Trash Basket...err... MARKET Basket sale/coupon list

OK.... So I am a HUGE couponer and I only can ever find lists (matched sales with coupons) for Shaw's and sometimes Hannaford. I hate shopping at Hannaford. I WILL NOT shop there. Shaw's is obscenely overpriced AND they have stopped doubling internet coupons and alot of regular coupons which makes it not worth my time to get some dealios there.
That brings us back to my favorite place to shop; Market Basket (aka Trash Basket, Ghetto Basket, Dirty Demoulas). The prices are so much better than the other grocery stores AND even better than Walmart. (OK... I hate walmart anyway but now, my girl Robin tells me it's not worth it to shop for "some things" there anymore so I trust her.)
I hate to try to match up coupons with sales, which is why I like to borrow other bloggers lists. It's a time saver. Unfortunately, I cannot find anyone who blogs about Market Basket! So, I am going to try to write up a LIST for MB! Bare with me as I do not organize my coupons by date that they showed up in your Sunday Paper (lots of bloggers do this. I do not.). I think I will basically just post what deals I made today and yesterday on my shop.

Q = Coupon

Pillsbury French Bread Loaf (you know, the kind in a can) $1.25 + $1/2 Q= .75 each
Simply Orange $2.00/half gallon
Dannon Yogurt .40 + $1/10 Q = .30 each
Reynold's Recycled Wrap(50 sq. yds) $2.50 + $1/1Q = $1.50
Keebler Rite Bites $2.50 + $1/1Q = $1.50
Ritz Crackers $2.00 + $1/1 Q= $1.00
Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix 2/$1.00
Marcal Facial Cube .99 + FREE Q = FREE!
Marcal 4-pack toilet paper .99 + $2/1 Q = FREE! (depending on your cashier, you may get the entire $2.00 off but mine adjusted it down to .99)
Scotties Facial Cube .69/each + $1/5Q = .49 each
Bumblebee Tuna Lemon Pepper $1.50 + $1/1 Q = .50
5 lbs. Red Potatoes $2.49
No Yolks Egg noodles $1.50 + $1/2 Q= $1.00 each
L o L American Cheese $3.99 + $1/1 Q = 2.99
Perdue Oven Stuffer Roasters .89/lb. (I didn't get any because I still have a few turkeys in the freezer that I NEED to roast up!)
Hebrew NAtional Franks $2.49 (my favorite Fat Free Hotdog!)
Smart Balance Peanut Butter $2.50 + $1/1 Q = $1.50
Scallions 3/$1
Fresh Express Salad 2/$4.00 + $1/2 Q = 2/$3.00
MB Canadian WHite Bread .99
Ragu 2/$3 + $1.25/3 Q = $1.08 each (I usually make my own sauce but this is a good deal to get for the food pantry at church!)

Yes... I am sure I missed something But this was all stuff that was on MY list today and so I got them for decent deals. In case you were unaware, during Lent I am seeing how much stuff I can get for the Food Pantry at my church for $10/week. So far I have $66 worth of items that I paid $14 for. $6 more to go for this week. :)

Kellie

wAcKy uhh.... everyday is WaCkY...

OK..... so this is day 22, that is TWENTY TWO, of at least ONE person in this house being home sick! And I just finished my antibiotics yesterday and am feeling a chest cold coming on. SUCK! I will continue my mega vitamin dose intake and try to comabt this suck-ass issue. Kara probably has strep throat. I will be taking her to the doctor in about an hour, on this LOVELY Sunday afternoon. Benjamin had day surgery this past Thursday to have the pin removed from his ankle. He is practically back to normal... hobbling about carrying his electric guitar and playing it at the same time (not plugged in, thank god!).
ALso, WELCOME TO FEBRUARY SCHOOL VACATION WEEK! This is the worst one fo the year. I hate it because we can not afford to fly anywhere during it, and we also cannot afford to bring the crew skiing all at once! It is just so expensive and I am cheap. I may be swayed by a ski coupon or two but I am not sure those actually exist.
I have decided to have ONE thing to look forward to. Ever heard of Coco Key? It's a tropical destination smack dab in the middle of Danvers, MA. It is an indoor water park within the Crown Plaza. For day passes, it is about the same price as staying overnight there and getting two days worth of play SOOOO, we are going. Who else is going? The Broadbent's! Well, some of them. Nothing says fun like hours inside a fish tank with lots of people's germs, tons of chlorine. Seriously... I think the kids will have a blast, which means Robin and I will be okay. They won't be begging us for rides to the Mall, to the movies, to pick up a friend in East Overshoot, an extra $20 for each of those things...well, not for Wednesday and Thursday anyway.
Right now, I am trying to plan dinners for the next few nights, until we go to Danvers.... I am also still reeeling from the fact that I lost my coupon binder which, for those of you who actually KNOW me, is a major catastrophe! Thankfully, I have a few fab friends who have given me several weeks worth of extra coupon inserts! Anyway, I will be hitting the Trash Basket later on, after Kara's appointment.
OK... so I am all over the place with this post.... but in reality, this is my life. I am all over the place, all.the.time. I switch gears ALOT during the day.
ANd Robin, Sara is polishing her brand spanking new WHITE STRAPPY SHOES. I have told her she can't wear them out of the house until Easter but she canot WAIT to show you....

OH.... Old Navy is having a Super Modelquin contest and Kara and Sara have both entered. We could win $100,000! That's alot of white strappy shoes! Harry also entered so check them out! Not sure if it is helpful to have my email address kelliedenoncourt@gmail.com but there ya go. Let's see if I can paste the links here for my girls. I'll try to get Harry's too. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro9m-NJnsYQ

ok, not sure why but I cannot seem to attach Kara's entry. grrr.... I'll keep trying....

