Tuesday, March 31, 2009

I just have to brag a lil bit

This week at Harris Teeter is triple coupons. So for those of us that absolutely LOVE to eat and cook and those of us that only have one income coming in triple coupons are AWESOME!!! I do whats called once a month cooking which means at the beginning of each month I go to walmart and purchase all my ingredients to make usually about 15 or so meals that can be assembled then frozen. At that point when I'm at walmart I use all my coupons that are valued over $1. Then the next day I Assemble the ingredients and pop everything into the freezer. Some of our family favorites are Cajun porkchops, chicken noodle casserole, meatloaf, and 4 cheese baked ziti. So they are all frozen and ready to go then every morning I pick out whats for dinner lay it on the counter and let it defrost (Tonight is chicken). When its time for dinner I preheat the oven and its usually ready in about an hr. So 2 days worth of work for a months worth of food... Which brings me to why I'm bragging, the other great thing about OAMC (once a month cooking) is I only have to deal w/ the grocery store once a month other than once or twice just to pick up the fresh fruits and veggies. UNLESS its triple coupons at HT (Harris Teeter) Then i get out all those coupons I have saved valued at under $.99 and check their weekly specials and make my list. NOW ONTO THE BRAGGING! This trip I got free toothbrush and toothpaste b/c I had a $.75 coupon which was tripled PLUS they were on sale which means HT was giving stuff away! Plus like I say I do OAMC and predue chicken breast were b1g1 (buy 1 get 2 free) so I stocked up and got 6 pkg of chicken for the price of 2. And that went for lunch meat and sliced cheese as well! So yes maybe being thrifty is a pain in the butt, however it does make you feel pretty darn good to see a receipt where you spent $99.35 an saved $108.83. GO ME GO ME!!!

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