3 More Walgreens Trips

Well my Walgreen's Trips didn't turn out exactly as I hoped. The milk they had was expiring too soon to get a lot of it so I did my best to think on my feet. Here is what we ended up coming out with.
1 can Goodstart
2 cans Walgreen's brand Formula
6 bags shredded cheese
2 dozen eggs
2- 2 liters of soda (not necessary but it will be nice)
1- 6 pack of toilet paper (had $1 0ff coupon plus on sale)
1- 50 pk. bottle liners (needed anyway)
1 bottle shampoo
1- 1/2 gallon milk (we ran out today so we needed something until our real shopping trip)

Total: $70.07 plus $21.72 from the last shopping trip. Which leaves only $58.21 to get the rest of our food with. YIKES!!!! Hopefully I will be able to come up with some great deals to feed us for two weeks.

Mashed Potato Salad

My husband has a work related dinner tonight so it is just me. I REALLY didn't want to cook so I decided to make dinner with what leftovers I had. The result....Mashed Potato Salad.....or at least that is what I named it. Definitely not very healthy but it sure was good. Here is the....uh.... "recipe" ;).

Mashed Potato Salad

3 cups leftover Instant Mashed Potatoes
1 can Green Beans
3 oz. thinly cut Ham (I used leftover lunch meat)
Grated Cheese (had a little bit leftover that needed to be used)

Mix everything together and microwave on high until hot. Add salt and Pepper to taste.

First Walgreens Trip

I just got back from my first Walgreen trip. I had a $5 off 24oz. Good Start formula that printed out the last time I bought formula there and used the $5 off a $25 purchase with it. In order to reach the $25 requirement I bought:
25.7oz can of Good Start Formula - $26.49 - $5 off coupon.
12 oz. can of Good Start formula that was on clearance for $2.99!!!!
Suave conditioner - $1 (we needed conditioner anyway)
The total with tax came to $22.72!!!! That is a $20 savings!!!!

After I got home I realized I had a $2 coupon that I could have used on the small can of formula and it would have only been $.99 GRRR!!! Oh well, maybe I can use it when I go back to do a few more transactions tomorrow.

Looking ahead at good deals

It isn't quite pay day yet and I am already looking at some good deals in the works. Walgreen's is going to be a big money saver for me this week with its $5 off $25 coupon.

A few weeks back I received 3 coupons for Goodstart formula 2-$4off and 1- $5off a 24oz. can or larger. These cans are around $25 a piece which after my coupons would make them around $20 a piece. I can then add a few filler items that we will need anyway, like milk, eggs, and cheese to meet the $25 I need to get an additional $5 off. So if all goes well I should be able to do something like this:

Buy:
1 can Goodstart $25
1 Gallon Milk $3
2 dozen eggs $2 (on sale this week) or 1 Block Cheese $2

Use:
$5off a $25 coupon
$5 off can Goodstart

Total: $20 plus tax

If I do this 3 times I should spend about $60 plus tax and receive 3 cans of Goodstart, 3 Gallons Milk, 2 dozen eggs, and 2 blocks of cheese. Not too shabby concidering we usually spend $50 plus tax on 2 cans of formula!!!! Let you know how it goes!!

It starts

It is Friday August 21st and we have a lot of work to do. We have $10,766.54 in debt. $1,842.61 of that is on our only credit card and $8,923.93 is on my husbands truck that he is in love with and will never sell. Not to mention we only have $126.14 in our savings account.
We are going to be using the Dave Ramsey plan and so we need a baby emergency fund of $1000 first before we pay off debt. Also, we are not allowed to use the credit card anymore. NEVER AGAIN!!! SCARY!!!
If all goes to plan we should have $700 a month after expenses to go toward debt. Of course that could change if things come up but that is the number I am shooting for.
My plan is to post about our eating habits and what we eat as we go along. Twice a month I will give an update on how much we spent on food and how much we paid off in debt. I know we can do it but boy is it going to be tough!