I kicked butt! / Father's Day
I am back on track with my grocery budget. I went to Fry's Saturday evening and I only spent $60 on a cart full of groceries. I did not need too many things but they had a sale I could not pass up. They had many items on sale for only$1.00 and they were increasing manufacturer coupons up to a dollar- so I stocked up on some nonperishable items and things that last for months. I bought 12 boxes of Post cereals, for $0.50 a box after my coupons, I bought 4 half gallons of milk at $1.00 each (it was cheaper to buy the half gallons than a gallon). Stocked up on my produce, 3 hearts of romaine lettuce, couple of pounds of pears at $0.88 lb, bananas $0.49 lb and 3 tubs of black berries for $1.00 each (which is an awesome deal if you live in AZ) and green seedless grapes for $0.88 a lb. I stocked up on shredded cheese- 6 bags of different types for $1.99 a bag, a bar of Philadelphia cream cheese for $1.77, 4 packs of Angel Soft toilet paper for a dollar each- all free after each of my coupons, 3 bars of dial soap & six bars of Ivory soap- all free after the sale price + my coupons, 3 boxes of Green Giant frozen vegetables in sauce- $0.67 a box after my coupons, 4 2-liters of soda for $0.68 each, 2 loafs of wheat bread for $0.88 each, 2 boxes of Stridex pads which cost about $5.49 a box but were on sale as buy one get one free and I had a $1.00 off coupon so they ended up being $2.25 each in the end, a dozen eggs for $0.59, and since I now have a freezer that works again I splurged and bought 2 tubs of ice cream (2 for $5) for the first time in months. Between the sale prices, my coupons and the discounts for bring my own reusable bags, I saved about 75% off my bill! - I kicked butt!!
Father's Day was yesterday and I did not get to buy my husband the garage door opener, which disappointed me as I know he would really love one, but I did my best to give him a good day. I spent a good part of Saturday helping the kids make Father's Day cards. We folded paper in half to make the card and I wrote "Happy Father's Day!" on the front of the cards and then quoted my children with the message they wanted to put in each. Then my children signed their names in each card they made, Paxston's handwriting is getting better and Mikey just did scribbles for his name but what else do you expect from a 2 year old? And then the kids put glue on the front of the cards and dumped glitter on them. I tried putting the cards in cookie sheets to help catch the glitter but it still ended up all over the place.
So Sunday morning I tried to let my husband sleep in. I didn't realize how hard I was sleeping and found out later that he was up and down a good part of the early morning letting the dogs outside and changing our sons dirty diaper. I had not heard a thing...
So I woke up with the kids around 7:30-8 and we watched Toy Story as they were not ready to get up and moving quite yet. Afterwards we began on breakfast. I made pancakes and hash browns and served them with fresh blackberries. The kids helped set the table with the plates and silverware and set their cards up for Dad at his place setting and then headed up stairs to wake him while food was hot.
Afterwards Mike, still sleepy from getting up earlier that morning took a nap on the couch until about noon, which was fine with me as it is Father's Day which means if he wants to nap all day he can... and I clipped more coupons for the next shopping trip. That afternoon we went to his grandparents' house and visited with them and my mother-in-law and her husband and the rest of my in-laws. The kids had a blast in the pool as my husband let them hang onto him and gave them rides around the deep end and they were able to give the cards they made out.
We left and went to Home Depot to grab a couple of needed items such as some blinds for our master bathroom - we have been making-do with the fake temporary blinds, the ones that are just a sheet of paper that sticks with adhesive to the top of the window sill, that were left behind from when we moved in but had began to not stick anymore and were falling. And a sprinkler for the back yard and new air filters for the A.C. - All of which only came to about $13 after we used a gift card we had received a while ago.
We then proceeded to my parents house so I could see my dad for Father's Day and the kids could give him his cards too. We were eating carrot cake my mom had made for my dad when my son started vomiting. It was a mess and no one finished their cake after it was cleaned up. "Happy Father's Day!" - sarcasm- But he was okay; We think it was a mixture of drinking milk, running around outside in the heat and maybe some pool water that caused the disgusting event. But the day over all went pretty well. I hope my dad was okay with his cards and my husband was okay with his too...
Father's Day was yesterday and I did not get to buy my husband the garage door opener, which disappointed me as I know he would really love one, but I did my best to give him a good day. I spent a good part of Saturday helping the kids make Father's Day cards. We folded paper in half to make the card and I wrote "Happy Father's Day!" on the front of the cards and then quoted my children with the message they wanted to put in each. Then my children signed their names in each card they made, Paxston's handwriting is getting better and Mikey just did scribbles for his name but what else do you expect from a 2 year old? And then the kids put glue on the front of the cards and dumped glitter on them. I tried putting the cards in cookie sheets to help catch the glitter but it still ended up all over the place.
So Sunday morning I tried to let my husband sleep in. I didn't realize how hard I was sleeping and found out later that he was up and down a good part of the early morning letting the dogs outside and changing our sons dirty diaper. I had not heard a thing...
So I woke up with the kids around 7:30-8 and we watched Toy Story as they were not ready to get up and moving quite yet. Afterwards we began on breakfast. I made pancakes and hash browns and served them with fresh blackberries. The kids helped set the table with the plates and silverware and set their cards up for Dad at his place setting and then headed up stairs to wake him while food was hot.
Afterwards Mike, still sleepy from getting up earlier that morning took a nap on the couch until about noon, which was fine with me as it is Father's Day which means if he wants to nap all day he can... and I clipped more coupons for the next shopping trip. That afternoon we went to his grandparents' house and visited with them and my mother-in-law and her husband and the rest of my in-laws. The kids had a blast in the pool as my husband let them hang onto him and gave them rides around the deep end and they were able to give the cards they made out.
We left and went to Home Depot to grab a couple of needed items such as some blinds for our master bathroom - we have been making-do with the fake temporary blinds, the ones that are just a sheet of paper that sticks with adhesive to the top of the window sill, that were left behind from when we moved in but had began to not stick anymore and were falling. And a sprinkler for the back yard and new air filters for the A.C. - All of which only came to about $13 after we used a gift card we had received a while ago.
We then proceeded to my parents house so I could see my dad for Father's Day and the kids could give him his cards too. We were eating carrot cake my mom had made for my dad when my son started vomiting. It was a mess and no one finished their cake after it was cleaned up. "Happy Father's Day!" - sarcasm- But he was okay; We think it was a mixture of drinking milk, running around outside in the heat and maybe some pool water that caused the disgusting event. But the day over all went pretty well. I hope my dad was okay with his cards and my husband was okay with his too...
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