HE Detergent 1/2 price at Walmart!

If you need to use the HE laundry detergent, check out Walmart at 21st & Maize... the $20 bottles of Tide Free HE Coldwater are on clearance for $10 (in a rack by the dairy section) and I also spotted other brands of HE detergen (regular $7-10) in a clearance shopping cart near the hot dogs/lunchmeat for $2.50-$3.50. There were also some bottles of fabric softner, I believe it said HE on the bottle, and I didn't catch the price.....

They still have the cans of Great Value green beans for 25cents each near the grocery entrance if you like canned veggies.

Deal Alert! Kellogg's Fruit Snacks $1

The clearance rack caught my eye at Walmart tonight... there were signs up for Kellogg's Fruit snacks on clearance for $1 but the shelf was empty... take a look at the "characters" that are listed and head over to the breakfast isle and find more boxes in their regular place on the shelf, marked full price, however ringing up for $1... some choices included:
Super Mario Bros
Disney Fairies
Barbie
Phineas & Ferb
Disney Princesses
there were others also, but I can't remember them all...



I stocked up for the kids's Mom's Day Out lunches and school lunches!

Hot Dog Casserole

Hot Dog Casserole is a staple in our house, the recipe is from my mother in law.

Sautee' 1 lb hot dogs (polish sausage, kielbasa, etc.) with 1/2 an onion


While those are cooking, dice up 1-2 cups of potatoes, place in casserole dish and cook (I usually just microwave them for 3-5 minutes)

Add hot dogs and onions to the potatoes. Then add 1 can of green beans (drained) (or 12-16 oz of frozen peas - or fresh green beans), 1 can cream of mushroom soup, and 1 TBSP vinegar. Mix thoroughly. Bake in 350 oven or microwave until heated through.We were so quick to eat the casserole tonight that I realized I didn't take a picture of the "cooked" casserole ... it looks a little more appetizing than the picture above :)

Bacon, Eggs, and Cheese - Yum!

Ok... confession.. I do NOT like Bacon and I do NOT like cheese on my eggs! However, I saw this recipe for Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Breakfast Pockets when perusing the web for freezer cooking ideas and thought it would be great for James and the kids, a nice change from the cold cereal they usually eat... So I made up a batch this afternoon and they smelled so good, I split one with Nick, and I actually enjoyed it so I KNOW the kids are going to go nuts over them!
So, today's freezer cooking tally:
24 Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Breakfast Pockets
2 Hot Dog Casseroles (picture and recipe coming later), 1 for tonight and 1 for the freezer

Not much of a freezer cooking day, but as long as I get the pockets cooled off and hidden in the freezer before the kids get home from school, they should last awhile... next time though, I forsee making twice as many, and perhaps a sausage batch (for Lizzie and myself, the sausage lovers in the family:) )

I should also confess, I cheated on the dough this time... I found a couple of cans of Pillsbury pizza crust dough on the manager's special rack at Dillons last night, so I used those today, and bought new yeast (since mine is apparently a little too old) and will use the pizza/breadstick recipe next time.

My ingredients:
2 - cans Pillsbury pizza crust
1 - 12oz pkg bacon from the freezer
1 - cup of shredded cheddar cheese
1 - pkg of powdered eggs (got these from my Grandma and thought this would be a good way to use them up)
8 - fresh eggs to add to the powdered eggs

Freezer Cooking

After being inspired by Money Saving Mom's Freezer Cooking Day, on a whim I decided to put together a few freezer meals and have some precooked ground beef and chicken in the freezer for quick meals. With basketball season half over, baseball, softball, and tee-ball just starting up we need lots of easy quick meals in the house to avoid the "grab something from McD's on the way to the ball diamonds" rut that happens!

In less than an hour's time (keeping in mind, this was on a whim and right before school pick up time) I prepared:

2 x 1lb portions of seasoned ground beef
2 x Mexican Chicken & Black Bean Filling (one batch burritos and one batch with enchilada sauce on top)
2 x 1lb portions of seasoned shredded chicken breast

I plan to expand on this little "mini freezer cooking day" and research, plan out, and execute a much larger freezer cooking day soon!

For more information on Freezer Cooking, check out Money Saving Mom's blog

Woot!

There's a woot off going on again!

This is my favorite woot off tracker: http://www.wooters.us/tracker/all

99¢ Mulch @ Lowe's & Garage Sale Promo

Lowe's on north Maize Rd has the 2 sq ft bags of Cypress mulch reduced to 99¢ ... also found on the reduced plant rack were peach colored lillies, some yellow rose bushes, and some evergreen shrubs for $1, $2, and $3 (I think the Lillies were $1, the Roses $2 or $3, and the shrubs were $3 or $2).

