Be on the lookout!

I got an email from SCJohnson telling me to be on the lookout this Sunday for $38 in coupons for their products.  Here's to hoping we see them in our paper!

Check your Sunday newspaper this week for savings of up to $38* on your favorite SC Johnson brands.

Standing on His Promises, Mrs. Bubba

Publix & Kroger

There was 1 item that I could not find at Kroger the other day so I ran through to see if they had restocked.

Kroger:

4-Kashi Cereal $4.49 each (regular price)

Coupons:

-$3 off
-3x$1 off

Total BEFORE discounts/coupons: $18.32
Total AFTER discounts/coupons: $2.32 for 4 boxes of cereal!!!  Not bad at all.

Publix:

4-Select Harvest Soup $2.39 each
3-Coffee Mate liquid creamer $2 each

Coupons:
-2x.50/2 Select Harvest (remember, they double)
-3x$1 off Coffee Mate creamer

Total BEFORE discounts/coupons: $16.79
Total AFTER discounts/coupons: $5.53
I still have money left on the Publix gift card I won last year so this total doesn't count towards our overall budget but I wanted to post it anyway.  The $1 off Coffee Mate creamer coupons came from the Kroger catalina machine.  Gotta love it.  :-)

Standing on His Promises, Mrs. Bubba

Kroger Trip

Ah, it was nice to feel like I was back in the groove again.  I wish I could promise that updating this blog would be a daily thing but every time I say that...life gets in the way.  My very, very part time job is no longer very, very part time.  I'm the office manager, regardless of how small the office is, when it's your job to keep everyone organized and on task it's a real job.  I've spent the last couple months pulling things together, cleaning things up, and getting things running as smoothly as possible around there.  I still haven't recovered from our Israel trip in the sense that I don't want to be here anymore.  I'm ready, right now, to move to Jerusalem to live until I die.  Will I ever be glad to be back here again?  :-)  Things at church have been great then really bad but now I think, and pray, it's on an uphill swing.  As long as everyone keeps their eyes on Jesus then no one will sink into the raging sea but continue to walk on the water!  That over simplifies things but it's the most I'll say about it on here.

I did go to Kroger today and I thought that it was a successful trip considering I haven't seriously done coupons since September.  We have been living off, for the most part, the stockpile I had created prior to going overseas!  What a blessing it has been to only have to run to the grocery store for fresh meat and produce!  It just goes to show how the Lord will bless when you use the money He gives you to glorify Him as much as possible.

Kroger Trip:

2 Packs of 10 AA Duracell Batteries $5.47 each

1 bag Food Should Be Good Sweet Potato Chips $2

4 cans Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup .99 each

4 Old Spice Deodorant $2.29 each

2 Old Spice Body Wash $3.99 each

1 Glade Fabric Spray $1.99

2 Secret Deodorant $2.29 each

2 Ready Pac Salad $3 each

1 Ready Pac Salad $1.59

1 Ready Pac Salad $1.49

Sweet Onions $1.26

Bell Pepper .99

Cucumbers $1.98

Roma Tomatos $2.06

Chicken Leg Quarters $3.22

Chicken Thighs $5.87

2 Herbal Essence Shampoo $2.99 each

2 Select Harvest Soup $1.99 each

Kroger Special Buy 4 Save $4:  I got 3 of those so $12 off my total bill

Coupons:

-$2 Food Should Be Good Get 1 Free

-2x$3.99 Buy Old Spice Deo Get Body Wash Free

-$2.99 B1G1 Herbal Essence

-2x$1.50 off Duracell Batteries

-.25/4 Campbell's condensed soups

-2x$1 Secret Deo

-2x$1/2 Old Spice Deo

-$1 Glade Fabric Spray

-.50/2 Select Harvest

-$1 Duracell e-coupon

-$1 Old Spice e-coupon

There are a couple more coupons listed but I don't remember what they match up to.  :-(

Total BEFORE discounts:  $82.79

Total AFTER everything:  $40.46

Not a bad 1st real trip after being out of the loop for a few months.  Looking forward to many more trips like this and even more savings!

Happy New Year y'al!

Standing on His Promises, Mrs. Bubba

Printing Pictures

Do you have pictures sitting in your camera or computer that you are wishing to have printed?  Well, now is the time.  Walgreens has a deal going that you can print photos for 50% off the usual price.  Use code TREAT at checkout and then update your cart and you will see the savings.

