Current State of the Stockpile

I am lucky in that I have lots of room to maintain a stockpile of goods bought at low prices for our use.

My Daughter's old bedroom is now a spare bedroom AND my stockpile room for HBA & TP.

I have 2 dressers filled with products.......

 3 of the 5 drawers with items in it.  I can't pull them all out at the same time or the dresser would fall over!

6 drawers on this dressers overflowing with products.

The top of the dressers are also filled....

Only half of the tall dresser is filled as my boxed up coo coo clocks are sitting up there too.

The top of the book shelf is also filled.....

And there is a plastic tub in the hall closet too with mouthwash, razors and saving cream.......

Plus there are bags I still haven't found room for.....

That plastic purple tub above has product piled on top of it too! lolz

And this doesn't count anything I have bought at Rite-Aid since Sunday....... 8-)))

I need to spend down my remaining +Up Rewards and take a break from Rite-Aid for a few months as I am out of room! ;-)

Do you stockpile goods?
Do I need to apply to be on that Extreme Couponing Show? lolz

Sluggy


 

Last of the Rite-Aid This Week

This should be my last trip to Rite-Aid this week.  I had that $10 off $50 purchase Catalina to use on this card and next week looked pretty miserable for deals so I used it this week.
I finished off the $5 Cough/Cold Deal and did the $5 Select Soap/BodyWash and the Dove Deals in this transaction.  The Theraflu also got me within 3 cents of a $5 Rebate on SavingStar.

2 x Axe Gift Sets BOGO50%=$17.98
1 x Theraflu on sale=$5.99
1 x Excedrin on sale=$3.99
1 x Dove Body Wash on sale=$6.50
1 x Dove Men's Soap 6 pack on sale=$6.50
2 x Herbal Essence Body Wash BOGO50%=$4.48
2 x Ghirardelli Chocolate bags on sale=$5.00
SubTotal......$50.44

Coupons Used
1 x $10/$50 Purchase CatalinaQ=$10.00
1 x $2/1 Axe Gift Set ManuQ(11/23? insert)=$2.00
1 x $2.50/1 Theraflu CatalinaQ=$2.50
1 x $3/1 Excedrin CatalinaQ=$3.00
1 x $1.50/1 Dove Body Wash R-A mailed Q=$1.50
1 x $1/1 Dove Men's Soap 6-pack IPQ(dove dotcom)=$1.00
2 x .75¢/1 HE Body Wash IPQ(coupons dotcom)=$1.50
1 x $1/1 Ghirardelli Choc. Bags IPQ(HERE)=$2.00
Coupon Total......$23.50

$50.44-$23.50=$26.94

I used $26 in +Up Rewards and paid .94¢ OOP.
I received back $19 in new +Up Rewards($4 wyb2 Axe sets, $5 wyb$20 Cough/Cold, $1 Excedrin, $4 wyb $12 Dove soap/wash, $5 wyb2 select Body Wash/Soap).

Total +Ups used......$26
Total +Ups earned.....$19
Total spent OOP...... .94¢
Total value of items bought.....$73.20

Sluggy

Hop Over to MyCokeRewards

If you are a member and you have points and drink soda get over to MyCokeRewards because they have the 12 packs for 30 points again.
Limit is 4, unless you got it a couple of weeks ago, then you can get 3 more.

Sluggy

More Shopping Today.....Rite-Aid & Weis

I feel like all I do lately between visits to the dr. is run to Rite-Aid and the grocery stores!

I stopped at Rite-Aid before my appt. today.
The Herbal Essence Body Wash is also generating that $5 +Ups wyb2.
There are .75¢/1 Qs on coupons dotcom.

I did this on the BIL's card......

2 x HE body wash BOGO50%=$4.48
1 x Excedrin on sale=$3.99
SubTotal.....$8.47

Coupons Used
2 x .75¢/1 HE body wash IPQ=$1.50
1 x $3/1 Excedrin tension headache variety CatalinaQ=$3.00
Coupon Total.....$4.50

$8.47-$4.50=$3.97 + .09¢ tax=$4.06

I used a $3 +Up Reward and paid $1.06 OOP.
Again, the tax meant I couldn't use $4 in +Ups and I had a dreaded "over $1 paid" out of pocket.  8-)

I received back $6 in new +Up Rewards($5 wyb2 body wash/soap, $1 Excedrin).
And the Catalina machine spit out another $3/1 Excedrin tension headache Q and a $10 off $50 purchase Q that expires 12/24.
I'll try to see if I can put a transaction together later this week using that $10/$50 Q.
I love a good challenge. lolz


After the doctor I hit Weis Markets for this stuff......

