Prayers continuing for Moldy and Husband...
Ended up with a total of 14 of the 1# canned DAK hams during last week's 2/$5 sale at CVS; paid a total of $26.50 ($1.90 each) for all of them after using quarterly spending rebate Extra Care Bucks that printed on April 1st. The hams seemed vaguely familiar to me but I couldn't quite place when I'd had them before until daughter jogged my memory ~ when she was a child, her father and I always took them camping with us, and would pop the top partially open and set them to the side of the grill over the campfire, pouring off the fat into another container as it cooked to use in frying eggs the next morning. This firmed up the meat quite a bit, and the smoke from the fire also added a bit of flavor. I haven't been what you would call camping for over 20 years, so it's probably been that long since I had one of these canned hams! I forsee a new grill to swing over the firepit this year
I don't recall which day it was, Friday maybe, or Saturday ~ But a friend had mentioned ordering some Augason Farms food storage products from Wal-Mart; and that the prices were quite a bit lower than from AF, and shipping was free for orders $50 and over. I needed to order something for the grandsons anyway, so checked it out while I was on line. WOW! I ended up ordering #10 cans of:
Dehydrated spinach - $6 ($8.45 AF)
Tomato powder - $21 ($29.89 AF) (Blaming Kathy and her meals in jars thread for that one lol!)
Diced red and green bell peppers - $10 ($14.39 AF)
Freeze dried sliced strawberries - $13 ($19.28 AF)
That totaled the $50 I needed for free shipping - which also reduced what I'd have paid at AF by $11.99!! I really do not like to buy from EE, but Gee Whillikers!! - $34 difference!! I guess I'll be checking them out the next time I need to order something...
I have a couple of deals I'm pursuing this week:
CVS - 4 bags Mars/Dove candy @ 4/$12; I will buy 4 pkg of M&Ms to replace some I donated, pay $12 - 2, $1.50/2 coupons ($3) - $1/1 scanner coupon; pay $8 out of pocket and get back a $4 ECB, making the net price on the bags $1 each.
A local grocery store has some decent prices on beef roasts, boneless pork chops, and pork ribs this week; and they also had a coupon in the paper for $5 off a $25 meat purchase, so I will stop by Tuesday morning on my way home from work and see what I can find for the freezer.
I actually have 2 of the $5/$25 coupons, but I need to do some figuring to see if I can spend that much first - the cheapy canvas shoes I love to wear from spring to fall (and when they get worn, for gardening) are in and on sale for $5.99-$7.99/pr at K-Mart, so I want to pick up a half dozen pair of them as they are getting harder and harder to find in small sizes; that way I will have some put back in case I can't get them next year. I also have 2, 275 gallon water tanks ordered ($100/2) that should be coming in soon, plus an unknown number of used canning jars that my antique jar collector/seller co-worker has stacked up in her shop for me ~ probably somewhere between 12 and 30 dozen. She buys large lots, sorts out the antiques/collectables; then sells me what is left at $3/dozen (which I figure saves me at LEAST that much by not going to the auctions, etc... myself and buying other things lol!!) So I will have to pay for those things; just not sure exactly whether it will be before or after my next payday - which will also have the grub for Easter dinner coming out of it... It's always something LOL!!
The Smart Source coupon insert in this week's Saturday and Sunday papers contains a $1/2 12oz SPAM coupon. Walgreen's has SPAM on sale NEXT week - 4/13~19 - at 2/$5, and they are also supposed to have a $1/2 store coupon in their monthly coupon book -this would take the cost of 2 cans down to $3; or $1.50 each. I have at least 6 of the coupons on hand, so will be trying to get a dozen tins that week - it will be a challenge as I only work 2 days that week, so I may have to enlist my co-worker Buddy who lives in town to do some shopping for me!
Ended up with a total of 14 of the 1# canned DAK hams during last week's 2/$5 sale at CVS; paid a total of $26.50 ($1.90 each) for all of them after using quarterly spending rebate Extra Care Bucks that printed on April 1st. The hams seemed vaguely familiar to me but I couldn't quite place when I'd had them before until daughter jogged my memory ~ when she was a child, her father and I always took them camping with us, and would pop the top partially open and set them to the side of the grill over the campfire, pouring off the fat into another container as it cooked to use in frying eggs the next morning. This firmed up the meat quite a bit, and the smoke from the fire also added a bit of flavor. I haven't been what you would call camping for over 20 years, so it's probably been that long since I had one of these canned hams! I forsee a new grill to swing over the firepit this year
I don't recall which day it was, Friday maybe, or Saturday ~ But a friend had mentioned ordering some Augason Farms food storage products from Wal-Mart; and that the prices were quite a bit lower than from AF, and shipping was free for orders $50 and over. I needed to order something for the grandsons anyway, so checked it out while I was on line. WOW! I ended up ordering #10 cans of:
Dehydrated spinach - $6 ($8.45 AF)
Tomato powder - $21 ($29.89 AF) (Blaming Kathy and her meals in jars thread for that one lol!)
Diced red and green bell peppers - $10 ($14.39 AF)
Freeze dried sliced strawberries - $13 ($19.28 AF)
That totaled the $50 I needed for free shipping - which also reduced what I'd have paid at AF by $11.99!! I really do not like to buy from EE, but Gee Whillikers!! - $34 difference!! I guess I'll be checking them out the next time I need to order something...
I have a couple of deals I'm pursuing this week:
CVS - 4 bags Mars/Dove candy @ 4/$12; I will buy 4 pkg of M&Ms to replace some I donated, pay $12 - 2, $1.50/2 coupons ($3) - $1/1 scanner coupon; pay $8 out of pocket and get back a $4 ECB, making the net price on the bags $1 each.
A local grocery store has some decent prices on beef roasts, boneless pork chops, and pork ribs this week; and they also had a coupon in the paper for $5 off a $25 meat purchase, so I will stop by Tuesday morning on my way home from work and see what I can find for the freezer.
I actually have 2 of the $5/$25 coupons, but I need to do some figuring to see if I can spend that much first - the cheapy canvas shoes I love to wear from spring to fall (and when they get worn, for gardening) are in and on sale for $5.99-$7.99/pr at K-Mart, so I want to pick up a half dozen pair of them as they are getting harder and harder to find in small sizes; that way I will have some put back in case I can't get them next year. I also have 2, 275 gallon water tanks ordered ($100/2) that should be coming in soon, plus an unknown number of used canning jars that my antique jar collector/seller co-worker has stacked up in her shop for me ~ probably somewhere between 12 and 30 dozen. She buys large lots, sorts out the antiques/collectables; then sells me what is left at $3/dozen (which I figure saves me at LEAST that much by not going to the auctions, etc... myself and buying other things lol!!) So I will have to pay for those things; just not sure exactly whether it will be before or after my next payday - which will also have the grub for Easter dinner coming out of it... It's always something LOL!!
The Smart Source coupon insert in this week's Saturday and Sunday papers contains a $1/2 12oz SPAM coupon. Walgreen's has SPAM on sale NEXT week - 4/13~19 - at 2/$5, and they are also supposed to have a $1/2 store coupon in their monthly coupon book -this would take the cost of 2 cans down to $3; or $1.50 each. I have at least 6 of the coupons on hand, so will be trying to get a dozen tins that week - it will be a challenge as I only work 2 days that week, so I may have to enlist my co-worker Buddy who lives in town to do some shopping for me!