This week was a fabulous week. I was way under my budget of $50 a week, which is great. I have a few small things I still need to get, but I won’t pick those up until next week, most likely. I didn’t need much food-wise, since I still have a really good stockpile, so I picked up some things that were on sale that I know we’d use, and I stocked up on more toiletries.

Publix
4 Bic Soleil Razors
Normally $5.49/each
Rain check for B1G1 sale = $10.98
Coupons = 4/$3 off – $12
Total = $1.02 in overage!

4 Bic Flex 4 Razors
Normally $5.49/each
Rain check for BOGO sale = $10.98
Coupons = 4 $2/off – $8
Total = $2.98 ($0.74/each)

4 boxes Quaker Mini Delight
Normally $2.99/each
On sale BOGO = $5.98
Coupons = 2 $1 off 2 – $2
Total = $3.98

2 Betty Crocker brownie mix
Normally $2.69
On sale BOGO = $2.98
Coupons = $0.75 off 2
Total = $1.94

1 Publix peanuts
Normally $2.39
This week’s penny item
Total = $0.01

1 box Old El Paso dinner kit
Normally $2.95
On sale BOGO = $1.47
Total = $1.47

4 boxes Kellogg’s Pop Tarts
Normally $2.39
On sale BOGO = $4.78
Coupons = 2 $1 off 2
Total = $2.78

1 box Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal
Normally $4.99
On sale B1G1 = $2.49
Coupon = $0.55
Total = $1.94

20 bottles Softsoap handsoap
Normally $1.27
On sale for $1
Coupons = 20 $0.35 off 1 doubled to $0.70 off 1
Total = $6.00

Kroger
1 bag Santitas chips
Normally $2
On sale for $1.88
Total: $1.88

2 bottles Gatorade
Normally $1.09
On sale for $0.99/each
Total = $1.98

10 tubes Crest toothpaste
Normally $2.59
On sale for $1
Coupons = 10 $1 off 1
Total = FREE!

1 6-pack Diet Snapple Iced Tea
Normally $4.99
Coupons = free product coupon
Total = FREE!

4 packs Kroger chili seasoning
$0.59/each
Total = $2.36

Kroger macaroni and cheese
$0.49/each
Total = $1.47

Grand retail total (pre-tax): $145.33
Total paid (pre-tax): $25.79
Savings: 83 percent

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Memphis Travel. All opinions are 100% mine.

One place I’ve wanted to visit but haven’t had a chance to yet is Memphis. You would think that I would have made it up there since my family has lived in Chattanooga, which isn’t *too* far away, for 16 years now. But, I haven’t. So, I think it’s time that the hubby and I take a kid-free trip up north.

Obviously, one of the places we would want to go see is Graceland. I’m not a huge Elvis fan, but you can’t go to Memphis and *not* go to Graceland. I didn’t even have to check out a Memphis-savvy travel guide to come up with that! I also want to go to Beale Street. I’ve heard quite a bit about this area as part of Memphis night life, and it would be a fun night out on the town for me and the husband.

Now, you can enter to win a trip package to Memphis that includes one of four prize packages — family, couple, single, and single and friends. I’d like to win the couples package, which includes a carriage ride, trips to sun studios and the Orpheum Theater, accommodations at the Peabody Hotel and dinner at the Majestic Grille. I think it would be a fun weekend away.

Have any of you been to Memphis before? If so, what did you see? If not, do you want to go to Memphis and what would you want to see there? Are you going to try to win one of these prize packages, and if so, which one?

As of today, this is officially all ours:

We made our final payment on last year’s IVF. Hooray! It’s quite a relief though, as I told my mom, now we can no longer say, “If you’re not good, we won’t make your payment and they’ll come take you back!” when Lucy is bad. But, how could this sweet face EVER be bad??

The winner of the $35 Jiffy Lube gift card is:

#2 …. Mami2jcn!

Congrats! I will be sending you an email shortly. I have another giveaway coming up soon, so stay tuned!

I’m on a mission now to start stockpiling items to give as gifts. I tend to do all my shopping at the last minute, whether it’s right before a birthday or in the last few weeks before Christmas and Hannukah.

This year, I’m picking up things as I see them at great prices throughout the year. I shop both in stores and online at some of my favorite sites, like Redenvelope.com. I’ve got a pretty good gift stockpile right now, and I’m hoping to continue to increase it. My goal is to get to the point where I go “shopping” in my stockpile when holidays and birthdays roll around.

How about you? Do you wait until the last minute for gift shopping, too?

I know they’re late seeing as how Lucy turned 8 months old today, but at least we got them done!