Thursday, January 15, 2009

New Hobby!!

So, I have begun a new hobby this month! I don't usually make New Year's Resolutions, but I did this year!! While I was home with Emmie, I caught an Oprah show with the lady from couponmom.com on there. If you have never visited her website, you should because you are missing out on some AMAZING, FREE advice, coupons and all other sorts of goodies! I have started using her money saving tips and started using coupons. Now, normally I am fairly frugal when it comes to shopping, especially grocery shopping. I absolutely hate going to the grocery store because it seems like every time I go, the bill gets larger and larger and the amount of groceries get smaller. I know a lot of you won't be able to get some of these insanely ridiculous deals like I do because you don't have certain stores in your area, BUT you can still get some great deals and strategies fore saving lots of money! I go to Kroger (a grocery store) and CVS and Walgreens all the time. I won't bore you with the details of all my endeavours the last couple of weeks, but I will tell you, I have saved an average of over 75% with ALL my groceries and drugstore purchases AND I have even MADE money on some!! I have walked out of stores with tons of FREE stuff! Yes, FREE...and not silly things, but actual products I buy normally.
Here is just one example:
I went to Kroger last night and this is what I got
4-4 pak Cottonelle Toilet Paper - PAID $0.50 for ALL 4 (two boxes were FREE)
3-boxes Lean Pockets - PAID $1.75 for ALL 3
3-boxes Hamburger Helper - PAID $1.25 for ALL 3
2-boxes Rice-A-Roni pasta - BOTH boxes FREE
Total out of pocket was $3.32 for everything!!!
That's just one example, I have already in a few weeks, gotten 5 tubes of toothpaste FREE, 8 Garnier shampoos and conditioners FREE, 4 boxes of 100 count packets Splenda FREE, etc....the list goes on!!

It's crazy the amount of money I have been WASTING over the years by not using coupons!! So, anyway, I encourage you guys to look at this website (www.couponmom.com) and search the Internet for some great money saving coupons/deals, I know I appreciate the money saved in this economy!! If you have any questions or want to know more details, email me and I'll tell you how I am doing some of it, and it is all legal...LOL I told Paul last night, I felt like I might get arrested because I am walking out of the store with so much stuff for FREE!! So, now my new hobby is coupon-ing...Emily says that it isn't a hobby, but it is to me!!

I don't care for posts too much without SOME sort of picture(s) to look at, so I thought I would put some cute pics of Emmie this morning before going to daycare...she got another one of these cute hats from Grandmother at Christmas, SOOOO cute!!




It's TOO early for pictures, Momma!!

4 comments:

Lori said...

Ok, so I'm going to couponmom RIGHT NOW! That's amazing all that money you're saving. Thanks for the tips. Cute pictures and that hat is ADORABLE (along with the pretty little head in it!)!!

The Wilson's said...

I will definitley check that out!! Sometimes I feel like I don't have time to save money, but I really need to put forth more effort!
Emmie looks cute as always.

Carrie said...

SHE IS SO ADORABLE! I hope to see her in person sometime soon. I honestly can not remember the last time I saw you.

Thanks for the info!I am super excited about the possibility of saving so much money! I have always heard it makes a huge difference, but have always been lazy. Not anymore! We need all the help we can get!

Hey. Do you remember the time that we were supposed to go straight to school for a basketball game (as per my mother's orders), but we made a detour by somewhere we weren't supposed to be and my car broke down! (Always could count on the old blue Lumina...) We almost missed the game, remember?! Random, funny memory.

BTW, tell your brother I thought he had fogotten about me so I was forced to move on, broken heart and all! I really would love to catch up with him, so seriously, if my vote counts, tell him I think he should blog.

Christy said...

I've actually heard of this, but haven't ever went on the site. I may definitely be asking you for pointers.

Emmie's hat is cute. That bow is as big as she is!