Graduation Weekend

It's Graduation Weekend for Daughter here so that's why I've been MIA.

Thursday and POD was delivered and my brother arrived from Virginia.
Yesterday was the Awards Ceremony and other things and today is the actual Graduation ceremony.
Daughter's BF arrived last night and we had a big breakfast and now the packing of the POD has commenced.
It's bedlam around here with 6 people and 2 dogs and the house is all discombobulated this morning.
Tonight we party. lolz

I'll be back either Monday or Tuesday--Daughter and BF leave Sunday, my Brother leaves Monday and Ex-College Boy starts his new job on Monday and I'll get my very messy house back by Tuesday morning when all the garbage clogging up the garage gets hauled away.

Then it's back to real life and the work on the house begins.
I am tired already........

I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!

Sluggy

Weis Deals Recently

I've made two trips to Weis in the past week, a $29.52 trip and a $18.20 trip.

Here are the deals I found.......

I hit the coffee clearance and got 2 bags of 8 O'Clock for Ex-College Boy at $2.74 each,
The large Folger's can for Hubs was $4.24 and the Tim Horton's were $3.44 each.
The Kaluha coffe was $3.84 on clearance and was up for grabs for any of the coffee drinkers that live here. ;-)

This pack of chicken sausage was $5 and had a $2 meat discount sticker so $3 out the door.
We lovee chicken breakfast sausage so thought we'd try this sweet Italian pack as it was cheap.
Anybody ever have these?

I saw this lone Corned Beef on that trip as well. It was originally $19.61(3.93 lbs. @ $4.99)but the yellow tag had it marked down to $11.75 plus there was a $3 instant discount sticker on it as well so I thought I paid $8.75 for this hunk of meat.
My receipt however rang up with a $15.72 discount on the $19.61 price so it was $3.89 at that point.  Discount the instant meat sticker of $3 and I paid .89¢ for this corned beef!  They must have not put another lower priced yellow sticker on to lower the price per lb. cost and then someone in the meat department put a $3 instant discount sticker on?  I just know I got 3.93 lbs. of corned beef for .89¢. lolz

On Wednesday I did the Mix and Match 6/Get $3 Off Deal.........

4 x Huggies Wipes on sale for $1.99 ea.=$7.96
2 x Cracker Barrel dippers on sale for $1.49 ea.=$2.98
SubTotal........$10.94
I used 4 x .50¢/1 wipes IPQs(which did not double this time....sometimes they do even though they say "do not double")and a .50¢/1 digital WeisQ came off and that DOUBLED....go figure!
So $3 off in Qs and the $3 instant Mix and Match discount=$6 off.
$10.94-$6=$4.94 for all 6 items.
Plus I got $1 back on Ibotta for the CB dipper things

These new Cheez-it items were on sale for $1.97 ea. when you bought at least 3 so 4 came to $7.88.
I had .75¢/1 IPQs that doubled to $1.50 each plus the cashier rang one through twice(and the register took it)so I got $7.50 off this $7.88 purchase making all 4 cost me a total of .38¢! 8-)

On that trip I found some petite pork ribs at $1.29 lb. which are in the smoker as I type this out.  I know this is something my brother who is on the way here for Daughter's graduation will eat.
I also got a de-boned turkey breast half w/a $2 instant discount sticker so it was $2.63.
They also had Promise 2-pack spread on clearance for $1.80 so I picked one up.

Not a lot of goodies but they were really good goodies! 8-)))

What finds have you had at your local stores lately?

Sluggy[[

CVS Trip

With a $3 ECB expiring(and another $5 to use)I traipsed up to CVS on Tuesday and brought home this........

2 x Kleenex 3 packs on sale=$8.98
1 x Dawn dish soap on sale=.99¢
1 x Reese's cups Easter candy clearance=$1.12
SubTotal.......$11.09

I had a $2/2 Scott/Cottonelle/Kleenex CVS digitalQ attached to my card to use and the kiosk printed me a .25¢/1 Dawn Q as well so $2.25 in Qs.
$11.09-$2.25=$8.84 + .04¢ sales tax=$8.88

I used $8 in ECBs($3 Beauty Club/$5 Maybelline)so paid .88¢ OOP on everything above.
I earned back a $5 ECB for buying the 2 Kleenex packs.

