Sorry for the delay

and sadly there are no pictures of these wonderful buys~ But alas... there is yet another shopping day in the world of shopping~ LOL~ I crack myself up.

We are about to have a huge family experience that I can't talk about yet, but when I can you all will be the first to know~

This is Friday nights shopping experience..

CVS spent $4.47 saved 20.23 82% saved~
Wags spent $27.30 saved 134.01 83% saved.

YIPPIE!~

I was able to get some omega factor that the dr said I needed to be taking to lower my tricglerides. So go me~ And wags was starting with no RR. I had let the others expire (shame on me).

Like I said, sorry about the pictures. This week has been crazy~ and we will be announcing our big 'news' on Friday~

$1936.03 remaining balance for the year~

WHAT a day~ Shopping and school drama

Todays purchases...
Publix spent $4.02 and saved $55.29 94%
Wags spent $4.44 and saved $12.81 73%

WHOOP WHOOP~

I am excited about all the great deals and great items I am able to add to my stockpile and pantry for the family.

Now on to school issues. The last day before school ended for Christmas break, Bigt had a knife pulled on him at school. He wasn't hurt physically or anything and once we came back to school the young man ended up getting expelled for it. The same day (Monday) a girl in bigt's 2nd period class came up to him and kept messing with and picking on him to the point he touched her on the shoulder asking if they needed to talk about it. He ended up getting suspended for 3 days. That is ok, if she receives some sort of punishment for the crap she does/said to him. He isn't being punished much at home other than to tell him he can't put his hands on other people, even if he doesn't mean harm. Those things (hands) are only to be used at home, with loved ones and on the football field.

Just pray he will not take fear into his schooling with these situations. We want him to be himself but not breaking any school rules.

Forgot to add that on top of it all I got my car back last night, only to have it break down AGAIN ~ grrrr~

I am excited about how much money I have been able to save... so far this year.

$1967.80 balance remaining for the year.

January 3rd shopping

My sil busdriver and I went to Harris Teeter and CVS twice today. How much fun it was~ And I saved a TON of money...even splurged with Gurl and busdriver at Starbucks (I used free drink coupon).

total spent $23.74
total saved $142.42
with a savings of 87%~

Awesome~

I will probably start putting up pictures rather than list everything individually.. another day of fun and shopping this morning. Hitting Publix and Walgreens..

Starting out $2000.00
Balance $1976.26

Happy New Year~

Here is 2011.. can you believe it?

I am printing coupons for upcoming sales this weekend. My coupon goal is spending less than $2k for everything, including pet suppplies (and those are most of our budget).

Publix is having a great sale.

Harris Teeter is doing super doubles next week. I actually haven't been to a super double since July of 09. Not that I am boycotting or upset with HT I just haven't been there to shop.

We have some fall brocolli and such in the garden at this time but it seems to be frozen in time. Not sure if it because of all the cold snaps we have been having or what... we will see more about it soon, I hope.

Other family news..the GURL graduates on January 19, 2011 from high school. A full semester early! We are so proud of her.

I just realized that it is 935 am and I have tons of cookies to make and dip to prepare for a party this afternoon.

God bless you all on this first day of 2011.
MMXI

Mari

We serve an awesome God!

God has really been showing me some awesome things this month~ Unexpected money, wonderful blessings, great friends. He is just an awesome person in my life and one I can't live without!~

publix savings...I am so pumped~

This was my first time using competitors coupon (target) and it went so smooth that I was shocked. Other than a rude man behind me (told him to bite me when I was done, I was THAT mad)

This is what I bought..
2 quaker oat meal
kellogg poptart
2 kellogg frosted mini wheat
4 lunchables
cranberry juice
7 gatorades
3 fage yogurts

total saved~ $31.39
total spent $13.37

Oh yeah~ and if you figure over 7 of that was for the gatorades that I had no coupons for I did GREAT ~

life

simply stinks sometimes... plainly put!~

Sometimes the choices that we make have consequences for others, sometimes they effect only us.