2011

Have a happy and safe holiday!

From Our Crazy House to Yours....

Have a Merry Christmas and safe travels!

Whatever holiday you celebrate, I hope you have a good one!

Menu plan Monday

Wow, Saturday is Christmas. Where did my year go? Out the window, obviously! My plan for the last of December is easy peasy. The crew will be home and possibly eating me out of it! Christmas dinner is turkey with easy stuff like macaroni salad, potato salad, and deviled eggs. I'm hoping the 3 Amigos will head to my mil's for a few days so these dinners will possibly get carried over(cause I'm not cooking with just 2 of us)

Here's the plan:

Breakfasts:

Cereal

Oatmeal

Eggs

all served with fruit

Lunches, find your own

Dinners:

Tacos

Nachos with chicken, tomatoes, and olives

Spaghetti with salad and bread

Potato soup with homemade rolls

Meat loaf, mashed potatoes, green beans

Cheeseburgers, fries

Parmesan chicken, pasta, salad

Country fried steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn

grilled cheeses, soup

pork chops, stuffing, carrots

Tuna casserole, green beans

Fried chicken, corn on the cob, broccoli

Super Savings Saturday

This weeks shopping trip was an exercise in patience. Walmart was very crowded and Dillons overcharged me. By $8, grr. It all got straightened out but it sure made harried as tried to finish all my errands in order to get home before Baby Girl.

Here's what I found

Walmart

1 box of shake and bake $1.72-$0.50/1=$1.22

2 Wacky Mac shapes $1.54 each- 2 $0.50/1=$1.04 each

2 Planter's Nuts $4.88 each-$1/2=$4.38 each

Lipton Instant Tea(the large canister) $4.98-$0.50/1=$4.48

Folger's instant packets(36) $7.78-$1/1=$6.78

1 Sara Lee Cheesecake $3.48-$0.75/1=$2.73

5 Maxwell House International Delight coffees $2.78- 5 $1/1= $1.78 each

1 Turkey sub lunchable $2.87-$1/1=$1.87

1 Dawn dish soap $0.97-$0.25=$0.72

1 Gain dish soap $0.97-$0.50= $0.47

5 Star brand vinegars $1.98- $2.07 each- 5 Free Star item coupons= All free!(we should have a nice variety of "fancy" vinegars for awhile)

Dillons

AFTER we got everything sort of out, here's what I got

2 Wolf Brand chilis $0.75 each- $1/2=$0.50/2

1 Banquet frozen pie $0.89- $0.70/1=$0.19

1 Duracell battery 4 pack $1.98- $1.50/1=$0.48

1 Juicy Juice sparkling juice $2.59- $1/1=$1.59

1 Tennessee Pride sausaage $2.99- $1/1=$1.99

I bought a few more things, including bags of apples and oranges, coke, and marked down hamburger. My total came out kind of high so I took a quick look at my receipt and found out I didn't get the $5 off for the Mega Event items and I was double charged for the Juicy Juice, ugh. They fixed it up at customer service and then I was on my way!

Booking It

I didn't read much this month. Not sure why, I know I have to really be "in the mood" to plow through a bunch of books! Here's my sad list that I read in November:

Insatiable

Fahrenheit 451

20 Boy Summer

Yes, 3 lonely books. The good news is I have a bunch I have to get read by the end of December!

Menu Plan Monday

I actually have the whole month already planned, but in case of any changes I just posting 2 weeks worth. Now, If only I was on the ball with my holiday baking plans! I really need to sit down and get it all figured out!

Breakfasts:

Eggs

Oatmeal

Cold cereal

Toaster Streudal

all served with fruit

Lunch,
Find your own

Dinners

Chicken cordin bleu, scalloped potatoes, green beans

Deer roast with potatoes, carrots, green beans, biscuits

Sloppy joes, mac and cheese, carrot sticks

Enchiladas, mexican rice, corn

Chili, cornbread

Cheeseburgers, hoemade fries, salad

Chicken pot pie

Cashew chicken, rice, broccoli

Italian sausages, fried potatoes, peas

Hot dogs, baked beans, brussell sprouts

Baked pork loin, baked potatoes, cauliflower

Greek Stew, cheddar biscuits

Baked Chicken, rice with gravy, peas and carrots

Super Savings Saturday

Coupon wise, I haven't been saving much unless I hit up Dillons for a sale. This week was one of those weeks. I did find some deals elsewhere:

Sears

We went out to find Thing 2 some pants and found a couple more things

Boy cargo pants $10.98

Insulated gloves(the Things bike to school so he needs these) $7, marked down from $14

2 Tshirts priced $6.99 and $8.99 but were supposed to be 30% off but rang up $1.39 each!(these are for christmas)

Free Store

The church across the road holds a free store a couple times a year to help out the neighborhood.

For each kid, you can get 1 new toy, which I had planned on getting all for Baby Girl, since they had several things she liked, but Thing 2 threw a FIT(I was so mad at him!) so I got this:

1 new Stick Horse for Baby Girl

1 new slinky for Thing 2

1 manicure set for Thing 1

plus I found

4 shirts in good condition for Baby Girl, 2 pants and 1 shirt for Thing 2, 1 new copy of John Grisham's The Chamber, and Thing 1 found her 1 pair of jeans, a shirt, a sweater, gloves, a Christmas Wreath, and Christmas candleholder