What I ate Wednesday : 4-29-2014

Hey Guys! Welcome to another WIAW! Let's jump right in.

 

For breakfast I was in a bit of a hurry so I had a chocolate chip Larabar. I'm still not sure what I think of these. This is the second one I have tried and to me the thing I taste the most is the dates. I also had a few coffee almonds with it. And of course a bottle of water and my vitamins.

 

For lunch Boo wanted to go to iHop. I tried to eat as healthy as possible starting with a house salad. It was really good. I ate almost all of it just leaving one tomato slice and most of the croutons.

 

Then I had half of a bacon and white cheddar sandwich. It was on omelette with bacon, spinach, green onions and cheddar cheese topped with salsa and white cheddar. It came with fries but I only ate half of them.

For dinner I made fajitas again. They had chicken, tomatoes and multi-colored peppers. Then we added rice and southwestern corn. And of course a little bit of cheese. :)

 

So that is what I ate today. What did you have?

 

WIAW 4-16-14

Hey Guys! Welcome back to WIAW!

For breakfast I had my most favorite eggs with spinach and cheese, a waffle and banana. And of course my vitamins.

For lunch I had half a can of zesty vegetable soup with rice. I also had chicken and cheese wrapped and baked in croissants (the recipe will be posted next Wednesday).

For my "dessert" after lunch I had two packs of snoopy fruit chews. These are my FAVORITES.

We had fajitas for dinner. I had two in tortillas with a bit of rice and a touch of cheese. They were absolutely delicious!

 

And for dessert JP and I split a banana and each had three cookies a piece.

 

So that is what I ate today. What do you have to eat?

 

Thrifty Tuesday: Publix Haul

Hey Guys! Today I made my almost weekly trip to Publix to snag up a few deals. I just wanted to show you what I got and how much I saved. JP and I are still working on stockpiling things so I have definitely been stocking up!

 

Mott's Juice. We got Wild Grape Surge and Mixed Berry. These were BOGO, so I got two for $2.87 (so one was $1.44 and the other was $1.43)

Next were Goldfish. Matthew loves these things and I let him pick out his own flavors. He went with Xtra Cheddar and Parmesan. These were also BOGO, paid $1.24 for one and $1.25 for the other.

This was an item we just ran out of. Boo it fruit snacks with is lunches usually, so I picked him up some Avengers fruit snacks for $2.00 (kind of ridiculous price wise!!)

The other item we had to have was bananas. I picked up these 5 for $1.07.

Another BOGO item that I went in for was the Ragu Pasta Sauce. I have been waiting on a good sale for pasta sauce. I picked up for in: Creamy Tomato, Meat, Creamy Mozzarella and Light Parmesan Alfredo. These were 2 for $2.19. So I got them all for $4.18.

This chicken broth caught my eye when I walked into the store. It was also BOGO so I paid $1.34 each.

I try to keep stocked up on frozen vegetables because they are just as good as fresh except they don't go bad as quickly. I had a coupon for $0.50 off of the Chef's Favorites (which doubled to $1.00 off) and a $1.00 off of the Recipe Ready (I get both of these from the news paper recently). I picked up the Chef's Favorite Southwestern Corn and the Recipe Ready peppers and onions. I paid $1.30 each before coupons.

I picked up these Martha White muffin mixes because there was a coupon in a Publix flyer for buy 2 get 1 free. I love muffin mixes especially for quick breakfast or for dessert with fruit. These were $0.99 a piece and then I got the third one free.

I also picked up two packs of the Chocolate Chip Nestle Toll House Cookie Dough. These were on sale BOGO as well, making them $1.75 a piece. I also had $0.75 coupons for each one.

 

Overall I had $1.49 in store coupons, $3.00 in vendor coupons and $19.43 in sale prices. I paid $21.97 and saved a total of $23.92. That is over half of my total! I was so excited when I saw those numbers.

 

Have you picked up any good deals lately? Let me know in the comments below!!

 

WIAW: 4-4-14

Hey Guys! Welcome to another WIAW! I am trying to get these posted earlier in the day, so this week I am showing you what I ate last Friday the 4th. I had a really busy day that day, starting with therapy in the morning, then a few errands and then I had to get ready for my engagement pictures. :)

 

This is an every morning thing. I drink a bottle of water and take all of my vitamins. I will be doing a post on the vitamins that I take in the next couple of weeks, so you can keep an eye out for that.

 

This was a semi-quick breakfast, meaning it didn't require me to cook very much :) I had a banana, two waffles and some mocha coffee almonds. These things are delicious and have a good bit of caffeine in them. In 1 oz, it has as much caffeine as 2 oz of coffee!

