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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Shopping--Doing good
I have 3 great shopping trips to post. First 7/9/2011.
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Happy 4th of July
Happy 4th of July. We took it easy this 4th of July weekend. Stayed at home for the most part. Barry had to work all weekend but had Monday off. He took a little time out to light sparlers for the kids and some fireworks he found in the cabinet. We caught a small fireworks show we could see from our yard and still aren't sure where they were coming from or who was doing it. Jeremiah was very curious about the fireworks and sparklers. Every time one was lit here would try to run to it. All in all I woul say it was great, laid back holiday.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Official Grocery Challenge Sabotaged....
Week 2 Day 1 Spent $54.30 Left $70.70
Well I was doing wonderful budget wise with the grocery challenge and my husband get in his head he needs to stop at the grocery store. Now last post we had $17 and some change left and we were doing well. He spent over $30. Now this isn't a big blow in the grand scheme of thing but it's over budget. I am not however swayed in my quest to stick with the budget, I just have to be a little creative like automatically assume that Barry is going to use $30 a week on food and if he doesn't great for us and if he does not a problem.
I went to the grocery store yesterday morning and got groceries that should last us this week. Left over from last week I had 1 pound of ground beef, 1 whole ham shank, and steaks. 4 meals there already!! Kroger had ground beef on sale for $1.99 per pound so I grabbed 3 pounds and picked up some other goodies too. No pictures as by the time I remembered everything was put away and I wasn't going to get every thing back out.
I went to Kroger and bought:
3 boxes totino's pizza rolls
6 totino's party pizzas
Hefty storage bags quart
Hefty storage bags gallon
8 Cans chef boyardee
1 container countrytime lemonade mix (free with Q)
3 boxes Garden delight Rozini pasta (free with Q)
9 3 musketeers ($.50 total for all 9 after Q's)
2 Wisk Detergent
1 pack 18 ct tides stain release packs
3 domino sugar (5lb each)
3 lbs ground beef
Cost before kroger rewards card and coupons $87.20
Cost after Kroger rewards card and coupons $34.23 (gained 54 fuel points)
Next stop food lion
6 Sobe lifewater
2 Liquid All
2 Surf powder
2 Cocoa Puffs
2 Cinnamon toast crunch
5 lbs potatoes
Cost before reward cards and coupons $47.68
Cost after reward cards and coupons $19.02
Final stop was CVS. Very few food but still great shopping
Hershey air delight bar
3 Revlon eye shadows
1 Pringles to go can
11 oz bag twizzlers
Cost before reward card and coupons $20.51
Cost after reward and coupons $1.05 and received $5.00 ECB for next time
Well I was doing wonderful budget wise with the grocery challenge and my husband get in his head he needs to stop at the grocery store. Now last post we had $17 and some change left and we were doing well. He spent over $30. Now this isn't a big blow in the grand scheme of thing but it's over budget. I am not however swayed in my quest to stick with the budget, I just have to be a little creative like automatically assume that Barry is going to use $30 a week on food and if he doesn't great for us and if he does not a problem.
I went to the grocery store yesterday morning and got groceries that should last us this week. Left over from last week I had 1 pound of ground beef, 1 whole ham shank, and steaks. 4 meals there already!! Kroger had ground beef on sale for $1.99 per pound so I grabbed 3 pounds and picked up some other goodies too. No pictures as by the time I remembered everything was put away and I wasn't going to get every thing back out.
I went to Kroger and bought:
3 boxes totino's pizza rolls
6 totino's party pizzas
Hefty storage bags quart
Hefty storage bags gallon
8 Cans chef boyardee
1 container countrytime lemonade mix (free with Q)
3 boxes Garden delight Rozini pasta (free with Q)
9 3 musketeers ($.50 total for all 9 after Q's)
2 Wisk Detergent
1 pack 18 ct tides stain release packs
3 domino sugar (5lb each)
3 lbs ground beef
Cost before kroger rewards card and coupons $87.20
Cost after Kroger rewards card and coupons $34.23 (gained 54 fuel points)
Next stop food lion
6 Sobe lifewater
2 Liquid All
2 Surf powder
2 Cocoa Puffs
2 Cinnamon toast crunch
5 lbs potatoes
Cost before reward cards and coupons $47.68
Cost after reward cards and coupons $19.02
Final stop was CVS. Very few food but still great shopping
Hershey air delight bar
3 Revlon eye shadows
1 Pringles to go can
11 oz bag twizzlers
Cost before reward card and coupons $20.51
Cost after reward and coupons $1.05 and received $5.00 ECB for next time
Curly mini twists Style
This is how Cristiana word her hair for church Sunday. I used Organics Olive Oil Wrap/Set Mousse and flexirods. Put her hair in a high ponytail and left some arond her face. She loved it and recieved many compliments. These twists are 10 days old. May redo top front but hope to go for 21 days (3 weeks).
