Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines Day all! Today was busy lots of homework to do be back soon!

Today is one of those days.

Well more grocery shopping this afternoon. I will post totals and savings this later and today I realized I have been winging it on my menu and never did a February menu. So on top of grocery shopping, homework and kids I will working on a menu too.

Awesome Thrifty Meal!!

Dinner tonight... Hmm was it thrifty?

(Keep in mind I made a lot of food cause I had to feed all 6 kids, me, dh and his cousins that were here to help with a project dh is doing)

Okay so:

2 Boxes of Pasta (on sale for Buy 10 for $10. I had a $1 off 2 coupons and our store doubles. So each box of pasta was FREE!!)

3 cans of Ragu (Price $1.76 each. Had coupons for $1 off 2 and again they double. So each can of Ragu $.76 each! Total was $2.28 for the Ragu)

Then I used Pepperoni they were on sale for 2 for $5. I used one package.

Total cost of dinner for more than 8 people (that I normally feed) was a WHOOPING $4.78!!

I am so happy. It was a hit! The pepperoni wasn't the healthiest (though it was turkey and low sodium) but it made a good meal.

Yesterdays shopping trip!

Well we did it in 4 transactions. But each one we save 94%/75%/66% and 64%. I am pretty impressed. It was ALOT of food to put away. I think I have to make one more trip today for a few things that are still on sale today only. Then next weeks ad doesn't look all that good. I am really hoping to stay under my $600 a month grocery budget this month. We are getting low on meat (we buy a 1/2 a cow every six monthes and it is about time). So I am hoping to save some of this monthes budget to add to next monthes budget and order our beef. It will mean no more buying meat for 6ms and we stockpiled veggies this week. Woohoo I am so glad Feb is a short month. LOL

I hate getting sick.

So I have been MIA for a few weeks. We got really sick around here. Not sure what was going on. Had a few munchkins with the flu then we had like a strep throat go through it was horrible!

Found out last week that I now have Placenta Previa with my pregnancy. I am still pretty early so it hopefully will move up. We go for an U/S next week. I am really hoping they will tell me what the baby is. LOL

Kids have had 3 snowdays in a row. We got hit with some pretty bad weather and live in a very rural area. They should go back to school on Monday.

Did a big grocery shopping trip this week. Save 44%/45% and 74% Had to do the trip in 3 transactions. :) Also got back 2 $5 off my next order coupons. I will either be going tonight to do another big order or going tomorrow morning. They have veggies on sale for $.49 a can and my stock pile of veggies has been running really low. I will let you know the totals after I go. :D