Thursday, October 23, 2008

So much to do!

We've had kinda a off and on week-- we get real motivated, and then crash :-) At least me....

I did get the tomatoes canned, which was nice, but then I was SO exhausted that we were totally un-frugal and ordered papa johns pizza for dinner. I know, but I was really really tired.

Anyway! Enough whining. Gabe hasn't been feeling so good, so we've stayed home pretty much the whole week, until today and I realized that we are leaving tomorrow, and I am driving to Melia's preschool field trip (Yea Smallwoods!) soooo, that means I have to get everything done today for the whole weekend! Yikes!

But, I did get some shopping in, and wanted to let my local friendly frugal financiers in on some deals :-) (aren't I clever? NO? well, I won't share then.... ;-)

What I found: Albertsons Sale Paper

****They have some albertsons brand dairy on sale, and the butter isn't a real good deal at 10/$10 because it's only 1/2 lb, not the full 16 oz. At costco, regular price I get my butter for $1.78/lb when I buy the 4 pack. BUT the Sour Cream is the full 16oz container, and you can get regular, light, or fat free for a $1 each! I bought 4....;-)
****They also have 2 liter pop on sale for 10/$10, but with 7Up, A&W, and Sunkist, if you buy 10, you get a mail in catalina at the register for $10, so free pop! While we don't drink a lot, I thought 7Up is good to have for punches, and party season is coming, and A&W is always good for those random Root Beer float nights. What? You don't have those? Well, now you can!
****And, they have a display or you can clip the coupon from their flyer, but they have "24 Ways to Get Free Candy or Pizza!" I used two; one for buying 3/$9 Coffeemate (yes, we still drink it...) and one for 5/$5 Taco Bell Salsa. So then I got two free Albertsons brand pizzas. A little bit more frugal than Papa Johns, though not as yummy!
****If you find carts in the middle of the frozen pizza aisle like I did, they have markdown stuff in them. One was full of those "To-Go" Lipton tea packets, with different flavors, each $1. I grabbed a few, but left about a hundred for everyone else. I think I was being generous, don't you?....

And yes, if you are wondering, I am feeling quite a bit onery today.... Too much stress. Want to come help me with my laundry?
I am so excited about this weekend! Don't miss me too much! (If you don't remember, this weekend is our Strategic Perspectives Conference.... ack! I get goosebumps just writing the name! Woo HOO!)

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