Savin' for Sukkot part 2

Two years ago around the holiday of Sukkot my 2 1/2 year old daughter (at the time) needed a Lulav and Etrog* of her own to shake on Sukkot. 

It didn't take me long to decide to take her to the produce department at our local grocery store to see what she will choose as her very own Lulav and Etrog. I was actually very impressed that she picked up a lemon right away and said "Here is the Etrog, now I need a Lulav...". She look around and tried a couple of different vegetables to be her Lulav. First she picked up a bunch of scallions but it was too flimsy. Then she picked up some celery but it was too tall and straight. Her last choice was a Leek! It was perfect, not too stiff and not too flimsy! She said "Hey mommy, I found my perfect Lulav! I am all set for Sukkot!" 

It really was perfect and ever since then I have been buying her a Leek and a Lemon for Sukkot, for her to have her very own Lulav and Etrog set!

Chag Samech!
 
*Note: An Etrog is actually not a lemon but rather a Citron, although they can look alike. The Lulav is a Palm Tree branch.

Sukkot is Jewish Holiday that begins at sun-down on Sunday September 30 and ends a week later on October 9th. Throughout that time posts will be sporadic being that my family and I will be celebrating the Holiday!   

See Savin' for Sukkot Part 1 here!

OMG! Kosher Gourmet Bakery Cookies at Rite Aid

As I was strolling around my local (Cleveland area) Rite Aid, I spotted a beautiful box of 2lbs of bakery cookies. I was in utter shock when I noticed that it was clearly marked with a few Kosher signs. I got really excited to find a good way to spend my extra +Up Rewards that were expiring before the Holiday of Sukkot. They are priced at $7.99 and with my 20% discount they rang up as $6.39 per 2lb package. I would say this is an awesome price for what you are getting. It looks beautiful and would make a great gift. They are Scotto's Kosher Bakery Cookies based out of Brooklyn, NY and they are marked with a Pas Yisroel along with the Kosher Pareve signs pictured. 

Rite Aid is getting them in as their X-mas Holiday Cookies which ironically worked out for me for the Jewish Holiday of Sukkot. I bought a few boxes to give out to some of the people who are hosting us for a Sukkot meal!

I spoke to the district manager and he said, being that they are stocking the stores with these cookies for the holiday season, you might be able to find them in different area stores throughout the upcoming holiday season. He also said they are probably only going to stock the stores once with these cookies which would probably be around 24 packages per store (depending on the size of the store). You will be able to find them in your local store in the seasonal section. This is possibly available nationwide! I would suggest calling your local Rite Aid before you run out to see if they have any in stock.

Savin' for Sukkot part 1

As you all might know, Jewish Holidays can be a big expense on our families. My husband calls it the "Jewish Tax". This coming week is the Jewish Holiday of Sukkot*. Building (or should I say, buying a ready to build) Sukkah for a family can easily cost hundreds of dollars even close to a thousand dollars, which not all of us can afford. Especially not my husband and I with our frugal minds. So this year we decided to think out of the box and we used what we could to build a PERFECT SUKKAH FOR OUR FAMILY FOR UNDER $10. 

Both my husband and I and two other friends signed up for the $10 off of $10 at Lowe's (which is unfortunately no longer available) equaling $40 in FREE cash at Lowe's Home Improvement. That money (coupons) covered most of the cost of the 20 assorted wood studs which made the frame of our Sukkah, a bundle of lath slats which is being used as our schach on top of our Sukkah, and the box of nails he used to put the whole thing together.

6 - 2"x4"x96" wood studs FOR $ 2.96 1.48 (happened to find it 50% off) each. $8.88
8 - 2"x4"x84" wood studs FOR $ 2.85 each. $22.80
6 - 2"x3"x96" wood studs FOR $ 2.17 1.09 (happened to find it 50% off too!) each. $6.54
1  - lath bundle of wood slats FOR $12.97.
1 - Tarps - FOR $1 
1 - box of nails FOR $7.47
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SUBTOTAL $46.69

MINUS $40 FREE CASH at Lowe's

TOTAL = $6.69

We took a tarp that we bought at a yard sale for $1 this summer and nailed it around the frame to make walls. Our next step was to find some extra evergreen and cedar branches that were laying around (we found some branches that were perfect waiting to be picked up for garbage by a house down the street) to put on the top to add to the wooden slats to complete the schach and make our Sukkah kosher. It came out awesome!

One very important thing that was needed, to make a Sukkah on a budget was a husband who is willing to take the time and energy to work on the Sukkah, which my dear husband did with such passion and excitement. I tried, but I wasn't exactly going to help very much being that I am, thank G-d, 8 months pregnant with my second child, but he did an awesome job all by himself!  It took him a few tries and about 2 days of full dedication and "walah!" He did it! We have an awesome Sukkah that was built with lots of love, from scratch, by my husband and the grand total cost was less than $10.

The very last thing we need to do is add some decorations (which my daughter is very excited about) and enjoy our little Sukkah for the holiday of Sukkot! 

Chag Sameach To All!

*Note: Sukkot is Jewish Holiday that begins at sun-down on Sunday September 30 and ends a week later on October 9th. Throughout that time posts will be sporadic being that my family and I will be celebrating the Holiday! 

Hurry! $.60 Hellmann's "Real" Mayonnaise at Giant Eagle

This week (8/2-8/8) at Giant Eagle Hellmann's Mayonnaise is priced at $3.00 each in the circular.

This morning I went to my local Giant Eagle (Legacy Village location) and noticed the sale price on the shelf for the "Real" mayonnaise showed 2/$4 making it $2.00 each. This seems to be a price mistake and might only work at Legacy Village.

In the 7/29/12 Red Plum there is a $.70 manufacturers coupon (pictured) that will automatically double at the register to $1.40 making your total for a jar of Hellmann's "Real" Mayonnaise just $.60 each! 

Hurry this deal ends tomorrow 8/8/12 and they might update the price being that it is not what the circular states.