Kellie

wACkY WeDnEsDaY!

Welcome to Wacky Wednesday! I cannot believe that it is only 9:00am. Yesterday we had a snowday which means all 6 kids were home... Oh.. and it didn't even START to snow until about 2:30p (which is when school lets out!). No matter. Apparently I should be revelling in the fact that there was a snowday where I could spend all day with my lovelies, baking cookies, reading stories, playing games.... Truth be told, I'd rather have this day IN THE SUMMER where we could go to the beach and not be boxed in the house but now we add another day to the school year and take away from our very short summer. Awesome.
Yesterday was also MArdi Gras! We had a pancake supper at church last night and wondered how many would show up(it actually was snowing by then). I would say we had 70-80 people! I was in charge of pancakes so I fired up the griddle and made A LOT of pancakes. according to the packages I used, and I used them all, I probably made 250. As far money wise, to make this many pancakes, with butter and syrup to top, it was only $20, which is a good deal in my book. I didn't even use any coupons on supplies! (I know.. the horror)
I then found out that after the pancake supper, My friend, Jeff, cut the tip of his finger off using his snowblower! And his stepson found the extra "part" and rushed it to the ER! ew. I am thinking that if he is in surgery tomorrow, Judy and I can have coffee in the morning as I will also be at the hospital with my 13 year old having the screw in his ankle removed. He had surgery 1.5 years ago. How did it break? That is another post for another day. Maybe for tomorrow! Typical brotherly "love".
Today... parent/teacher conference... Ash Wednesday Service.... laundry..... grocery store... cleaning.....
Tomorrow.... surgery in the morning for Ben.

Kel

"MEN ARE WAYYYY BETTER THAN WOMEN!"

This was tonight's dinner discussion. The teenage boys were talking about how they are the better species..... "Look at the sports world! We could totally take you in anything! Look at celebrity chefs! Way more of us there! Your favorite rock bands are ALL GUYS! WE ARE SO MUCH BETTER THAN WOMEN IN EVERYTHING!!" and laughing about it. I know... I should not buy into this type of discussion.... I should pretend they are not even talking BUT, I couldn't help it. I tossed out a couple of examples like how women actually give BIRTH to the species, and behind every great man is a GREATER woman (who puts up with his nonsense!) and how men's brains aren't completely wired right and how they start to deteriorate as they age, etc. To no avail. They believe men do not need women and they are the dominate species, etc, etc, etc. SO, I am here to ask for your help. I have said "wow. Since I am no longer needed here, let's try this..... you are on your own this week for meals and laundry." After this, my 13 year old came to my side (I told him that I had cookies... my reason being that without girls, there are no girl scout cookies! That was good enough for him!). Does anyone else have any suggestions to humble my teenage boys? Other than thumping them on the noggin, that is.....

Kellie

http://http://www.moneysavingmaineac.com/2010/02/shaws-gift-card-give-away.html

RUN. DO NOT WALK. HERE NOW.

You could be the proud winner of a $10 gift card to Shaw's PLUS a reusable tote! Now, stack the gift card with your coupons and voila! Saving money at Shaw's has never been so easy! I haven't looked at my Shaw's list this week yet, as I have been away with all the teens ad now two are home sick so I am going to just Lysol the house and open the windows, even if it's only 30* outside.... I just can't stand the sick anymore! But thank GOD I scored so many free tissues, wips and throat drops in the past few weeks! And CHEAP NyQuil! I have digressed....

Back to the money saving maineac.... In addition to the giveaway, there is tons of great money saving tips so check it out! FREQUENTLY!

Kellie

My first award! Not sure why but it sure made my day! :)
Now, I have to figure out how to "link" and share the love.......
http://www.watchingthewaters.url/
My girl, Corey, gave this to me and I have to share it with 12 people but I don't believe I know 12 people who blog! Guess I have to make some new friends.... :)
Let's see... I will share with my Fru-gals!
http://www.frugalfeasts.blogspot.com/

and one of my favorite bargain sites, bargain Becky!

www.bargainbecky.blogspot.com
I see that the rule is to share this award with 12 others! and link back to me?
I dunno... I am still learning. I guess I need to play around more with this when I am more awake......

SNOWCAMP!

Today I leave for SNOWCAMP! I am pretty jazzed about this trip! If you do not know, I am the Youth Minister at St. Paul's Church in Concord, NH. We went as a youth group last year and had a blast! This is at Rumney Bible Conference in NH. Yes... I am a nut to be excited about travelling to be with 250 teenagers but it is alot of fun. :)
The downside, I have been home sick with strep throat all week. SO, I have not prepped as much as I should have. This would include packing up my boys to come with me so this morning will be alot of laundry, packing, cleaning out the van, going to get a check to pay for the weekend, getting supplies at my office, and let's not forget, leaving a debriefing for the husband on what is going on this weekend for the OTHER children and reminding him not to forget to feed them while I am gone. I should specify that he should consider feeding them something other than chips and ice cream for dinner..... but maybe I should also keep my standards low and just be happy of they all stay out of the emergency room while I am gone..... that might be better. Low expectations mean less disappointment? Let's hope so.
I am also very jazzed up about going to Orlando in 20 days! This is a much needed getaway and way out of my comfort zone but I have now has the pleasure of reading up on a couple of the crazy mamas that I am travelling with and I am getting really excited to share some downtime with these ladies!
SO.... I need to stop procrastinating and get my day started. Have a great weekend!

Kellie