Our first canning experience...

So the hubby and I decided to take a new challenge and try canning out.... My mom gave us a few canning magazines, we watched some videos, gathered our supplies and decided we were ready for SALSA...

The garden had a plethora of tomatoes, peppers and onions.  We gathered all of the garden items.

And then made a trip to Walmart to purchase the lids/supplies we needed.

Got our recipe and started boiling, cooking, boiling cutting, pealing, crying, stirring

and heating for the next hour.

We did everything and let the jars sit over night hoping that the seals would

seal like the video said they would, or we'd have a lot of salsa to start eating... 

Then, I found these cute labels and printed them out on full

sheet sticker paper and put them on the jars.

Wah lah....It really wasn't all that bad, just time consuming and a lot of cutting. 
It is a great use of food that we had growing in our yard and needed to use.

P.S.  For all my Weight Watcher friends - SALSA is 0 points...

Our next adventure is Pears.  Anyone have a great Pear canning recipe?

Martins Deals 7/25...

While my daughter was not a great shopper at the grocery store (she was escorted to the truck by her father near the end of our trip), I managed to find some deals and some not deals.  Here are some of the deals with really bad pictures, but you get the idea:

Milky Way Bars - On sale for $.75, use $.75 off 2 coupon here and get them for FREE
These are amazing by the way!

Cotton Balls - On Sale for $.79 - Used $.50 off coupon from the coupon machine - $.29
Covergirl Eyeshadow - On sale for $2.19 and Buy 3, Save $4.00
Use $3 off 2 coupon and $1.00 from 7/1 PG - $1.43 MONEYMAKER

Martins has a cereal deal going on right now with General Mills Cereal, but I just couldn't put together a deal on the spot today.  Anyone figure out a good one?

Martins shopping trip

I was able to run out and grab a few deals last night at Martins.  I got everything in this pic including a 20 pound bag of dog food for $31.00 plus a coupon for a free gallon of milk.  Here are a few awesome deals worth taking advantage of:

Buy 5 Hershey's King Size Bars $1.25 each
-$4 Instant Savings
Pay $2.25 for 5 King Size Bars
Buy 7 Mini Snack Packs $1.00 each
-$4 Instant Savings
Pay $3.00 for 7 Snack Packs

Pepperidge Farm Goldfish B1G1F
Pay $2.39 for 2
Only $1.19 each
General Mills/Fiber One $2.50 each
Buy 4 - Get a $4.50 coupon good for a gallon of milk.
I used some online coupons for the cereal and bars here.
Paid $6.55 and then got my free milk coupon.
Kraft BBQ Sauce $1.00
Used $.50 off coupon - doubles to $1.00 (internet coupon no longer available - SORRY)
FREE
Milky Way Bars - $.75
Used $.75 off 2 coupon - doubles to $1.50 (another internet coupoon no longer available)
FREE
Cherries - $1.99/lb
Comet Bathroom Cleaner - $1.99
Used $.75 off coupon here - doubles to $1.50
Paid $.50

Lady G - free with $30 purchase!!!

Rite Aid's Awesome Diaper Deal!!!!

This week you can get Huggies Jumbo Packs for as low as $3.00 a pack.... In case you don't know - that's a great price.  Here is how to do it:

Buy any 2 Huggies Jumbo Pack Diapers, Pullups or Goodnights on sale for 2/$20Use 2 $2/1 coupons from the 7/8 SS
Pay $16
Get 2 $5 +Up Rewards (limit 2 offers)
Final Cost $3 each!

I used my $10 +UP reward from last weeks awesome Coppertone Deal and only paid $6.00 out of pocket and have $10.00 left for next week.

Holy. Hot. Mess....

If you need me this is where I'll be. 

And then ... Kilbys is celebrating their 7 year anniversary today... fun stuff from 4-8.  Check them out on facebook.