Derby Par-tay

Wow.  How bad am I...just now getting around to posting about our Kentucky Derby party.  We hosted a house-warming party for the Kentucky Derby.  It was pretty much awesome.  The spread of food was insane.  Sorry for the lack of pictures, but I was crazy baking that morning.  We had bourbon balls, a Bourbon pecan pie, and a "Derby" pie.  I also attempted to make beer cheese (definitely need to work on that one) and had miniature hot browns.  Then the main course was KFC, of course!

My Run for the Roses Wreath.  I think it turned out pretty nice.  I may try to add something to the middle of it...a horse with silks or a tile that I paint with Run for the Roses maybe.  Any other suggestions?

The Personnel Department folks picking out their favorite horses.

The WSFA people snickering about Max's seersucker pants.  :)

Now it gets intense.  The race is on!  Go, Baby Go!  (Anyone else have a difficult time hearing the announcer this year?  Or am I just getting old?)

We did two different pools.  One was a 2 dollar blind draw and the other was a 5 dollar blind draw.  

April won!

And Mark won!  He was excited about the pool back when I first told him about it.  

Also note the roses on the folding table, thanks to Kristen!

I'm kinda secretly (or not so secretly now) that this can be a big event that we do every year.  And hoping that my family and Josh's family can come down for it too.  We shall see though.  There's other things I want to add too.  I need to hand out the words for My Old Kentucky Home.  And I want to have some sort of "Best Hat" competition!  All in all though, the inaugural Johnson Derby party was a success.  I had a wonderful time with a bunch of wonderful people!

Rite Aid Moneymaker and Catching up on Publix

It's been a while since I've shared any of my shopping trips.  So what better way to start back with the posts than to share a moneymaker?!?

Rite Aid

What I got:

6 G2 Gatorades (B1G1 @ 2.19)

2 boxes Honey Nut Cheerios at 2/$5.00

1 Finesse Clean and Simple Conditioner at 3.33

1 Snicker's bar at .88

Total before coupons and sales: 28.91

Total after sales and coupons: 1.99

Saved: 93%

My tax on this was 1.21, so I really got all the above items for just 78 cents!  On top of that, I will get 3 dollars back from Rite Aid as an SCR (single check rebate - must upload receipt information to website) AND I can send out for a 2 dollar rebate from Finesse.  So I made a couple bucks on this trip!  Woo hoo!

To get this deal I used $1 off on Finesse coupon, $1.00 off two Cheerios coupons, 10+ Up Reward from Weekend Warrior (I have no idea how I earned this one), and $3/$15 from taking a survey at the bottom of last week's receipt.

Publix - Last Week

1 lb ground sirloin (not pictured)

1 package boneless chicken breasts (not pictured)

1 package Sargento Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese

1 can Publix corn

3 cans Pillsbury crescent rolls

1 Morton's sea salt

1 Morton's season-all

2 packages Rotini pasta

1 box Quaker Squares cereal

1 Publix Greenwise bath tissue

1 dishwand

Bananas

Iceberg Lettuce

Strawberries

Watermelon

2 packages Kraft Deli Deluxe cheese

Total before coupons and sales: 58.10

Total after coupons and sales: 30.45

Total tax: 3.43

Saved: 48%

Unfortunately, this was so long ago, I don't really know how I got these savings.  According to my receipt I had 8.10 in store coupons, 7.10 in vendor coupons, and 12.45 in special store price savings.  I'm also trying to focus more on eating healthy.  I was able to buy 4 different produce items and still save this much!  It is definitely possible to buy healthy products and save money.  

Hope you enjoyed this post, especially since it's been such a long time!  And please post any comments or questions!  I love to help others in saving money, too!