Couponing is Fun

okay,

so miss kelly has not kind of, but full on got me hooked on coupons. She has even given me some to get my momentum going.

I have to say that I am a beginner couponer. There are women in this blog land who have it mastered as evidenced by their receipts and pantry photos.

I went to Save-On tonight to see what I could do. They had that coupon machine, where you swipe your save-on card and coupons come out. I took full advantage of what it had to offer which resulted in amazing deals. I often feed Clarky fruit out of a can, but I rinse the syrup off of it first. The Save-on brand were 2.80, but the coupon was for 99 cents. I got 4. Another good deal was the cascade for dishwashers. they were 5.99 on sale and there was a coupon for 1.50 off. I had a couple of meat coupons from the weekly flyer 10 off chicken, and buy one, get one free meat skewers.

Anyways, my bill was $ 100.40, but with all the coupons I had it came to $65.86.

I saved $34.54! How Exciting.

This couponing business takes time. I didn't have my kid tonight so I had time to ponder in the supermarket and stop in the isle to fiddle with my messy lump of coupons.

until next time....

Lisa

Pancakes with Yam

These pancake are so scrumptious! And the yam gives them a sweet flavor:)

So I have the book Deceptively Delicious. There is controversy over this book because some say you're lying to your kids (don't we all at some point) and some say that it's not making them eat their veges etc. Anyway, I don't have issues with Jaxson eating fruit or veges but I thought what's the harm in putting a little extra nutrient in something that I was already going to make:) So here is the recipe from the book:

1cup water
1/2 cup pureed sweet potato (or yam)
1/4 tsp cinnamon (optional)
1 cup pancake mix (I use whole wheat and they're still yummy)

Dinner idea

So in the 12 years I have been with Pat I have not BBQ'd myself ever! I've never turned on the BBQ, or put any food on it. Pat has been the one to always BBQ. Kinda pathetic once I actually say it out loud. Tonight I decided to do it all:) I made: Beer butt chicken, with roasted baby potatoes and pan fried asparagus.

I stuck a can of beer up the cavity of the chicken and cooked it on a low heat for 1 1/2 hours on the BBQ.

Just another idea for the BBQ season :)

Savings!

So I have made it kinda known that I have gotten into couponing. Well I budget our little family $100/week for groceries (this includes diapers and paper products). Tonight I went to superstore (with coupons in hand) and got all this plus a jumbo pack of Scott papertowels (I forgot to add it to photo). I spent $47.00 for these groceries for the week. My coupons gave me $25.oo off my bill tonight! If you're looking to save money this is a great way!