Tonight is the first time I've been so exhausted that I haven't had time to cook and we have ordered pizza. We did use a buy 1 get 1 free coupon that I received from The Washington Post Post Points program so it is costing us roughly $22 ($21.12) to get 2 large pizzas (including tax and tip). We will obviously not finish it tonight so it'll be lunch/dinner (with some sort of vegetable when I have more energy) tomorrow. Usually I don't count "eating out" as part of our grocery budget, but since this is "eating in" I am.
running weekly tally: $37.50
*edit* 2 slices a piece was far more than enough to get us both full so there are now 12 slices of pizza in the freezer (which thankfully reheats well in the oven) which means that we have another 6 "quick" meals ready to go. Some quick math tells me that the $21.12 divided by 7 meals equals $3 a meal. Not too shabby.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
"Post Points"
This entry is for those in the Washington Post delivery area.
Although my boyfriend would tell you otherwise, I do get the daily paper and not just for the coupons, though they are a nice perk. However, what I didn't know was that The Washington Post would send me something about their Post Points program. As a daily paper subscriber, I am eligible for "Platinum" membership (Sunday only subscribers get "Gold" and any old Joe that likes the Post can sign up for the Silver membership.
If you buy the Sunday paper at the store every week, I would recommend subscribing. Not only do they currently have a promotion giving you all the daily papers free with any Sunday-only subscription, you are eligible for higher levels of this program.
Basically, they automatically start you off with 1500 points, you can earn points buying items at participating stores, reading the paper online or taking little quizzes. Then you can redeem these points for items in their store (gift certificates, items, etc). The 1500 they give to start will get you a $5 gift certificate for free just for being a Post subscriber.
Additionally, with my membership card, they threw in 2 coupons, 1) Buy 1 Papa Johns pizza, get one free (savings if I recall correctly up to $15 or so) and 2) Take $10 off a purchase of $50 or more at Shoppers Food Warehouse. I'll probably use both and I would be safe to say that most families would too.
So, if you normally buy the paper anyway, this could save you $30 just by signing up. Sounds good to me.
Although my boyfriend would tell you otherwise, I do get the daily paper and not just for the coupons, though they are a nice perk. However, what I didn't know was that The Washington Post would send me something about their Post Points program. As a daily paper subscriber, I am eligible for "Platinum" membership (Sunday only subscribers get "Gold" and any old Joe that likes the Post can sign up for the Silver membership.
If you buy the Sunday paper at the store every week, I would recommend subscribing. Not only do they currently have a promotion giving you all the daily papers free with any Sunday-only subscription, you are eligible for higher levels of this program.
Basically, they automatically start you off with 1500 points, you can earn points buying items at participating stores, reading the paper online or taking little quizzes. Then you can redeem these points for items in their store (gift certificates, items, etc). The 1500 they give to start will get you a $5 gift certificate for free just for being a Post subscriber.
Additionally, with my membership card, they threw in 2 coupons, 1) Buy 1 Papa Johns pizza, get one free (savings if I recall correctly up to $15 or so) and 2) Take $10 off a purchase of $50 or more at Shoppers Food Warehouse. I'll probably use both and I would be safe to say that most families would too.
So, if you normally buy the paper anyway, this could save you $30 just by signing up. Sounds good to me.
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