Lowes Foods Super Doubles 4/24

Oh how I love super double coupon time! This week you can go to Lowes Foods and they will double any coupon that has a face value of $2 or less. Meaning, if you have a $2 coupon they will double it to $4!

I made my grocery list by using Southern Savers website. I encourage you to go to that website to learn how to coupon so that you can do just as well with your shopping trip. :)

Today I was able to get $88.13 worth of groceries for only $35.01. That is over 50% savings! My goal is to save at least 50% with each coupon visit.

Break down of my purchases:

- Bounty 2 pack paper towels: $3.50 - $1 = $1.50
- Charmin 4 pack Ultra Soft: $3 - $1  = $1
- YoCrunch Yogurt: $2.99 - $1 = $.99 x2
- Trident Gum: $1 - $1 = FREE x2
- Hershey's Bars: $1.19 - $1 = $.19 x4
- DiGiorno Pizza with Breadsticks or Wyngz: $6.99 - $1.50 = $3.99 x3
- Stouffers Large Family sized Ravioli or Lasagna: $9.99 - $1.50 = $6.99 x2
- Cooked Perfect Meatballs: $2.99 - $1 = $.99 x3
- Edys Fruit Bars: $3 - $1 = $1

All of the above deals (minus Bounty, Charmin, DiGiorno and Stouffers) were via Southersavers.com . All coupons used were from the newspaper and none of them were printed. Again, I encourage you to check out the coupon site for daily deals. Please feel free to comment if you have any questions.

Coming soon...

Ok, I'm not dead... I promise! I have several blog entries to come. Here is what you will see in the next few days or so:

1. DIY Growth Chart
2. Baby David's 1st Birthday decorations
3. Baby blanket
4. 4th of July Pillowcase dresses

So keep your eyes peeled! Crafts galore to come! :)

Homemade Yogurt Bites for Baby

I have seen homemade yogurt bites all over Pinterest lately and thought I should try it out. The only snack that we give David right now is Puffs. He eats so many of them that I'm surprised he hasn't already turned into a Puff himself! :)

After doing some research, I found that it is recommended that you give babies organic yogurt made with whole milk. I found tubs of Stonyfield yogurt on sale this week at Lowes Foods. They are organic and made with whole milk, french vanilla flavored.

These are so easy to do! Just spoon your yogurt into a sandwich bag, cut a small piece off of the corner and pipe little circles onto a piece of parchment paper on a cookie sheet! I popped them into the freezer for just 25-30 minutes. After that, just take them off of the parchment paper with your hands and store them however you'd like. I just put them into a freezer bag and placed them back into the freezer.
I hope that David likes them! If not, I can always just eat them myself :)

Deal of the Day!

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Gilt.com has a great sale on kitchen items today. And they are also offering free shipping! I just got a meat thermometer and a Cuisinart Handheld mixer for only $11! The hand mixer is $55 full price and $30 on Amazon. Only $10 on Gilt!

Click here to visit the sale. You also get a $25 credit for each successful referral.

Start shopping :)

$5 Swimsuit separates!

If you are one of the millions of ladies that watched The Bachelor Finale this past Monday then I'm sure that you caught the JCP commercial. They have $5 swim separates! Can't beat that! I went to my local JCP today and checked them out. They are made by the Arizona Company. I must say that you can tell that they are made of cheaper fabric. There isn't a lot of padding in the tops either. There weren't a lot of sizes available in the store so I just ordered mine online via jcp.com.

I ended up purchasing the teal top and black bottoms. Wanted to switch it up a little bit this year :) They have a coupon code right now for $10 off of a purchase of $50 or more if you place your order by 3/17. Plus free shipping if you do site to store. The code is SPENDIT . I added another bathing suit top to go with my black bottoms and a few onesies for my baby David to get over the $50 limit. So, the $10 discount covered the cost of my teal top and black bottoms = Free bathing suit :)

Check out the suits before they are all sold out!

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Cinnamon Streusel Baked French Toast- The Pioneer Woman

This past weekend was our weekend to bring breakfast for our Sunday School class. I have made my canned cinnamon roll french toast bake before, but I wanted to try a different french toast bake. Leave it to me to try something new for a group of people. I don't know why I do that. It makes everything so much more stressful. I always worry about how it turns out and I don't even try it before feeding it to the masses. I haven't had a bad recipe yet, but I won't hold my breath!

Since half of the ladies in my SS Class pinned this recipe, I figured that I should make it for them. (I know, how kind of me!) Some of the ladies (and even the guys) in the class complimented it! So, I guess it wasn't half bad :) It is a recipe by The Pioneer Woman... so of course it was good!

The easiest part of this recipe is that you can use a premade loaf of bread. I'm sure you could make your own, but I just bought a loaf of day old bread at the grocery store for $1.99.

The egg mixture is best made in the Pampered Chef batter bowl. The pour spout at the top makes it easy to distribute the mixture over the bread.

After leaving the soaked bread in the fridge for a few hours (or over night) top it with the cinnamon topping. I also made the cinnamon topping the night before and stored it in a ziploc bag. This made it super easy in the morning, I just had to pop it in the oven!

Here is the finished product in all its glory. Yummmm. I thought it turned out great! You can bake it anywhere from 45 minutes to 1 hour depending on how soggy you want it to be. I baked mine for 55 minutes and it was just a little bit soggy but mostly firm.

Cinnamon Streusel Baked French Toast

Ingredients

French toast

• 1 loaf of day old bread. (I used challah.)
• 8 whole eggs
• 2 cups of milk
• 1/2 cup of heavy whipping cream
• 3/4 cup of sugar
• 2 tablespoons of vanilla

Topping

• 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• A pinch of nutmeg (optional)
• 1 stick of cold butter, cut it into pieces

Instructions

• Coat the bottom of your 9x13 pan with butter. Tear up your loaf of bread into chunks and add to the baking pan.
• Mix together the eggs, milk, heavy whipping cream, sugar and vanilla in a mixing bowl.
• Pour the egg mixture over the bread. Make sure that you distribute the egg mixture evenly. Cover the dish and store in the refrigerator for a few hours or overnight. (I did overnight).
• For the topping, mash all the ingredients together until the butter is broken up into small pebbles.
• Top the bread with the cinnamon topping and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour. If you like mushy french toast, do 45 minutes. 
• Enjoy with our without maple syrup!

Free 2 liter Coke Product and Martha White muffin mix

There is a new website, Aisle50, that loads discounts directly to your Lowes Foods rewards card. Right now they are offering a FREE 2 liter Coke product and FREE Martha White muffin mix.

Click here to sign up.

All you need to do is enter your email address and rewards card number. When you check out at Lowes Foods, just scan your rewards card and the discount will automatically apply! How easy is that?

Leave me a comment if you get the deal!


UPDATE (2/27)- I just got back from Lowes Foods and the coupons worked. I was able to get a 2 liter of Diet Coke and Martha White Blueberry muffin mix for absolutely free!