Looking for baby, children or maternity clothes? I have a lead on a garage sale with all that and smokin' hot prices starting on Friday! Check out the development wide sale on 21st street across from the Sedgwick County Park Friday & Saturday!

Garage Sale Weekend!

City wide sales in Colwich, Valley Center, and Rose Hill.... I sure hope the rain in the forecast goes away!

Today's Deals

Just a few deals today...

• become a fan of "Be Snack Ready" by Frito Lay on Facebook and get a coupon for Buy One Get One Free bag of their new Kettle Cooked potato chips
• Leekers Grocery Store is having another Double Dollar coupon event, which makes your $1 coupons worth $2 ... always worth the trip up to Park City for this one! (Thanks Jenna @ Wichita Coupons for posting this!)
  
• Tomorrow is BANANA DAY @ Walmart, 18cents/lb up to 5 lbs!

Are you familiar with HouseParty.com? Check them out and sign up to host your own house party!

Check out The Grocery Weekly for this week's Dillons matchups!

Tostito's Chips for 98cents!

Hot deal of the day... Tostito's corn chips for 98cents a bag!

Walmart, 21st & Maize, has a large display of Tostito's chips setup in the back near the dairy section... Most of the bags have $1 off this bag peelie coupons on them, and they are currently marked down to $1.98 per bag! There were regular white corn, scoops, hint of jalapeno, and hint of lime flavors available with the coupons.

This couldn't have happened at a better time, we have 2 events next week that I'm making my 7 layer bean dip to bring... The Scoops chips work the best for bean dips!

Pansies!

I just picked up some 6 packs of pansies (many colors available) at the Lowe's on Maize Rd for 50cents per pack! They have quite a few of them on the "distressed" plant racks, however these look just as healthy as the ones that are $1.89!

There are also a number of daffodils and tulips there for 50cents as well.

Monopoly City edition for $2!

Still have those Sunday coupons from this week? Cut out that $10 Monopoly coupon, head over to Walmart and check out the Monopoly City edition.... it's on clearance for $12 ... combine that with your $10 coupon and you've got yourself a new game to play with the kiddo's for ONLY $2!
More info on this game from Hasbro.com

Super Couponers

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/super-couponers-10206676&tab=9482931&section=4765066&playlist=&page=1

Fantastic story about some of those "super couponers"! The guy in the video is shopping at Kroger, same as Dillons, and he is shopping during their current "buy 8 get $4 off" promo... Enjoy!

Thanks for the link Kathleen!

Banana Day!

In case you didn't know... Thursday's are Banana Days! Walmart will price match up to 5 lbs of bananas at 18cents a pound! Just tell the cashier "price match on the bananas" and they'll take care of it for you, no need to have the ad :)

Free Pasta!

Gathering your coupons for the Buy 8 get $4 off event at Dillons? Here's some coupons that will allow you to get 6 free boxes of Ronzoni Smart Taste Pasta! Click on the link below, print the coupon, hit the back button on your browser to print a second time... each of the coupons has a print limit of 2. Enjoy!

Coupon One

Coupon Two

Coupon Three

Ronzoni Smart taste is $1.00 as long as you purchase 8 qualifying items, each of these coupons are $.75 which doubles up to $1.00 = FREE :)

Thanks MoneySavingMom!

Andrew

Andrew turned 2 on Monday... today he got a Nascar birthday card in the mail... the excitement was hilarious... he walked all around the house telling everyone "vrooom vrooom!" I have a feeling he's going to be rather attached to this birthday card for awhile :)
Thanks Uncle Mike & Aunt Lori for all the smiles around here today!

Woot! Woot!

Speaking of hot deals..... there's a WOOT-OFF goin' on!

I like the website www.wooters.us for tracking my woot offs.... all sorts of great deals to be had!

Don't know what woot! is? read this. And need more info on how the Woot-Off works? Read here.

The Seven Sanders

Seven Sanders... you guess it, there's 7 of us, a "large" family ... (which is up for debate when you take into consideration how many people around us have 7, 8, 9 or more children!)

We plan to use this blog to share stories/pictures etc with our family and friends, and also to share my hot deals and coupon match-ups with my friends that are always asking for them!

So - here's my HOT tip of the day...
Dillons has their buy 8 get $4 off promo going right now... There were coupons for $1 off of any lunchable in Sunday's paper this week... if you buy the new Lunchables Sub Sandwich, after the $4 off they are only $.49 each... use 4 $1 coupons from Sunday's paper, and you will get 8 lunchables for free... even at $.49 each they aren't a bad deal :)
Also, check out the cereal isle for blinkie coupons by the Corn Pops, Apple Jacks, or Fruit Loops... the blinkies are for $.70 cents off, which doubles up to being $1.00 off, and the giant boxes of those cereals are included in the buy 8 get $4 promo... Out of pocket on those cereals with $4 promo and the blinkie coupon is just $1.27.

Sheila