Hey I can save too... WHO KNEW?

Ok if you know me any kind of way you know that I am a professional shopper, and if you asked my husband he would say I am professional spender. I love to shop for anything and everything, a trait I received from my mom, who often accompanies me on my voyages. Well I kept seeing all these blog posts of all these different people saving serious money, and I thought to myself "I could do that, maybe?" So I researched all that I could and read many a blog post about saving. Plus I had something new to organize (coupons, receipts, lists, etc), so much fun. Organizing is something I tend to take to far, but I don't care I LOVE IT!So Thursday I embarked on my first ever coupon carrying, plan making, BOGO searching shopping adventure. I had a few missteps but overall think I did pretty good especially for being my first time, here is the rundown. I don't know all the frugal lingo so bear with me.

1st stop- COSTCO = saved $20.75 with costco coupons
2nd stop- CVS = saved $11.17 with coupons and sales PLUS got $8.99 in Extrabucks for later
3rd stop- Publix = $50.24 ($20.75 in coupons, and $29.49 in specials)
TOTAL SAVED = $82.16


So there it is, it may not seem like a lot but I hope to make this something I do all the time and get better at. Thank you to all those bloggers out there who clued me in and taught me how.

Thought I might as well add some pictures to make it a little more interesting.

Here are my little coupon/list/receipt organizers, Publix deserved one of it's very own.



This is Lucy wearing her very first bow that I made for her, she loved it she didn't try and take it out once. She's our rough and tumble girly girl.


This is what occurs every time Krayton comes home, whether he has been gone 2 minutes or 2 days, they love their daddy. As usual the husband is in a Red Sox hat, GO RED SOX (that's for you Shannon).