2 x Cheerios cereal=$6.38
2 x Oatmeal Crisp cereal=$7.98
2 x Skippy peanut butter on sale=$4.00
2 x Skippy choc. pb spread on sale=$4.00
SubTotal......$22.36

Coupons Used
Instant $6 Discount wyb4 GM cereals=$6.00
2 x .50¢/1 Cheerios IPQ(doubled)=$2.00
2 x .75¢/1 Oatmeal Crisp IPQ(doubled to $1)=$2.00
4 x .55¢/1 Skippy PB or Spread(doubled to $1)=$4.00
Coupon Total.....$14.00

$22.36-$14.00=$8.36 paid OOP
Savings of 66.25 over reg. shelf price.

After Qs and Instant Discount each box of cereal was $1.09.
After Qs the PB was $1 a jar.

Of course all this pb and cereal will be going back to school with College Boy next month.  8-)))

Sluggy

 

This Week on the Dining Table

The "Christmas is Right Around the Corner & I am Feeling Silly" Edition......

 

 

 

 

 

Onward to the meal planning!

What was planned last week--

1.  Turkey Day Leftovers
2.  Fish, Leftover Coleslaw, Collards

3.  Chicken Parm, Salad, Spaghetti(for Hubs)

4.  Meatloaf, leftover Man & Cheese, leftover Collards
5.  Quiche, Tossed Salad

6.  Pork Chops, Sugar Snap Peas, Sweet Potato leftovers
7.  Leftovers or Fend for Yourself Night

 

And this is what actually happened--

1.  Turkey Day Leftovers
2.  Fish, Leftover Coleslaw, Collards

3.  Chicken Parm, Salad, Spaghetti(for Hubs)

4.  Meatloaf, leftover Man & Cheese, leftover Collards
5.  Quiche, Tossed Salad

6.  Broccoli stuffed Chicken Breast, Sugar Snap Peas
7.  Leftovers or Fend for Yourself Night

The Pork chops didn't happen(still thawing in the fridge on Saturday)so that moves to this week.
 

Last week I made 6 trips to 5 different markets and spent a whopping $138.64 on $229.23 worth of groceries.  I cherry picked the good deals at each store.

I bought canned green chiles(because fresh is not an option here)on sale and got $3 in free chicken or beef, so I paid .84¢ for this chicken.....

 

 

I also earned this $10 Catalina Q at Weis.....

I'll use this plus $5 on a Weis gift card(from a Cat Deal a few months ago that didn't work right so they gave me a gift card)to buy our Christmas dinner meat.  Well I'll probably get a Rib Roast so it won't cover that but it will help pay a portion of it.

 

I also did 10 transactions at Rite-Aid, where I spent $4.95 total on $404.47 worth of items there for the week.

Going into this week, in leftovers we have........1 or 2 pieces of quiche, meatloaf, collards, 2 pieces of chicken parm and some sugar snap peas.

I took the last of the turkey from Thanksgiving plus stock I made and constructed a Turkey Noodle Soup on Sunday.......

This is what is leftover of that soup.  I still have a large container of stock which I put into the freezer for later.

With College Boy home I need to cook more food for the next 5 weeks.  I never know when he'll dine with us so we may be eating many many leftovers in the coming weeks. lolz

Here is the plan for this week.........

1.  Pork Chops, Braised Cabbage, Mashed Potatoes(for Hubs and son)
2.  Tacos

3.  Meatball Subs, Veggie TBD

4.  Leftovers or Hamburgers
5.  Chinese Chicken(using my .84¢ chicken) w/Ginger Stir-Fry

6.  Leftovers
7.  Leftovers or Fend for Yourself Night
 

 

What I need to buy for this menu.........nothing, not even sub rolls after College Boy came home from visiting his old work(the bakery)and brought all this home.....

Rolls and more rolls! lolz
Plus a loaf of raisin bread.

I think I'll have to fit in more sandwiches for dinner somewhere now.  8-)

I am up to $232.22 in food spending for December halfway through the month.  This week should be a light spending week with just a few loss leaders to buy.....peanut butter, tomatoes, cereal and frozen veggies.
 

What is getting fixed and served at your house this week?

Was last week's plan successful, did you go off plan or did you not even plan what was going to be eaten that week?

Any great deals on food at your stores this week?

 

Sluggy