My Savings this week!

Just thought I would share my savings for this week! I'm so loving Saving Angels and all the money I'm saving. It's almost become a game just to see how much I can save and I'm finding I'm not happy unless I save at least 50% and I really like to see it in the 60% range or higher!


This was only about 1/4 of what I bought this week! I thought the little girl in the picture was adorable and just had to post it:-)

So here is what I got this week:

2 bottles of Children's Tylenol
2 bottles of Children's Motrin


2 boxes of Kraft Bagel-fuls (my kids LOVE these and I refuse to buy them unless I can get them cheap - I paid $0.49/box for these).


10 Dannon Yogurt Cups


3 bags of Toll House Chocolate Chips


1 box of Creamette Elbow Macaroni
1 bag of spaghetti Noodles (both of these items were FREE)


2 Loafs of Oven Fresh Bread


1 package of 8 count AA Duracall Batteries


4 boxes of Betty Crocker Fruit Roll-ups
4 boxes of Betty Crocker Fruit Gushers
8 boxes of Betty Crocker Fruit snacks - Scooby Doo & Bugs


2 boxes of Nabrisco wheat thins
2 boxes of Orville Popcorn - 3 count
4 packages of Nabrisco Chips Ahoy Cookies
4 boxes of 12 ct Kellogg's Pop Tarts

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8 Boxes of General Mills Cinnamon Toast Crunch
4 boxes of General Mills Cocoa Puffs
6 boxes of General Mills Trix Swirls
2 boxes of General Mills Golden Grahams


12 boxes of Capri Suns (these were all FREE)


4 boxes General Mills Nature Valley Granola Bars
8 boxes of General Mills Chex Mix bars


10 bottles of Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce


2 - 3lb bags of Boneless, Skinless Chicken Tenderolins


2 packages of Nestle Toll House cookie dough


6 boxes of Posicle - 12 ct


6 - 1lb packages of Oscar Meyer Bacon


2 - 5 lb packages of Ground Beef (10 lbs total)


3 packages of Green Giant Vally Fresh Steamers


1 package of Schick Quattro 3 ct shavers


4 boxes of Colgate Total toothpaste
2 boxes of Crest Pro Health Toothpaste
2 boxes of Crest Cavity toothpaste


2 containers of ALL Laundry Detergent 96 load


2 containers of Lysol toilet bowl cleaner


1 bottle of Johnson's baby wash

I also got:
2 lbs of Bananas
1 Deli Chicken
1 Package of 24 count Arrowhead Bottled water

Total of all groceries: $489.02
Total that I Paid: $175.97
That's a total savings of: $313.05 or 64%

It was worth it...

This summer when we were in Michigan we cleaned out my parent's basement. There were a lot of things I wanted, yet we were pretty short on space in our vehicle to get it all to Arizona. I remember looking at my Grandma's cedar chest and almost crying. I wanted it so badly, but I just wasn't sure how we were going to get it home. I remember my husband telling me "If it means that much to you and you want it, I will find a way to get it to fit in the suburban".

I was a little concerned as my pile of just a cedar chest grew larger. I started thinking that the kids were going to have to ride on the roof of the car as I looked around at childhood memories I wanted to keep.

One of the other things I really wanted to keep was an old doll high chair that has been around for a long time. I believe it was my Mother's and I remember playing with it as a child. As we were loading our car to head back to Arizona I remember handing Chris this high chair. I had NO idea where he was going to put it. Our suburban was busting at the seams and we still had to find a place to sit! The great packer he is, he got it to fit and it made the 2000 mile journey from Michigan to our home in Arizona. It has been in the girl's room since then.

Today while I was cleaning Raelyn and Adalyn's bedroom, Adalyn decided the high chair was a good place to sit and watch me. She is so cute and to see her playing with the high chair I played with as a child was pretty heartwarming!










Wooden Highchair: $20.00 a few years back
Gas to get it from Michigan to Arizona: $353.00
Watching my daughter enjoy the high chair I played with as a child: Priceless

Baseball has begun!

Today was Broedy's 1st baseball game! Chris is coaching and I think he was more nervous than the kids! He just wasn't sure how everything would go today. It went well though and although it was HOT (102 degrees), the kids had fun!

Chris learning how to use the machine from the other coach. The kids play machine pitch and this was the 1st time they had used the machine.


The team waiting to go!


My favorite guy!


Is he not the cutest thing ever! All of a sudden he has grown up on me. I Love this kid!


Batter up!


Swing!


RUN!


Heading to 1st base!


Heading to 2nd Base!


The cutest fans ever!


We drank a LOT of water!


Broedy was the catcher for one of the innings!

The team lost today, but they had fun and that was the most important thing!

Bows, Bows and more Bows!

This is what I've been doing all week! Making hair bows for my two girls! My friend Stephanie had made some for her two daughters and also make some for Raelyn for her birthday! They are so cute so I was asking her about them and found out she had made them. She said she would teach me how to make some. So, Wednesday Stephanie, Shawna & I got together and Stephanie taught me and Shawna how to make hair bows. They are soooo cute and I am officially hooked! I've made about 70 hair bows this week!

Stephanie sewing for us!


Shawna working hard!


Some of my hair bows! Aren't they adorable!


Lots and lots of hair bows!


And some more.....


A fun Halloween one!


A Christmas One!


We love purple!


Matching bows!


Just in case we need some blue bows!!!


One of my favorite!


Cute, cute, cute!


My little model:-) I haven't gotten a good picture of Raelyn with her hair bows, but she has been wearing a hair bow everyday to school! She LOVES picking out which one she will wear each day. With having to wear uniforms, it's kinda fun to be able to have a choice of hair bows to wear in the morning for fun!!!