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Thread: My 2 Week No Money Experiment
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Tue, Mar 29th, 2011, 09:53 PM #31
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Good luck! Good planning! This is a great idea. Neccessity is the mother of Invention they say! So you should come up with some great meal plans! I know it!
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Fri, Apr 1st, 2011, 01:00 PM #32
Hello ! just wanted to pop up this thread
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Sat, Apr 2nd, 2011, 10:57 AM #33
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Is there anything new to tell us Kelly? How have the meals been working out? Not sure if you know this but I think mmany members who have not left a comment are also thinking about doing this as well. It just makes sense.
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Sat, Apr 2nd, 2011, 10:59 AM #34
I'm starting on Monday! I have a bunch of meal ideas written down, but not organized into menus yet. But I am all geared up and ready to do it!
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Sat, Apr 2nd, 2011, 11:09 AM #35
you should post pictures too!!
this is fun!! cant wait to see what you are cooking up for 2 weeks!! good job!!
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Sun, Apr 3rd, 2011, 06:00 AM #36
go girl! I have wanted to do this,but always caved...Maybe I will try again!
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Sun, Apr 3rd, 2011, 12:52 PM #37
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We periodically do what we call "eating out the freezer". The goal is to empty the freezer so it can be defrosted and cleaned. But I still end up having to buy fresh produce, dairy, ect... but I stop buyign frozen stuff until the freezer is empty. Then I enjoy filling it back up again! LOL
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Mon, Apr 4th, 2011, 10:13 AM #38
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yes!!!! Post some pics of your more creative dishes!!! This sounds good - I know I must have a couple of roasts and some chicken somewhere in the bottom of my deep freeze.
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Mon, Apr 4th, 2011, 11:06 AM #39
MONDAY, APRIL 4
The experiment starts! I did a bit of last minute shopping yesterday, picking up eggs, cheese, milk and yogurt....using coupons for everything. The food inventory is ready!
Inventory of my wallet: I have $255 in there. I hope it's still in there 2 weeks from now!
Breakfast: We all had whole wheat toast with some Dulce de Leche spread on it (both items were bought with coupons). Just a quick breakfast before school. Boys had chocolate milk and I had coffee.
Went to Metro and did some coupon shopping. Here is what I found:
75c Jakes Bake House
$1 Starbucks Via
50c Breton Minis
50c French's Mustard
$2 Stouffer's Saute Sensations
75c Saputo Mozzarellissima
$1 Laughing Cow
$1 Astro BioBest
$1 Minute Maid Heart Wise
75c Astro
75c Simply Egg Whites
$1 Egg Creations
B3G1 Whiskas
75c VH Chinese sauce
$2 WUB2 any VH sauce
Went to SDM...no Multibionta so I got a raincheck for 4
Then we stopped at Tim Hortons. Cookie for the boy and a large coffee for me = FREE with roll-up wins. Didn't win on this coffee
Lunch: Mac n Cheese made with whole wheat pasta (coupon), milk (coupon), butter, few spoonfuls of CheezWiz (coupon).
Did some spring cleaning in the garage. Collected up a few empty beer/wine bottles and returned them = +$2.80 MADE! and a clean garage!
My son had an after-school activity and he would normally get a drink out of the vending machine. Today I packed a drink and a snack.
Dinner: Crockpot meatballs (italian meatballs with Honey Garlic Diana bbq sauce), rice (coupon), mixed veg (coupon).
GRAND TOTAL OOP FOR THE DAY: +$2.80 made!Last edited by KellyC; Mon, Apr 4th, 2011 at 07:58 PM.
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Mon, Apr 4th, 2011, 07:28 PM #40
Day 1 was a success! I actually made a bit of money!
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Tue, Apr 5th, 2011, 07:05 AM #41
TUESDAY, APRIL 5 - Day 2
Breakfast - boys had waffles (coupon) topped with maple syrup (coupon) and sliced bananas (coupon), chocolate milk (coupon). I had a hot cross bun and a coffee.
Sent my son to school with enough packets of Scooby Snack treats for the whole room (45 packs - all SCOP'd).
Stopped at SDM...no vitamins...got a raincheck.
Lunch: Leftover meatballs, pack of Arctic Gardens rice (coupon)
My son had an afternoon activity and we packed a drink and a snack.
Dinner: Marc Angelo Porchetta Roast (50% off), Lipton Sidekick noodles (coupon), maple beans (coupon). Dessert: Chapman's icecream (free coupon) with Smuckers topping (coupon & 50% off).
I found the Marc Angelo 50% off...there were about 5 or 6 roasts there, but I have never tried it before and was hesitant. I just bought 1. Next time I will buy them all...it was DELICIOUS!
GRAND TOTAL OOP FOR THE DAY: $0Last edited by KellyC; Tue, Apr 5th, 2011 at 05:50 PM.
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Wed, Apr 6th, 2011, 09:29 AM #42
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6 - Day 3
Today is an easy one...it's a rainy day and I plan on staying in all day. It's a good day to use up some of the cleaning supply stash!
Breakfast: Whole wheat toast (coupon), bowl of yogurt (coupon) with Roger's granola sprinkled in it (coupon - email the company!).
Made a jug of frozen apple juice (coupon) for the boys - one less container in the freezer!
Day 3 and I can't even tell that anything is missing from the stockpile or the freezers. I think we could live off this for months.
Lunch: Campbell's vegetable soup (coupon) and Premium Plus crackers (coupon) for the boys. Thai Chicken Lean Cuisine for me (coupon)...OMG I will be so happy when these LC's are out of my freezer...6 more to go!
Isn't it just amazing how after only less than 4 months of couponing, almost every single item in my kitchen was bought with a coupon!
Ok...mail came and I got a bunch of FPC's from when I registered my brother's cats on the Purina My Kitten site. Had to go get my shopping fix! http://forum.smartcanucks.ca/194680-...-spree-canada/
Dinner: Whole wheat pasta (coupon) with garlic & herb sauce (coupon) and little garlic crisps. Dessert: cherry jello!
Total OOP for the day: $0Last edited by KellyC; Wed, Apr 6th, 2011 at 05:31 PM.
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Wed, Apr 6th, 2011, 10:14 AM #43
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Aren't those porchettas delish!
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Wed, Apr 6th, 2011, 11:12 AM #44
Hi KellyC, wtg on your 2 week experiment, love reading the updates and wish you well for the rest of the journey! and yes, those porchetta's are divine though I'm still partial to their kebabs!
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Wed, Apr 6th, 2011, 12:59 PM #45
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Great to read of this! Unfortunately my freezers are nearing empty and my boys would starve if I tried this We go through one jug of milk a day around here....don't ask about the amount of food!
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