What more can you ask for?

So I went to Kroger. Again. They're still having their Mega Event Sale, so I wanted to take advantage of some of the good deals we'd gotten last weekend. Like....

Getting fruit cups for 1.25 a package (Abbie eats 2-3 of these things each day at preschool b/c it's one of the easiest ways for me to get fruit in her while she's at school 8 hours a day)
3 packs of Horizon chocolate Milk for 1.99 (again, a favorite for preschool lunches/snacks)
Sliced and crushed pineapple (perfect for fruit salads we love) for $1
100% Grape and Apple Juice for Abbie- 1.29
100% Orange Juice for 2.27
Sliced tomatoes for .45 (stocked up b/c I can use them in sooo many recipes!)
Lunch meat- I can't remember how much it was, and my receipt is confusing me, but it was cheap :)
Bread
Dog treats- Because I have three of them and they're crazy. It's a great way to keep them off of me while we play. :P
Vitamin waters that Jeremy, Abbie, and I can all take while we're on-the-go all week long.
And a few other random items

I saved 30.32 and spent 37.90. And yes, I probably could have saved much more if I had combined some of the deals with coupons. But I preferred to be in and out (which I was, suprisingly! :)) and be on with my day.
So 20 minutes and $38 later, we left the store having one incredibly successful shopping trip under our belt. Abbie stayed in the cart the entire time and I'm almost done grocery shopping for the week- What more can you ask for?

And oh yeah, I got gas for 3.36 a gallon, and that wasn't even with rewards built up :) :) :)

20% of the way there!!!! YAY!

So just a month or two ago, I reported that we had all of .01% towards our down payment. I am happy to report that we are getting closer and closer... and are now sitting with 20% of our minimum down payment!!!!

There are still plenty of balls in the air. Jeremy is flying to Orlando this week to begin what will hopefully be a promotion very soon. I will be going back to school in just a few short weeks and subsequently making decisions about my work schedule. So we'll see how all that pans out. Unfortunately, my school schedule (and availability) can change as late in the game as the school decides and can, of course, throw my life into utter chaos. So we'll see. :)
A month ago we were at .01%. Today we're at 20%. Who knows where we'll be a month from now...

We're tentatively planning on buying at the beginning of the year. The reasoning is, even without any income (albeit Mary Kay :)) from my end (because I'll be student teaching)... we can swing it at that point of the year without any worries about money being tight.

But then again, I have found a house that I am afraid I'm going to love entirely too much when I meet with our realtor tomorrow to see it. :)

So we'll see. We shall see.

Still Trying to Save on Groceries...

I'd consider this a pretty good week of grocery shopping. I ventured to Kroger for the first time in quite awhile because they were having one of their "Mega Event Sales" where you buy 10 participating items and save $5.00 at the register. I did not use any coupons, although a lot of the items you can use coupons on. But couponing just takes me too much time at this point in life.
So I went to couponmom, selected Kroger, and found items that I needed and that were on the list of items for the Mega Sale event. I really like this event because they pick a LOT of items to participate, and they're not expensive items. For example, 2 of my 10 items were under $1. And really, you could stock up on some things for free.
For example, they had .45 cans of Hunt's Tomato Sauce. So if you bought ten, you'd technically be owed .50 (99% sure they don't pay you, but you'd still get them for free!)
Or you could get 10 boxes of Pasta-Roni or Rice-a-Roni for 2.90! :)

But I stocked up on a variety of things- Orange Juice, Soy milk, Yogurt, Cheeses for Abbie's lunches, granola bars, organic chocolate milk, and quite a few other things. I also scored 3 poster paints for my classroom from their clearance section! :)

31 items, 14.60 saved, and only 30.00 spent! Not bad! :)

Then we hopped on over to ALDI and stocked up on other essentials to get us through the week:
Bread
Fruit cups and other fruit
Grape Juice for the Abbster
Applesauses
Cherries- cus they make a yummy snack for me :)
LOTS of cat food - dry and wet- because we have 3 cats, including a diabetic who has to have high-protein food.
Toothbrushes for me :)
Cat litter
Waffles because they've become my saving grace as Abbie and I are running out the door 15 minutes late every morning :-P
And other items that I don't remember right now.


I spent 37.00 for a grand total of 67.00 on groceries this week.