Friday Finals - Tom Thumb, CVS, Walmart

Tom Thumb  Shopping

2 Keebler Crackers $2.99 - $2/2 Store Q, $1/2 Keebler Crackers

            -Final $1.49 each

2 Dole Fruit Salad $1.00 - $0.50 doubled Dole Fruit

            -Final $0.50 each

2 Comstock Fruit $2.49 - $1/1 Comstock Fruit

            -Final $1.49 each

1 Fried Onions $3.19 - $0.50/1 doubled French’s Fried Onions

            -Final $2.19

3 McCormick Spices $9.57 total B2G1 - $6/3 Store Q, 2 $0.75/1 McCormick Spices Q

            -Final $0.06 each

1Hormel Naturals Lunch Meat $3.49- $1/1 Store Q, $0.50/1 doubled Hormel Naturals Printable

            -Final $1.50

1 Spiral Ham for Easter - $15.64 Saved $10.49

1 Vinegar $0.77

2 18 Count Eggs $1.99 each

I spent $31.05 and saved $36.17 on $67.22 worth of food this trip. I was so excited to get the Ham for Easter. I splurged and go the spiral ham for $0.20 more a pound.

CVS 04/03/12 – Tornado Day – Read my story

4 Allegra Adult $6.99 – 4 $7/1 Allegra Allergy coupons

            -Final FREE – I LOVE FREE

           

I spent $0.00 on $27.96 worth of allergy medicine this trip.

  

Walmart 04/02/12

1 Minute Maid Apple Juice $2.98 - $1/1 Minute Maid Printable

            -Final $1.98

2 Grapenut Cereals $2.82 - $1/1 Grapenut cereal

            -Final $1.82 each

3 Schick Razors $1.97 – 3 $1.75 Schick Razors

            -Final $0.22 each

1 Mozzarella Cheese $3.29

1 Carefree Panty Liners $0.94 - $1/1 Carefree Liners

            -FREE + $0.06 Profit

10 lbs Potatoes $3.77

Bananas $1.06

I spent $19.19 and saved $10.25 on $39.44 worth of groceries and healthcare items. I never have good luck at Walmart. I had four Minute Maid coupons and she only scanned 1. I also had 4 razor coupons and she only scanned 3. I brought back the juice and the razors and complained. I don’t mind if my coupons don’t work, but please give them back so I can purchase it somewhere else. I had little face with me and he is a BIG distraction. So I will pay more attention next time.

CVS

6 Cans Bumble Bee tuna $0.50 each

1 Tooth Brush $4.99

1 Advil $7.99

Used

$10.99 in ECBs

$2/1 Advil from product

Spent $3.00 and saved $12.99 on food and healthcare items at CVS.

Received $2.00 ECB for Next Purchase

Tom Thumb Round #2

3 McCormick Spices under $5.50 B2G1 Store deal – Used $4/2 Store Q, 2 $0.75/1 McCormick Spices

            -Final FREE $0.66 overage

1 Odwalla Bar $1.00 - $0.15/1 Tripled Odwalla Bar

            -Final $0.55

2 Dole Pineapple Slices for Ham $1.00 - $0.50/2 Doubled Dole Pineapple.

            -Final $0.50 each

Spent $0.89 and saved over $10.00. I can’t find my receipt for this transaction, but I remember being surprised when he said $0.89. Woo Hoo!

Altogether I spent $54.13 and saved $97.37 on $151.50 worth of food and other items. Barely over budget!

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Tornadoes Here in Texas - My story

Sorry no Going green post today. I want to share with you my story from yesterday here in Texas were the tornados were everywhere.

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My son goes to a mommy’s day out program and I normally pick him up around 2:00. I normally do my errands while he is at school. If am home alone I normally don’t turn on the TV or anything. I really enjoy my piece and quite. Normally I leave around 1:45 to go pick him up around 2:00. These times are important so pay attention.

It was raining a little outside, but nothing serious when I  pulled in at 2:00. I was nearly in the front of the line. “That’s odd,” I thought to myself. I am normally in the far back of the line. I got of the SUV and went to get little face and buckle him in his car seat. While I was outside of the SUV, I hear my phone ring and it was my husband. “Oh well,” I thought I will just call him back when I am heading out. So I tried to call. It won’t go through. “Darn phone,” I thought. I hate this d@*# thing. So I try again, and again, and again. Now I am starting to get a little concerned. It would have normally gone through.  My little wheels are starting to turn in my head, hmmm people picking their kids up early and I can’t get through. OK what is going on?

