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Meal Plan Monday- Weekly Meals

This is going to be a busy weekend.
Which means a little less cooking for me!!

Here's our menu plan...
Monday -- Spaghetti and fruit
Tuesday -- Grilled Chicken, potatoes, veggies
Wednesday -- Big Salads with all the fixins'
Thursday -- Hamburgers with macaroni salad
Friday -- Pizza Birthday Party
Saturday -- Evening Wedding to go to
Sunday -- Extended Family Lunch
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Cooking a little less this week works out good for
me. I'm using this week as a Grocery shopping skip week, which
I haven't done for a couple months!
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Look for more Oven Free Snacks this week and
more giveaways starting soon!

For more meal plans visit orgjunkie

Daily Dose

1 Peter Chapter 3

Verses 3-4

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.

Kmart Trip!

My kids have had 2 late nights so we decided not to wake them up and I stayed home from church with them. My 3 yr. old slept until almost 10 am!!! Wow he was tired, I can't remember him ever sleeping that late!

Anyway we took a quick trip up to Kmart this

morning after he woke up!

All this for $5.34!!!

In case you're planning your trip the MultiGrain Cheerios are NOT included in the GM deal. Bummer!!

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I got Sparkle paper towel 3 pack ($2.99) and Angel Soft ($1.45) used this $2. MQ (FF here)doubled and got both for .45 cents!! Great Deal!

I'm printing from another computer and going back!!!

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Pringles are $1.50 -$1./2 MQ= .50/ can

Visine was $3.99 -$2.MQ= FREE

Olay clearance $4. -$2.MQ= FREE

Pantene $3.33-$2.MQ= FREE

Cheerios - $2.50 -$1.MQ= $.50 cents

Oreo Cakesters -- $3.00 -$1.MQ= $1.00

I was $2.xx short of the $50. mark so I quick thru the Doritos in!

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You can check out some KMart links here!

I was able to use the $5./$50 KMart coupon here and they always take more than just 10 coupons. In fact they think I'm crazy when I ask if I can use them all????!!!!!!

Visit Grocery Cart Challenge for more

Shopping trips!

Menards 7-5 Freebies + Great Deals

2 Free after Rebate items this week at Menards.

Also good deals on Crayola, bee catchers, tarps,

duct tape, canning jars, and more!

This ad is good through July 12

Vinyl Mini Blinds -- FREE after $2.00 Rebate -- limit 2


7 pc. Driver Set -- FREE after $2.50 Rebate -- limit 2

12 Pint Canning Jars -- $3.99 after $2.00 Rebate -- limit 3

Caulk -- .99 cents after $2.00 Rebate -- limit 12

Crayola Coloring Pages -- .99 cents after $6.00 Rebate -- Limit 3

Dura Light LED Flashlight -- $2.99 after $5.00 Rebate -- limit 2

Picture Frames -- $1.00 after $3.00 Rebate -- Limit 6

Utility or Tackle Box -- .88 cents after $5.00 Rebate -- limit 4

Duct Tape -- .77 cents after $2.00 Rebate -- limit 3

Wasp Trap -- $1.99 after $2.00 Rebate -- limit 2

Large Tarp -- .99 cents after $5.00 Rebate -- limit 2

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When you purchase the freebies, you must purchase an additional $10. of non-rebated items per transaction to qualify for the rebate. You can get as many freebies as you want per transaction with only one $10. additional purchase. ((**You can get a $10. Gift card if you don't need anything right now!**)) Your rebate will come in the form of a Merchandise Check. Which means you must spend it at Menards, (I just use mine for more freebies!)
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You do not need to purchase any additional $$ if you are only getting the rebated items that are not free.
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To learn all about Menards and how to send in their rebates go here!
Just leave a comment if you have a question or see another good deal...

Meijer 7-5

Well it looks like I picked a great SKIP WEEK!!!
I won't be visiting Meijer this week, I'm skipping a week of shopping.
(((Well of course I'll still be visiting CVS and KMart!)))
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Almost everything in the Meijer ad was Meijer brand
which means very few if any coupon matchups.
Be sure to check the ad for the 10/10 get 11th free
Meijer brand sale if you need to shop this week. You may be
able to get a few good deals!
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Also be sure to check Meal Box coupons here for possible
matchups!

Have a great week!

KMart Super Doubles Links

Visit Money Saving Mom for the freebies

you can get at Kmart Super Doubles this week.

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Remember to check your ad here to make sure your

store is participating

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Also visit these sites for more deals!

My Frugel Adventures

Common Sense with Money

Coupon Clippin' Mama

Clippin' Mama also has a $5./$50 link on her site

if your total happens to be that much before coupons.

It's not hard to do!

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I'll let you know how my trip goes

later today!!

