On that note...I've started couponing! Wow, it's very overwhelming! Let me just say that I will not be once of those people buying 30 toothbrushes and 25 bottles of dial soap just because I have coupons and can get it all for under $5!! Seriously..some of the people really take it to extreme. In my opinion, they also make it difficult on the rest of us. Several stores are changing policies due to this and also when I go to try to get just 2 or 4 of an item the shelf is totally cleared out because someone else got there and got 30!! Crazy! But I do have to say that I am doing pretty good. I'm focused on buying what we need and what we would normally use. My very first attempt was pretty cool. I got two bottles of marinade and two boxes of Italian Ice for only $3.31! The total without the deals and coupons would of been $13.38! Not too bad! Then my second try I got 4 containers of Crystal light drink mix, 1 Digiorno pizza, and two loaves of Nature's Own bread for $10.79. The price without deals and coupons would of been $22.90, again not too bad. I shopped yesterday at two different stores with coupons and sales and did awesome! Between the two stores I saved $129! Luckily my two stores aren't far from each other or my house so it's worth it. The key is to find out who is having what sales and then to stack the coupons with the sales! I'm learning this all by following a few couponing web pages and FB pages. It's a lot of info but I have learned a lot of information. The two biggest things I've learned about couponing... #1 you can stack a store coupons, manufacturer and a competitor coupons on same items #2 you can also use two coupons on buy one get one free items. Did not know this! Also several of the coupons that print out at the register at Target are actually manufacturer coupons and not Target specific..didn't know that. One instance of buy one get one free deal, Popcorn was BOGO...normally 4.79 a box. So with BOGO you get two boxes for 4.79, then you can stack two $1 off one box manufacturerer coupons, with an end result of 2 boxes of popcorn for 2.79! By the way..I forgot to use my 1.50 off 2 boxes Publix coupon. so total should of only been 1.29 for both or .65 cent each!!.. oh well next time! wow... any way.. I'm excited and still learning on how to save some big $$. It is a little time consuming but well worth it, even if I'm not getting 40-50 items for .25 cents like some of the other obsessive couponers! This is what I mean..this is ridiculous..I got two bottles and they got how many???? REALLY!!
To keep in the $ saving mode Mom and I enjoyed a great grilled chicken sandwich from Chik-Fil-A that I had coupons for so we both enjoyed one each for free!! whoo hoo.. and it tasted great!!
We had a FABULOUS week vacation in Panama City Beach! Wow, the weather was gorgeous and the kids had a blast, as well as the adults!! We spent most of the week at the pool or the beach. The water was great and had huge waves! The boys actually got used to the water on this trip and were snorkeling and jumping waves all the time! I'm so glad they finally were able to enjoy the beach water! One day there was quite a bit of seaweed in the water from a storm out in the water overnight but we still enjoyed it! One day we went to an interactive kids museum and also did some go carting and indoor glow mini golf. We also took a trip one day to a state park that had a protected cove swimming area. It was very shallow and they weren't any waves. We had a great time there also and found some cool shells and caught a few hermit crabs. We let them go of course when we got ready to leave. One night me and my girlfriend walked down to the Daiquiri shop. We got some drinks and walked around taking some silly selfies of ourselves in some of the tourist shops....totally fun!! It was a blast!! It was very sad to have the week come to and end and have to return home to work, but oh well. The resort was in such a great location and we had a beautiful view from our balcony! I would def stay there again if we head that way again! I do have some pictures to share, but I'll have to add those on here later. Down from us in Gulf Shores..approx 2 hours or so from where we were they were having shark warnings!! Seriously...they were spotting 100-150 near shore and I even saw a video where you could see two of them right off the beach in shallow water! Wow...luckily we didn't have those problems and I tried not to think about it...LOL..
The boys started their Taekwondo camp this week. They are really enjoying it. They even want to go early in the morning so they can participate in some of the early morning free play activities. Next week we are changing it up and they are going to a Bible camp at our Church for the week and then they will return to the TKD camp the following week.
We've been watching quite a bit of the World Cup games. The boys are really enjoying it since they are into soccer so much. They already know a lot of the players from watching soccer and some of the video games they play. I have to say..wow...it has been fun to watch some of the exciting games, but also the guys are pretty nice looking too! Who knew?! LMAO!! The boys are excited to see USA vs. Portugal this weekend. They really like Ronaldo who plays for Portugal so I'm not sure who they will be routing for??!!
Hoping to finish up a few house projects this weekend. I bought new curtains to hang in our family room and take down the vertical blinds that are on our slider doors. I also bought some new handles to go on our cabinets in the kitchen to help give it a little different look. I'm hoping to get those changed out this weekend too. Luckily I already got all the grocery shopping done thanks to my day off during the week. Otherwise, looking forward to a nice weekend of family time and some quality R & R!!
Toodles.
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