Finally I get through and he tells me to get home fast tornados are on the ground and the storms are heading my way. A little bit of panic starts to set in.

So I ask him “How much time do I have?”

Hubs:”Why?”

Me: “I wanted to stop by CVS and get some Allegra. Their registers were down when I went in earlier and they are holding it for me.”

Ok I want to get four of them, since I had four coupons and I knew they had them. I thought to myself “this will look really good on my Fridays post.” But is it worth it? Ok Yeah. I will just pick these up and not do any more shopping. I still have $10.50 in ECB’s that expire this Thursday. I will spend those later. I will be fine. In hind sight - WHAT WAS I THINKING!

Little face and I run in there and get the Allegra. The lady wasn’t sure if she could do that, so I grabbed the flyer and showed her there were no restrictions and showed her the coupon where there were no restrictions. Then we were outta there with my four Allegra.

That’s when I heard the tornado sirens go off. Now shear panic is sitting in. I have my 2 year old son out and about with the sirens going off. Those who live here know that if the sirens are going off it may already be too late. So I am trying to get home safely and quickly. Whew we are safe at home around 2:20.

Wait…

I need to get my daughter from school at 2:40. I watch TV and then our weather radio goes off with a tornado warning for our area. As a mom I start to FREAK OUT a little. What do I do? Do I go out and get her and bring her home? That leaves me and little face out in this weather. OK no bad idea. I finally convinced myself that she is safe at school and we are safe at home. I will get her when this passes. The school sent out an email that they are in lock down mode and will not be releasing any children until storms have passed. I also received a call from the school district, and a few minutes later another call from the principal. Yes she was being taken care of.

So little face and I hunker down in the bathroom with our flashlights, blankets and pillows to wait out the storm. We played flashlight tag to pass the time.  I am pretty shaken up, since I can’t be with my daughter hoping she is OK.

Finally I was able to go get her at 3:40 and all was well just lots of rain and wind. Normally I don’t get too freaked out about storms around here. They come and go. But when I am told several tornados are on the ground and I am away from one of my children. That will freak me out. My husband came home early yesterday, so I could have a drink to calm my nerves. Whew what a day.

Ways to Go Green - 10 Tomato Growing Tips

I can't wait until summer is here to have ice cold tomatoes on my sandwiches or cut tomatoes with a little salt. Doesn't that just sound delicious? My mouth is watering just thinking about this. I have been reading a lot about gardening and improving my skills. Tomatoes seem to be the most popular plant every gardener wants learn how to grow and grow with abundance. I have listed here 10 tomato growing tips to help you have the juiciest, most delicious tomatoes this year. I am trying all of them, since I would like to actually eat something out of my garden this year. 

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Ways to go Green In the Garden

10 Tomato Growing Tips

1. Choose a spot with lots of sunshine. Tomatoes require at least 6-8 hours of sunlight in order to ripen to a nice red color. Make sure the spot you want to plant is filled with sunshine.
2. Bury the stems. When transplanting your tomatoes bury stems up to the first leaf. This will give your tomatoes a healthy start. These will turn into more roots and help produce more tomatoes.
3. Water deeply but not often. It is a good idea to water your tomato plants once or twice a week for a long period of time rather than frequently for a few minutes each day. This will produce a hearty root system and great juicy tomatoes.
4. Pinch off the suckers. The suckers grow at the base of the leaf and try to grow another tomato branch. While this may seem like a good idea, these suck nutrients from the stems that actually are producing plant. Whenever you see the first leaves appearing just snap them off at the base to prevent these suckers from reducing your harvest.
5. Use stakes or tomato cages. I use tomato cages purchased at the store. While this may be a little of an investment at first, these will last you many many years. As the tomato plant grows allow the branches to drape over the edges. The last thing you want is your tomatoes on the ground. They will rot before you can harvest them.
6. Add compost Halfway through the season add more compost around the base of the tomato plant. Or make a compost tea and water your plants. This will provide more nutrients to the roots and a longer growing season.
7. Pick ripe. I find that ripe is when the tomato is starting to turn red. When you start to see the first stages of the tomato turning a little pink it is time to harvest. Simply give the tomato a little twist and it should pop right off the vine. Allow it to ripen in a dark warm area for a couple of days. These will be ready to eat or can.
8. Seedlings spaced 2 feet apart. When planting, place at least two feet apart to allow the plant to grow and not over take the next plant. If you go with the round cages, each cage should be at least 1 foot apart.
9. How many plants do I need? A good rule of thumb to follow is to grow at least three to five plants per person in your home.  
10. Bug prevention. Lastly you want to protect your plant. See my post from yesterday for a few gardening ways to go green insecticides you can use on your plants.

