January Coupon savings

I decided to total up my coupon savings for the year and for the Month of January I saved 173.18 just in coupons, that does not count my savings/bonus card savings. It is just actual coupons redeemed.



Jan 1st.
Tops=15.43
Dollar General= 1.00

Jan 2nd.
Walmart= 12.23

Jan. 3rd
Wegmans=20.60

Jan. 4th
Tops=4.30

Jan 6th
Tops=6.15

Jan. 8th
Tops=4.30

Jsn. 9th
Target= 3.00

Jan 12th
Wegmans= 10.49

Jan 13th
Tops 3.00



Jan 15th ***
Tops = 17.60

Dollar General =6.00



Jan 16th
Walmart=7.00
plus mail in rebate for =10.00

Jan 18th
Target= 1.75

Jan 21st
Dollar General= 20.50

Jan 22nd
Weis= 7.20

Jan 23rd
Tops=5.10


Jan 25th
Tops=4.60

Jan 25th
Wegmans =5.09

Jan 27Th
Dollar General 12.00

Jan 30th
Weis= 15.87

Crock Pot Potato Soup

6 potatoes, chopped
1 lg. onion, chopped
1 Can Cream of Chicken soup
4 Cups Milk
3 cloves garlic, minced (I didn't have any so I used Garlic powder)
4 stalks celery, chopped (I didn't have any so I skipped it)
salt (to taste)
pepper (to taste)
4 tbsp. butter


 Peel and chop potatoes, onion, garlic and celery. Put in Crockpot. Add milk, can of soup, Butter, Salt and pepper. Cover and cook on low for 5 or 6 hours or until potatoes are tender.

New recipe a Month-January

I want to try at least one New (to me) recipe each Month. Today I came across a recipe for baked Oatmeal. I think it is supposed to be a breakfast food but It is good any time if you ask me. We ate it for an afternoon snack on this freezing cold day. Also as another bonus the oven warms the apartment up!


Baked Oatmeal
Preheat oven to 350
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs, beaten
3 cups rolled oats
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 cup milk
In a medium to large bowl, mix the first three ingredients together, blending well. Add in the remaining for ingredients and blend completely. Pour the mixture into a greased 9x13 casserole dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until firm. Serve with Warm Milk or a dollop of Yogurt

*I added dried cranberries to mine!
You can add any kind of fruit you want.
I used Old Wessex 5 Grain cereal instead of regular oatmeal

We are all sick

We all have been sick with coughs and all of the kids have had Pink eye, Nathan is just getting over it now. Gabby has a bad cough and has been sick since before Christmas. Yesterday she had a fever and was saying her head and stomach hurt. I think maybe they hurt because of how hard she has been coughing. I took her in this morning to see the doctor and she has an Ear Infection in her right ear and a sinus infection. They put her on an antibiotic and Claritin. She was feeling okay at the office but by the time we got to Wegman's to get her antibiotic her fever was back and she was really sleepy. On the way home I got her a burger from Burger king because she hasn't really eaten anything in 2 days. She ate almost half and fell asleep with the rest in her hand in her carseat. She hardly ever falls asleep in the car and never that early in the day so I know she is really feeling sick. I hope these meds kick in soon and she gets feeling better. I hate when my kids are sick. 

Gabby picked her own Penguin socks, lol

Almost falling asleep while waiting for her antibiotic

Happy New Year.

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