For lunch, I stopped by Panera to pick something up. I got the pick two meal. I got it with the Sierra Turkey sandwich (so it comes with half of it) and the Caeser salad (it comes with half of a salad, I ate half of what they gave me, so I ate a quarter of the salad). It was really delicious and I made sure I got lots of veggies in.

For dinner, we went to Pied Piper Eatery with our friends Shawn and Sarah. I had never been there before so we decided to indulge a bit. We got fried pickles and loaded cheese fries. All four of us shared these, so I am not exactly sure how much I ate, but it was too much. :)

And for the main course, I had a burger with a fried egg and cheddar. I left the lettuce on my burger, but took the onion off. I got the mac and cheese with the burger (I should have gotten something healthier). I did eat all the mac, but didn't finish the burger. They were both pretty good.

 

So there you have it guys. What have you been eating on lately?

 

 

Grocery Haul!

Hey Guys! Today I wanted to share a grocery haul with you. This was not a regular grocery trip. We have been couponing a bit and trying to build a small stock pile. Today I went to Publix just to grab the Oscar Mayer lunch meat for the BOGO sale (our Publix sales run Wed.-Tues. here). And I found a few other good deals so I went ahead and picked them up. Here is what I got!

 

The first thing I got was Kibbles N Bits. This wasn't on sale and I didn't have a coupon (sadly) but Cooper has not been enjoying the food we got him previously, so we decided to go ahead and buy this kind that he loves and give the other bag away. I paid $4.99 for this.

When I first walked into the store I saw the sign for the chicken breast as a BOGO. If you aren't aware, Publix BOGO actually just makes each item half price. One pack of my chicken breast was regular $6.98 and the other was $7.34. I ended up paying about $3.49 and $3.67 for them.

This was what I actually went into the store for! The one pound packages of Oscar Mayer turkey meat (they also had ham). I got the rotisserie and cracked black pepper flavors. These are regularly priced at $6.49. I paid $3.24 a piece for them. And the bonus was that there was a $1.00 off two coupon in the newspaper this week. So I ended up paying about $2.75 a piece.

I also saw these when I first walked in the door. I have been trying to find a dessert option for after dinner that didn't have as many calories as the Reese's cups I have been addicted to. These were also on sale BOGO, regularly priced at $3.59. So I paid $1.80 a piece for these. I got the brownie and the chocolate muffin varieties. They each had 4 a piece.

I also picked up a bit of baby food. Matthew loves the baby food fruits and eats them every morning with breakfast. Publix is one of the places that sales it the cheapest so I picked up a few packs. They go for $0.99 there. Matthew picked out the banana berry, pear and pineapple and Hawaiian delight flavors.

And lastly, I picked up 3 pounds of Jennie-O turkey. This was regular priced at $9.99 but I had a $2.00 off coupon for it!

 

I ended up spending $35.02 for everything. It was a little more than I went in planning to spend, but I feel like I did get a few deals, and we have food for a while. I saved $17.22 in sale prices plus my $3.00 in coupons. Meaning I saved $20.22 which is about 35%.

 

So what have you gotten at the grocery store recently? Any good deals? Do you like posts like these? Let me know in the comments and thanks for reading.

WIAW and a Quick Review

Hey Guys! Welcome back to another WIAW! I am a horrible blogger today! I was in such a rush to get to therapy on time and to get all my errands done that I totally forgot to photograph all of my food! UHG!! But I will quickly tell you what I ate, and then I have a food review for you!

Breakfast

For breakfast today, I had my usual: A banana, one cinnamon waffle and eggs with cheese and salsa.

Lunch

We had lunch at Chick Fil A today. It was requested by my little guy. I just had a nugget meal with fries. Though, I did not finish my meal.

Snack

For my snack today, I was bad and had a Reese's cup. And it wasn't the dark chocolate ones that I have been loving lately.

Dinner

Dinner is where my quick review comes in. I was craving Mexican food, but had a lot to get done at the house so we didn't want to go out to eat. I looked through my coupons and found a coupon for this.

 

It is one of the new Old El Paso frozen Mexican meals. We picked up the Chicken Enchiladas. This was only $5.99 at the Target we were at, and we had the $1 coupon. This comes with six enchiladas. I really thought that I had rice at home, but I didn't. I would definitely recommend eating this with a salad and some rice. JP and I both ate three enchiladas a piece.

 

This is what mine looked like when they were done. I am pretty sure I over cooked them, because the package says to microwave on high for 3 minutes or low for 6. I didn't realize that so I cooked them on high for 6 minutes and then cooked them in the over for the full 25. Another thing to note, the cheese did not look like that! I added extra shredded cheese because there just wasn't enough for me.