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Growing Healthy Hair
Back in March I ran across the YouTube channel of Kim Luv. I love her scientific approach to hair health. My daughter, 11, has natural hair; she does not have any chemicals such as relaxers or texturizers in her hair. So I decided to try Kim Love's suggestions and see if we could see some faster growth. Well at first I was very religious about using the leave in conditioner recipe and I did love the way her hair felt. But then I fell off the wagon so to speak. Since C is out of school for the summer, I've decided to get focus on growing her hair longer. We will mainly be doing protective styles on her hair. Currently she has mini twists. I put them in a week ago and want to try to keep them in for 3 weeks. We will evaluate how things are looking at 2 weeks. Hopefully by the time she starts school we will see a couple inches of growth or maintained ends, however you want to say it. I will try to update with pictures of styles.
March hair check:
April Hair Check:
June Hair Check before protective hair styles:
March hair check:
April Hair Check:
June Hair Check before protective hair styles:
Shopping Week 1 Trip 2 Grocery Challenge
Spent $42.79--Left $17.93
I didn't get to go to Super Dollar where I want to get meat for the week so with 3 kids in tow we ventured out trying not to blow the budget. I resisted buying lunch (so proud of me) no matter how loud the pleas were. We went to 3 stores but I did okay.
1st Store--Walgreens. I ran in quick to use a $1 reward that expired today. I bouoght eggs that were on sale with a store coupon for $.99 and 2 boxes of Royal Gelatin on sale for $.19.
Pre Cost: $3.10
Paid (post cost after coupons and previously received RR): $.40
2nd Store--Super Dollar.
Food items: 3.10 lbs boneless pork sirloin chops; 2.65 lbs boneless pork sirloin chops; 2.42 lbs Sirloin beef steak; 2.29 lbs chicken wings; 5--32 oz. thirst quenchers; 2 packs hamburger buns; 3 packs hotdog buns; 1 pack carrots; 3 lemons; 3 limes; 2.22 lbs vidalia onions
Paid: $37.41
3rd store--CVS--Very proud of this trip, just had to take a pic!!
Food items: 3 9.9 oz packs M&Ms; 5--32 oz Powerade; Hershey's Candy Bar; 2--2L Sprites; 2 dove bars
Pre Cost: $37.62
Paid (post cost after coupons and previously recieved ECB): $4.98
ECB Received: $7.00
I didn't get to go to Super Dollar where I want to get meat for the week so with 3 kids in tow we ventured out trying not to blow the budget. I resisted buying lunch (so proud of me) no matter how loud the pleas were. We went to 3 stores but I did okay.
1st Store--Walgreens. I ran in quick to use a $1 reward that expired today. I bouoght eggs that were on sale with a store coupon for $.99 and 2 boxes of Royal Gelatin on sale for $.19.
Pre Cost: $3.10
Paid (post cost after coupons and previously received RR): $.40
2nd Store--Super Dollar.
Food items: 3.10 lbs boneless pork sirloin chops; 2.65 lbs boneless pork sirloin chops; 2.42 lbs Sirloin beef steak; 2.29 lbs chicken wings; 5--32 oz. thirst quenchers; 2 packs hamburger buns; 3 packs hotdog buns; 1 pack carrots; 3 lemons; 3 limes; 2.22 lbs vidalia onions
Paid: $37.41
3rd store--CVS--Very proud of this trip, just had to take a pic!!