CVS 7-5

CVS definitely has a few deals worth
stopping in for this week
Here's what I see
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Sun and Mon. Only
Caliber or CVS Tape -- $1.49 - get $1.49 ecb = FREE -- limit 3
All week
Caliber or CVS Pencils or sharpener -- .99 get .99 ecb = FREE -- limit 3
CVS pantyliner-- .89 get .89 ecb = FREE --limit 1
Post Cereals -- $3/$10 get 5 ecb - $2. Trail Mix Q here and $1/2 MQ = 3/$2. after ecb and MQ limit 1
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Colgate -- $3.49 -2 ecb -$1.MQ= .49 cents-- limit 1
Head & Shoulders or Gillette sham/cond--$4.99 -2 ecb -$1.MQ= $1.99 -- limit 3
Dawn Liquid soap -- $2./2 get $1. ecb -(2) .25 MQ = .25 cents each -- limit 1
Schick Quattro razors -- bogo 9.99 (?) -(2) $4.MQ = $1.99/2 (depends on regular price)
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There is a lot of CVS brand items free this week. If you have a $2./$10 CVS scanner Q it might come in handy this week don't forget to use it. They also have 24 pack CVS water for $2.99 if you come up a little short on the $10. also there might be a $1. CVS scanner Q for the water. I just looked and mine are expired.... pooh
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To see the ad early go here.
Let us know what you see!

Daily Dose

1 Peter Chapter 2

Verse 25

For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

$30. Coupon Booklet

According to It's Hip to Save the

Home Made Simple coupon booklet is available again!

It's a new link so even if you requested in the past you should be able to request it again. Takes 6-8 weeks to get to you,

but it's well worth it.

Go here to request yours

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Thanks It's Hip to Save

Grilled Pizza -- DELICIOUS!!!

More OVEN FREE!!!

Okay we tried Grilled Pizza and it was a total success!

We LOVED it!

Here's how to do it...

I used Frozen bread like shown.

I'm sure you could use homemade, bread machine, or whole wheat. I would think any bread dough would work!

I used 2 loaves. I think 1 loaf would feed us with no leftovers. So two was PLENTY for our family of 6 with lots of leftovers!

I put them in sprayed loaf pans at 8 am in the morning.
I also sprayed the saran wrap with cooking spray and put it over the top.
By 3:30 pm this is how they looked.
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I got a picture of me rolling them out but it disappeared. (nice huh)
Anyway, put some flour on the counter and take half of one loaf and spread it out with a rolling pin. They don't have to be perfect shape as you can see mine are very odd shaped! I rolled mine fairly thin. Do the same with the other half of the dough.

Either spray one side with cooking spray or I brushed a very thin layer of olive oil on one side. Take them out and plop them on the grill, sprayed side down of course. We did everything on low setting. We left them on for around 4-5 min. or until they look like this on one side (below).....
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Note while hubby was grilling this set, I was rolling out the other set of dough and then just switched. While he was grilling the 2nd set of dough I was putting the toppings on the 1st set. It worked really slick with 2 people. In the end we had 4 small to medium pizzas.

Bring them back in and spray or olive oil the doughy side.
You will put your toppings on the grilled done side.

Put your sauce and toppings on just like you would a normal pizza.

Make sure it's on the grilled side!

Take them back to the grill and grill the doughy side. Make sure to close your grill so the cheese melts. We tried a pizza stone but ended up not using it because it wasn't cooking. We just put them right on the grill and it worked great. It took about 5-7 minutes and they were done.

Oh my goodness were they good. The crust was so filling I ate about half what I usually eat when I make homemade pizza (I normally have a super thin crust).

Half eaten but you get the idea! I couldn't wait to eat it.

This one we used ranch dressing as the sauce and put grilled chicken, mushrooms, and cheese on it! Absolutely Wonderful! Experiment with what toppins and sauses you like. We thought about doing a BBQ sauce and chicken too!

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So there you have it!!

You don't even have to start your oven in the summer for pizza! Thanks for the recipe Mom, we'll be doing this again very soon!

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If something doesn't make sense or

if you have a question please ask!!

QOTW -- Cookies or Chocolate???

Cookies or Chocolate????

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I'm sure I'm in the minority here but I'd go with

cookies every time and always have!!!

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Leave a comment and let us know!

We'll see if I'm in the Minority or not!!!

Weekly Groceries $55. Budget

This week I spent $56.14 plus $6.xx at my local Butcher, $5. at Dollar General for 10 cans of beans, and $1. at CVS for milk...

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So I was over my $55. Budget by $13.

but I got 4 cases of pop to stock up at the $4. price. It's been a while since I've seen Mt. Dew for $4. /24 pack. So that was $16. of it!

At Kroger I spent $19.84 for 35 items (58% savings)
At Meijer I spent $36.30 for 31 items including the Mt Dew

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Total for these pics was $56.14 for 66 items (10 Kool Aid)

or .85 cents per item or .98 cents without the Kool Aid

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I'm going to try to make up for this next week.

I might even do a skip week. I haven't skipped a week in May or June! I've been having to much fun getting the deals. But I think maybe it's time, we'll see how the deals look next week!!

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Did you have a good week???

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