Cooking from your Stockpile

I have been an avid coupon-er for about a year now. Since I discovered the Money Saving Queen's ways of saving, I have been traveling on this awesome journey and have never looked back. I have learned so many great things to stay frugal along the way. One of those ways has been Stockpiling.

When you get in the swing of the whole coupon-ing thing you will begin to fill your cabinets. This is GREAT because you don't have to make any last minute-type of runs to the store where you will be paying full price for dinner. You can just run into your pantry, grab your items and WAH-LAH!! Dinner!

And that's exactly what I did today. And you know what? This whole meal (including dessert) cost me (drumroll please!!!) less than 5 bucks!!! Start the sirens, drop the confetti! That's an amazing deal for a home-cooked meal for a family of 3!

So, do you want to know what I put together? Get your salivary glands flowing 'cause here we go!

Pork Roast with carrots, onions and Seasoning. Total cost- $1.99

I had a Hormel seasoned Pork Roast I purchased from Homeland for only $1.99 with coupon that I pulled out of the freezer. I stuck it directly into the crockpot. No thawing necessary!

On Friday I went to Target and got the fresh carrots and onions for FREE! I just cleaned and chopped them in half and put them around the roast.

I then put about a cup of water in the bottom of the pot and sprinkled salt and pepper on the top. I will probably let it cook about 6 hours. It will be tender and yummy and so tasty!


But we can't forget dessert!

Peach Cobbler (Some people call this dump cake. Whatever it's called- it's delicious!). Total Cost- $2

I found a can of peach filling in the cabinet and remembered I had a white cake mix as well. You pour the can of filling into a 8x8 pan and then dump the cake mix on top. Take the ENTIRE stick of butter (trust me- use the entire stick.The taste will be AMAZING and it will help crisp it up like a cobbler), cut them into little pads and layer them over the cake mix.

Preheat your oven to 350 and bake for about 45 minutes. Slap some ice cream on top or eat as is. It's SOOO good!!

What are some of your favorite stockpile meals that you cook in the crockpot?

My SWEET WalMart find!

I am not a big fan of WalMart- at all. Since I began using coupons, I barely step foot in the place. I know, I feel like a heathen not going there on a regular basis like the rest of America, but I find much better deals at the more "expensive" stores (more on that later). 

However, I did make a quick run to buy some last minute items for a Scentsy party I had on Friday. I also needed to buy a gift for my nephew's 8th birthday the next day, so I perused the toy isle for the right gift. 

Little did I know that I would find an AWESOME toy deal!

I got Toy Story 3 figurines for $1 a piece! Yes, a buck! Uno! I couldn't believe it! These buggers sell for $7 normally, so I hit the jackpot when I found these!

That particular WalMart also had a Clearance tent outside since they are renovating the inside. There were a ton of other great deals for people to gobble up.

If you live in the Tulsa area, head over to the WalMart at Admiral and Memorial. You won't regret it!

Creative Princess Giveaway!

Love free stuff?? 



Yea, me too!

And you know what? If you answered YES then today's your lucky day!

Wanna know why? Well let me tell you........


The Creative Princess, (my fellow Money Saving Queen princess turned great friend) is having a very special, very girly giveaway!! If you win, you will receive over $75 worth of girly stuff that she created herself. See, I told you she was creative!!

So I urge you, my frugal friends, to head over to her Facebook page and enter to win.

And while you're at it, like her FB page too, ok? And check out her Etsy store. She has a lot of great frugal things to offer!!

[Free!] Homemade Bubbles

This evening my husband took my daughter outside to play with bubbles. Just a few moments after they shut the door, they came back inside and said that the bubbles were no good and we would have to buy more. Being the frugally-minded person of the bunch, I looked up a recipe for bubbles, grabbed the few items I needed (I already had them in my stockpile thanks to coupons!), and away I went! I just reused the container that the other bubbles came in and Wah-lah! Free bubbles! Now my daughter and my wallet are very happy! :)

Want to know how I made these frugally-fabulous bubbles? Well here's the recipe:

1 cup water

2 tablespoons light Karo Syrup or 2 tablespoons glycerin

4 tablespoons dish washing liquid

Mix together and enjoy. :)

Happy Bubble Blowing!

I've had a lot of people ask me how I organize my coupon binder-- so I thought I would post a little vlog about it!!!
It really helps to have all of your coupons organized by category. It helps your time in the store go much quicker when you can navigate through your coupons with ease. I have found the binder method so much easier rather than using an accordian file, but if you enjoy the according method then more power to ya! Use whatever works for you!!!

So here's a little glimpse into my coupon life-- enjoy!!!

A New Year- A New Motivation!

Well Happy 2010 everyone! This has been a great year so far! I feel my life is more focused and I am ready to see what God has in store for me this year!

I have decided to dedicate this blog to the deals I find by using coupons! I hope doing so will motivate me to keep you all updated on my family life as well! So I guess you will just get a whole buffet of topics from me. :)

I want to start off by posting some deals I got today from Homeland and Target. These trips have been my most successful to date and I thank God and the 918 Coupon Queen (918couponqueen.com) for the blessings they have poured out on my life because of coupons!

Please watch the 1st video. This will show you all the deals I got at Homeland this week. The Homeland in Tulsa doubles coupons-- so that's why I was able to get all this stuff so cheap! My total for this trip was around $15 dollars.

I then heard that Target got a HUGE shipment of the WeightWatcher SmartOnes and clearanced some of them out to .48 a piece. Some of the boxes had peelies that were $4.00 off 10 and then I had 4 Manufacturer coupons that equaled $4.00 off 20 of them. I got all of them for FREE and only had to pay tax! My total for all 40 was $1.64.

I also got some GREAT coupons in the mail today! Please watch the video. The Coke coupons were from Recycle Bank , the StarKist coupons were from VocalPoint and the NesCafe samples were from the Taster's Choice website! I love free stuff!!



I must say that today has been the best deal-finding day for me so far! Thank God for coupons!!!

Let it Snow Let it Snow Let it Snow!!!!

So "Mother Nature" decided to dump almost a foot of snow on Tulsa in less than 8 hours!

I went to a Preteen leadership conference at the church on Saturday at 9 am and it started snowing. By 2 pm I was trudging through the snow trying to get in my little car with a one-foot snow drift on the driver's-side door.

It was the perfect snow for snowballs and snowmen and at church this morning it made my heart melt (along with the snow because it is almost gone now) when the children were telling their stories of their first-ever homemade snowmen.

Growing up in Ohio, you take advantage of all the snow and just pass it off as a normal, every-year thing. Here in Oklahoma it is like a freak of nature to get anything past 2 inches.

I am so happy we had a day where the kids could go out and enjoy one of God's beauties. I am even more happy it won't stay around for weeks on end like it does in Ohio :)