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DAY 7: We got paid, time to shop for food!!!

I was really looking forward to today. I got to go grocery shopping. I was trying to keep my budget at $25 per week. Well....I spent around $50. For good reason, at least that's what I keep telling myself. First of all I had to buy linguica. Which is rarely on sale and never has a coupon. I am preparing Portagee Beans for my sister in laws birthday dinner. My husband asked if I could make it with some meat on the side. Which means linguica in the beans and grilled on the side. And if she is reading my blog she now knows what I got her as a gift and what I am making for her birthday dinner. ~lol~
Essentially I bought $9.00 worth of linguica. Plus there were a couple of great deals that I literally could not pass up. I got white bread for $.74 cents each. I bought 2. One went in the freezer. Also, bought 2 Oreos and got a gallon of Milk FREE! The Oreos were on sale plus I had a coupon. So those 3 items were $5.25 total or $1.75 each.. Also Nature Valley granola bars were $1.08 each with a coupon. And lastly my ever elusive Finish coupon was about to expire tomorrow. For some reason we never get the Finish coupons in the Northern California paper but luckily I have extended family down in Southern California that coupon and they are nice enough to exchange because they always get them. It was a high dollar coupon for $2.15 each. The best price I could find was Walmart $3.97 for 20 ct tabs. Everywhere else was $5-$6 for 20 ct. After the coupon I paid $4.30 with tax for 2-20 ct. I just couldn't pass it up! Plus I got to fill up my car today. I paid $2.89 per gal for gas because I had earned $.40 cents per gallon rewards at Safeway. 
All in all it felt like a productive day. I went to school, did my grocery shopping, went to work then came home and made dinner. We had breakfast for dinner. Pancakes, sausage and eggs. The kids said it was Awe-some!!!. Annie ate 3 pancakes! 
Tomorrow, back to the freeze...



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