Food items: 3 9.9 oz packs M&Ms; 5--32 oz Powerade; Hershey's Candy Bar; 2--2L Sprites; 2 dove bars
Pre Cost: $37.62
Paid (post cost after coupons and previously recieved ECB): $4.98
ECB Received: $7.00
Shopping Week 1 Trip 1 Grocery Challenge
2 Days of shopping food costs--$64.28---$60.72 left for the week
So I signed up for this Grocery Challenge at "All You" Magazine. In this challenge I have to stay in a budget of $125 a week ($25 per person) including eating out. Also need to be creative and balanced meals. In starting this challenge, I am having a little trouble with the 'creatively balanced' meals but I'm hoping this will come with time.
Monday morning I got up early before my husband went to work to go grocery shopping by myself. I went to 4 stores.
The only food items I purchased at my 1st stop, CVS, were a bag of Hershey's Chocolate Bliss. I paid $5.99-$1.00 coupon out of pocket and received $5.99 Extra Care Bucks (ECB) to use on a future purchase.
My totals (all items)
Pre coupon: $19.34
Paid (Post coupons and previously received ECB): $11.34
ECB Receieved: $11.99 and $5.00
My second stop was Walgreens but again very few items were food but I paid out of pocket such a small amount I will include it in my weekly total.
Food items purchased: 3--8 oz. cans Hunts tomato sauce; 1 box orange jello.
Pre coupon: $21.02
Paid (Post coupons and previously received RR): $3.76
My 3rd stop was Walmart. Only 2 non food item this time.
Food items: 10 packs Tic Tacs; 3 packs Mentos UP2U gum; 2 boxes of Jello; 2 Boxes Hungry Jack Potatoes; 2-2L Sodas
Pre coupon: $25.00
Paid (Post coupons): $11.72
Paid (food items only): $7.77
My 4th and final stop was Kroger. Here I purchased all food items.
Food items: 3 lbs ground beef; 10 packs Bar-s Franks; 9 lb Ham Shank; Frozen hamburger patties; 3 bags Lay's Chips; 1 Gallon 2% milk; French mustard; 3 loaved sandwich bread; 2 pack goldfish crackers; 2 lbs tomatoes; 1 dozen large eggs;
Pre coupon: $66.39
Paid (post coupons and plus card savings): $41.41
So I signed up for this Grocery Challenge at "All You" Magazine. In this challenge I have to stay in a budget of $125 a week ($25 per person) including eating out. Also need to be creative and balanced meals. In starting this challenge, I am having a little trouble with the 'creatively balanced' meals but I'm hoping this will come with time.
Monday morning I got up early before my husband went to work to go grocery shopping by myself. I went to 4 stores.
The only food items I purchased at my 1st stop, CVS, were a bag of Hershey's Chocolate Bliss. I paid $5.99-$1.00 coupon out of pocket and received $5.99 Extra Care Bucks (ECB) to use on a future purchase.
My totals (all items)
Pre coupon: $19.34
Paid (Post coupons and previously received ECB): $11.34
ECB Receieved: $11.99 and $5.00
My second stop was Walgreens but again very few items were food but I paid out of pocket such a small amount I will include it in my weekly total.
Food items purchased: 3--8 oz. cans Hunts tomato sauce; 1 box orange jello.
Pre coupon: $21.02
Paid (Post coupons and previously received RR): $3.76
My 3rd stop was Walmart. Only 2 non food item this time.
Food items: 10 packs Tic Tacs; 3 packs Mentos UP2U gum; 2 boxes of Jello; 2 Boxes Hungry Jack Potatoes; 2-2L Sodas
Pre coupon: $25.00
Paid (Post coupons): $11.72
Paid (food items only): $7.77
My 4th and final stop was Kroger. Here I purchased all food items.
Food items: 3 lbs ground beef; 10 packs Bar-s Franks; 9 lb Ham Shank; Frozen hamburger patties; 3 bags Lay's Chips; 1 Gallon 2% milk; French mustard; 3 loaved sandwich bread; 2 pack goldfish crackers; 2 lbs tomatoes; 1 dozen large eggs;
Pre coupon: $66.39
Paid (post coupons and plus card savings): $41.41
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