Congrats on 2 things woman!
1.) A wonderful heartbeat!! YAY!!!! Very excited for you! So happy to follow along with your pregnancy!
and
2.) Your grocery shopping trip!!! I teach classes now on cutting your grocery bill in half and your time in the store in half! I charge $10 a person, give them handouts, a presentation, door prizes (drawings-- usually free stuff I get), and if it's at my house, light refreshments. It's about 2 hours long and they save well over the cost of the class the first time they go shopping! You should start. I've done 2 classes and have 3 the first 2 weeks in February. You can have others host and they get the class for free. It's well worth the money and you get a little extra on the side. Just a thought...especially since so many were saying you'd be great at it!!
Re: **Skimmy!!!**
Thanks!!!
1. That's sweet of you!!
2. Yeah- however there are some pretty popular women around here that already teach classes- I've taken 1 of them. I go through stages though too. Some months I'm really in to couponing and other months- I just want to get in and out! It kinda matters how Charlie is at the grocery store. When I went last night I left at 7pm and didn't get home until 11:30... only because it's 40+ minutes away to go to that grocery store. So I have to do it at night and by myself. I think this year I've spent $200 on groceries and saved over $400. I am really stocked up on a lot of things- Electrisol, frozen pizza, mac and cheese, cheese, cream cheese etc. So next month should be much lower!!! I stock pile pretty well but need to remember to eat what I have!
This is the blog of Laura- I went to her class almost a year ago. https://www.sharpenyourscissors.net/
P.S. how was the bday party???
Married 8.13.2005, M/C 12/8/06- 5 weeks, M/C 2/27/07- 7 weeks, M/C w/ D&C 8/10/09-6.5 weeks *Charles Lawrence born 5/2/08 @ 3:14am, 7lb 8oz, 20.5 inches. Clomid, Crinone and baby aspirin. *Alexandra Claire born 9/14/10 @ 9:52am 6lb 14oz, 20.5 inches. Femara, Crinone and baby aspirin.
Man! Too bad you can't do classes! BUT...if you have a webcam and paypal account...do some online ones
I'm just like you though, into it, then not. Especially when there aren't great deals...I get discouraged and then it takes a bit to bring me back in. Plus it's hard to eat on deals when I can't eat dairy or soy. Cause everything has those 2 ingredients. I'd drive 40+ miles to save what you did to. There are 3 grocery stores within 5 miles of me (all the same chain), but only one takes Target coupons, so I have to go there...not far like you, but still a pain cause it's the farthest. Stocking up is key and I'll be working hard on that this year since there's no more income from me anymore! Thanks for the link!
Oh, thanks for asking...it was great! Although, Aiden was sick. =( He woke up with a runny nose and a super low fever. He was fussy most of the day, but had a few good fun moments. I posted pics on FB, but now that I think about it, don't think we're friends...I'll see if you're on the SAIF one and request you. Anyway, the next day he woke up with a much higher fever-- 102..then it got up to 104. The next day 103.7....today... he had a rash. So, I'm guessing it was roseola. It's such a mild virus. I shouldn't worry about the other guests, right? He just started feeling better. So thankful.