Savings!!!

Okay so I met my friend Kim in town this morning for Albertson's Double Days. (which will be going all week.) I just had so share what I purchased and saved.

WHAT I WOULD HAVE SPENT: $154.24!!!!!!!(that's why I don't shop at Albertson's)

WHAT I SAVED: $80.64 ($10 MAIL IN REBATE ON NABISCO CRACKERS)

WHAT I SPENT: $63.60

I know that it doesn't look like much but I was able to buy items that I don't usually buy like chocolate chips, Chex, and 10 boxes of crackers!! I know you're probably thinking that I'm crazy to buy soooooo many boxes of crackers but with them being on sale, plus coupons, plus the doubles, plus the $10 mail in.......It was a great deal. Now I have some fun things for the holidays.

After just a week and one trip I've learned one thing fast......clip what you know you'll use and stick with that!! It can save me money but I can also get to crazy and purchase things I don't really need.

I have a lot to learn yet but It was fun. Happy Thanksgiving.

Coupons....Coupons......Coupons!!!!

A friend of mine showed me a little about coupon shopping and how I'm hooked! I haven't tried it out yet, but just looking at a bunch of blogs and studying. My hope is to be able to save food money each month. I can see my self going crazy with it so I'm setting a goal that what ever money I save each month goes into savings. (getting our savings up is my main goal.) Wish me luck and if you have any tips send them my way.

Fun With Visitors

Last week (I can't believe that it's been a week) Aunt Jill & Uncle Cody came to Twin Falls for a visit! We had such a great time. Starting with shopping, Cody took the kids to Tilt. They killed ants with guns, broke teeth off a clown, raced cars & earned tickets! It was great. They still talk about it. The next day we went to Hop 2 It!! They had a ton of fun sliding, jumping, & bating. Andrew & Carter both earned a free Pizza with the reading program Book-it. So we waited for them to come to cash them in. Cody had a great idea to go to the movie "The Christmas Carol." So we had a dinner & movie night. It was very tasty. It had been years since I eaten there. The movie was a fun one too. A couple scary parts for Carter but they laughed a ton & LOVED the 3-D. We tried to take a picture of them with the glasses on but it was to dark. They were so stinking cute. Jill & Cody Thanks for staying with us & being so patient with our early mornings(really early that week being the first week with the time change), the "NO"s, bonking,(from Hy-Hy),& spike the snake(that's what they named him Jill!). Thanks for all the memories!

Transformer Halloween

Another fun filled Halloween. Andrew was bumblebee,Carter was Optimus Prime, and little Hyrum was the Cube or All-Spark. We had a harvest party at Andrew's class which was really fun. Then Halloween day we went and bought Andrew his pet (i'll post pics later) Then headed to the city park for trick or treating. It was great they fed free hot dogs and juice. We also sent the boys through the Haunted stage the school had going it was funny to see the kids get spooked.(only a little grandmas:)