Today at church we started new classes. The class I chose to go to is about Abraham. It is a video class (not wild about these) but it is being taught by Bob Russell. He is a former minister of Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, KY. He is now retired after serving for 40 years.
I think I will enjoy the class and hope to get a lot out of it. At church today we also had 3 baptisms! Yeah, that just makes me feel great!

This week I have taken advantage of a lot of great deals. I thought I would share some of the best deals I got this week.

Meijer - Two transactions (My Meijer doubles to .50)
#1
2 Sunny D - 1ea (2) MQ .25 = .50ea
2 Aunt Millie's Hot Dog Buns - 1ea (2) MQ .35 = .30ea
10 M&M Ice Cream Snacks - 2.29 - (10) MQ 1.00 = 1.29ea
2 Nature Valley Granola Bars - 1.80 (2) MQ .50 = .50ea

Total = 16.21

#2
2 Sunny D - 1ea (2) MQ .25 = .50ea
2 Aunt Millie's Hot Dog Buns - 1ea (2) MQ .35 = .30ea
2 Nature Valley Granola Bars - 1.80 (2) MQ .50 = .50ea

Total = 3.31

CVS Two Transactions
#1
1 Chex Mix $1 - $1 MQ
1 CVS Sheer Band Aids - $1.99

Total = 2.13 pd with cash because I did not have any small ECB's
Received 1.99 ECB for CVS Bad Aids

#2
4 Sierra Mist @ 1.25ea - (1)BOGO IP = 3.75
2 Smart Rinse @ 3.49ea - (2) MQ 1.00 = 4.98
4 South Beach Diet Bars @ 1.79ea - (4) MQ 1.00 = 3.16
1 Malt o Meal Cereal 1.00 - (1) 1.00 IP = FREE

used 3.98 & 6.98 ECB
Total = 1.00
Received 3.00 & 6.98 in ECB's
Plus I have a rebate on the Sierra Mist buy 4 get $5

Walgreens
I did two transactions, but I will put this all in one for simplicity.

4 Band Aid @ .99 (This weeks deal 6/8) - (4) MQ 1.00 adjusted to .99 = FREE
10 Gillette Satin Shave Gel $2 - ESR $1 x 10 - 7 MQ $1 = $3.00
3 Walgreens Ibuprofen 100ct @ 4.00 = 12.00
1 Ecotrin @ 2.00 - MQ $1 = 1.00

used $3 RR
Total = 11.99
Received $5 RR (for the Shave Gel)
June Rebates - #13 $10 (for Ibuprofen) #6 $2 (for Ecotrin) Rebates = 11.20 (on card)
So after rebates and RR I will be ahead $4.21 for all this stuff!

So I finally got teh time to sit down and see how I did last month. I was actually scared I went over my budget, so when I sat down I was thinking, "let's see how much I went over". To my surprise I did very good!
My total was $369.49 on a $400 budget! Yeah!
I did include my newspapers as well as my very expensive dog food ($25.24 for 30lbs.) and still remained in budget!

You can sign up at Malt-O-Mealand get two $1 coupons off any Malt-O-Meal product. This means two free boxes at Wal-Mart or CVS.
These are different coupons then what was available before on thier website or on coupons.com.

I have not been able to make in into CVS this week due the busy schedule we have had this week. I would like to get in and pick up some monthly deals before they are gone. I know the Listerine is a money maker and I just simply need the bandages.
I need to also work up some scenarios and will probably have some scenarios posted for next weeks ad within the next couple of days.

What are your plans to buy at CVS this week? Do you see any great deals?

What we had for Dinner Last Week -
Monday - BBQ Chicken & Ribs, Corn on the Cob, Baked beans (Memorial Day)
Tuesday - Cedar Point
Wednesday - Hamburger Pie
Thursday - Hamburgers, roasted potatoes, green beans
Friday - Stroganoff, corn

As I wrote last week I am not good at menu planning, so I figured I would post what we had for dinner last week.

Knowing that the papers had the P&G coupons this week I wanted to get up early and get the Detroit Free Press this week at Meijer. I had decided to get up at 6am and get to the store and buy my papers before they were gone. Last month I think I made it in at 7:30am and had to run everywhere for the DFP. Then I only ended up with one and had to buy other papers that did not have the same coupons in them. I was so disappointed that I had decided that I did not want that to happen this month.
I actually woke up at 5:30am (extremely early for me as I never wake up this early unless it is for shopping or a hospital visit). I made it to the store at 5:56am. Went and picked up one local paper and started asking the cashier about the DFP. She told me it was running late here lately and sometimes it didn't make it until 7:30am. Well, I decided to do what any other crazy person would do and wait in my car until the papers got there. I was already up and I had came all the way in town to get these stupid papers, and I did just buy a paper so I had reading material.
I waited until 6:50am and finally the delivery guy pulled up. Yeah, I was so excited I jumped out and started talking with him as he got the papers out of his car. As I chatted with him we walked in and to my surprise all these people were just standing there waiting for him to put the papers out. Well, even though I did feel a little comforted by the fact I was not the only person waiting for the paper, I thought can I really be this desperate for coupons that I will wait for the paper guy to deliver and then fight my way through the crowd for my papers?

Unfortunately, my answer is YES. I was very happy I waited for them, because after everyone that was standing there took their papers, only 2 were left!

As I have mentioned before I buy an average of five papers a week, and I have found that the papers pay for themselves. It also gives me extra coupons to trade with others. I have really started to love trading coupons. As I mentioned in an earlier post I would love to start a "Coupon Train" for those of you interested. A coupon train is just simply a way to trade coupons with a bunch of other people. I would like at least 10 people to ride the train so please leave a comment or e-mail me if you're interested.