Last week I told you how husband and I were absolutely horrified when we sat down to figure out exactly where our money goes each month and we saw the outrageous amount we spend on fast food and eating out. The majority of that is spent for our lunches. So, we have a new plan! Starting this week a $25/week eating out budget and a plan to bring lunches to work. We went to Walmart to get some containers to take our lunches in. I know you aren't supposed to warm plastic containers in the microwave, but I do it all the time because I thought buying glass ones would be too expensive. But today we found these Ziploc Versa glass containers. They were $5.97 each, which I think is expensive. However, there was a tear pad near by with a $1.50 off of two, that wouldn't have been too bad. But then, we looked inside the containers and they had $3 off each coupons inside. Maybe super strict couponers would chastise me for taking them out and using them, but to me I am still buying their product, so why not? So we got them for $3 each! I was also really surprised to see these Rubermaid to go containers for $1.98 each pack. That is a really good deal on food storage containers. We got some bigger round ones for salads, small rounds for dressing, medium rounds for snacks, and some divided ones. While at Walmart we also picked up some essentials and took advantage of a great coupon deal. There was a $3 off hormel party trays coupon available last week. The large party trays are about $10, so that isn't that great. However, they have a smaller snack size that is $5.50 and the coupon works on it. I heard rumblings on the coupon sites that using this is controversial because they are meant for the larger trays. However, when I went on their website they listed the snack trays under party trays, so that is good enough for me! That made them about $2.50 each. They are meat and crackers and cheese, so just like lunchables!
Ok, time for a quick update on some of my recent deals. While I was out of town Kroger had as part of their mega sale the beef gravy for 50 cents when you buy 10. I asked husband to get me some while I was gone and the deal was made even better because with a great coupon I had they wound up being 25 cents each. While I was at home a store by my mom also had the gravy on sale for 58 cents each. Now, this gravy never goes on sale! Usually the cans are between $1.40-$1.70 each, so it was definitely stock up time! My mom also wound up with about 60 cans of gravy:)
Kroger also has a really good deal this week for buy 4 participating products for $10 and get a free gallon of milk. With coupons for $1 off each participating item we bought, we were able to get all of this for $12 plus tax!
Finally we made a really quick stop at CVS yesterday because I had an ECB that was about to expire. The gillette fusion gel was $2.38 and I had a $1 coupon, plus there was a $2 ECB, making it free. Husband printed a coupon for $2/2 combos from the magic coupon machine. So we paid about $1 out of pocket and got back the $2 ECB.
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