Meal plan for this week

This is for you Annie!:)
Monday: Last day of swimming lessons
Enchiladas* (Beef Chimichangas revised)

Tuesday: Freezer cooking exchange at 7:00
One dish chicken casserole - An actual new recipe from the crock pot

Wednesday: Awana
Green bean tator tot casserole - not freezer cooking believe it or not...but simple enough that it could be

Thursday:
Chicken Lelani *w/ rice and veggie TBA

Friday: hopefully we get to stay home as a family:)
Homemade Pizza

Saturday:
L: St. E's is serving a free breakfast and MANY family festivities in the am, so this will work as lunch and breakfast
D: Ham and Potato Casserole

Sunday:
L: Leftovers
D: Chicken breasts w/ veggie TBA

The Hummingbird Homemaker (click on blog list for her blog) had a great post about groceries, coupons and saving/spending money. If you are a follower of this blog, you will find that I have been a little crazy about shopping, saving money, etc. I tend to waiver in my ways to actually do it. Some days my coupon binder is in tip top shape and I come home w/ a car load of great deals. Other weeks I shop only the sales and/or shop only the list I created and NEED at our house. I love her perspective, which is the same as mine on this date:), about looking at the way I shop as what I spend versus how much I save. Yes I can get pretty crazy deals w/ saving a ton of money at CVS, Wags, or the grocery stores w/ coupons, etc...but is it stuff that we need? Another great friend of mine only shops what she needs each week. She has a budget of what she spends each month and when her "envelope" runs out, she is done. I have done this and not done this depending on which end of the spectrum I have been on. As of this moment today, I am on the spend on what I need, but only need things on sale:) If I need other things not on sale, I will shop the lowest priced store (Walmart) for those items and price match all others on sale. This is the simplest and sane-est (if a word) way for me to be the best steward of my money.

Enough of my soap box...time to go to bed (yes it is only 8:00:))
Have a GREAT week!