Trip to 3 different stores..

doesn't sound good.. but it made for a pretty decent shopping trip the other day! It's been a couple of days since i've been on here. Sorry guys! I'm back! I had a English Literature II test on Monday night that I've been studying for and I caught someone's cold over the weekend. I attended baseball games this weekend and cleaned house and cooked a little. I had my first dining experience at Longhorn Steakhouse. It went fairly well.

I was passing down Lakeland Drive one day and noticed this place. It was like you passed one day and it was empty and the next it was built! They built that place in a jiffy! I had the parmesan crusted chicken with a side salad... and... mashed potatoes. :/ It was all very delicious but has earned me some extra hard working out in the gym. I woke up this morning and felt like doing something different; so I went on a walk down by the causeway which ended in 3.5 miles! It was nice and beautiful and loved the smell of the fresh outdoors! Then after work tonight I did 30 more minutes of cardio and some leg workouts. Pretty good day!


Anyways.. to get back on topic.. I had myself a little couponing trip the other day. It's been a couple of weeks since I've been coupon shopping, but I finally got around to organizing some coupons and making my list for my trip. I got away with $55.00 and all of....

THIS!

I am not an extreme couponer.. but I'm learning as I go and all of this probably would have came out to double what I spent.. but we all know those ladies on the show come out with spending as low as 99 cents sometimes. Makes me frustrated, but I do what I can!

My coupon on the ICBINB didn't scan and wal mart has a policy that they can't take a printed coupon if it doesn't scan.. so that was $1.25 I didn't get taken off... and also the cinnamon rolls. I had $1.00 off two and that one didn't work. I get most of my coupons offline because I don't always remember to get a Sunday paper and I'm not paying 10 dollars for inserts from a website.

I didn't have coupons for everything that I bought, but for most. Target had pasta-roni, rice-a-roni, and pasta salad mixes for 96 cents which was a pretty good deal so I snagged a couple of those. Then wal-mart had their hand soaps for 98 cents and hunt's mamwich on sale for 1.00 a can.. which that stuff can be pricey.

Of course my Kroger has a little section they put clearance items in and I got a good bit of things!
sliced mushrooms in a can- .39 cents
leseur's peas- .49 cents
can of carrots- .50 cents
can of rotel- .50 cents
bag of penne noodles- .99 cents
Kentucky southern seasoned breading- .99 cents
pink lemonade koolaid mixes- .09 cents

I have to snag those things when they're there.. or else when I go back they will no longer be there. It's smart to check that section every time you are up for going to the grocery store because they put different things there everyday! They had other things like marshmallows, bisquick, a bunch of different ice cream sundae toppings (fudge,caramel, etc..)- this is at the Kroger at Dogwood Promenade if you live in Flowood, MS.

So I had a decent trip to the store! I was semi-happy with my purchases and my cabinet is overflowing with canned/boxed goods. I'm a happy domestic girl ready to cook away!

I have reorganized my coupon binder and threw out all of the expired coupons! Can't wait for another trip soon!

HAPPY COUPONING,
Lauren

ANOTHER couponing trip

As you all know, I have been learning how to coupon! Normally I would pick up a coupon and be like "ohhhh 40 cents off!", but you have to know how to pair coupons with sales and find places that double them! I normally print my coupons off the internet, but I decided to buy a paper this past Sunday and there was no grocery coupons in it! I'll look from now on before I buy. $1.75 wasted because I definitely don't read the paper.

On this weeks trip I went to the normal three stores: Wal-Mart, Target, and Kroger. By the way, my Kroger has a little clearance section on the Laundry detergent aisle. It was hidden, but I found it! Most of the time the boxes are barely dented, or the cans are barely dented or something that they can't sell.

This week's trip! (Spent about $40)

2 boxes of toaster strudels
1 package of chicken drumsticks
1 bag of kaiser rolls
1 bag of french bread
2 suave professionals shampoo/conditioner
2 boxes of angel hair whole grain pasta
1 pack of carefree feminine product
1 kikkoman soy sauce
2 packages of asian dish mixes
2 scotch disinfecting wipes
1 box of kellogg's fiber plus cereal
4 yocrunch yogurts
1 gallon milk
4 boxes of mac n cheese
1 box of instant coffee packet mixes
1 12 pack coke zero

Just a FYI, don't be afraid to buy things on clearance. You do have to be careful sometimes, but other than that, it's mostly okay! The bread in my picture I found at Kroger on the "oops we baked too much" rack! 79 cents for the french and 1.19 for the kaiser! Great prices. Sorry for all the cat food, Morris loves soft cat food for a treat every couple of days! And the milk and coke zero were not on sale, just needed! :P

Just to get off topic for a minute, I have always disliked suave products because they're obviously cheap, and I guess you pay for what you get. I can't use suave shampoo/conditioner because it doesn't do much for my extremely thick hair... but I've heard good things about this suave professionals stuff. I'll let you guys know about it once I try it. It's packed away in storage for now until I need it!

Thanks and happy grocery shopping to you all!
Lauren

COUPONINGGGG!!

I have officially started doing some major couponing (probably not a word)! You should do the same! Groceries are so expensive these days that we can hardly afford them and I'm one of those that hates for the kitchen to be empty of groceries! I love to cook, so I always like options! I went to a few stores yesterday while I was out, but didn't buy too much because I was trying to get home, so today when I went out, I hit the stores! Justin got me a new black ink cartridge, so I was able to print some good coupons! I don't get the newspaper because half the time the coupons in the papers are not ones that I will use and you can print the same ones off the internet! I've found the best deals at target!
          I have never grocery shopped at target because when I think of that kind of store, It makes me think that the groceries are more expensive because it's not a grocery store, but I was wrong! They have so many deals! I found cereals, mac n cheese, spaghetti sauce, etc.. on clearance! Talk about excitement!
          So, in making my rounds I went to Walgreen's, Wal-Mart, Kroger, and Target. I spent 40 dollars and got all of this.....

That is a lot of stuff!

Notice, there's lots of cereal! We love cereal!

Here's what I got!
cinnamon toast crunch
lucky charms
apple crunchies (target brand apple jacks)
multi-grain cheerios
fruit rageous (target brand fruity pebbles)
honey nut cheerios
kashi go lean honey with flax cereal
5 totino's cheese pizzas
1 can chicken broth
2 cans of cinnamon rolls
3 boxes mac n cheese
1 box fruit chew snacks
1 box instant grits
1 box idahoan cheesy hash browns
1 jar dark karo syrup
2 boxes zataran's jambalaya mix
3 bottles of juice (strawberry banana & apple)
2 2lb bags of frozen broccoli
4 cans soup
1 tub butter
1 block cheddar cheese
andddd 1 box bagel bites!
ALL FOR 40 BUCKS!

I'm excited! Can you tell? As I said earlier, I found all of these coupons on the internet! Like The Krazy Coupon Lady's page on fb and she posts all the coupons for the week! She's awesome! It's time consuming, but well worth it!

Frugalistic Lauren