Becoming Betty Crocker: Pot Roast

Going through the freezer last night for dinner, gave me an idea for dinner tonight!  POT ROAST!

Dan usually makes the pot roast and uses the recipe from the Better Homes & Gardens New Cookbook.   I wanted to change it up a bit and used this recipe that I have on Pinterest.  You know me - Easy Peasy - potroast mix/season & coke.  I figured we'll just have baked potatoes with it.

Here's the pre-cooked picture.

And post cooking:

Oh man! This was AWESOME! It just fell apart.

Savings Summary Saturday - February 2

Items sent for:

• n/a - nothing this week.

Grocery Shopping (and other savings) this week:

• CVS
• last Saturday, I stopped & got some more $2.50 12pk coke products - ended up getting a $1 ECB for using my green tag and a $10 gift card for the $30 participating products.  I was shocked.  I thought the deal was for in one transaction- need to start look at the small print a little better!
• Best Buy
• Downgraded on my Quicken software (from Premier to Deluxe - wasn't really using the software to the fullest). It was on sale for $59.99, used (2) $5 rewards and used the balance on a gift card - ended up spending about $30.

Gas Savings:

• Hubby used the Exxon card which gives us money in the Upromise account.

Income (Starting to post again to Ebay & Yardsellr & Listia. My goal is to post at least one item a day.):

• n/a - been too busy cleaning!

Items received in the mail:

• sample of Beneful wet dog food with a coupon
• Kotex bracelet & coupon

Rewards programs:
MyPoints-   14975 points (personal account) - 14920 points -last week)
MyPoints  4712 points (coupon account) - 4707 points-last week)
Swagbucks - 3437 points (3401 points-last week)
Listia -  41401 credits (41,401 credits last week) $0 paid out for shipping (when buying credits it is 1 cent/credit)
Postpoints - 3280  points (3,260 points last week)
mycokerewards - 6707  points (6652 points-last week)
Bondrewards - $27.26  ($27.21 - last week)
Upromise - $21.42 ($20.99 last week) available for transfer
Capital One Rewards - 8846  miles (8756 miles-last week)
Thanks Again - 1075 points (1075 points last week)
Viggle - 40649  points (50,230 points - last week) - used 10,000 points for a $5 CVS gift card
NCP -   45965 points (45720 points last week)
Daily Feats - 1695 points (1695 points last week)
ExpoTV - 120 points (120 points last week)

2012 New Year, New Goals - to continue in 2013!

• Use rewards programs to get gifts and daily stuff -
• Use Restaurant.com coupons -
• Set up an Estate -
• Monthly Review/Net Worth
• I created a new budget with only one income and used Quicken so that I am able to run reports to see how well we are staying on track.

"The Housewife Tour 2013" - The Week In Review

Projects:

• We (yes, hubby & I) cleaned out and organized our geocaching stash (things we trade and things we have found).
• Filed all photos on the top floor of our house.  I stress "on the top floor of our house" because I'm pretty sure there are still pictures in storage that I'll have to organize once I get to that portion of the house. :P 
• I started cleaning out the closet in the scrapbooking room.  I have so much paperwork from years ago (work reference stuff, awards, taxes, investments, etc).  Thanks to the internet, I can look up what the timeline is for getting rid of paperwork!

Couponing to the next level:
So one of the things that you are supposed to do as a couponer is make a list of your best prices.  This is a project I have always wanted to do, but who has the time?  To the rescue comes Southern Savers!  They created this handy list of target prices for frequently bought products!  WOOHOO!  Couponing goes to the next level!  See that list on the left of the items you should get for free - not if you live in the DC area!  At least I haven't been able to do it yet.  This list is now in my coupon binder for inspiration and guidance.