Here are a few ways to go green for growing awesome tomatoes. If you do all these steps, you should have a bountiful tomato harvest this year. 

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I check my garden everyday to make sure it is doing well or if it needs water or are there any bugs eating my hard work. I want to eat this food, not let the bugs have it. Last year I had a caterpillar nearly eat an entire tomato plant in a couple of days. I found him an moved him to the front yard. He was very fat and happy by the time I found him, so this made him easy to find. I hope the egg shells will discourage them from intruding this year. I should be able to conquer these little pests!

Do you have any great tomato tips you would like to share? Are you growing a garden? If you have a garden post, leave a comment below. I would love to read what you have written.

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Ways to Go Green

Have you ever tried to grow your own garden? If the thought of growing an entire garden with a lot of plants is overwhelming to you, start a container garden with a few herbs. Gardening is a little tricky, unless you know what you are doing. Ours was a complete fail last year, so I have done a lot of research I would love to share with you. This week I will be writing about green ways to take care of your garden.

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Ways to go Green In the Garden

One of the easiest ways to go green is trying not to produce more waste by purchasing a product to use once and then just throw it away. In order to combat the bugs in our garden this year we have incorporated a few organic pest control methods we make ourselves. These are super easy and do not take much time. By making your own pesticides you are reducing your waste and not putting unnecessary chemicals into the environment.

• Eggshells can be added to your garden. First let them dry completely and rinse them out. Then use a blender or food processer to crush them. Adding crushed eggshells in the bottom of the planting hole will prevent blossom rot for plants such as tomatoes and peppers. Blossom rot is caused by a calcium deficiency in the soil. The eggshells will break down and provide calcium for your soil.

• Crushed eggshells can also be used to deter slugs, snails, and cutworms from eating your garden. These pests do not like to crawl over anything sharp. Sprinkle these around the edge of your garden to prevent these nasty pest from getting in and also around your plants. 

• Here is a recipe for an organic pesticide spray that is super easy easy to make. The use of garlic in this spray deters deer and rabbits from your garden. While the soap will work on the soft bodied pest by drying them out. Boil 2-3 head of garlic in about 1 quart of water. Add 1-2 tablespoons of soap such as a castile soap. Let the mixture stand overnight and drain into a spray bottle.

We have been saving our eggshells and crushing them and using them around the perimeter of our garden as well as around each of the plants. I will report on how well this way to to green is working as my garden progresses through the season. I will start spraying them with the green insecticide soon, since they are growing so quickly.

Do you have any other ways to go green you use in your garden? I would love to hear what others do. I need all the help I can get. 

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Ways to Go Green

We had a wonderful weekend this weekend. On Saturday I had a girls night out and had a fabulous time at the Glass Cactus dancing with my friends. Thanks everyone for a great evening!

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Ways to Go Green

In an effort to eat the things we love, this summer we are growing a garden. So far this weekend we have planted tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini and bell peppers. Soon we are going to transplant our Jalapenos. We tried growing a garden last year, but this was a complete fail. We learned a lot and trying something new. This year we are trying the lasagna method. I can't wait to report on how well this goes. If successful I am working on a post to show you exactly how we did it without a tiller. Being from Texas we love salsa, so we are trying to grow a salsa garden to make fresh salsa this summer. Hopefully all the veggies will come in at the same time for us to make fresh salsa. I am so excited about growing a garden this year I can't wait to harvest the fresh vegetables. If they don't keel over with our Texas heat.