I was excited to see this since we just got back and have almost 1000 pictures from our trip.  I sent them all the Walgreens to be printed...now I'm ready to scrapbook them all.  :-)

Standing on His Promises, Mrs. Bubba

Christmas Shopping

I don't know if you folks are into this kind of thing but in Macon there is "Christmas Made In The South".  They have tons of booths set up with all kinds of crafts, trees, wreaths, ornaments, and various handmade gifts.  I have been a few times and loved it!

For those of you with high end taste you can head down to the fairgrounds in Perry for the "Mistletoe Market".  I can't afford what they sell but maybe you can and they definitely have some 1 of a kind gifts.

I believe both are this weekend.  I think you know which direction I'll be heading in if I have the time!  :-)

Standing on His Promises, Mrs. Bubba

Israel Pictures

Israel Day 1

Israel Day 2

Israel Day 3

Israel Day 4 Israel Day 5 Israel Day 6 Israel Day 7 Israel Day 8 Israel Day 9 Israel Day 10 Israel Day 11

Standing on His Promises, Mrs. Bubba

Belk Charity Days

Other than when the clothes go on clearance for $4.95 and $2.95 this is the best time to buy at Belks!  This Saturday, tomorrow, is Charity Days.  Run by today and pick up your "ticket" for $5 then go shopping tomorrow morning.  Not only do they have just about everything in the store marked down WITH your "ticket" you get an extra ?% off AND $5 off your total purchase.  In the past I have purchased some wonderful Yellow Box flip flops for under $12 each.  So, don't miss out on this sale.

Standing on His Promises, Mrs. Bubba

New Groove

Getting back into the routine of life in Middle Georgia is proving to be more difficult than I imagined.  1) I don't want to be here, I literally left my heart in Jerusalem.  2) November is crazy busy for us.  3)  I didn't pig out or anything while on the tour but I didn't have to watch every little thing I ate.  Now that we are back and I am using the weight loss program again, I am hungry all the time!  I know it will subside but it takes a week or two which is just awful.  I drink gallons of water (a slight exaggeration) but for now it's not helping.  I honestly believe the only reason I am not chowing down on something right this second is because I am sitting here in a pair of dress slacks that I haven't fit into in months.  Not only could I wear them but they are ever so slightly loose!!!  As hungry as I am, I have the fact that I have already lost 15 lbs to motivate me to not eat.  I'll eat a healthy, reasonable dinner tonight.  Tomorrow with the aid of exercise I will have wiggle room in my calorie intake.  Until then, I think its time for some more water.

Standing on His Promises, Mrs. Bubba

Four Weeks of Newspapers

I thought that when we got home that there would be an enormous number of coupons to clip.  We get 2 papers delivered every Sunday, multiply that by 4 weeks and you have 8 newspapers and their corresponding coupons.  Today I sat down and started clipping thinking that it would take me more than a day to get through them all.  Not so, I was done in an hour or 2!  I am, once again, reminded of the fact that we just don't get a lot of coupons here in the Middle GA area...I wonder if my Grandma kept her coupons for me!  :-)

Standing on His Promises, Mrs. Bubba

NYC, Israel, Jordan and Back Again

I am, once again, sitting in my living room.  We have been on the trip of a lifetime so all the coupon clipping was worth every effort!  We had an unbelievable experience in Israel and I didn't want to come back.  One day I hope to make Jerusalem my hometown!  I already know where I would go to church too.

I am a little rusty on the coupon thing but know I will get to catch up tomorrow.  We put our mail and newspapers on hold while we were gone so I expect to receive about 6 papers tomorrow.  I hope there are some good coupons in them.

Until I am back into the swing of things, are there any current deals that I need to know about?  I am completely out of the loop!

Speaking of deals:  my hubby needed a prescription filled when we got back so I trotted off to CVS.  When I went in the store I did what I always do and scanned my CVS card.  One of the coupons that printed out was Get a $25 GC with a new prescription so headed to the pharmacy to pick up his Rx and got my free $25 GC!  Not bad for being back in the USA for a couple days.  :-)  Did anyone else get this deal?  Did anyone get some photos at Walgreens?  They were .10 a print this week.  We took nearly 1000 pictures while we were gone so I jumped in on that deal but only for the nearly 300 pictures we took in NYC.  I'll have to wait for the next deal to get the Mid East pictures developed.  Until then I'll be scrapbooking our Big Apple memories.

I've missed you folks and look forward to catching up with you all.  If you would be so kind as to catch me up on the best deals around town until I can get back on my "feet" that would be wonderful!

Standing on His Promises, Mrs. Bubba