Well I have until 6/13 to use this one if something good comes up in the next month.

Ok, I am off to go get pounded in the ass at Weis Markets now and then home to try to start containing the mess going on around here.

What are you up to today?


Sluggy

Changes Are In the Air

This week I may be a bit preoccupied with stuff around here.
We are within 6 days of Daughter and her dog leaving.
So we are in packing up and digging out/cleaning up mode.

She brought down crap from her room including a water bottle I won 3 years ago that she claimed but she's never used.  I didn't even remember having that thing! lolz

We just packed up her big ass tv and the dog's crate which has sat taking up part of the den but was never used.

Of course Chester is trying to help too.  8-))

Her dog's toy basket, part of which is showing in the right hand corner, is also leaving.  Now you can see where the ceramic storage heating that stopped working years ago and was too expensive to replace got taken out but a few years after that wall was painted.

I also have to run to CVS today to use an ECB before it expires. ugh.

I might be back tomorrow with a new post or I might not be. 



Sluggy

This Week on the Dining Table

The "Broccoli  Boy" Edition....

Ok, so I had lots of broccoli stems leftover after I chopped up the heads to put into my Veggie Lasagna last week.  I tried to see if Chester would eat them.
Yup!  It seems he LOVES broccoli as much or more than green beans. lolz

Moving On....

Onward to the meal planning!

This is what was planned--

1. Sunday--Fend for Yourself

2. Monday--Ham and Beans, leftover rolls

3. Tuesday--Teriyaki Beef w/Veggies, Rice

4. Wednesday--Veggie Lasagna, Salad

5. Thursday--Pork Tenderloin Sandwiches, Sweet Potato Fries

6. Friday--Leftovers
7. Saturday--Leftovers

And this is what actually happened--

1. Sunday--Fend for Yourself

2. Monday--Homemade Ham and Beans, leftover rolls

3. Tuesday--Teriyaki Beef w/Veggies, Rice

4. Wednesday--Veggie Lasagna

5. Thursday--Leftovers(I had soup)

6. Friday--Pork Tenderloin Sandwiches, Sweet Potato Fries
7. Saturday--Leftovers

Last week saw 4 nights of home cooked dinners(1of those nights was a frozen food heated), 3 nights of leftovers/fend for yourself, 0 nights of Eating Out/Take-Out.  

What got put into the freezer last week.....

* 2 pork loins

What got taken out of the freezer and used last week.....

* 2 packs of  pork tenderloin pieces
* 5 packs of Chinese entrees
* 1 bag of broccoli

One trip to Weis and a trip to the Amish Grocery Outlet brought the food spending last week to $78.99 and my May total to $219.27. 

My savings percentage last week was 50.09%(without Rite-Aid trips)and May's monthly savings total came to 50.71%(w/out R-A). 

I have 18 more food shopping/spending days in May.  

Leftovers going into this week.....rolls, fajita filling, ham and beans.

Here is this week's "food plan".....

1. Sunday--Daughter cooking dinner for me

2. Monday--Turkey Tenderloins, real Mashed Potatoes, Veggie

3. Tuesday--Soup and BLTs/Grilled cheese

4. Wednesday--Stir-Fry Shrimp/Veggies/Noodles

5. Thursday--?

6. Friday--?
7. Saturday--?

This week will see 3-? new meals cooked, ? nights of leftovers/FFY, and ? nights of Take-Out/Eating Out.
My brother is coming for Holly's graduation(for 5 days)and I have to figure out what he'll eat so that's throwing a wrench into the meal planning.

What needs buying for this menu?
Through Wednesday it's all good. After that?....No clue yet. My brother is a picky eater.  I don't want to have to go out for 4 dinners so I've got some thinking to do.
I know he'll eat steak and we've got some in the freezer plus the pork tenderloins I got last week but I can't serve steak or pork for 4 nights. lolz

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 last week?

Any great deals on food at your stores this week? 

Sluggy