Love savin Money and you can too!

I just wanted to share some of my favorite sites with you for ways to save some great money grocery shopping.

www.iheartpublix.com
www.iheartcvs.com
www.iheartwags.com

I can not even begin to tell you how much money i have saved. On October 31, I spent $2.88, saved $112.05 AND got back $10.00 in extra care bucks from CVS. I showed the receipt to my husband and his eyes just bugged out:) hehehe

Want to further your education?

As most of you know, I have been on a quest to further my education. I have also been requested to do a review on an online university which I am proud to do.

Western Governor's University is a fully accredited University and it available totally online. They offer an online mba, as well as a College of Teaching, an IT program as well as Bachelors and Masters in Health Professions. This is great for working families that need work around their families schedules.

You can even follow them on Twitter here to keep up to date on any new developments.

Excited!

I just wanted to apologize for not being around for the last few days. I have been sick (as has my family) and I have had a lot of assignments due for school as well. FUN! Anyway, now I am back and ready to rock again.

Pays to look around

Today, I was at Walmart, trying to get some early Christmas shopping done. I was able to use one of my coupons that I printed for $10 off of a musical sit and spin for my youngest son for Christmas. I am so excited! I got it for $9.95 because it was already on sale at 19.95 when it was originally $25.00:) I also got a few other little things for my 3 year old. He loves tractors so he is getting some of those. Before I left home though, I looked up one of the Power Ranger figures that my oldest son really wants. The Walmart site says that it is on clearance for $17.00 and has free shipping to store. While I was at Walmart, I thought that I would check it out and it didn't have a price tag on it, so I went wondering around for a barcode scanner that would show me what it cost. I couldn't find one that would scan it so I took it to the check out to have a price check done. It was still $25 and they don't adjust the prices to the site...so needless to say, I am buying online and will just pick it up after class so that I don't waste money going to pick it up:) It pays to shop around. That has saved me $8 just on that one little toy:)

Saving big with coupons!!!

I am so excited! I am saving so much money by using coupons while products are on sale! I had some really good coupons for Nestle Toll House Cookie dough today. They are normally $3.50 or so for one package. They were on sale BOGO AND I had coupons for $1.00 each one. That made it about .75 cents each!!! Needless to say, I bought a bunch of them and froze most of them:) The kids love the stuff and we go though it like there is no tomorrow. In fact, we usually don't even get it because it is so expensive (when you are buying for 6 people that is.) I usually make my cookies from scratch, but it has been so hectic around here, that I haven't had the time or energy to do it (and just the chips for them would be more than that anyway:.)
So, if you haven't already checked out the use of coupons, you really should do it. I am spending about 1/3 of what I did before I started, and I am able to start stockpiling foods. Before, I was running out of things and having to really get creative before my hubby got paid again:)

A really good site to get multiple couponsn is:

the coupon clippers

Or you can check out eBay as well:)

Insurance is a must!

My husband has excellent health, disability and dental insurance through his work. We have all three of them for our family now when really makes me feel more secure for our family's health and well being. My husband and I are now looking for some good term life insurance. We are still young, but accidents do happen as well as diseases. Nobody plans to get sick while they are young. I lost my mom as a teenager though, and I do not know how our family would have gotten through that time without the money from an insurance policy.

Coupons!

I am majorly into couponing now. I think it is actually a therapy for me to cope with all of life's little stressors right now:) I have been going to Publix with my coupons in hand and I am very happy to say that I have cut my cost down to about 33% of what it has been. Believe me when I say that is a lot when you have a family of 6. My kids have actually been liking the food more as well. I am also loving the CVS and the Walgreen's deals as well.