The Great Grocery Challenge

 

 Walgreens: OOP $9.56, Saved $12.18 (58%)

You can see the details of this trip here.

CVS: OOP $7.34, Saved $13.47 (65%)

Meijer: OOP $85.01, Saved $54.23

Weekly Totals: OOP $101.91, Saved $79.88 

YIKES! This week was awful at the store. My month isn't going so well...

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Wordless Wednesday: Grandparents

Sunday was Grandparents Day and my kiddos got to spend a little time with their grandparents because they were in town for Colin's dedication.

 

Colin's Dedication

Yesterday, Jason and I dedicated Colin at church. If you aren't familiar, this is the time when we thank God for the blessing of a child and dedicate our lives to raising him to know and love the Lord. Mike (our pastor) does a short service with families and refers back to the passage in 1 Samuel where Hannah is dedicating her son, Samuel to the Lord - I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the Lord (1 Samuel 1:27-28).

We are so thankful and blessed to have two healthy, thriving boys.

 

 

You can see Drake's dedication here.

The Great Grocery Challenge

 

 (missing 4 Kraft Shredded Cheeses)

Meijer Trip #1: OOP $21.43, Saved $82.56 (79%)
*You can read about this trip here if you're interested.

Meijer Trip #2: OOP $12.71, Saved $111.28 (90%)

Meijer Trip #3: OOP $18.38, Saved $1.00 (Dog Food!)

Meijer Trip #4: OOP $5.44, Saved $0.49

Yes...we really were at Meijer 4 times this week! It wasn't planned that way and it is not normal, but we had Colin's dedication this week and I forgot a couple things and then realized we were out of dog food. This totally destroyed the budget, but hopefully we'll be back on track for a while.

Target: OOP $8.68, Saved $26.05 (76%)

CVS: OOP $0.64, Saved $5.00 (89%)

Aldi: OOP $20.28

Weekly Totals: OOP $87.56, Saved $225.38 (72% savings)

Even though I went way over budget my savings was still pretty good! I'll have to watch the next couple weeks will be lower to offset this overage.  

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Labor Day

We had a great Labor Day weekend! It rained all day Saturday so Jason spent a lot of time in the basement working on plumbing for the bathroom. We went to church on Sunday and then met my parents halfway for lunch.

On Monday, we headed to the Labor Day parade and had lunch at Moe's with our friends.

 

 The Big Red Marching Machine!

 

 

 The Barickman's!!

It was much warmer than we thought it was going to be and we were in the sun so we headed out early. Of course, this means that we missed some of the groups/people we would have really liked to see.

While the kiddos were napping, I got out to do a little shopping at Target and Meijer by myself. :-)

Fun with the Flack's!

My good friend, Jackie, and her son, Carter, came to visit us for a few days last week! We were pretty excited to have them here with us and had a great visit.

On Wednesday, we had a McDonald's picnic and hung out at the splash park.

 

 

 I couldn't believe Drake climbed up this ladder all by himself!!

 

As you can see, they loved it!

That night, our small group had a cookout and kickball game.

 

 Followed by bedtime!

On Thursday, we took the kiddos to the zoo.

 

 

 

 

 

It was a great visit, and we can't wait to hang out with them again (including Lucy)!!

The Great Grocery Challenge

 

Meijer: OOP 26.86, Saved $52.34 (66%)
(I actually only spent $1.86 since I won a $25 Meijer gift card. :-))
You can read about the details of my Meijer trip here.

CVS: OOP $6.58, Saved $35.25 (85%)

You can read about the details of my CVS trip here and here.

Aldi: OOP $21.25

Weekly Totals: OOP: $54.69, Saved $87.59 (62%)

Guess that bottle of wine put me over my budget. ;-)

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