Feast days and meal planning

I was just over at Catholic Cuisine, getting tons of ideas for my next month of meal planning, if you have not checked it out, go right now! it has super fun recipes. while I was doing this I was also texting a friend who was kind of shocked I plan a whole month at a time. She said she just wings it each day. I was amazed, "how do you know what to buy" "how do you know what to take out of the frezzer" "what if you want are making tacos and realize you have no cheese" these are the questions running through my mind. But I am  a planner, and I could not wing it, it would stress me out, and add to my spending. She has no problem winging it, and either goes without cheese or runs to pick it up. What kind of shopper/meal maker are you?

Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi

54%

So I have been couponing and today is the first day that I did a "good" job, I have saved a couple of bucks in hte past but today I saved 54% over all. I hit 5 stores and saved more at some then others.

Target; I spent $7.93 before coupoms, after coupons I spent $7.01

Pet Smart; before coupons $27.37 after $8.37

Walgreens before coupons, $55.94 after $21.10

 Jewel before coupons $143.35 after $78.53

 Woodmans, $79.10 (this is a guess bc of the clearance fruit I bought, I did not look to see how much full price was I just figured $1 apiece for mangos, avacadoes and 3/$1 for kiwi.) after $57.90

Total I spent $320.69 before coupons and after coupons I spent $146.41 for a total savings of 54% not as good as the ladies on "Extreme Couponing" but pretty darn good.

Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi