I did it, I jumped on the coupon wagon!

Ok so I went to a free coupon class about a month ago and started getting the Daily Herald. I was just collecting coupons for the past few weeks and last night I attempted my first coupon shopping trip! It was so exciting. I know that sounds funny but it really did give me a little high bargain shopping and saving so much money! Anyway, I wanted to share pictures of my loot!
So this is what I got from Albertson's. My total was 90 bucks, I spent $39.00!! Savings of $51.00!! Wowy. That felt so awesome to leave with all that stuff for so cheap. I never and I mean NEVER get out of Walmart spending under 50.00. Even if I just go in for milk. Sad!





I decided to try Smiths to so I could get a feel for which store I liked better. Both stores had some pretty great deals and my kids were awesome so I was able to try both. Here's my results with Smiths: Total cost was $126.00 I paid: $46.00!!! I had a savings of $70.00, equaling 61%.
I got so many killer deals like deoderant for .44 cents, snacks for FREE (they were on sale for a dollar and I had a bunch of dollar off coupons), and all cereal for .64 cents a box. So I stocked up! This is SO fun and way too easy to not do. This is the only way I am going to do my shopping from now on! Woohoo!

Gardening Weather!!!

Woohoo! We were so excited the weather had been nice for a few days! We planned out our garden one family night which was so fun because we let the kids give their imput and tell us what they wanted to plant. They were so cute and knew exactly what they wanted. So then we went to the nursery and got all of our seeds and we even bought our tomato plants because we have these "water walls" that get really hot inside and makes it so we can start our tomatoes this early. Anyway, the VERY NEXT DAY it snowed like CRAZY! I was still glad we got the walls set up, but hopefully we'll be able to get more done soon! I've got spring fever