1-9-2011 Sunday

Sunday is the day that I go out and buy Sunday papers. This week I picked up 4 papers at the store and my Grandma gave me the ads from hers. My daughter has been asking for a mommy/daughter day. Today was our day. She still had some Christmas money, so she was on a mission to save money. Our first stop was Ace Hardware. They had fluorescent tube lighting on sale. This was perfect because we only have 1 set of lights that work in our garage. It will be nice to be able to see our way around out there. I couldn't believe that they were on sale for $2.99/set. Amazing! She took us out for a breakfast jack at Jack in the Box and asked if I could drive to Dollar Tree to get the juice. She did not want to pay more than $1 on orange or apple juice. Smart girl! Next we went to Wal-Mart. She went straight for the clearance isle. It definately worked out in her favor. She found a play tea set that was originally $20 and was marked down. It costed her $5. She was so excited. She also found candy for $0.15, hersheys candies in a candy cane shaped plastic tube. Then it was off to the paper supplies. She had her heart set on a steno pad. She loves them because she can draw cartoons and have "clips" on both sides. Our adventure was based around where she wanted to go to get deals. I was able to see that the deal shopping is starting to make sense to her. There was a dress that she thought was super cute. Her comment was, "I love this dress, but I know it won't always cost $15. They will have to mark it down eventually. And if they don't, I'll find something else."

With it being so chilly outside, I decided to make homemade bread and homemade split pea soup for dinner. I made 15 rolls total (3/person). The costs for tonight will include the total to make all of it. We are having the remaining portion for dinner tomorrow night. As usual, we had water with dinner.

dried split peas $0.65
dried lentils $0.25
ham $0.00 (Christmas dinner leftovers from my Grandma - I had it in the freezer on the bone)
carrots $0.25
rolls: $0.45 (flour, oil, salt, yeast, sugar)

Food purchases: $0.00
Coupon savings on food: $0.00
Dinner: $1.60

Tally for January 2011
Food purchases: $43.43
Coupon savings on food: $32.45
Dinner costs: $13.22