$5 a week stock up - rice

I read the Little House Living blog quite often. She has proposed a stock up challenge using only $5 a week. I usually have a pretty decent pantry of items but thought that limiting myself to only $5 dollars and using her list of stock up items, done the way my family eats, could prove to be fun. 

I am going to follow the list she put out and buy things that we would normally buy but look for the best deal that week and see how far I can stretch my $5. 

This week is rice. We use quite a bit of white rice and only a little bit of brown rice so I decided to stick with white rice for this week. I did some research and found that WinCo Foods looked to have the best price for an amount that would be close to $5. The long grain white rice is $.53/lb. Below is a picture of the rice and my receipt to show how much I paid.  

We went over a little bit but still got close to the $5 mark. We got just over 10 pounds of rice for $5.39. I think this price ends up being better than anywhere else but I am going to have to do a little more research on that. 

Head on over to Little House Living and join her challenge. I am so excited to see what everyone is able to do with their $5. 

I also got a chance to check out some of the other prices in the WinCo Foods bulk bin section and I am certain this challenge is going to end up saving me some money in the long run. 

Cheap treats- donuts

We love treats in our house as much as the next person. We don't have a lot to spend on treats though so they are usually homemade with basic baking ingredients or occasionally we can find them super cheap somewhere. These Entenmann's donuts are usually $3-4 a box. Our Oroweat bakery outlet gets these donuts in for $1 a box. These are a great treat for our family. I do not buy them very often because they have high fructose corn syrup in them but once every month or two we will get a couple boxes.

The Oroweat bakery outlet also gets great breads, buns, pitas, and bagels. We buy our whole wheat breads here at $1 per loaf when we haven't managed to bake our own at home. 

Have you ever been to a bakery outlet? What was your favorite thing there? 

Enter to win- Fender Guitar

Head over to Musicians Friend to enter their guitar giveaway. They are having a Fender 60th Anniversary giveaway. They are giving away a fabulous guitar this week. I would love to win this for my son's birthday in July.

Good luck to everybody that enters!

Swagbucks

I have been using Swagbucks for a few years now. It takes a few minutes (or as much time as you would like) each day to answer a question or do a search and you earn points. Those points can be redeemed for gift cards and prizes. I use my points to get $5 Amazon gift cards. It isn't much but I will take free gift cards for the little bit of work I put in to earn them. I can earn about one $5 Amazon gift card every month or two. Have you ever tried Swagbucks?  

Today is their 6th birthday! 

Iherb deals

There are some great deals on Iherb today! If you have never shopped with them in the past you can use my referral link and save $5 or $10 off your first order.

Free toothpaste sample

Stevia for $1

Organic coffee for $1 (expires soon)

And you can check out the Specials page to find more great deals. 

Fred Meyer - Extra 70% off Clearance

I was able to get my daughter a jacket today to grow into. This is part of how we save money on clothes. This week Fred Meyer is having an extra 70% off their clearance clothing. 

It is a great brand name and only $11.99 plus tax.

(please don't mind the wrong date on the pictures they were taken today)

Bath and Body Works Deal - Today only

Today I got a Bath and Body Works foaming soap and a hand sanitizer for $1.97 total. I had a coupon for buy anything and get a free hand soap. I picked the cheapest thing I could find with the hand sanitizer. I love the smell of Bath and Body Works stuff but it is expensive so this worked out to be a great deal for me. They also gave me a coupon for 20% off my purchase that is good in March. I probably wont use it but I thought it was cool. Head on over to Queenbeecoupons to find the coupon. This coupon is good for today only. (please don't mind the wrong date on my picture :( I just took it today)