Extreme Couponing Attempt

September 7, 2011 in Savings

With a large family I am always looking for ways to save money and to cut corners. So when a co-worker started telling me about all of the money she saved couponing of course I wanted to jump on board. I bought a binder, dividers, baseball card sleeves,  news papers, print coupons online, and still it seems as though I am only able to save $10 at Walmart. I initially get pumped at the idea of going grocery shopping because I imagine my total will be $150, and I will only have to pay $50, but lets be realistic I am not buying the items you get for free or next to free. Where are the coupons for ground chuck, roasts, chicken breasts, and salmon. I do not want 20 packs of bologna and hotdogs. The only thing I ever luck up on is cereal and our pantry is often over flowing with the cereal deals I find at Walgreens. When I find cheap cereal I want to buy it, because a box lasts 2 mornings in our house but when it comes to the real deal grocery shopping I can not get out of Walmart for less than $150.Or I go into the drug store with the intention to only buy the items on sale with coordinating coupons, and I walk out spending $40 on 3 items.

So you can imagine my excitement when I was able to get a gallon of milk, a pack of Andes chocolate, 2 pairs of flip flops, pack of panty liners, and a pack of cottonelle flushable wipes for only $1.64.  I was ecstatic. Jesse opened his wallet to get out his debit card to pay, and when he saw the total his mouth dropped open. It was priceless. If I could only accomplish this at my every extreme couponing attempt.

 

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Super heros need food too.

August 23, 2011 in Family

Today I asked my 8 year old, “when was the last time you cleaned the blue bathroom” (our guest bathroom.) And her response was, “Did you just have children to clean the house.”   Without even thinking I blurted out, “Apparently, I had them to make messes too!”

It baffles me that children do not realize all the things, we as parents, do for them.

Our day starts off a typical day just like most of them do, by Jesse waking up all of the children.  The children make their way to the kitchen for breakfast and they all want to eat something different, imagine that. Which means buying 5 different types of cereal every grocery trip. There is always one child poking along that I have to tell 10 times to finish getting ready, usually Crysta. Then we have the hair to fix and teeth to brush. As 7:20 approaches its seems as though there is no way everyone will be ready to leave by 7:30, but I some how manage to get them all shuffled out the door, alarm set, kids in car, seat belts on, and once again…….someone has forgotten something. Every Day! not excluding myself of course. Today it’s Bria’s water bottle……After sitting though traffic at 2 schools, I get everyone dropped and I head to work. I have so much work to do, that before I know it is break time. I manage to run to the grocery store on my lunch, pick up a few things and book it back across town, to finish another hectic day. After work I, pick up Phoebe from dance, stop to pick up food, then another store for drinks, and finally make it home. I sit the food down on the counter, and they attack it like scavengers and guess who is the last one to get a plate. You guessed it, ME!

I mean moms don’t need food… we are super heros, right?

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