Coupons This Week

I got some more good coupons in the mail this week:
FREE T. Marzetti dip or dressing
FREE 2 cans of Butter Kernal veggies, plus recipes
3-50 cents off Del Monte canned food, ketchup or snack cups
4-55 cents off Quilted Northern toilet paper
2-55 cents off any Crisco product
25 cents, 50 cents, and $1 off Wacky Mac pasta, plus recipes
I need to stock up on groceries again, so I'm sure I'll be using some of these coupons soon.

What We've Been Up To

My mom and dad came for a visit on their way up to the Gunflint Trail to celebrate their 35th! anniversary. We had Pineapple Upside Down Cake for dessert:

I found this in the bathroom:

Ollie is still full of smiles:

Raina and Remy were covering each other up with a blanket:

Healthy Boys

Remy had his 2 year and Ollie his 2 month checkup yesterday.
Remy: 26 pounds (25%), 36 inches (75%), 1 shot
Ollie: 13 lb. 7 oz. (90%), 24 inches (90%), 2 shots
No major concerns for either of them. It's a blessing to have such healthy kids!

Groceries

The "little boys" had well check-ups yesterday, so we went to Super One to get some of the weekly deals.
Dole iceberg salad mix: $0.47
Nature Sweet cherry tomatoes: FREE with the coupon I got in the mail last week
Gold'N Plump chicken drumsticks: $3.99 minus $1 coupon=$2.99
Butter: 2/$3
Yoplait: 10/$4 minus $0.40 coupon=$0.36 each
Shredded cheddar cheese: $1.50
Frozen veggies: $1 each
Fisher peanuts:$2.22 minus $1 coupon=$1.22
Del Monte ketchup: $0.88
Quilted Northern toilet paper: $5.95 minus $1 coupon=$4.95
Colgate toothpaste: $0.99 minus $0.75 coupon=$0.24
I saved 43% or $23.40 by buying sale items and using coupons.

Requesting Coupons

Every so often I go through recent grocery receipts and request coupons from companies. I compliment a product and ask if they have any coupons available. This last week I've received a lot of coupons in the mail:

Schweigert, 2-$1 off

Nature Sweet tomatoes, Free package and 2 55 cent coupons

Gold'n Plump, 3-$1 off

John Morrell, 2-$1 off

Smuckers jam, 55 cent coupon

Cottonelle, 2 50 cent coupons

Klement's sausage, 4-$2 coupons

Frito Lay, 3 55 cent coupons

Land O' Lakes 3 55 cents off on butter, margarine, and cheese, plus recipes

Mann's fresh cut veggies, 3-$1 coupons and 3 55 cent coupons, plus recipes

Skintimate, free product plus coupon book of SC Johnson products

A bonus about these coupons is that often they have longer expiration dates than coupons in the Sunday paper inserts. Several of these even had no expiration date.

Nap Time

Oh, the bliss that is nap time!

$1 or less at Super One

Super One had out some big coupons this week, and everything in the picture was $1 or less.

Things that were $1:
Ragu sauce
Loaf of bread
Pudding
5 lb. potatoes
Orange juice
Eggs

Things that were less than $1:
Marzetti dressing (1st was $1, 2nd was $1.66, had $1/2 coupon, so $0.83 each)
Dole pineapple ($1 each, had 2-$0.55/2 coupons, so $2.90 for 4 cans, or $0.73 each)
Campbell's soup ($0.50 each, had $0.40/3 coupon, so $0.37 each)
Ramen noodles were $0.10 each
Pizza dough mix was $0.25 each
Cake mix was $0.50
Hot dogs were $0.50
Lunch meat was $0.25 each
Carrots (1 lb.) were $0.50
Kemps 100 yogurt was $0.05 (yes, 5 cents not 50, but a limit of 1 at that price)

It's always good to stretch the grocery budget!