1/2 off Starbucks

This is a great savings for Starbucks! I love the mocha or vanilla Frappuccino now I can pick them up for half off.

I'll be ditching Sonic for Starbucks today!

YUM!

Coupons Anyone and a Heavenly Recipe

I have to make a confession. I stopped using coupons about 2 months ago....(gasp). Yes Frugal Jen hasn't been so frugal at the grocery store.

Honestly I just don't have the time or energy right now. I just buy whats on my list and I still am hitting my budget amount. Except for the time a couple weeks ago when I had an instant craving for Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla ice cream and waffle cones.

I stumbled across some awesome online Kraft coupons for cream cheese, Velveeta and other yummy snacks. http://www.kraftrecipes.com/Products/SuperValu.aspx

Speaking of Cream Cheese. I have to share the BEST recipe my friend Ashlee shared with me. She did better than share she made me a batch of these Heavenly Lemon Delights (that's my made up name for them).

1 C powdered sugar
6 oz cream cheese
2 tsp lemon juice2
(8 oz) cans Crescent dinner rolls
Preheat oven to 375.

In bowl combine first 3 ingredients until smooth. Separate crescent dough into triangles. Place 1 rounded teaspoon of mixture on wide end of each triangle. Roll up to opposite point. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 12-15 minutes until golden brown. Combine glaze ingredients until smooth and drizzle over warm rolls.

Glaze:1 C powdered sugar1 tsp margarine1 tsp lemon juice (I had to use a lot more lemon juice to make it thin enough to drizzle)

Back to School Savings

Don't let back to school shopping scare you! (I had to come up with some cheesy saying to show off this photo of Kate from our trip to Austria. This was at the Science and History Museum)

School Supply Deals (May vary by region, this is for the North Texas Area)

Office Max- selling 1 cent crayons and glue. Everything else is more expensive than Wal-mart other than those items.

Wal-mart - selling 25 cent crayons and glue. Markers 70 cents. Folders and 70 page spirals 15 cents!

Office Depot- we looked around I so NO significant savings

School Lunch Printable Coupons
http://www.lunchboxbuilder.com/coupon/default.aspx - print coupons for mott's apple sauce, goldfish and uncrustable sandwiches.

Hostess 100 calorie packs- this is my pre-teens favorite sweet snacks

Coupons.com- this is one of my favorite coupon sites! Print coupons like Cheerios, Nature Valley and Pillsbury.

Clothing Deals My Favorites!

Aeropostale- Graphic Tee's $10. This is my daughters favorite store. Ton's of stylish clothes at a great price.

Gap Kids- Buy one pair of jeans get 2nd pair for $10. Gap jeans are my favorite for my son. They are tough and durable. At our mall all clearance clothing was an additional 40% off. I got all his back to school clothes for $52, 2 jeans, 2 shorts, 3 shirts and a package of underwear.

Wasteless Wednesday - Chuck E. Cheese

We ventured out to Chuck E. Cheese yesterday, yes it was crazy crowded due to the spring break crowd. Dad even met up with us. We had a great time. Little Miss loved her second trip, last time she was only 1 month old.

Typically this is not my choice for lunch but the kids LOVE it. I have many memories as a child at these types of place, so my kids filled up their brains with memories today :)

Of course we had coupons... I signed up for the email club and get coupons once a month. (Here is a treat our March coupons)Plus we got extra tokens... how... let me share

• Bring in your child report cards and get free tokens
• Birthdays, get tokens equal to your child's age. Kate got 12(birthday next week)!
• Extra tokens with my meal deal.
  

Wasteless Wednesday

Don't waste your money going out to eat queso eat at home. I love cheese, yum! get your coupon for $1 off Velveeta cheese and make some queso at home tonight.

We make easy queso for get togethers. All you need a 1/2 package f Velveeta, 1 can of rotel (blend in blender to reduce the chunks), and a small container of sour cream melt together and put in little crock pot to keep warm serve with chips.

Tuesdays Tip

With the beginning of the new year I always try to get organized. I get so many coupons for restaurants, groceries and home services. I am so bad about throwing them in my coupon drawer and I end up forgetting them when I need them. So one of my New Years Resolutions is to keep my coupons organized.

Here is my plan:

• Utilize one of my 3 ring binders that is empty
• Divide into restaurant types (ex. pizza, mexican) and then also home services and retail stores
• Also put in take out menus
• When I get a new coupon I just file it easy so I can pull out when I need them

Keep a folder in your car for: (Thank you Audrianne for this one)

• Car Wash coupons
• Fast Food
• Dry Cleaning

Another Wednesday Tip

Thank you Emily for sharing this photo tip:

Wolf Camera on Tuesdays and Wednesdays thru 12/24 , you can get .05 prints, 3.5 x 5 size only. She got 125 for her Christmas cards for less than $7. Wow!!

I love to hear other frugal tips! Thank you!!