As some of you may know from one of my previous entries I play
The Grocery Game and yesterday was GG nirvana! First of all the coupons were amazing! There were 5 circulars alone in my paper and the sales were nuts! I bought 5 papers (the Walgreens in my area sells the sunday paper for 88 cents) plus the one I have delivered, so I was cutting and sorting coupons for hours. My girlfriend bought 10 papers, I heard of some who bought 20. Here is a little background on my
budget and how I make this work so you don't have to read this again if you already have.
On to the good stuff; my receipts. Yup, I'm going to post them and what I bought. Here is what I DIDN'T buy and why: meat, cereal and diapers. I didn't buy meat because my freezer is full. I hit Sam's last week when they were having a crazy sale and stocked up on chicken for $1.88 a pound, pork chops for around $2 and I still have ground beef from a Bloom sale that was $.99 pound. I still have cereal and I don't pay more than around $2 a box for it--usually less. I don't buy sugary cereals either so it tends to be harder to get. And as far as diapers go, I'm going to Costco later today, they are having a great sale with a coupon and I plan to stock up there.
This is my BiLo receipt and totals. The idea is to stock up when the deals are this good.
I bought:
6 bottles of Wishbone salad dressing
4 cans of campbells cream of chicken soup
6 jars of Jiff peanut butter
6 Softsoap liquid soap
1 bottle of Infusium shampoo (19 cents!)
This is my CVS receipt and my purchases.
One Touch blood glucose monitor (free)
2 Libriderm lotion
2 Boost 6 pack
2 Glade Diffuser Twinpack
2 Centrum Multi w/ Caltrate
2 All Small and Mighty Detergent
20 pack Cottonelle bath tissue
I also got $26 in ECB for my next visit there. My receipt was taller than me!
This is Publix, where I do most of my shopping because I just like the store. The food is good, and I like the store, the pharmacy and the people there.
Here is what I purchased:
2 Kelloggs Pop Tarts
Pampers Wipes
Milk
2 Totinos Pizza Rolls
2 Publix graham crackers
2 Flinstones Multi Vit
4 4-Pack Campbells Tomato Soup (ended up being .30 can)
2 Land O Lakes Butter
2 Aleve 50 count tablets
30 count Claritin
2 barillia Ziti
2 Barilla Angel Hair
2 Barilla Spaghetti
10 Danon yogurt (.30 each)
bread
6 cans Progresso soup (.75 each)
Northland cranberry juice
2 Kraft Macaroni Dinner
Lea and Perrins worcestershire sauce
2 Athenos Hummus
apples
bananas
Publix frosted flakes ( 1 cent item)
That's a lot isn't it? I rarely buy meat there since Bloom, Ingles and Sam's have such spectacular meat deals and I just stock up there. So, if you are interested in cutting you grocery bill by 45 to 50% as I have without having to sacrifice what you eat, check out The Grocery Game. Make sure you put me down as a referral too (bethwietrzykowski@gmail.com)! Whenever you refer someone, you get a month free so be sure to do the same once you sign up.
I love my coffee. It's a well know fact among my friends. Most of our outings include a stop at Starbucks or Brickhouse. I start the morning off with a grinding and a percolating. Every morning. I do it before showering, getting dressed or brushing my teeth. Addicted? No, just well prepared.
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I finally am getting these posted. It was difficult, let me tell you. I had a custom order for these so I made extra to put in my shop. I adore custom orders, money in the bank right? But, that also means that I can't work on things that need to be done. Such as Valentines, new ideas, birthday cards and the like. It's a juggling act. I need to find that balance.
On to the post it notes. I made these for my very first repeat customer--woo hoo!! That repeat customer made me think that, hey, maybe I've "made it". So as I'm straddling that awkward phase between getting a lot of shop attention and not really having time to stock it.... I know a lot of you out there know exactly what I mean. In the interim, I'm trying to find that balance of promoting/blogging/crafting/spending time with my kids/husband/down time and other things I want to do. I'm not sure in what direction I want to go.
Up to this point, I've had naps and a couple nights a week to create. Well, we are down to one nap a day and during that nap there is a 4 year old that needs attention. And I don't want to be the wife that says "see ya" every night after the kids go to bed. I need a schedule,I think.
In the meantime, I've finished these and have them in my etsy shop and my artfire shop. They say "the little things" which I think is appropriate for taking little notes. The pink one is from paper my husband gave me for Christmas.
Pampering Beki has some fantastic jewelry. She makes it for moms as well as kid's hair accessories. She also has a great blog that I follow. Ellen over at Thrifty and Chic Mom is sponsering a giveaway from her shop. You can win the necklace at the bottom of this post. Nice, isn't it? Go on over to Ellen's blog and register to win. She has other ways to get more ways to win so have fun and give it a shot. She's also got a great blog, so take some time and look it over while you are there.
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When my first son was born, my sister-in-law Amanda decided she wanted to be called Mimi. It's cute, easy to say and she thought it was easy enough that Stasiu would say it sooner rather than later. When her son, Isaac was born almost two years ago, she dubbed me Bebe. At first I thought it was a bit silly, but since I'm crazy for Mimi and Isaac, I went along with it.
CurlyFrySC has featured my Thank You cards from my shop on her Valentine blog post today. She is catering it toward everyone, not just couples. For my cards, she suggests it for going out with the girls, then thanking them for a great evening. There are some fantastic finds on her blog. Head on over there and check it out.
I twitter. A Lot. I probably should be doing other things but I'm twittering away. One of the nice things about twittering is that I've been featured in this beautiful treasury by In My Head Studios, who has a really cool shop, by the way.
This is a great Valentine's Day card for boys--or even the men in your life! I actually did this as a custom order for Bitty Books (check out her shop-it is awesome!). She's on The South Carolina Street Team with me and ordered them for her sons. She wanted them to be basically the same but to have the trucks colored the opposites of each other. She saw the original in my shop and even put it in a treasury! Ya think she liked it?
Like to stamp? Like Valentines Day? Like free? Here is some blog candy for you. Head on over to Donkey Smiles for details and see if you win.
I have to change Pediatricians. Now. Due to my son being born in Canada and moving twice since then he missed one of his vaccinations along the way. He missed his Hep B. The nurse went through his records and discovered he was missing this shot which he needs for school. We went about 2 months ago and got this shot and if you know anything about 4 year olds, it was traumatic. He is at the age where he understands it and hates it.
Isn't it a pretty treasury? This was done by bitty books who is on the South Carolina Street Team with me. She did a great job! My Truckfull Of Love card is featured at the top. So go ahead, click here and give it and all the other artisans some love!
Have you finished your Christmas Thank You cards, well, have you? This is a cute way to get the message across. With the multiple textured layers and the raised "Merci" your recipient is sure to appreciate your heartfelt thanks.
The idea is for me to write down or sketch down ideas for the shop. Whether it is cards, new products, stamps I saw or whatever. Hence the "musings" on the front cover. Yes, I made the pen, too.
The back cover is from the same paper line that Santa brought me for Christmas. I just love this paper line.
This is the inside of the front cover. Who wants to look at the measurement tables inside a composition book? Certainly not me! I used the same paper for the inside of the back cover.
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