Meet Josie

My brother James & his wife Julie just had their first baby and she is a little doll. Makes me want a girl next. They came over the other night and I just couldn't stop taking pictures of her. She's one BEAUTIFUL baby!

Free Groceries!

Couponing only gets better over time. I've learned a lot of things so far... Like Fry's is my favorite store. Walgreens (almost always) makes me mad because they usually mess up! I always seem to blow the budget when I shop at Walmart, etc.

Here's my latest shopping trip...

4 Bags Mahatma rice

2 pkg. Dole salads

2 Reach toothbrushes

1 Butterfinger bar

4 Jars Ragu

2 Boxes Cheez-its

6 Bars Safeguard soap

For a grand total of -$.01!!! Yep, they actually owed me a penny! Of course Fry's isn't allowed to give money back. But that's okay! I'm pretty much extatic over couponing and everyone probably thinks I've gone mad or something since that's all I've been talking about lately:):):):)

The Coupon Game

Want to know my newest hobby? I'm learning how to coupon! So far it's been fun. I'ts opened up my eyes to the savings available out there and I don't think that I'll ever be able to pay full price for something ever again.

Here's some pictures and a break down of my last two shopping trips.

Purchased:

• 16 rolls of Scott toilet paper


• 2 Pinesol


• 4 GE Flood Lights


• 2 Pkgs. Foster Farms chicken breast


• 2 Pkgs. Stay Free pads


• 2 Small boxes Bounce


• Garbage bags-45 count


• Margarine tub


• 2 Kit Kat bars

Total Price Paid: $32.35

Total Saved: $51.01

Purchased:

• 4 Tubs Breyers ice cream


• 2 boxes Magnum ice cream bars (Have you tried these? They are to die for...)


• 4 bags Kroger cheese


• 4 boxes Goldfish crackers


• 3 pkgs. Gummy Bears


• 2 boxes Beach Nut baby oatmeal


• 2 boxes Beach Nut baby rice cereal


• 6 bars Ivory soap


• 2 Reach floss


• 2 Crest toothpaste


• 8 Reach toothbrushes

Total Price Paid: $19

Total Saved: $74.72

Okay enough of my bragging! I'm just so excited!!! Have I convinced you to coupon? Would you like some pointers?

The top three blogs that I check for good deals. http://www.thecentsableshoppin.com/ , http://thekrazycouponlady.com/ and http://www.iheartthemart.com/

I get a lot of really great coupons through facebook. When you LIKE a company, a lot of times they will give you a coupon towards their product or even free samples. I usually find out about the facebook deals through the blogs above.

Here's a few links for some online coupons... http://www.grocerycouponcart.com/print-coupons , coupons.com , http://www.couponnetwork.com/ , http://shortcuts.com/printablecoupons .

I mainly shop at Fry's. For a limited time Fry's will match every coupon up to $1 and they will also match other store coupons. Click HERE for a link to Target's online coupons. Just print, take to Fry's and they will accept it. HERE is a link for Fresh and Easy $10 off of $50 spent. It works until May 2nd. Fry's will also accept this coupon.

6 Months Old (as of yesterday)

Sam has changed A LOT in the past 6 months. He went from being a tiny baby with tons of dark hair, to a big chubby blonde/baldish baby. Oh how I love him!!!

Feeding Time

Here's me attempting to feed Sam some oatmeal. He has NOT figured out how to work his tongue properly when eating. It mostly just comes out of his mouth again. Here's Bryan feeding him backwards. Too cute!

All Wrapped Up

Even though he's six months old... I still swaddle Samuel. He almost always gets out by the time nap time is over, but he is still very content with going to bed all wrapped up.

IronKids Triathlon (Turned Biathlon)

Tate recently participated in the IronKids Oro Valley Triathlon. It was a neat experience for him. I'm proud of him for completing it even though the weather was not helping one bit. It was 50 degrees something and pouring down rain-total opposite of what you think of AZ weather being in April. They ended up cancelling the biking portion of the race due to safety reasons. Even though it was a VERY short race... (50 yard swim, 500 yard run) He was totally proud of himself. Afterwards he said to me "I didn't think I was going to really make it"!