$0.06 per diaper!

Yesterday I went to Rite Aid and bought this:

$15.50 Pampers Mega Pack
$1.99 Loreal Trumatch foundation (clearanced) x 7
-$5/25 RAQ
-$2 Pampers MFQ (P&G Home Mailer)
-$3 Loreal Foundation MFQ x 7
= $1.98 + $1.85 tax

$0.06 per diaper for size 4's! It was a good day. :)


Total spent for February: -$10.09
Total saved for February: $269.xx

Monday Drugstore Deals

Walgreens

2 Windex Wipes $5.00
-$1.50 MFQ found HERE
-$1.50 MFQ found HERE
= $2.00 + tax (Plus get back $2 in ESR)

Rite Aid
Pampers Mega Pack $15.50
Fructis $2.99
Finesse $2.99
Nivea $2.99
Durex $6.00
Doritos $2.50
-$5/25 RAQ
-$2 Pampers MFQ (P&G Home Mailer)
-$0.75 Finesse MFQ (SS 2/8)
-$1.00 Fructis MFQ (RP 1/4, SS 2/8)
-$1.00 Durex MFQ
-$1.00 Nivea MFQ (RP 2/8)
-$20 Gift Certificate (Gift of Savings)
= $2.22 + tax (Plus get back $12.98 SCR)


Total spent for February: -$15.21
Total saved for February: $241.86

Last Week's Drugstore Deals

I didn’t get to Rite Aid until Friday and Saturday last week. It was such a busy week! Here are the details:

6 Contour Meters (to be donated)

2 Ziploc bags

Warm Delight

2 Q-tip travel packs

2 Almay Mascara ($3 SCR)

Johnson & Johnson take along pack

Polka-dot Notebook

Neutrogena Eye Shadow

Spent: $4.46 + $8.47 tax

Will get back: $26 in Rite Aid gift cards/rebates (and 2 free T-shirts)

I basically did 6 transactions, each consisting of a Contour meter and ~$5 worth of other stuff. Then I used the $5/20 coupon valid last Friday/Saturday, and the free Contour meter coupon, in order to have my total as close to zero as possible.

Total Spent for February: -$17.xx (yipee!)

Total Saved for February: $169.xx

I forgot to post my January totals last week:

Total spent for January: $96.xx ($67 of it was on THIS)

Total saved for January: $1352.xx

Menu Plan Monday

Last week was a crazy week, and I'm seeing craziness in the future this week as well. So we're going simple this week. Also, I'm going to cook the meatloaf I didn't get to cook last week due to the aforementioned craziness.

Monday:
Ravioli (frozen from costco, with some Ragu) and salad.

Wednesday:
Baked Potato Soup (Again. Yes, it's that good.) (link)

Friday:
Italian Layered Meat and Potato Loaf (link)

Coupon Class!

I will be teaching another coupon class

next Thursday, February 12th, at 6:30 PM
at my cute friend Jamie's house
in Woods Cross!

This will be a chance for anyone who missed the last class to get in on the fun! If you'd like to learn how to use Slavetosave, this is the place to be. We will be discussing:

-Where/how to get your coupons
-How to organize them
-Coupon basics
-Drugstore rebates
-Deal-finding in general!

The cost is $10 at the door, and we'll have a some fun prize drawings! To RSVP, email me at slavetosave at gmail dot com and I'll send you Jamie's address.

Hope to see you there!

Menu Plan Monday

I've decided to add ratings (1-5 diamonds ♦) by past weeks meal plan recipes (or recipes I've cooked before), to let you know what I thought of them. So watch for that in the coming weeks.

