My journey with coupons.

Some of you may have seen the show "Extreme Couponing".... I have watched it several times and after seeing it I started my journey with coupons. I dont' want my stockpile to invade my garage or even my kids rooms but it would be nice to be able to pick out from a wide variety what we're gonna eat for breakfast, lunch or dinner. I have been couponing since January and probably saved a good 140 dollars within the last four months. That's not as good as the extreme couponers but pretty darn good for me. I just want to learn to save money on groceries or household products so that I'll always have that knowledge for the future. It thrills me to find a good coupon and be able to use it with a great deal, getting the product for free or very cheap.

I posted on facebook asking about good places to go and I got a comment saying to go to "hip2save.com".... best thing I ever did. Collin, the young mother of three children, shares her knowledge of coupons and just saving money. She does videos, blogs and post coupons and the deals to use them with to get the best bang for your buck. She explains everything in great detail and makes it really easy. She also has sections for newbies and the different stores on her site to make things easier on you to not have to look them up. She shows you how to do a binder to keep all your coupons in and help you organize so that at any moment you know where each product would be found.

It's been a year....

since I've posted a blog! I can't believe it. This year has just flown by! So much has happened since I wrote. We went and visited some of Will's family that he hadn't even met before and had the best time! They are so great and just welcomed us into their family with open arms. I can't wait to go back and visit again.... hopefully soon. We had 8" of snow the beginning of January which is really unusual for Mississippi. We had a ball playing in that and the snowball fights we had. I also had to register our 5 year old daughter for kindergarden, so that meant I had to take her to get 4 shots: 2 in each leg. She cried just for a few minutes then was ok and ready to register for school. I'm also currently looking for a job and a smaller house in Saltillo area. I still want the kids to go here unless we move to another place due to a better job..... :) I can hope can't I?

I hope to write more often now and keep a blog of the things we do so that one day the kids can just read it like a journal and remember the fun we had together. So encourage me and give me things to try or think about. I'll try to come up with some discussion topics and try to get ya'll involved as well. So until next time. Later.

P.S. I've got to get another card reader so I can upload photos so it may be a couple days to get them up.... :)