The weather here in Texas has reached summer temperatures already. It has reached into 90's this weekend. Since it is very hot outside, we were able to enjoy our pool this weekend. We have been heating our pool all week with our solar panels located on the roof. We are so excited we are able to utilize our solar panels in our efforts to go green. These were on the house when we purchased it. This was a major selling feature for us when purchased our home. It is April and we are swimming in our pool!

In the next few weeks I will be writing about 20 small little steps you can do to go green leading up to my Earth Day giveaway. I will write a review about a cleaning kit with several different types of green cleaners included in the kit and one kit will be given away to my fabulous readers on Earth Day April 22. So check back soon for when this giveaway is going live or like Pounds4Pennies Facebook page, so you know the moment this giveaway goes live. You don't want to miss this.

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Super Saving Saturday

There are a lot of FREE coupons to print. Several high value coupons! Be sure to click and print all you want, these may go fast when they reach their print limit.

$5.00 off Philips Norelco Shaving Replacement Head Printable Coupon
$1.25 off when you buy any ONE Disney or Marvel Vitamins  - HIGH Value Print NOW!
40¢ off when you buy THREE Pillsbury® Crescent Dinner Rolls
30¢ off when you buy any Yoplait® Lactose-Free Yogurt cups
40¢ off Pillsbury® Sweet Rolls OR Grands!® Sweet Rolls
75¢ off when you buy any TWO All-Natural DOLE® Salad Kits
$1.50 off when you buy any ONE AVENT Pacifier Pack
$3.00 off AVENT Multi-pack BPA-Free Baby Bottles
$1.50 off AVENT BPA-Free Toddler Cup
50¢ off when you buy any ONE Pure Via® any size
$4.00 off TWO NESCAFÉ® DOLCE GUSTO® Coffee Capsules
50¢ off when you buy any ONE Equal® Sucralose
50¢ off when you buy any THREE cans of DOLE® Pineapple
$3.00 off when you buy any Zantac® product 24ct or larger
Video Rewards: $4.00 off when you buy any Zantac® product 24ct or larger
$1.25 off Glade® PlugIns® Scented Oil Twin Refils
40¢ off Glade® PlugIns® Scented Oil Holder
  Video Reward: $1.85 off when you buy any NatureSmart Ester-C® item
$1.75 off when you buy any TWO NatureSmart Ester-C® items
Video Reward: $1.60 off Nature's Bounty® Vitamins or Supplements
  Like Rewards: $1.10 off THREE Balance Bar® Singles (1.76 oz)
Like Rewards: $2.25 off when you buy any ONE Stopain® product
55¢ off Uncle Ben's® Long Grain & Wild Rice
$1.25 off Glucerna® Multi-Pack Bars or Multi-Pack Shakes
$1.35 off when you buy any ONE Stopain® product
$1.00 off THREE Jars of DOLE® All Natural Fruit
$1.40 off when you buy EIGHT HOT POCKETS® Brand Items
$1.00 off when you buy any THREE cans of DOLE® Pineapple
$1.00 off when you buy 6 cans of Mighty Dog® brand dog food
50¢ off when you buy TWO Cans of DOLE® Mandarin Oranges
50¢ off when you buy EIGHT CUPS any variety Yoplait® Yogurt
$2.00 off any ONE Bausch and Lomb Soothe® dry eye product
40¢ off when you buy THREE Totino's® Rolls Snacks
50¢ off Pillsbury® Rolled Refrigerated Pie Crusts
75¢ off Pillsbury® Refrigerated Cookie Dough
$1.00 off when you buy any TWO BOXES select Cheerios® cereal
75¢ off when you buy ONE BOX Cookie Crisp® cereal
$3.00 off Bausch + Lomb Alaway® antihistamine eye drops
$1.00 off FIVE Balance Bar® Singles (1.76 oz)
$1.10 off Nature's Bounty® Vitamins or Supplements
$1.40 off when you buy any NatureSmart Ester-C® item

Friday Finals - Kroger Mega Event, Tom Thumb, Walgreens, CVS

Wow I can't believe another Friday is here. This has been a busy week for me and I haven't gotten much sleep. I am really tired, but I wanted to get this out to you before it got too late and I didn't want to do it. So here it is. 


