Menu Plan Monday

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This week we're doing Org Junkie's Menu Plan Monday! Click on the button below if you want more Meal Plans, or if you want to check Org Junkie out!




Monday - Chicken with Rice - Chicken (Cooked 3 Pounds, Used 1 Pound, .99), Rice (Cooked 1 pound, 1/2 lb. .50)
Total: $1.49

Tuesday - Crockpot Chicken Soup - (Used 2 Pounds from last night $1.98, Rice from last night $.50, Vegetables - Frozen and were FREE after coupon)
Total: $2.48

Wednesday - Leftovers

Thursday - Ritzy Chicken Casserole (A favorite, I got the recipe in an E-Book called "Censtible Suppers") - (Ritz FREE at CVS, Chicken 1 Pound .99 cents, Sour Cream .99 cents, Cream of Chicken Soup .75 cents)
Total: $2.73

Friday - Pizza (Dough $.75, Sauce $1.50, Cheese .59)
Total: $2.84

Saturday - Spaghetti (.99 cents)
Total: .99 cents

Weekly Total: $10.53
Average $$ per night: $1.75 (when you divide the total by the number of nights)

Shopping Sunday

Went to Pathmark today - and I saved over $100.00 and spent $66.00. I also got $13.00 to spend on my next shopping trip and 2 coupons for $1.00 off a $10 purchase! I did pretty well - I got (I'm rounding up the totals):

5 Celeste Pizzas $5.00
5 Bird's Eye Boxed Veggies $5.00
6 Shout $15.00
2 Pepperidge Farm Garlic Bread $3.00
5 Hunt's Tomatoes $4.00
5 Hunt's Snack Pudding $5.00
5 Banquet Entrees $5.00
5 Brown N Serve Sausage $5.00
2 Barilla Pasta Sauces $2.00
Ground Turkey Value Pack (6 Pounds) $7.00
3 Plantains $1.00
2 Edy's Ice Cream $6.00
2 Dole Fruit Naturals $3.00

Please feel free to comment with your shopping trips, scenarios, or anything really or leave a link! We've added a Mr. Linky box! So all you have to do is leave your name/blog name and the link straight to your post (not your homepage, but the post) and title it "Shopping Sunday" or whatever you like!

Thrifty Thursday

Well on today's topic of Thrifty Thursday I've been on vacation for the past 3 days and you know it wouldn't be a scooter vacation with out a little bit of coupons! The hotel we stayed at was great, it was close to all the attractions, included breakfast AND dinner (and this was no skimpy grab a cinnamon roll, these were 3, 4 course meals!) and had a great pool and hot tub! We had a nice room - anyway back to it! I had the opportunity to shop at an Aldi (yes, I do post the deals, but we don't have one here locally) and let me tell you that was the best shopping experience I have ever had! Okay so I impulsed shopped a little bit (picked up a 3 pound bag of powdered sugar, which I will use and was only .79 cents!) - even though they didn't except coupons they had some great prices, the store was immaculate and the people were nice. I would rate it a 9 out of 10 (only because they don't accept coupons!!). I also had the pleasure of shopping at a Grand Union - which I normally don't and was able to get some cheap little debbie 100 calorie snack cakes (normally $1.59, marked down to $1.29 - .55 coupon doubled = .19 cents), and some FREE 100 Calorie Oreo Cakestars (I got a coupon from Kraft First Taste program - if you aren't a member, you should go sign up!) - and I also picked up a 9 inch Pyrex Glass Pie Plate for $2.99 (impulse...). Then I stopped into this great little gift shop which was also a thrift shop (my favorite) and picked up a gift for my mom, a porcelin turtle for myself (from thrift shop - gift for mom from store) and a candle (from thrift). Now I drove past a JC Penny - and remembered I needed a new pillow - and they had them on sale for $5.99. Well it's just my luck that today when catching up I find out there's a $5 off $5 savings pass for JC Penny!!! I could've gotten myself a .99 pillow - normally 11.99! I was pretty annoyed. Also picked up a stocking holder - since my old one broke - i don't use it for stockings, but for towels. Take one of those 3M hooks and take off the sticky part, and put it on the back of the stocking stuffer - then stick it to the wall and it will hold a towel nicely (and be holiday themed) you could also use any other type of adhesive (it would probably me much easier) for $1.97 (normally $19.99!) anyway I was happy! In all my trips I spent about $35.00 and saved over $100!

100th Post!!!!!!

WHOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! It's our 100th post here at The Free Central ! I'm so excited! I never thought I would make it to 100 Posts on a blog, but we did! Thanks so much for all my readers who continue to read even though I haven't posted much lately -- anyway - thank you sooo much again, for everything I really, really appreciate it (oh and boy oh boy do I have some posting to catch up on!)! Anyway, thanks again, and it's our 100th post!

FREE Glade Sense + Spray!!

At Walgreens the Glade Sense + Spray is $9.99, use the $4.00 off 1 Coupon from 2/8 Insert, and the B1G1 Printable Coupon to get 2 Glade Sense + Sprays for $5.99. Then submit them for Rebate #28 for $3.00 each, gettting you $6.00 BACK! Making them free!

Scenario:

Glade Sense + Spray $9.99
Use B1G1 Printable Coupon
Use $4.00 off 1 Coupon from 2/8 Insert
Total: $5.99 for 2

Submit for ESR (Easy Saver Rebate) #28 for $3.00 each!
Total recieved back $6.00

Making them FREEEEEEEEEEEEE! And I've been wanting to buy these for a little while!

Walgreen's Freebies

There are also some pretty good deals at Walgreen's this week if you're a Walgreen's fan (My first choice of store is CVS, then Rite-Aid, and then Walgreen's) - a good amount of freebies!

Revlon Creme Lip Gloss
FREE After Rebate
Use $2.00 Coupon from 2/8 Insert
Total: PROFIT $2.00

Gillette Fusion Gamer, Venus Spa Breeze, Embrace Razor $10.00
Use $4.00 Gamer Coupon from 2/8 Insert
Recieve $6.00 Register Rewards
Total: FREE

Garnier Fructis Wonder Waves Hair Care $2.99
FREE After Rebate
Use $1.00 Coupon from 2/8 Insert
Total: PROFIT $1.00

Therma Care Heat Wrap Trial Size $2.49
FREE After Rebate
Total: FREE

CVS Freebies

Lots of good freebies this week at CVS - these are only the freebies, and not all the deals - I would suggest checking out Kingdom First Mom for some great scenarios!

Earinse $7.99 - Get $7.99 ECB

Nabisco Wheat Thins/Ritz (Small Boxes) FREE after $2/2 Coupon from 1/25 Insert

Gillette Shampoo $4.99
Use $2.00 off 1 Coupon from 1/18 Insert
Recieve $3 ECB
Total: FREE

CVS Chewable Children's Aspirin $1.99
Recieve $1.99 ECB
Total: FREE

Gillette Fusion Razor $4.00
Recieve $4.00 ECB
Total: FREE