Thrifty Thursday

I got lucky once again with Kroger Manager Specials! And a plus, most of them are organic!

Here's what I got:

Organic Barley-(Closeout) $1.50

(This stuff is $5.00 at our health-food store!)

4 boxes Organic Macaroni and (White) Cheese- .77/each

regularly $1.99

Earth's Best Organic Cheese Crackers-$1.00

regularly $2.00

2 Bags of Cheddar All Natural Kettle Chips-$1.19

regularly $3.19 (WOW!)

2 Containers of Buitoni Light Alfredo Sauce .50

2 Container of Buitoni Marinara Sauce .50

(I don't know what these are regularly but I'm guessing too high since I never buy them!)

Nothing I purchased expires earlier than mid August. Not bad! :)

Keep an eye out for Manager's Specials. They are so bizarre, sometimes things are already out of date and others have no reason (at least to me) to be on markdown- it's definitely hit or miss!

See what thrifty finds others are sharing this week over at Comical Coupon Cents!

Thrifty Thursday

It's Thrifty Thursday over at one of my favorite blogs, Comical Coupon Cents. So, here are my finds from our local Just a Dollar yesterday:

The "Seedling Bible" is just precious! This will be great for "Bible time" since it's in story-book form, with lots of pictures, and it actually has little sidenotes which will help me in teaching.

The "Matching Items" is a flip book complete with pics and simple words. Just right for teaching a toddler.

And lastly, my favorite; old-fashioned, good 'ole alphabet blocks. Perfect for teaching colors, letters and words. The backside of the blocks also have shapes!

AND... drumroll, please:

HAIRBOWS! WOW! A buck! I make my daughter's hairbows, but I can barely get the materials for that price! And my little monkey can't seem to keep her white bows "white", so this was definitely an excellent find! (I also might add that in my 'pre-frugal days' I was known to frequent boutiques and buy these for as much as $12 a piece. I'm shaking my head as I type this. YIKES!)

If you have a local $ store, take some time to really stroll the aisles. I mean, really stroll. Some of it is just pure junk, but sometimes there's some really great stuff! Like once I found a "Take Out Menus" accordian file. To some it may be worthless, but for a new mommy it made the perfect baby shower gift! It was a huge hit! (And it was A DOLLAR.)

And start stocking up on little Christmas gifts as you see them, (especially for the kiddoes) because they will be gone! (My sister and I do this all the year through! Saves a lot of stress in December!)