July Challenge: Days 13-17

Happy Saturday!  Today is the last Saturday choir rehearsal for Casey.  I think we are both excited about that.  He's had a 3 hour rehearsal every Saturday since classes got out in May for the trip to Hawaii that the choir is taking.  He leaves in 9 days!  I'm excited for him.  He (and the entire choir) have put in so many hours of preparation for this trip. 

Today was our weigh in day and I was a little nervous about stepping on the scale.  I didn't really have bad days, but I didn't exactly have great days either.  However, I did lose 1 pound which puts me at the 50 pound mark in weight loss.  So, that is pretty exciting!

The boys had a great time at VBS this week.  We took them to a nearby church where they went on a high seas adventure. 

Day 13:  spent about $26 at Kroger on a few grocery items.  Milk, eggs, fruit, etc.  I didn't have too many coupons to use this round, but I did find some good deals on clearance meat and lunch meat.  Tuesdays are also what we call the "Food line" at the seminary.  This week there was lots of good whole wheat breads, so I was able to get a few loafs of bread, english muffins and hamburger buns. 

Day 14: spent $0

Day 15:  Ethan came down for VBS in sweat pants.  He said he had no shorts.  This is not good since we had just finished all the laundry a few days before.  So, I spent the afternoon going through their dresser and sorting clothes.  (They each have two drawers in one dresser, so sometimes things get "lost" on the bottom).  Well, sure enough, the kid has outgrown all but a few pairs of shorts!  I saw that Old Navy was having a good online sale so I thought I'd look around.  I went through Ebates (to get a percentage back) and they were giving 10% back on the purchase!  I had a promo code for 15% off my order and free shipping on $50 or more.  So, I got my cart total to $50 and then used the promo code to get my total down to $46 total, including tax.  Now, I will get $4.20 back in my August Ebates too!  Oh, and I got 11 items total: 7 for Ethan, 3 for me, 1 for Casey.  Now, that's a good deal!

Day 16:  Payday!!!
Paid phone, electricity, life insurance and tithe with NO bills remaining until the 1st of August!
Went to Kroger and spent about $48 on grocery items.  Found eggs, yogurt, turkey breast (raw) and lunch meat all on clearance and saved about $5 using coupons.

So, here is what we ate this week for breakfasts:  oatmeal, eggs, cereal, english muffins
Lunches:  chicken salad, taco salad, sandwiches, soup, leftovers
Dinners:  tacos, porkchops, baked chicken, hot dogs (boys), cereal