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CHECK OUT MY LATEST DEAL.........................................

6 boxes of cereal
4 boxes of Eggo's
2 boxes of 12pack snacks
8 boxes of PopTarts
GRAND TOTAL........................................................................
$7.09

Now that is what I call a deal!!!!:-)

The coupon lady is BACK!!!!

I have been so slack with coupons. The other night Daniel and I sat down and clipped coupons and got my coupon book organized again. I was so excited and decided to go on a shopping trip!

Here is my deal of the day, my total for all the items in the picture was.........................
$11.54!!!!

My friends, the coupon lady is BACK!!!!!:-)

Back to couponing......

First of all I want to say a BIG thank you to the people who left comments on the last post,you guys made me SMILE!!! 66 people read that post, so I guess I will be happy with the 5 comments that were left! HA! I'm not bitter at all, can you tell?!?!?!?!

Okay back to this post, I have to confess that over the past several months my couponing has been thrown out the window!!! There are a few reasons for that. For one, there have not been alot of good sales and the coupons that have been out were not all that great. Also, starting back to work has been a BIG reason for it, we have not done alot of grocery shopping over the past 2 months! We have been eating out of our STOCK PILE and only stopping at the grocery store for milk, break, cheese, juice and that kind of stuff. For the last 2 months, we spent around $20 a week at the store and the rest of the food was already in the pantry!!!:-)


But now, we have a problem!!!! We no longer have a stock pile!!! We have eaten it!!!HA! So, I sat down last week and cut, clipped, organized, cut, clipped, organized....you get the picture??? It took forever, but it was well worth it, watch out Harris Teeter and Bi-Lo because the "Coupon Lady" is BACK!!!!:-) Harris Teeter must have known my need to re-stock my pantry because this week they are having SUPER DOUBLE COUPONS!!!!YAYYAYYAY!!!! It doesn't take much to get me excited!!!HA!


Enough of my rambling, here is a picture of my 1st trip to HT this week!
my grand total was $11.27!!! This was a QUICK trip since HT opens at 7a.m. and I had to be at work(on the other side of town) at 7:30a.m.!!!

Daniel and I made a 2nd trip to HT yesterday while both kids were at school. He was amazed at our savings and had a GREAT time shopping! Now, he may not admit to the last part of that, but he did enjoy himself!!!HA!
I didn't take a picture of our last trip and the receipt is in the car(and I'm too lazy to go and get it!!) but I think we got $145 worth of grocery's for $44 and some change. I do have 1 more small shopping trip planned this weekend to Bi-Lo, but after that my stock pile will be FULL again!!! And that makes me one happy girl!!!!

So, how is your couponing going????

My morning............

Drew and I was out and about bright and early this morning! We went to breakfast and then

headed to Harris Teeter for the super double coupons(double coupons up to $1.98)!!!! You all know by now that I am NOT a morning person, but some deals are just too good to pass up and if you don't get there early, the good deals will be GONE!!!

Here is Drew after we finished our shopping. He spotted this dragon on our way in HT and wanted to ride it, so being the good mommy that I am I rewarded(bribed) him with a ride after our shopping trip if he was good in the store. That Dragon is my new friend! Drew did GREAT in the store and that was even with him walking and not riding in the buggy!!!:-)

Back to my shopping trip, this is what I came home with..........

(you can click on the picture to make it bigger)

my total was $27!

And the best part is that since I have my stock pile built up, I have everything I need for my grocery shopping this week! $27 is not too shabby for a weeks worth of groceries!!!!

I added up all the money that we spent on groceries this month. When I say groceries I am talking about food, washing detergent, cleaning supplies, paper products, health and beauty supplies, everything that I normally bought at Wal-Mart.

I have spent a total of 331.54 this month!

Before I starting using coupons I spent at least $500 a month at Wal-Mart, so I have saved $168.46!

My goal for September is to spend less than $300!

COUPONS!!!!!

Okay, I have had tons of you email me about my last coupon post!

So, you are wanting in on the secret of SAVING TONS OF MONEY????

Well, for my out of town readers, go to www.southernsavers.com and start saving! If you are new at coupons click on the "Getting Started" tab. This is a GREAT site and it should be a big help! If you have any other questions, just let me know!

For you local readers(Florence, SC), check out www.southernsavers.com and if you have any questions, I am available for a small fee! HAHA! JUST KIDDING!

This site has been a HUGE help to me. The workshop that I went to was taught by the lady that runs this website. She does a GREAT job!

I will be more than happy to share with you how I do my shopping and SAVE $$$$! I have been known to go shopping with friends and show them ropes of coupons!:-)

I am having WAY to much fun grocery shopping and I can't wait to hear about your savings!!!:-)

Go check out www.southernsavers.com! If you have any other questions PLEASE ask!:-)

Also, thanks to all my blog readers for posting comments and emailing me this week! I was beginning to wonder if I had any readers! I have felt the love this week! Keep it coming!!!!!!:-)

It's so ADDICTING!!!!

No I am not talking about FACEBOOK!ha!:-) I am talking about COUPONS!!!! The first of June I was "talked" into going to a coupon workshop. I was not happy at all about going, but I went anyway. I have NEVER liked coupons and I would get VERY upset when I would get behind someone in line with 50 million coupons!!! How dare they hold me up, my time is precious you know?

Well, I went to this workshop and left there very confused, but willing to give this coupon thing a try. I told Daniel I would try it for a month, but I was not happy that the lady told me that I would not save money by shopping at WAL-MART!!!! Let me tell you I LOVED Wal-Mart and I had withdrawals the first month!:-)

To make a long story short, I have turned into "that lady" that you don't want to get behind in the checkout line! I LOVE my coupons!!!!!

I have cut our grocery bill in half by using coupons. Before coupons I spent an average of $125 a week for grocery's and now I average $60 a week. I have to say it was not easy at first, I am a creature of habit and I always bought the same thing each week. Now I buy what is on sale and what I have coupons for. We have more food now than we have ever had!

My family laughs at me and says I won't buy anything without a coupon. Well, they are right, and I am PROUD of my addiction!!!!!

I usually do my shopping on Wednesdays or Thursdays, but this week I went on Sunday since we had been out of town. I was not planning on going shopping again for another week or so. But today when I looked at the new Bi-Lo sales add I grabbed my coupons and the kids and we headed to our new favorite store!!!!

Here is the deal I got today.........

The total bill was $66.95 but after my coupons the total was $12.95!!!!:-)

Now do you see why I get so giddy about coupons????