 

But as for the food itself, it was really good. I liked the flavor and the texture. I could have eaten the whole pan. They definitely aren't as good as authentic Mexican food (or maybe even homemade) but they are really good considering they are a frozen meal. I would definitely give these a shot if you are craving some Mexican food but don't want to go out or spend a ton of money.

 

So there you have it guys. Hopefully I will do a better job of remembering my pictures next week! So sorry about that! Also, I am still having trouble uploading my March Favorites on YouTube. I am giving it another shot tomorrow!

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 2014 Favorites

Hey Guys! Today I am here to tell you about my March 2014 Favorites! I am not going to go into too much detail here because there is a video that goes along with this post! Go check out my YouTube channel to watch the video. (It should be up sooooon! I am having problems with youtube!) Let's go ahead and get started though!

 

Makeup Favorites

The first is the Physician's Formula Cashmere Wear blush in Natural. I love this really natural looking pink blush. It is perfect for a no makeup kind of look.

Next is the ELF baked blush in Pinktastic. This is a beautiful rose gold highlight. It isn't too over the top, but gives you a beautiful shimmer.

 

The next three are perfect together. The first one is the Maybelline Color Tattoo in Tough as Taupe. This is a beautiful matte taupe shade. I just love the formula of the color tattoo shadows.

This one I am pretty sure has been in a favorites before, but it is so perfect with the two shadows. This is the Maybelline Master Drama eyeliner in Taupe Takeover.

And then there is the Maybelline Quad in Taupe Tease. I love this quad, the shades are perfect for a natural smokey look.

Next is the Jordana Twist and Shine balm in Tropical Frenzy. I am obsessed with this hot pink color and love that this also stains your lips.

 

Then you have the ELF Brow kit in light. This is seriously the only thing I have been using on my brows for a couple of months now. I absolutely love it!

 

For mascara, I have the Physicians Formula C+C organic Mascara in black. Someone gave this to me because they didn't like the scent (which is kind of weird). But, you don't notice the smell when you apply it and I love the natural look it gives my lashes.

 

Last for makeup is the Jordana 12 hour eyeliner in black. This is so pigmented and smooth. It goes on like butter with barely any pressure. And it lasts FOREVER!

 

I am obsessed with this Covergirl Stay Brilliant nail polish in Vio-last. It is the perfect spring color and the covergirl formula is INCREDIBLE! You should definitely try this out!

 

 Home Favorites

I love these Ambi Scents Peach Ginger Tea wax cubes. These smell so amazing. They smell so much like a peach cobbler when you are melting them. OMG. I just love these.

My other current favorite scent is the glade Lift Off White Tea and Magnolia. I have this in two different rooms, plus the wax cubes and the room spray. It is AMAZING.

 

My food favorite for the month is the Rice Works Sweet Chili Chips. I don't have a picture of these because I ate them all before I filmed (oops hehe) but they are amazing. They are the perfect combination of sweet and spicy. You can see what they look like here.

 

Movie and Book Favorite

 My movie and book favorite are the same. DIVERGENT! I am obsessed with these books and the movie. They are my favorite of all time right now!!!

 

So there you have it guys! What were your favorites this month? Let me know in the comments! And don't forget to check out my video on the YouTube channel!

 

WIAW: March 12, 2014

Hey Guys, welcome to WIAW #3! Today I had therapy and we ran some errands. Plus, we had lunch with my friend Stephy! So, it was a busy day and definitely not the healthiest food wise. But let's jump right in.

 

I had to make a quick breakfast so that I could get to therapy on time. I had two cinnamon waffles with a little bit of peanut butter on them and a banana. It was yummy. I even put some banana on one of the waffles. :)

 

We went to Cheddar's for lunch and Steph and I are HUGE fans of the spinach dip there. So of course we had to get some. We split it and shared the chips with Matthew.

 

I ordered the crispy chicken salad for lunch and HOLY COW there is a lot of food with that! I ended up eating probably half of the salad and chicken. I also ate the croissant. It was super delicious and I can't wait to eat the rest for lunch tomorrow.

 

After therapy, I was hurting pretty bad so I didn't feel like cooking. We had pizza (the Kroger brand). It was good, but I felt really bad that I didn't have healthier stuff with it.

 

So bad about being unhealthy that I decided to have a small slice of the cookie cake JP's mama gave him for his birthday. It was so worth it. :)

 

Ok Guys! That is what I ate today, what did you have? Don't forget to click the button below and join the link up as well!!