0.40 ea Card Discount = $1.59 ea or 2/$3.18

2 boxes Playtex Gentle Glide Tampons $5.29 ea - $1.29 ea Sale - $2/1 MC x 2 - $2/2 Rite-Aid Values Coupon - $2 UP+Rewards wyb 2 = 2 FREE

1 Blistex Lip Ointment $2.39 - $0.90 Sale - $1.49 SCR = FREE

1 Palmer's Cocoa Lip Balm $2.99 - $1 Sale - $1.99 SCR = FREE

1 Neli-Med Nasadock Station $9.99 - $4 Sale - $5.99 SCR = FREE
+ $1.61 Tax
- $5/25 Rite-Aid Coupon
- Misc $3 Coupon - Not sure for what?
- $16.97 UP+Rewards used to Pay
Total OOP: $13.79, paid with FREE gift card + Earned $17 UP+Rewards & $12.46 SCR!!!!

Saturday's 20% off Big Lots Trip

I received a 20% off your total purchase coupon in my email, so last Saturday, I decided to go look through the food section to see what was new and grab some rope that Joe needed.  Here's what I ended up with...

1 pkg Rope $5 - $1 from coupon = $4

2 pkg Raspberry Muffin Mix $0.50 ea - $0.10 ea from coupon = 2/$0.80

2 pkg Hot Artichoke and Garlic Dip Mix $0.50 ea - $0.10 ea from coupon = 2/$0.80

1 bag Kettle Potato Chips $1.80 - $0.36 from coupon = $1.44

+ $0.24 Tax

 Total OOP: $7.28

This Weekend's Dollar Store Stop -- Big Bargains!

I absolutely LOVE the dollar store, mainly because everything is a dollar!  Here are some of the deals that are available at the Westminster, MD store:

2 Liquid Plumber $1 ea = $2

1 box Gas Relief $1

2 boxes Laxatives $1 ea = $2

2 boxes Allergy pills (similar to Benedryl) $1 ea = $2

1 pair Sunglasses $1

1 pkg Home-style Waffles $1

1 pkg President Feta Cheese (this is $4 in Shopper's) $1

3 ceramic Churches for Christmas decorating $1 ea = $3

+ $0.36 Tax

Total OOP: $13.36 (health and food items are not taxed)

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