Well another Thursday is over with. I have set aside Thursdays as my take care of the house day. I get my dishes caught up, laundry at least down to the laundry room and order restored to the house, at least to a point where it's livable again. It's also my day to do my grocery shopping. Today was the first trip I've done with my coupons in my handy sheet protector and the only buy it if it's on my list rule enforced. Yes, I'm trying out the grocery Smarts shopping tips. I still don't know what I'm doing at all, but I figure I'm going to give it a try at least to keep my food storage up. I even signed up for extra Sunday papers for the coupons.
The main problem I find with my couponing is that I tend to buy things that I wouldn't normally buy simply because I have the coupon for it. Case in point: I ran to the store yesterday and picked up a few boxes of Kashi brand cereal and granola bars. Never had them before and they're about the same price with the coupons that I would normally pay for cereal and granola bars, so I'm not really saving anything. Although I did get a free pack of Wrigglies Winterfresh gum to put in my purse so that was cool. I need to do a little tweaking in the system I can tell that already. But I'm actually excited about it and going to give it a try. I did score on the Oreo cookies today. I went way out of my way to Albersons for their 2/$4 sale because I also had a $1 off coupon for them. My kids are thrilled because they are an extravagance for sure. I also requested my first "Rain Check" for bottled water to use in our food storage. So I didn't really start off with anything fabulous to report except that I still think Macey's is my store of choice. I'll let you know how it goes.
The best news of all is that tomorrow is Friday. That's dubbed as my "personal day" so I get to do whatever I want. I may just go pull more weeds, but I love it!! There is also scrapbooking at the church. I love Fridays!!!
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