Banana Stretching

I love this Banana Muffin recipe from Sister Mary 4. Actually I think it is originally from Sister Mary 2, but I got it from Sister Mary 4 and now tease Sister Mary 2 by crediting the wrong sister. See what fun you are missing if you are in a small family? Anyway, I try to stock up on bananas when they are on sale and found them this week at .10 a pound due to their getting to ripe. So I took a lot home, but had no time to bake and freeze. I have frozen bananas in their skins and just opened them up as mush over the mixing bowls. But I like this way better. I just dice them up and freeze on a cookie sheet, then move to bags. Basically I made sure I had 9 bananas on a tray and divided it into 3 bags so I'm all set for the recipe when I thaw.



And the recipe is:

Banana Muffins:

3 mashed bananas
1/2 C Mayo
1/2 C. Semisweet chips
1 1/2 C. Flour
1 C. Sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1/2 C. chopped walnuts (optional)

Mix all ingrediants and then add the chips and nuts. Spray muffin pan and fill 3/4 full. Makes 12 muffins. 375 for 20-25 minutes.

Tuesday's Table

Wow, I went to the store on Tuesday actually!!! What a shock. I pretty much forced myself to because my friend Cathi told me the blog had been lame lately. Since it was a small deal week, it was a bit easier to put together. The Oatmeal was a raincheck deal from a couple weeks ago. The pasta was .29 cents and the Splenda had Meijer mealbox coupons and some from their site. I also used $5 in coupons from a a trip to the Customer Services a couple weeks ago. It really pays to check your reciept to make sure the deals worked right before you leave the store. So all this for $8.09 when I could have paid an additional $36.27.



Over at Walgreens, they had a lot of items that are free after the Register Rewards. That was okay with me because I had $11 in Register Rewards to use up by....oh today. So I checked Tout 3 times to keep my stash up. I will have to remember to post a pic of what I do with the pink hair spray this Halloween : ) Remember that you have to have a total that is equal or above the Register Reward at check out. So I threw in a Sharpie on sale for .25. Also remember that you need to have no more coupons than items you purchase.



Here is my reason to go back this week. They have a new October book of coupons out. It is right by the ads for this week. $2 off Huggies wipes, currently priced at $2.99. So if you can dig up any wipes coupons these will be an awesome deal! You can just hand this to them at check out and they will return it. So don't cut out these coupons, just show them the one you want to use. And this coupon will only count as one coupon, no matter how many you buy. So, if you buy 3 with 3 .50 off coupons and the $2 off coupon, that will equal 4 coupons. You only need to pick up on Sharpie or other filler : ) Hope that makes sense Cathi! And hoping I'm off the lame list with all of you.

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Okay, I'm just having a hard time getting to the store early in the week. So I thought you would like to see some of the deals I'm planning on through Savings Angel. I just love how they do so much of the work for me!

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Free Redbox Rental at Meijer

Well, I know it is the middle of the school week and tomorrow is National Family Game Night....but here is the deal on a free movie rental. Use the code 9MEJR24 on the Redbox at Meijer and it will be a free rental. You have to enter your credit card, but the charge won't appear unless you return it late. The rentals are for 24 hours, after that it is a $1 a day. This code is good through the 24th.

Libraries have Museum Passes!

This is going out to my Illinios family and friends. Did you know that Libraries have passes to the Chicago Museums that you can check out and use? Ah, the childhood memories! The Shed, The Field...getting lost in those halls. I would check this site and see if your library is participating.

Meijer Deals

It's not too late, the sales are still on at Meijer tomorrow too. I know, there is no fun in going to Meijer on a Saturday. I was pretty jazzed to see my total come down at Meijer. I saved $74.16 and paid $7.22 :) How fun is that. I got the Koolaid and the A-1 marinades for free with rainchecks and coupons from last week. The soups were .29 and the Pancake mix were .49. I think I paid about 3 for 5 packages of cheese slices and the snack bags were close to free if not free. Yep a good week at Meijer. In fact, I went back and did the Snacks one more time : )



I was so excited I decided to run over to Family Fare to do one more deal. With $20 of select General Mills Purchase, get $5 off your next order. So I used $5 in coupons on the items below and got 13 items for $10 total. The only hitch was the $5 coupon didn't print out. So off to Customer Service I went and will get my $5 in the mail (I hope).

SavingsAngel.com - cut your Grocery Bill in HALF through Enlightened Shopping!

I still haven't done my shopping at Meijer this week. But I figured it doesn't help others so much if I wait til Saturdays. But with a crazy week and now Half Buck is sick, it may be that long. So you can check out the deals I'm planning thanks to Savings Angel. If they are out of these at the end of the week, I just get a rain check. I paperclip the coupons and rain check together for the next week.