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Walgreens

4 Mars bunny Candy $0.39 – 2 $1/2 M&M Mars Ester Products

            -FREE + 11 overage each

1 Nice Aluminum Foil $0.79

3 Cans Hunts Tomato Sauce $0.33 each Walgreens Coupon, $1/3 Kroger Home Mailer

            -FREE + $0.01 overage

OOP

$0.38

I spent $0.38 and saved $6.99 on $7.38 worth of products at Walgreens, and I didn’t even have any RR!

KROGER MEGA EVENT

MEI = Mega Event Item

2 International Delight Creamer $2.50 - $1/2 International Delight Blinkie

            -Final $2.00 each

4 Greek Yogurts Kroger Brand $0.25 – Clearance

            -Final $0.25 each

1 Smart Balance Milk $2.99 – MEI, $1.50/1 Smart Balance Milk, Printable NLA

            -Final $0.99

2 Sauve Shampoo $1.46 – MEI

            -Final $0.96 each

2 Pace Picante Sauce $1.99 – MEI, $1/2 Pace Picante sauce SS 01/22/12

            -Final $0.99 each

4 Edge Shave Gel $1.99 – MEI, 4 $0.55/1 Edge Shave Gel, Printable, SS 03/25/12

            -Final $0.94 each

2 Onions @0.48lb

            -Final $0.74

1 Huggies Pull Ups $9.49 – MEI, $3.00/1 Kroger Ecoupon

            -Final $5.99

2 Mrs. Bairds Bread B1G1 - $0.55/1 SS 01/22/12 

            -Final $1.32 each

I spent $23.98 and saved $25.29 on $49.27 worth of food and products at Kroger. Little man still wears pull-ups at night. So I am still buying diapers for now. I can’t wait until I no longer have this expense.

CVS 03/27/12

2 Mars Bunny Candy $0.50 each

1 Jelly Beans $0.99

Used:

$1.99 ECB

OOP – FREE

Received:

$1.00 for Mars Bunny Candy

$0.99 for Jelly Beans

I got Easter items FREE at CVS and saved $2.93 on Candy at CVS this trip. They were out of the pineapple and Bertolli Pasta Sauce, so I got rainchecks for those.

CVS 03/29/12

2 Mars Bunny Candy $0.50

1 Can Black Olives $0.88

Used:

$1.00 ECB

$0.25 CVS coupon for 2 Mars Candy

OOP

$0.63

I spent $0.63 and saved $3.30 on $3.93 of candy and olives at CVS this trip. I needed fillers to use the $1.00 ECB, I was out of Mars coupons, but I had the CVS $0.25/2 Mars.

Tom Thumb

The receipt printed very weird for this on, so I am going to give it my best shot.

1 Angle Bath Tissue $6.99 - $0.45/4+ doubled Rolls Angel Tissue RP 03/25/12

            -Final $6.09

1 Hormel Sandwhich Meat $4.69 - $2.49 Store Q, $0.50/1 doubled Hormel Natural PRINTABLE

            -Final $1.49

2 Safeway Fries $2.19 – Sale $0.30

            -Final $1.89 each

3 Del Monte Canned Veggies $1.29 - $0.69 Store Q, $0.75/3 Kroger Home Mailer

            -Final $0.44 each

2 Dole Pineapple $1.00 - $0.50/2 Doubled Dole Fruit SS 03/25/12

            -Final $0.50 each

2 Gogurts $2.79 Clearance 50% Off - $1.00/2  Coupon Booklet

            -Final $0.50 each – My kids eat these quickly

1 Starkist Tuna Selects $1.69 - $0.50/1 Doubled Starkist Selects ALL YOU Mar '12

            -Final $0.69

1 Odwalla  Bar $1.00 - $0.15/1 tripled SS 01/08/12

            -Final $0.55

1 KCup Coffee $7.99

1 Wholly Guacamole $5.29 Clearance %50 - $0.50 doubled SS 03/25/12

            -Final $1.64

I spent $28.70 and saved $20.07 on $48.77 worth of groceries and items at Tom Thumb.

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Altogether I spent $53.69 and saved $58.58 on $112.27worth of food and other items this week.


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