Coupons, Coupons, Coupons

Today was my first real attempt to save as much money with as many coupons at the grocery store as I could! I spent alot of time matching up my coupons with the sale adds from Walgreen's and Publix. It paid off! At both stores I spent a rough total of $240.00 and I saved $95.00! I know I can do much better than this next time with more practice but I thought this was incredible!

This is what I did to save money:

Buy 2 Sunday papers and cut out the coupons you will use.

The reason I buy 2 papers: when there are "buy 1 get 1 free" items you can use two coupons because you are buying two of the same items even though one was free! This saves you even more!

Take the weekly grocery store ads out of the paper and match up your coupons.

*Walgreen's is great for savings! They give back Register Rewards on specific sale items which is like getting cash back to use on your next purchase!

Idea: Buy the items that offer Register rewards in your first transactions. You will get paper coupons for your Register Rewards back.

In your second transaction (in the same shopping trip) buy the other items you want that you can get on sale and have coupons for and use the Register Rewards you just got on this transaction to save you even more money!

I know it is a little confusing at first but it is so worth the time and effort! I feel so good about saving my family money each month! It also shows my husband how much I appreciate his hard work to take care of us and I can help out too!

Just wanted to share!

Valentine's Weekend

This weekend started off pretty bad. Greg had the stomach virus Thursday and Friday so our date night plans were moved to Saturday. He still did not feel completely normal until Sunday but we decided to go out anyway. We went to eat at September's (they have the best ribs) and then to see Valentine's Day movie. At dinner we saw some of our best friends (Cam & Jess) who planned the same exact date night as we did! So after a romantic dinner...we met them over at the movies and watched it together.

That was more than enough for me but Greg decided to get me a full day at the spa gift too! We usually do not give gifts for alot of occasions for ourselves and Valentine's is one of those holidays. However, he told me I deserved it and wanted to give me something special! I LOVED it! I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's weekend with your loved ones too!


On Sunday Tessa's class sang for the whole congregation at the beginning of church. They sand "This Little Light Of Mine". They all did so good and Tessa loved it! She likes to be center of attention...like her daddy:)






When I got to Harrison's room to pick him up this is how I found him. Whenthis boy is tired he just finds a spot and lays down...I already had my camera so I thought I would take this sweet picture of him. Yes...that is an ugly blue bruise on his cheek. The coffee table leg and his cheek got in each other's way:)

Snow Fun!!!

Tessa and I finally got outside to play in the snow and make a snowman! Harrison had to stay inside because he just got over another round of ear infections and this mommy was not gonna have him sick again! We had so much fun with Heather and Isabella! We played and played outside until they were so cold we had to go in! I love this beautiful snow and wish it would come to Tennessee more often!