8-19-12

11:25am

Getting a grocery list together for the week

and trying to quickly plan out a menu for the week.

Here's what I came up with-

Suppers

-Meatloaf, scalloped potatoes and corn

-tortilla pizza roll ups

-Sloppy Joes

-Hawaiian teriyaki pork with chinese veggies over rice

-Baked pork chops with french fried onion and parmesan coating with mac & cheese and stuffing

-Breakfast casserole with hasbrowns, eggs, cheese, sausage

-Spaghetti with meatballs 

-Lasagna

Breakfast

-ham, egg and cheese on a roll sandwiches

-cereal

-yogurt

Snacks?

Plus I have to make a Better Than Sex Cake this week

for a coworker of Tonys.

And other things on the list of to do's for today-

-give both boys hair cuts

-get Christopher's booster shot for 7th grade

-laundry

-and see when or if we get our truck back today 

2:00pm

Back from the store and Walgreens.

Didn't end up getting Christopher's shot, maybe later on today.

Figures when we went to Walgreens the clinic wasn't open

due to them being on lunch.

Got lots of deals at Kroger with mark downs,

Kroger coupons and freebie coupons.

Kroger sends me coupon booklets all the time.

I had one or two from previous weeks

and they just sent me three more one day last week.

Sometimes they'll give you coupons for free items.

3 boxes Kroger doughnuts marked down to .59 cents each.

I kept one out and put the other two boxes in the

freezer for school morning breakfasts.

Kroger large eggs- FREE

Big K 2 liters- I had .40 and .50 cents

of every 3 bottles bought.

Which made them .72 and .76 cents each.

1/2 gallon Kroger chocolate milk

marked down to .99 cents

I was planning to get 2 cans of spaghetti sauce

knowing they were around $1.00 each.

When I saw some on clearance for .57 cents each

I stocked up and bought 6 large cans.

Kroger Tortillas with .40 cent coupon

was cheaper than the FMV brand.

Kroger frozen rising crust pizza on sale

for 3 for $10.  .70 cents coupon on one.

Made it $2.64.

When not on sale these can run $5 to $6 each.

Digiorno Pizza for one.

Was $3.49

was free with coupon

Kroger 16 ounce cheese slice $1.88 each, got 2

had two .40 cents off coupons which

made them $1.48 a 16 count pack.

Bag of Jelly Belly jelly beans marked down To $1.49.

I get these for Tony to keep in his car

at work if he starts to get shakes

from having low blood sugar.

Bottle of Kroger Ranch with bacon salad dressing

was $1.50

Free with coupon

100 count bottle of Kroger ibuprofen

was $2.48

Free with coupon

 Package of 4 apple danishes

marked down to .49 cents.

Bag of red shredded cabbage

marked down to .99 cents

Plus I got any additional ingredients

I needed to make the Better Than Sex Cake

for someone at Tony's work.

While I find mark downs for ingredients

I went around the store and wrote down

how much the regular price is for them.

I will then submit this to the person

who wants to buy this cake I'm making for their birthday.

I will ask for the money for the cost of

the ingredients at regular price then

leave it up to them as to how much

they want to donate to me for making them the cake dessert.

Most of the time I would end up making more

than what I have asked so that is why I do it

this way.

Sweetened Condensed Milk

reg price $1.70

I paid .49 cents

2 Heath bars 

I paid $1.80 full price

Chocolate cake mix (Kroger brand)  

$1.29 full price

1 small box pudding mix

.49 cents full price

Caramel syrup

Gonna guess at $2.00

I paid nothing for it.

3 eggs 

.39 cents regular price

I paid nothing

Cool Whip Kroger brand

$1.00 full price

1/2 cup oil 

my guess .25 cents

cost me nothing

1 teaspoon vanilla

.05 cents regular

1 cup milk

.15 cents regular price

TOTAL REGULAR COST

$8.12

TOTAL MY COST

$5.27

So I'll be making $2.85 off the ingredients

plus whatever he pays me for making this cake.

I had Tony call the guy working on our truck to

get an update around 1:00pm.

The guy said he would be on his way to the shop soon

to get the transmission put back in the truck.

And that's all I know at the moment.

Well it's almost 3:00pm

and I need to head back down to the basement

to continue working on laundry.  No fun.

7:30pm


Went back to Walgreens and got Christopher's
booster shot before school starts.
It's required by 7th grade students.

We just got home not long ago.
Mom and my step-dad and all of our gang
went out to Reynoldsburg so we could
pick up our Suburban.
Tony drove it home while I still
played chauffeur and drove my parents
back home in their vehicle.
Tony said the Suburban drove so much
better and didn't have any problems.
I'm just happy to have my trucky back home!  :0)
It's been gone for almost 2 weeks.

Too tired to do the boys hair cuts tonight so 
will definitely will have to do them
and the rest of the laundry tomorrow.