The Sweet Life On A Budget

  September 27- October 3 CVS Sure or Brut Deodorant         Cost: $2.00        OOP: $2.00        ECB: $2.00 (Limit 1)        Final Cost: FREE Gillette Sensor 2 Razors (10 ct) and Venus Razor (3 ct)         Cost: $7.99 x 3 = $23.97        Coupon: (2) $5.00 (9/27 P&G or  CVS Digital)     (1) $3.00 (Venus Razor CVS Digital)     $3.00 Instant Coupon (Printed 9/20-9/26) CRT: $3/$12 Schick Razor        OOP: $4.97 ` ECB: $6.00 Final Cost: FREE + $1.03 Hershey Snack Size Candy         Cost: 3 for $9.00         Coupon: $2 / 3 Instant Coupon (Printing at RedBox)          OOP: $7.00/3         ECB: $3.00         Final Cost: $4/3 or $1.66 Each  Dunkin Donuts Coffee (11-12 oz) Cost: 2 X $4.99 = $9.98 Coupons: 2 x $1.00 (9/20 RMN) CRT: $2/ $8 Coffee/Tea OOP/Final Cost: $5.98 or $2.99 each Abbreviations:  OOP- Out of pocket expense. MM- Money Maker   CRT- CVS Store Coupons ECB= Extra Care Buck  (Coupon to be used on  anything at CVS)  REGISTER REW

  Our meals need to be nutritious, clean, flexible, quick and cost effective. Between our work schedules and after school activities, we need to carefully plan our meals so that we do not end up ordering out.  We try hard to keep our total food and household products to under $100.00 per week.  Goal: $400.00  What did we spend?  Week 1- $118.55 Aldi: $71.27 Kroger: $47.28 CVS: Rebates:  IBOTTA: $4.28 Week 2- $159.78 Kroger: $20.02 Kroger: $114.76 Farmer’s Market: $25.00 CVS: Rebates:  IBOTTA: Week 3- $148.40 Meijers: 34.84 Kroger: $113.56 CVS: 0 Rebates:  IBOTTA:$15.35 Week 4- $110.05 Meijers: $10.37 Kroger: $99.68 CVS: 0 Rebates:  IBOTTA: $17.75 Total: $536.78 Rebate Total: $37.35 Final Total: $499.43 NOTE: Rebate total DOESN’T include Kroger Cash or Refunds because they will come off of the Kroger Bill automatically the following week.   In addition, I don’t count CVS as part of the grocery bill because I normally use gift cards and ECB to get my ite

  Ingredients Dough: 1 Cup of Warm Water 1 Teaspoon- Sugar 1 Tablespoon- Yeast 2 ½ Cups- Flour 1 Teaspoon- Salt 2 Tablespoon Oil  Filling:  5 Slices- Ham 6 Slices- Hard Salami 4 Slices- Provolone Cheese 18 Slices- Pepperoni 1 Cup- Mozzarella  Dough Directions:  ** About 2 hour before you want to have your Stromboli, you need to start the dough.   First you mix the warm water with the sugar until dissolved.  Then you sprinkle the yeast on top and allow it to sit for approximately 5 minutes.   Sift flour and salt into the mixing bowl.  Add the wet ingredients, 2 tablespoons oil and yeast mixture.   Mix with a bread hook until it pulls away from the sides.   Allow the dough to rise for 1 hour.   Stromboli Directions Roll out the pizza dough into a rectangle.   About ⅓ of the way down from the top place a layer of mozzarella and cover it with deli ham.    Next place another layer of mozzarella cheese on top of the ham.  Hard salami makes up the next layer.    Foll

  September 13-19, 2020 CVS Halls Cough Drops (24-30 ct) Buy 1 get 1 50%        Cost: $2.59 + $1.30 = $3.89        OOP: $3.89        ECB: $2.00 (Limit 1)        Final Cost: $1.89/ 2 or $0.95 each Select Colgate Toothpaste (Optic White- 4.2 oz, 2 in 1- 4.6 oz, Max- 6 oz, or Total 3.4 or 4.8 oz)        Cost: $3.49 x 2 = $6.98        Coupon: $4/2 (Colgate CVS Digital)        OOP: $2.98        ECB: $4.00        Final Cost: FREE + $1.02 MM Maybelline (Pricing for Baby Lips)        Cost: $4.99 x 2 = $9.98        Coupon: $3/1 (Instant printing from Red Box 9/13-9/19)           CRT: $2/$10 Makeup        OOP: $4.98        ECB: $5.00 (Limit 3)        Final Cost: FREE NOTE: I received a $2/$12 general CRT that I could add to this deal.   Check and see if you can make your deal a little sweeter.   Select Aleve Products (Buy 1 get 1 50%)            Cost: 3 Back and Muscle Aleve (50ct)- $8.49 + $4.25 + $8.49 = $21.23        Coupon: $4/1 (9/13 SS) x 3 = $12           CRT