Going Private!!

So I have decided to go private for my own reasons! Please email me at momoftwins2010(at)yahoo(dot)com if you'd like access (include your blog addy too!) The curtains will close on Friday 2/11...

XOXO

The Great Groceery Challenge - Feb Week 1

 Each week I will post my grocery shopping experience and work on staying in a monthly budget. what about you?  February Goal: $300 February Week 1 AMOUNT SPENT$94.16 AMOUNT SAVED$320.09 (71%) I am overall pleased with my week. I had yet to save more than 60% in one week but I really buckled down. There were a lot of items we always buy on sale - soup, cereal, frozen meals (for those lazy nights!) The thing that killed me this week was formula - I spent almost $30 on the stuff early in the week. I can't wait until my twins are off formula and drinking normal stuff. We tried diluted juice again this week but neither liked it at all. I ended up wasting a bottle of Gerber Apple Juice because of it.  I have $205.84 left to spend. I have a shopping list for today that will be around $35. Plus I still have $30 in Walgreens RR to use this week (they expire on Sunday!) Walgreens doesn't have a lot of good RR deals this week so I am hoping they will next week! Here's some photos of some of my shopping with OOP and savings: 

Safeway - spent $26.90, saved $75.50 (another meat and veggie got cut out of the pic)

Walgreens #1 spent $3.07, saved $17.34

Walgreens #2 spent .63 cents, saved $29.17 - plus I got another $6 RR

Walgreens #3 spent $41.94, saved $183.02 - plus got $48 in RR

So it looks like I got a lot of candy - but most of that is going to work with my husband for a Valentine party.

The remaining $26 and change was spent at Babies R Us for formula...

And diapers? Yeah, I got those covered....

How are you doing with your challenge? Write a post on your site and comment with the link here!

Grocery Challenge - January Week 4

 Ok here's this week's haul!! Amount SPENT:$71.45 Amount SAVED:$212.64 HECK YES!!!! This has been my best week ever. By far. I made my $80 goal, I kept my family well fed, and I even stocked up in a few things.... Today I have saved around $250 and have spent around $68. I plan on using my Register Rewards that I made today ($48 in credits) for etc stuff like milk and such. I may have to pick up a little bit at Safeway but I don't see it happening. This next week starts a new month in The Great Grocery Challenge. If you are reading this I challenge you to make a grocery budget and see if you can stick to it. I am going to try to beat my average of $380/month. I am shooting for $300 which means $75 per week. I can do that. YAY ME!  What about you? *this post is cross-posted on Mommy Wants Freebies!

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Great Grocery Challenge - January Week 3

 Yes, The Great Grocery Challenge is officially back! I got a bit off track while in Texas for 2 weeks, but now I am back and ready to share... So my goal per week has been $80. Last week my total grocery bill was: $90.72 Total SAVED - $204.27 So although I didn't meet my goal of $80 a week, I DID save over 60% total. There were things that we "needed"... and I couldn't find coupons for. BUT there were also items I was able to get for super cheap. Here's a Walgreen's trip that ended up being only $33.71 (saved $101.22):  This week I plan on doing the Maalox Deal at Walgreens 3 times and donating what I get to the local retirement community since I don't need Maalox... I'll also be doing a few other deals there...  Oh AND Target has Campbell's Chunky Soup on sale for $1.50 this week. Got 6, used 2 coupons and spent $1.16 on them. Safeway has a Cheerios deal that I got today and used 2 $1/2 coupons plus doubled them and got four boxes for 75 cents each. Sweet. My twins go through those like you wouldn't believe... I've also decided to cross-post The Great Grocery Challenge on my other blog, maybe we can get more people in the challenge!
 

CSN giveaway ;)

Now I don't normally post about my other blog, but I needed to make sure everyone knew about the great giveaway I'm doing on it ;)

I LOVE CSN!

One of my favorite designers is Herman Miller. I love the clean lines and modern designs.

this Herman Miller sofa kinda rocks...

P.S. I just bought this City Scene set and I LOVE it:

It's SO pretty and looks perfect in my room!

So if you want to win $70 to spend with CSN, click HERE!

Xmas pics in Texas!

After the rant in the previous post - we are having a great time! Here's some pics!

My 5 year old Niece Xiola LOVES Dylan...

Princess with my baby sister Grace

Dylan wearing his cousin's crown!

Gramma and the babies!

Playing Bumpy Bumpy with her Papa

She loves her Papa!

 

Really loves him!!

Checking eachother out..

and more Bumpy Bumpy!!