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Consignment Sale

Most of my clothing for our 5 children comes via the family hand me down boxes. I simply supplement with some garage sale finds, my favorite Consignment Sale and a new pair of tennis shoes. I love the half price sale on Saturday. After all, you never miss the deals you didn't see the day before. So head on over to Ressurection Life Church on Ivanrest this Friday or Saturday to check out the deals. I also consign some stuff here as well. Cents and Mite are the last of the line on both sides, so there is no family to pass on to just now.

Friday, September 18, 9 a.m - 3 p.m.
Saturday, September 19, HALF-PRICE sale, 8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.

A Give Away: How Fun is That?

I was checking out some bloggers I follow for what new deals are out there and look what I found. Dave Ramsey is giving away a $999 emergency fund gift every day until 9/18! So thanks to Money Saving Madness for finding this. Click here to enter every day for your chance.

Dave Ramsey will be giving away a $999 Emergency Fund every day until 9/18! What a great way to start your emergency fund or get it moving toward your goal. Go HERE to enter everyday! Thanks to Dave Ramsey too. Now how fun is that?

Financial Peace

I was chatting with my neighbor Kate. We carpool together. Well she isn't exactly my neighbor, she lives 2 blocks down. All my neighbors chose to go to another school in town so they could get free busing. That makes me a little mad in a 1.3 million cut year. I could show them how to trim some fat! But I have to carpool with a small family since we fill up our minivan pretty well on our own. And she has one boy. Okay, that had nothing to do with Financial Peace.

When I talked to Kate about coupons, she echoed my feelings before I could express them: energized, empowered, excited, making a difference. And she echoed the feeling that others thought she was a little crazy. The only thing is, Kate doesn't coupon - she is living debt free, or toward that end. She expressed the same feelings as I have only relating to Dave Ramsey's teaching into action. Wow. I have hemmed and hawed about taking the class for about 4 years now. But no longer, we are enrolled and went to our first class last night. The homework this week is a bare bones budget and reading some chapters. His speaking was good and motivational and it seems we are in a diverse group, including a 17 year old (wouldn't you like to go back to 17 and remake a few financial decisions!). Oh, and save $1,000 emergency fund Quickly (so we can stop charging those emergency car repairs, Christmas shopping, etc.)

Tuesday's Table

Would I have ever have clipped a coupon for True North nuts before? Would I ever have been able to find it? The coupons I used were from February! But I didn't have to use them to get them free. I got a $3 register reward at check out. So I did the deal twice. The Triaminic was 2 for $10 with $5 Register Reward. My little Cents has a cough, so it was time to stock up again. Reportedly it was giving 2 RR yesterday, making it free, but they must have fixed that glitch.



I do love lan Aldi's deal. They had millk for $1.25 today when I dashed in for it. I didn't grab a cart and regretted it: Seedless Watermelon was $1.99. So all this for $5.74 makes me a happy camper.

Culver's Deals in Jenison

Culver's in Jenison Michigan is 5 years old! Now my Cents is about to be 5 as well and we all know that age is kinda a big deal. So here is what is going on at Culvers this week:

Sunday, Sept 13th - HAPPY 5TH ANNIVERSARY -$1 single scoop turtle sundaes

Monday, Sept 14th - $1 single BUTTERBURGERS(limit 5 per order)

Tuesday, Sept 15th - $1 single scoop hot fudge sundaes

Wednesday, Sept 16th - $1 hotdogs (Limit 5 per order)

Thursday, Sept 17th - $1 short coolers and/or $1 Oreo cookie sandwiches

Friday, Sept 18th - $1 short rootbeer floats

Saturday, Sept 19th - $1 short shakes (nuts nut included

$1.25 for Milk

Hey, Aldi's has milk for $1.25 a gallon this week. Did you know you can freeze milk??? Yep, you can. Pour a little out first to make room for expansion in the freezer. I know, now you all think I'm really cheap.

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Tuesday's Table

Sorry I'm so late in posting this week, and sorry the photo is so dark. I guess daylight really makes a difference for my little camera. I don't know why I thought Meijer would be quiet at 8 at night, cause it was hopping tonight. I got free Kool Aid singles packets (Meijer Mealbox coupon), and the Country Time was .33 each after the $2 off catalina at checkout. The lunch meat was $1.50 a pack and the Cream Cheese was .75 each. I ran into a friend at check out and we were talking about my order, Savings Angel, and if we were only eating Pringles this week. They are one of The Profs favorites. She was wondering if I save the $20 month expense of Savings Angel. Well, it is the beginning of Sept and I spent $35.99 and saved $43.07. So I would say that paid my SA expense tonight.



I'm already planning another trip this weekend though. I saw posted somewhere that their Danimals were $2 each again with $1 coupons in last weekends papers and $1 Meijer Mealbox coupons, they will be free. They were out of the $1 A-1 Marinades that were free with coupon, but had plenty of the A-1 steak sauce that were free with Meijer Mealbox coupon. And on the middle aisle where they stock the sales, there was a coupon for $1 off beef if you bought either kind of A-1. So I picked up 3 coupons, since I know I will buy that many with my other coupons when they are restocked. Should make for a good deal with whatever beef is on sale.