Coupons : )

Blogging isn't my only new hobby- I've also been coupon shopping. Not just regular, old, coupon shopping either....but SERIOUSLY saving so much money! I have started, with the help of a few websites, comparing weekly sales adds to coupons from Sunday papers. If you have a coupon for something and it's on sale, you can save a lot of money! Even more, if you can use the "coupon codes" and cheat, you can get things for FREE! It's a little time consuming, but very addictive. Sean thinks it's great and Jessica and Adam are now "couponing, too. Tracey and Stacey, two of the thriftiest moms I know, taught me the "tricks of the trade". I am so grateful! For me, this makes me feel a little more "in control" of the current job market/crappy economy. I feel like if I can save lots of money on stuff we use, we'll be O.K. Ya know? Plus, I'm currently "nesting", as Sean refers to it, and getting all suzy-homemaker. I'm sure the phase will pass, but I am excited about cooking and baking with things I can get for cheap/free. I've attached a picture of my shopping trip from tonight. It was a quick one and I didn't get a lot, but you get the idea! $5.12 was my total after couons. Compared to 29.37. So I got things that we need for 1/6th of what it would have cost me without my coupons. I'm sold!