Monday:

Crockpot pork burritos (link) ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
3 lb pork sirloin roast
2 tsp southwest seasoning (I used THIS recipe, halved) ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
3 cups prepared chunky salsa, divided
8-10 flour or corn tortillas
1 cup grated cheddar or colby-jack cheese
1 Tbsp fresh cilantro leaves (snipped or chopped)

Rub southwest seasoning on both sides of pork and place in slow cooker. Pour 2 cups salsa over pork, cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours. Using two forks, shred pork. Meanwhile, wrap tortillas in aluminum foil and heat in a 350-degree oven for 20 minutes or until heated through. Spoon pork mixture onto center of each tortilla and top with additional salsa, cheese and cilantro. Broil 1 minute or until cheese is bubbly. Roll up like a burrito to eat. Serve with beans and rice. We're going to eat this with leftover Z'tejas Cornbread (♦ ♦ ♦ ♦) that I made yesterday. So yummy!


Wednesday:
BBQ Chicken Pizza (link) ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
4-6 servings

2 Tbsp olive oil
1/2 lb chicken tenders
2/3 cup BBQ sauce (Bullseye Original recommended)
flour, for dusting surface
1 package Pillsbury Classic pizza dough
3/4 cup shredded Gouda
1 cup shredded Mozzarella
3/4 cup shredded Parmesan
1/2 medium red onion, thinly sliced
3 Tbsp chopped fresh cilantro


Preheat oven to 400-degrees. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and saute chicken tenders until golden brown, about 12 minutes. Remove from heat. When chicken is cooled, dice to yield a little over 1 cup. In a small bowl, toss chicken with 2 Tbsp BBQ sauce. Set aside. On a floured surface, roll out dough and place on greased sheet pan. Shape to fill the sheet pan, about a 15 by 10-inch rectangle. Spread remaining BBQ sauce evenly over pizza dough. Sprinkle Gouda, Mozzarella, Parmesan, onions, and chicken over top. Bake for 20 minutes or until cheese bubbles. Sprinkle with chopped cilantro and cut into pieces.


Friday:

Italian Layered Meat-and-Potato Loaf (link)
1 lb potatoes, peeled and diced
2 Tbsp milk
salt and pepper, to taste
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 onion, peeled and chopped
1 red chili pepper chopped
1 clove garlic, peeled and chopped
1 1/2 lbs minced beef or ground pork or ground veal (I'm going to use beef)
3/4 cup white breadcrumbs
1/4 cup fresh basil, roughly chopped
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, grated
6-8 spinach leaves, washed, dried, stems and tough bits removed
2 Tbsp honey

Preheat oven to 200-degrees. Boil potatoes till tender and drain. Add milk and salt and pepper to taste; potatoes should still be pretty dry, but hold together enough to work with in a later step. While potatoes are boiling, add oil to frying pan and saute onion, pepper, and garlic till tender, but not brown (about 3-5 minutes). Remove from heat and let cool. In a large bowl, combine the onion mix, minced meat, breadcrumbs, basil and egg. Add salt and pepper to taste and mix well with your hands. Place half of the meat mixture in a baking dish, shaping it into a rather wide loaf with a flattened top. Take half of the mashed potatoes, and make a level layer of them above the meat base. Cover the potato layer with the spinach leaves. Cover the spinach with the mozzarella, again making a level layer. Cover this with remaining potatoes and level. Finish off with the remaining meat, molding and shaping it to not only cover the top , but down the sides as needed to keep the stacks together. Bake for 2- minutes, glaze the top with honey, and continue baking for 20 to 25 more minutes. Let sit for 5 minutes before slicing.

Monday Drugstore Deals

I hit up Rite Aid quite a few times this week on my way to/from work. Here's how I fared...

4 Listerine @ $4.99 each
1 Veet @ $3.99
1 Fructis @ $2.99
-$5/25 Rite Aid Q
-$2 Listerine in-ad Rite Aid Q x 4
-$2 Listerine MFQ x 2
-$2 Veet MFQ
-$1 Fructis MFQ (SS 10/5, RP 11/9, RP 1/4)
= $6.94 + tax + $15.99 back in rebates (saved $27.40)


I also bought three Bayer glucose meters, all of which will be donated. They were free after coupon this week (paid $1.03 tax each) and I'll get back a $10 Rite Aid gift card this month just for purchasing them. That's a profit of ~$7.00.