My Grocery List Feb 17-23

Well as I thought this weeks Kroger sale is much the same as last week so I will continue to pick up a few things:
Remember when it is a mega sale you must purchase participating items in lots of ten to get the full discount.
*prices listed are the cost of the item each before mega deal discount*

2 Purex  $2.49* - (2) .35/1= 2.88  (even if you don't have any qs these are a great buy; receive $4 cat when you buy 2)
6 Pillsbury biscuits 1.29* -  (3).30/2 (11-22, 12-13, 12-6SS, 1-3GM) = $5.04 (receive a $4 catalina when you buy 6)
10 Chef Boyardee ravioli $1* - (2) $1/5 (1-10SS) = $8
2 Campbells Chunky Soup $1.29* - .50/2(2-7 SS) = $1.58

Total= $17.50 - $6 for 2 Daytona mega deals
= 11.50
Get back $4 catalina for Purex and $4catalina for Pillsbury

Roll the $8 in catalinas in another identical deal and you would pay $3.50 and get back another $8

Also visit some of the loadable q sites and there are loadables for pillsbury biscuits and there are printables at various sites if you don't have the ones listed. Click on the links from this page to access some of these sites.

My Grocery List Feb 10-16

Many people want to know how we can afford to feed our family.  I use coupons for many things and stockpile. I primarily shop at Kroger but often get good deals at other stores. I am going to try to make this a weekly post to show others what I am buying and how I am getting it so cheaply.  Bear with me and feel free to give me some feedback on how I can better help anyone.


I know the shopping week is nearly over but here is a list of what I am buying at Kroger this week.   Kroger often runs what they call "mega sales". These sales often run for a two week time period. The current sale is a mega sale called the Daytona sale.  What you must keep in mind to maximize this sale is you must mix and match in lots of 10 their participating  mega sale items.


My Kroger will triple three like coupons (qs) up to .39 and double three like qs .40-.50


My list:
Mega event items are denoted with * and prices shown are before the mega event discount
2 Purex $2.49 each -.35 insert  = $2.88
6 Pillsbury grands $1.29 - .30/2  = 5.04
2 Coke 2liter $1.25= 2.50
-$3 for Daytona deal
TOTAL: $10.42

earned: $4 cat for buying 2 Purex  and $4 cat for 6 Pillsbury

Another deal I have been doing this week:

In three separate times transactions I bought:
6- OEP Taco seasonings 6*.69= 4.14 - $1/4 (tearpad) - .60/2 IP (better Homes and Gardens website)= 2.54
earned $3 CAT ONYNO beef or chicken on each transaction

(there was also a .50 loadable but I had used that in a previous transaction last week if it hasn't expired some of you may have that as well))

With 3 $3 Cats in hand and one more tearpad q $1/4 I bought (didn't have any more IPs):

3- crazy meal deals:
3- 5lb beef chuck @ 9.87 each = 29.61
Free items:
3 - 2pk 50oz coke
3 - lettuce
3 - OEP taco shells
3 - OEP taco seasoning
= 29.61 - $9 cats - $1/4 OEP =19.61 and earned another $3 cat beef/chicken

You could further offset the cost with some of the cats from purex and pilsbury

Something else to keep in mind. I buy 15 Houston Chronicles each week for the coupons. If you are wondering where the qs I mentions come from it is from the inserts in the paper unless I mention otherwise.  

The Offer

Ok...we have decided to purchase 53 acres. It is close to land that has been in the family for many years. We stand to inherit a portion of it someday and in the mean time could use it for farming, hunting, and timber harvesting.

So we made an offer and were turned down because our offer was too low. We thought there was nothing they could say but "No" and they did. We will be making another offer hopefully this week. It all seems so perfect however I can't see past this moment. More than anything we only want to be in God's will. If it is His will we will secure the land if not we will return to the prayer room.

The Plan

Well we have a goal to transition our family from suburbia to a more rural life. So one of the first things we did was to begin to rid ourselves of any debt,reduce our monthly expenses, and save,save,save. That plan is well under way. Of course we have had some hitches but that is to be expected in any family but things can get very interesting very fast when you have a family of ten. After all, life does go on and we are willing to make sacrifices but not make anyone suffer.

The next portion of the plan is to choose a place to purchase land. We have finally settled on an area that is closer to our family particularly our parents as they are entering their golden years. As a bonus land prices are considerably better in that area than where we currently reside. We plan to build our house ourselves by cutting our own timbers and lumber.

There is a bigger plan within the plan and that is to be completely debt free (not even a mortgage) within 10 years. But even more importantly we want to spend more time with our children.

Well here goes nothing...

Like so many people I have many ideas that flow through my brain. What we hope to accomplish with the blog is to answer some of the burning questions that people have when they meet our family. So, now you wonder why people would have questions about us...