A Little Piece Of Heaven

In the last 3 months or so (since I have been using coupons) I have really been trying to build up our food storage. I only have a closet of a pantry and little freezer but I know it's really important to have a storage. It is something that is really emphasized in our church. There have been so many hard times for us in the past that I have wished we had a bigger storage of food. So with that being said, I have decided to do this $5/week plan I found on the Idea Door's website. I don't plan on following their list of food items to buy because we don't eat all of it. I really like the concept though. I think I can make out really well with combining this plan with using coupons and stocking up on the things that are on sale. I know this is not anything amazing yet but here is a list of the items and prices of all I have been able to stock up on:

15 quart jars applesauce (free from a friend, payback for babysitting)
11 jars peanut butter 1.99/jar = $21.89 saved $5.61
12 box's Ronzoni pasta .50/box = $6.00 $12.00
9 box's hamburger helper .67/box = $6.03 saved $9.72
5 Betty Crocker cookie pouches .70/pouch = $3.50 saved $6.45
12 Betty Crocker potato pouches .30/pouch = $3.60 saved $8.40
7 cans progresso .90/can = $6.30 saved $9.45
7 cans tomato soup .50/can = $3.50 saved $1.75
16 cans hunt's tomatoes .34/can = 5.92 saved $14.08!
3 cans cream of chicken .69 = $2.07 saved nothing :(
4 jars spaghetti .75/can $3.00 saved $4.00
4 muffin mixes 1.00/pouch $1.00 = $4.00 saved nothing :(
3 bottles mayo 2.25/jar $6.75 saved 3.75
8 envelopes taco seasoning .40/env = $3.20 saved $4.72
8 pouches Krorr noodles & rice sides .70/pouch=$5.60 saved $10.32
20 liters water (free, I fill up empty pop bottles with tap water)

Baking stuff: (stuff I already had, except the sugar, before coupons)
6 lbs salt
4 lbs brown sugar
4 lbs powdered sugar
20 lbs (5 4lb bags) granulated sugar 1.77/bag = $8.85 Retail 2.29/bag $11.45 savings $2.60
10 lbs whole wheat flour
10 lbs flour
5 lbs corn meal
2 big peanut butter sized jars honey (free from Mom & Dad)
3 lbs shortning
2 bottles active dry yeast

My total spent OOP: $90.21
Retail value: $200.10
Total saved: $109.89 That's over 50 percent in savings!


This is a partial list of some of the things that I would like to find some good deals on to have in my storage so if anyone knows of any good deals on these I would love to hear about it:

waffle syrup
ketchup
more sugar
more flour
mandarin oranges
salad dressing
canned veggies
canned milk
more sugar
chocolate chips
corn syrup
cooking oil
more cream of chicken

I dragged my kids in their costumes to the Old Navy Freaky Fun Day today and I am so glad we went! When we got there we were given a $5 off purchase coupon so I got all my kids (except baby) a $1 Halloween T-shirt and a couple reg ones for me. Plus they got coupons for a free graphic tee! So we ended up with 10 T-shirts valued at $63 for $2.50! It was fun for me but the kids were disappointed that they didn't get any candy so I gave them some from our stash at home. :)

I just got an award, I am so flattered!! Thank you April from LiTtLe ApRiL BiG wOrLd

OK, I have an update to my last post about the Kmart deal. I found 5 more of the B1G1 glade warmer coupons in the local newspaper recycling place, so I HAD to go back! Rolling my previous catalina's, I cleaned out both local KMart's and have 20 glade plug-in's only paying less than $10 oop AND I have a total of $44 in free money!! I am so proud of myself! Tomorrow is my son's birthday so I used them on some b-day present's. I will put up a picture of them tomorrow.

I am soooo excited about this purchase because I only spent .89 out of pocket and I earned $19 in catalinas. The glade scented oil warmers are the reason I was able to do this. Kmart has a deal right now that if you buy a warmer ($4.19) the register will print out a $4 of anything at the store catalina coupon. I had some b1g1 coupons so I can keep rolling the coupons any buying all the warmers I want. So far I have 10 of them. I also got a $3/3 johnson and johnson coupon which is what I used to buy the Johnson's buddies they are only .99 regularly so I can get as many free ones of those as I want, I still have 19 coupons for that too. I am excited because I can use those coupons to buy some free B-day presents for Brandon