Cheeseburger (5pts)
Fried potatoes (6pts)
Fordhook Lima Beans (2pts)
All home made, of course, so I can control the points+. Sure, I coulda made a little better choice instead of the fried potatoes because they're a little high in points+, but I had to get my healthy oils in because I hadn't had any for the day. So I made the sacrifice and fried the potato. :)
I'm a little disappointed that lima beans aren't free points+. But I really love 'em. Especially Fordhook. Usually, I can't find them in the grocery store, but I lucked out. We shopped at Walmart this past weekend rather than Publix and Walmart carries Fordhook. SO much better than baby limas!
Speaking of grocery shopping, because hubby got laid off last month, we've taken up a new hobby--couponing! And this past weekend, we spent $100 on groceries and saved about $50 altogether.
Publix had a bunch of buy-one-get-one-free items and we had a bunch of coupons on top of the sale. I never knew you could do this, but did you know you can use two coupons on a B1G1F offer? I never knew you could use a coupon on a free item, but evidently you can! So we made out like a bandit.
Course we had to go to three different stores to catch all the deals. We even ate in between all the grocery madness and used coupons for lunch, too. Spent $11 and saved almost $7 with coupons.
Do you guys coupon? I watched "Extreme Couponing" on TLC last month and then just a few days later, my husband got laid off so it was perfect timing. Now I'm hooked up with several couponing websites and they send me email updates and even Tweets for hot deals. It's so much fun!
It's about turning a dire situation into a sport. (kinda)
I have no intentions of becoming a hoarder like the people we saw on the Extreme Couponing show, but if I can save 40-50% or more on my regular groceries, that'd be freaking awesome! We need the savings right now, too.
So, do you guys do couponing? Where do you find your favorite deals?
(If you're not sure what "couponing" is, here's a link that explains it fairly well.)
5 comments:
I hve not done the whole couponing thing yet.. bit I have bought a thing to put them in and cut.out ones on Sunday... just haven't used them yet!! I need to learn all the tricks and things too!!!
Good job on the saving money!!
I can't figure out how they save so much with coupons. All the ones we get here say, "Limit one coupon per customer. Valid for one item only," and then the real sticker--"Coupon not valid with other discounts." Generally, if there's been a coupon in the Sunday paper, when you go the store they have it marked down already, so you can't even use the coupon. I want to know where everyone finds these special coupons without all the fine print. Grrrr.
Yes, I copuon. I go through spurts where I am all hot and heavy and save big bucks and then where I get a little 'lazy' and not so much.
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