One GIANT leap for Pam

Went to Giant today, not my normal store...but they have soda on sale 4/4.  My buy price is .99.  I bought 8 and had 4 1.00/2 coupons.  My brand name sodas were .50 for a 2 ltr bottle.  4.00 for 8 bottles of soda.
Next Dannon yogurt 4 pk 1.89 - 1.00 coupon.  .89 for 4 yogurts
Lastly, Giant brand cereal 5/5. 1.00 for a box of cereal, yes please.
And I bought milk, the most expensive thing on the list and no coupon...still I think I did great.

Changing my ways

I have mentioned in the past that I grocery shop once a month at a Shoprite no where near my house.
With coupon policies changing and the price of gas and food going up, I need to re-evaluate my shopping strategies.

For the past month I have shopped local stores for just a few items, mostly on clearance.

Here is what I have found

Giant has a great Clearance rack

.99 cent  lb for prepared BBQ Chicken quarters

That is a lot of chicken for .99 lb

Bread for less than $1.00

Fruit and Grain bars for 1.19

Yep, I bought all they had.  4 boxes

FREE COFFEE

Wawa
I already got my coupon

http://www.pages02.net/wawainc/nationalcoffeeday

Bread Picture

Here is the picture I promised
Oatmeal bread

Bread

Out of Bread
So I am making some
Pictures to come

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/light-oat-bread/

Aldis

I do not do all my shopping at Aldis
Frankly some of the stuff scares me
But when it comes to the basics, they are good
Butter
About 3.50 when not on sale
1.99 on sale, and I usually stock up and freeze it
Aldis is 1.76

 I love to bake so I like to have plenty of butter on hand.
Also eggs
Over 1.50 at my local store
.89 cents Aldis

Christmas...but it is September

I was relaxing
Then I saw the IKEA catalog
Yep, I started folding the pages to make a Christmas tree.
I plan to paint this on, either Gold, Red or Green
Or perhaps have my son decorate it, either for himself or a gift
I will post picture when it is done.

Here it is 1/2 way done

Fruit Salad

Yummy Yummy
Happy Labor Day.  We are invited a a friend's house.
I made Zucchini Bread
And a fruit salad
Strawberries 1.29
2 lbs of grapes 1.98...used 1/4 of them
Cantaloupe .99... used 3/4 of it

1.29+.50+.75=$2.54
2.50 for a big fruit salad.  Yea