September Grocery Update

Okay, you know the drill, here are the numbers for September (how is September over already??).

Total before Savings: $291.73
Store Savings: $58.20
Coupon Savings: $73.77

Total OOP: $159.76
Total Savings: $131.97 or 45%

Pretty good... I feel like I was well stocked up on a lot of things this month and most weeks didn't need to buy a whole lot during my regular Walmart trip. Also had a few extra "nights out" this month, what with the wedding and planning and all that good stuff.

Meal Plan Monday

Monday
Tacos
Rice

Tuesday
Pampered Chef party @ Ashley's... thinking Anthony will be faring for himself tonight

Wednesday
BBQ Chicken Dinner Packets (from sample menu from e-mealz)

Thursday
Spaghetti & Meatballs
Broccoli

Friday
Roasted Chicken & Veggies - going to marinate the chicken before cooking @ Amanda's suggestion

Saturday
Fettuccine Alfredo
Potatoes au Gratin
It's a Pioneer Woman kind of day... I have leftover heavy whipping cream... what can I say?? :)

Wedding Celebration Pics

The wedding was at 2:00, and after the wedding, at 5:30, we had a wedding celebration at James' aunt and uncle's home. There was food, fun, and dancing! Here are a few pics from that (thanks to Megan for these!).

Think they could have been on "My Big Redneck Wedding"? :)


















Some of the guys playing cornhole.






















Me and Bailey in front of the Colvin's beautiful log cabin home! I cannot even begin to tell you how gorgeous their house was. If I ever win the lottery, I'm having James' uncle build me a house! :)






















And could this be the next couple to tie the knot?? Cooper putting the moves on Bailey! :)

Wedding Pics

Just wanted to share a few pics from the wedding reception. I stole these pics from my friend Megan and cousin Sonia so a huge thanks to them! :)


The happy couple - Mr. & Mrs. James Snyder! :)
















Isn't she stunning???





















Beautiful mother and daughter - so happy that they get to have this new beginning with such a great husband and daddy (and she does call him Daddy, by the way!). :)





















LOVE this girl. They got her a necklace with 3 hearts on it, and a ring that also has 3 hearts, and gave them to her before they poured their unity sand. I just absolutely adore how they included her in the ceremony!

















And it wouldn't be complete if I didn't include a picture of flower girl #2. She was SOO cute, and did a wonderful job walking up the aisle with Zoe

Meal Plan Monday

Monday
Fiesta Nachos (vegetarian version)

Tuesday
Hot Dogs
Baked Beans

Wednesday
Foil-Pack Bruschetta Chicken Bake

Thursday
RCS Night at Chick-Fil-A... gotta support our favorite school, right? :)

Friday
VA Beach

Saturday
VA Beach

I'm Back!

Shoooo! What a whirlwind of a week it has been! I don't really have any of my own pics to share since I was a little busy during the wedding, but I did steal some from friends so hopefully I can share some more of those soon.

The wedding was FABULOUS! I think it went even better than I imagined. We have gotten SO many compliments on everything, from the music (Vitamin String Quartet, look them up on itunes if you haven't already!), to how beautiful we all were looking (a girl's got to have her day every now and then, right?), to the cake balls we had at the reception (people actually asked us where we bought them.... ummm, we MADE them, all 900 of them! My shining moment!). I mean, I know I may be a little biased, but I really think it was one of the best weddings I have ever taken part in.

I am happy beyond words for my sister and Zoe and am thrilled to have such a wonderful brother-in-law! :)

Countdown!

Five days till my little sister is married! I am SOOO excited for the rehearsal/wedding to get here, but I also kind of want this week to go slow because I will be so sad when it is over. I have had the BEST time helping Ashley plan the wedding. We have a lot to do in the next few days, but we will get it done, for sure. Can't wait to come back and share stories and pics once the day is passed.

Meal Plan Monday

Monday
Parmesan Crusted Chicken (missed this last week)

Tuesday
Anthony out for James' "bachelor party"

Wednesday
Hot Dogs

Thursday
Chili Mac (missed this last week, too)

Friday
Rehearsal Dinner

Saturday
WEDDING!!!


And this week will probably be all crazy as well, since it's the week leading up the wedding. So you can probably expect some repeats next week as well. Haha!

Roasted Chicken & Veggies

So I know this recipe is already on my meal plan, but I just had to do a special post recommending it. We ended up having it tonight, instead of earlier in the week, like I had planned. Kelly's recipe calls for 2 lemons, but the 2 previous times I had made it, it was WAY too lemony for our taste. So tonight when I made it, I just used 1 lemon. Used half of it to layer the bottom, and half for the juice to coat the beans and potatoes. I also used chopped garlic or something like that, whatever I had in my spice cabinet, instead of fresh garlic cloves.

Anyways, using just the one lemon made SUCH a huge difference. It was perfection and so delicious! If you have not made this recipe yet, you HAVE to try it!!!


http://www.kellyskornerblog.com/2009/09/show-us-your-life-dinner-recipes.html


I love any of Kelly's recipes I have ever tried, and have several of hers on my regular rotation. This will definitely be making my meal plan board more often now that I perfected it to our taste! :)

Meal Plan Monday

Monday
Bacon Egg & Cheese Bagels

Tuesday
Roasted Chicken & Veggies

Wednesday
Loaded Baked Potatoes (didn't have these last week)

Thursday
Girls Night Out!!! Anthony in charge of dinner for him & Bailey. :)

Friday
Parmesan Crusted Chicken (thanks Dawn!)

Saturday
Chili Mac

Sherando Lake

Last Sunday evening we had a church picnic and baptism at Sherando Lake. I LOVE church picnics! My friend Courtney took these cute pics and I just wanted to share them.

















She looks like SUCH a big girl in this one! Where did my baby go?? :)

Wordless Wednesday - Flashback to September 2009