The Money Jar: 2008-10-05

Fabulous Freebies

>> Saturday, October 11, 2008

I love a good freebie. And I love the fact that you don't even have to leave the house to get them.

This week I found these lovely items in my mailbox:

-Schick Intuition Plus Razor

-Coupons from Bath and Body Works which includes:

---1 free 2 oz. bottle of lotion

---20% off entire purchase.

Did you get any good freebies this week? Post a comment and let me know.

Deals of the week 10/5/08-10/11/08

>> Friday, October 10, 2008

There were some good deals out there this week. Here's the round-up.

CVS
Purchased:
1 Always Infinity $4.98
1 Clean & Clear Acne Control Astringent $5.49
3 Johnson's Buddies Soaps $3.57
Qs Used:
$1 off any Clean & Clear product
$3/3 Johnson's Buddies
$9 ECBs
Total OOP: $1.34
Earned: $4.98 ECBs

I thought I'd share some other totals using my Grocery Game Lists.
My Walgreen's Totals were helped out with a special $3 off $10 Q to celebrate a new store opening locally. My first trip I had a total OOP of $2.08 for $10.97. The second trip I had a total OOP of
$2.53 for $15.75.

Walgreens weekly totals: $4.61 for $26.72 worth of products.

My Kroger total was $39.52 OOP for $58.37 in groceries.

Weekly Total OOP:$45.47
Shelf Price:$99.13
For a savings percentage of 54%

For more savings be sure to check out Money Saving Mom's Super Savings Saturday and The "Cent"sible Sawyer's CVS Superstars.

Frugal Fall Decor

>> Tuesday, October 7, 2008

I love Fall! I love the colors and the cool, crisp weather. And I love to decorate my home at this time of year almost as much as I do at Christmas. While at the local farmer's market this past Saturday, I stumbled upon a lady selling all of her veggies 6 for $1. Along with yummy fresh tomatoes and bell peppers she had two bins of fall veggies just perfect for decorating. As I was picking what I wanted, she kindly told me to go ahead and get 7 of each item. So, I got 7 tomatoes, 7 bell peppers and 7 various fall veggies for $3. Six of the fall veggies/gourds? now reside in a hand-carved wooden bowl on our sofa table while 1 little pumpkin sits upon my mantle with some fall items I already had. Fall decor for $1. That's my kind of decorating.

Menu Plan Monday 10/5/08-10/11/08

>> Monday, October 6, 2008

I never got around to planning it all out last week but we did well with planning a couple of days in advance through the week. Not how I like to do it but sometimes that happens and you just have to deal Here is what I have for this week. A super busy week so we're going for fast and easy most days.

Monday: Sandwiches & Chips/Crackers*update* we added veggie soup

Tuesday: Meat Loaf, Mashed Potatoes & Salad

Wednesday: Chicken Quesadillas with fixins

Thursday: Grilled Cheese Sandwiches, AppleSauce & Raw Veggies

Friday: Souvlaki with pita bread and some sort of rice

Saturday: Grilled Steaks, Salad and some sort of veggie(still working on this one as well)

Sunday: Leftovers

For more menu planning ideas, check out I'm an Organizing Junkie's Menu Plan Monday.