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so i've jumped on the coupon bandwagon and am really starting to "get" it!  it's been a few months now since i've started and i'm just now at the point where i am saving a good bit of money with it. : D

i am SO excited about my trip this morning!!  i went to publix (their sale is a GREAT one this week) and spent a WHOPPING $1.83!!!  which really saved me since it's the end of the month and i'm always low on cash at the end of the month.

i bought
19 boxes of pasta
18 cans of veggies
2 bags of frozen veggies
2 bags of rice
1 bag of sugar
1 box of meds

i bought mostly what was on sale (saving $28.90 off of the retail price)
i used  coupons which totaled $34.80 (mostly printed from the internet, a few from the sunday paper)

i saved $63.70!  i am really starting to just love couponing!!!

my all time favorite website is SouthernSavers.com and she does ALL the work for me - coupon matchups, sale ads, deal alerts...everything.

you ALL should give couponing a try!!! it will take a few months to really get the hang of it and be able to buy only the sale items...but it is definitely worth it. :)

YAY for saving my pennies and watching them add up.

friday funnies

a too funny conversation right before bedtime. :)

me (thinking i smelled something unpleasant): marie...did you dirty your diaper?

marie: no.  i fine.

me (still smelling something unpleasant): marie, do you need a diaper change?

marie: no.  mamma shange my biaper.

me: gramma changed your diaper?

marie:  yeah.  mamma shange my biaper.

me: marie - you haven't seen gramma since yesterday.

marie.  **pause**  oh.

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as eben got off the school bus he put his play spy phone up to his ear and said:

"sorry mom.  can't talk.  i'm on the phone with my ghost enemy."

then he went into the house without another word to me!

silly boy.  ghost enemy.  sheesh.

too funny to wait til friday

at a wedding reception this past weekend, emily jane and a friend (boy)were walking around holding hands.  they wandered into the sanctuary where one of the women from the church went up to them and said that they could get married next.  to this emily jane looked at her friend then replied:

well, i'm not QUITE ready.


HAHA  good thing!!  she's only 4!!!

friday funnies

tonight before bedtime i told the kids that whoever made the mess needed to go clean it up really quickly.

emily jane: i made it.  it's a really big mess.  i don't think i can clean it up by myself.

eben: yes you can.  i have faith in you.

HAHA!

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marie's latest thing...

marie: mommy mommy mommy!!  guess what?  mommy mommy mommy! guess what?

me: what?

then she just smiles and says it again.  and again.  and again. i guess she likes me looking at her and saying what?  either that or she has done something completely mischevious and loves not telling me what it is. ;D