3-30-14

8:25pm

This afternoon we did our grocery shopping at Meijer

for the next two weeks or so.

This evening we went to Kroger to get pop and bread.

I can get them both cheaper at Kroger than at Meijer.

If you shop grocery stores in the evenings

you can usually find bakery items marked down

at a fraction of their original cost!!

Don't expect to find Kroger's marked down items

near the bakery.  Look in the dairy section.

Don't ask me why they do this but

I have seen this trend in several Kroger stores.

2 packs of Italian bread .25 cents each. (was $1.00 each)

2 six packs of cheese bagels .75 cents each (was $3.49 each)

Total before mark downs $7.98

Total after mark downs $2.00

TOTAL SAVINGS $5.98

I also found other bakery items marked

down to use for snacks and breakfasts.

I'll repackage them in freezer bags and put in the

freezer until needed.

Warm in microwave, yummy!

3 dozen doughnuts .99 cents each (was $2.99 each)

Cinnamon coffee cake rolls .99 cents (was $4.99)

Total cost before mark downs $9.16

Total cost after mark downs $3.96

TOTAL SAVINGS $5.20

Kroger and Meijer have or will quit doubling coupons.

That's ok, I still know how to shop for the best deals

and where to find them to feed my family

with a limited income without coupons!

Tonight supper is Tuna & Noodles.

2 boxes double cheeseburger hamburger helper $2.00

1 box mac n cheese .40 cents

2 cans tuna fish $1.40

1 can peas FREE

Bread & butter .50 cents

TOTAL COST $4.30

for 7 servings or .61 cents a serving.

9:05pm

Time to give my one child a hair cut before his shower.

This is another way we save bunches of money each year

by doing the hair cuts myself.

My 2 boys have never seen a barber shop

or have had anyone other than me cut their

hair for 13 - 14 years!

I've been cutting hubby's hair since we first got together

almost 15 years!