After Christmas Sale

I won't say who each ornament is for because some people who read this blog may end up with them in their stocking next year.

Kohl's - $27.66

Northcutt's On Main (I love this store!) - $15.77
The purple striped ball is for on my tree it is part of Christopher Radko set of 4, but one broke and they broke up the rest of the set. Then it was marked half off so I got it for $2.25. Can you believe that?

JC Penney - $4.88

CVS

For some reason these lights were marked differently than the other lights in the Christmas section. The 300 count was $1.00 and all the other sets were $0.25 a piece. The bag of tea lights that you can hardle see was another $1.00. Total -$2.75.

Walgreens, CVS (1-03-100

Walgreen's -
Electrosol- $3.49 coupon used $2.50
Neosporin - 2/$8.00 coupons used 2/$3.00 off
Walgreen's - $0.99 needed because Accounting Dude is sick

Go back - $4.00 in Register Rewards

I had to go back in because I checked my receipt because I thought I was charged to much which I was. I was charged twice for the Electorsol. I went back to the girl who check out my order and she had me go in the line with manager. When I showed her the receipt and told her I was charged twice for one item. She said to me, "Are you sure you didn't purchase two?" I hadn't even made it out the door. Do they really have that many people steal Electrosol tablets? I mean with coupons and Register Rewards they paid me a penny.

CVS-

I have my gift card for the year and I think I'm going to LOVE it. Also my store got a new coupon scanner machine and this worked out great because I got my quarterly Extra Bucks to start with.

Colgate 360 toothbrush - $2.99

GE Light Bulb - $2.99

2 Nivea Lip Stuff - $6.98

1 Nivea Body Wash - $6.99

Total Before Coupons - $19.95

Coupons Used - $4.03 Extra Bucks - $10.50

Total Out of Pocket - $2.71

Tips on Tuesday

Today's tip - how to extend the life of expired coupons by passing them on. Apparently troops stationed over seas can use them for up to 6 months after the expiration date. OCP NET is just one of the organizations that will help you with this. Just think of all the troops you will be helping.

Sunday Shopping (1-03-10)

Can you believe it is 2010. I can't! Wow were did 2009 go?

First up Publix -
Savings Summary - Vendor Coupons $8.00
Store Coupons $9.00
Advertised Special Savings $10.07
Advantage Buy Savings $0.029
Your Savings at Publix - $27.36

Total Spent - $21.21

Good Deals in this order -
Olay Regenerist $3.99 x 2 used 2 $1.00 off coupon and it qualifies for a $15.00 mail in rebate.
Scotties Tissue on sale $0.99 used $1.00 off coupon
Wonka Candy - $1.00 used $1.00 off coupon
Glade Candles (2) - $5.99 each used 2 Publix $4.00 coupons and 1 $3.00 off coupon on two.


Rite Aid -
The Grinch was on sale for 75% off making it $3.25
Zyrtec - $18.99 used $4.00 coupon and it qualifies for a $4.00 single check rebate.
I used a $10.00 off Rite Aid coupon.
When I get back the $4.00 single check refund my total will be $4.25

Target -

Christmas clearance 75%- a bunch of stuff for $7.43 most of which will go into my Christmas boxes.

Phillips Crabcakes and Campbell's Sweet Red Pepper Soup

Apparently, I posted this picture without writing anything about it. I know you probably thought this was pretty odd.
So this is what the post was suppose to be about. Accounting Dude and I thought it would be fun to give you our opinion about new products that we try. We both would love to be food critics, but since we aren't and we have blog you, our readers, will get to hear about this. It will make trying new products fun. By the way we paid for these products.

We will start with the Phillips crab cakes. The worst thing about these were finding them at Publix. I got them when they were on sale BOGO and then I had another $2.55 in coupons making them extremely cheap. Accounting Dude and I both love seafood, but crab cakes are not one of my favorite things. I usually find them filled with breading and very little meat, this was not the case all with these Phillips crab cakes. They were filled with tons of crab meat, big chunks. Both Accounting Dude and I would love to have them again. We were both surprised at how good they were and we wanted more, which is always a good sign.

The soup is Campbell's V8 Sweet Red Pepper soup. We have had other V8 soups that we like so we thought that we would try this soup. This Sweet Red Pepper soup reminded both of us of tomoto soup both in taste and texture. We both thought that we could eat this again, but we would prefer to eat tomato soup instead. There just wasn't much to say about it we tried it and we just weren't impressed with this soup.

New Year New Financial Goals

Financial Goals for 2010:

1. Limit our grocery spending to $60.00 a week. This will mean that we will have to eat out of the pantry more, and making a weekly menue.
2. Purchase a $100.00 gift certificate at CVS and see how we can make it last. Our goal is to make last until the end of June. In July if this gift card is used up a new $100.00 can be purchased.
3. Have a least 1 yard sale.
4. List at least 10 items on eBay.
5. Keep working through the Baby Steps.
6. Fill at least 10 shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. I love this organization.
7. See how much change we can collect each month. Our goal is $350.00
8. Save up and purchase a new refrigerator. I'm tired of buying a bag of ice everyweek, and this should also save on energy.
9. Save up and purchase a new dishwasher.
10. Save up and expand the patio.
11. Save up and fence in our backyard.

And the biggest Goal - Save up and purchase a new car.

Let's see how many of these goals Accounting Dude and I can reach this year.