END OF FIRST SHOPPING SPREE!!!!!

I hit three stores today, Dominicks, Jewel-Osco and Aldi. At Dominicks, I spent $14.98 and saved $10.50. I got $1 off each Mott's apple juice if I bought five (no problem, Elyse loves it). Usually I think both Dominicks and Jewel-Osco are expensive. I have decided I would only hit those stores for their sales, or great coupon offers (because Aldi doesn't take coupons). OK, Jewel-Osco deals: I spent $19.32 but saved $19.24. I almost beat the savings there. Then I hit Aldi and spent $51.23. I am not going to put up pictures like you do because I already put the stuff away. But, I think overall, I did pretty good.

Without coupons, Aldi certainly beats the other two stores. The only way Aldi loses is with coupons or sales. So, I watch the papers each week and that is what we eat.

My cupboard, freezer and fridge space is very small. I won't be able to stock up much around here. Right now I have eight bottles of Mott's Apple Juice sitting on the kitchen work table. I guess I could start putting things downstairs, but then I would forget I had it and I would buy more.

I need to get something to hold the coupons though. My checkbook just isn't cutting it. Thanks girls for teaching an old dog new tricks - still learning though.

This week I am trying a few new recipes. They are "Ginger sesame chicken, Tomato/Green Bean salad, Olive pepperoni spread, and gourmet scrambled eggs." Not sure if these are going to be lunch or dinner or a side dish, but we will enjoy them no matter when we eat them.

So, that is it in a nutshell.