Target-Reusable Shopping Bags

Did you know that you can get a 5 cent credit at Target for every reusable shopping bag you use at checkout? This is an easy way to save a little bit of money.

Have a good week!

Not much to report, I looked through the coupons and although I do have some coupon shopping to do this week, I didn't see much. There are GE lightbulbs on sale at Target and with the coupon it makes it a $1.00, just can't remember if it is a four pack, I think so.

Jason took Jackson to his mom's today without me so that I can do some work. Then we were thinking Jackson would take a nap when they got back, well he took about a 10 minute nap from his grandmothers to home and then wake up ready to play. No nap for Mommy and Daddy today!

I hope everyone has a great week!

I love coupons!

Yesterday I did a little bit of coupon shopping, purchased two Snow White DVDs at Wal-Mart for Christmas gifts and saved $10 on each of those, got some free dog food, then I have a rebate for No yolk pasta, so that will be free. The next items that were purchased was Skippy peanut butter, paid a dollar for that, and Quaker Oat bars paid a dollar for those as well. My husband eats cereal bars, oat bars, etc... in the mornings for breakfast. I also purchased the Mott's Apple juice at Target, if you buy 5 at a $1.75 this week, you will get a $5 gift card to Target. Since we shop at Target and Jackson has started drinking apple juice, this was a great deal. I also went shopping earlier this week and did great at Wal-greens with their register rewards. I'm still new at the register rewards and trying to learn the ins and outs of the system. Then stopped at Kroger and they had Beech Nut baby food for 19 cents a jar (stage 2) and 29 cents a jar (stage 3). Well, I had coupons for Beech Nut too. So I ended up with about 60 jars of baby food for about $5, great deal! I was very excited about that and since I got these so cheap if there is some food Jackson doesn't like or ends up being allergic too I can pass them onto friends. I did look at the expiration dates and the baby food does not expire until 2011, so we are good there as well.

I get so excited about coupons and the deals I get. I have several rebates that I am waiting on from various companies. That is always exciting, one day I came home from work and I had 3 rebate refunds in the mail and no bills! That was a good mail day! Let me know if you have any questions about my coupon system and how I do things. If I can do the coupons and have a baby, work, school, married, etc... then you can do it too!

Friendship

I have been reading a couple of books lately that have been very encouraging to me as a mother. The first book that I read is "The Mother Load" by Mary M. Byers. The chapter on friendship really hit home with me, as many of you probably do, I have friends that I am not as close to as I once was and I've tried to figure out why. Sometimes life changes, things happen, and people drift apart; however this book pointed out that everyone has a reason to be in our lives, even if they are just there for a season. I am thankful for the friends that have passed in my life, and there are a few that I can think of right now that my life wouldn't be the way it is today without them. You guys know who you are, the reason I'm married to the most wonderful husband in the world! :)

I am thankful for each lesson that my friends have taught me over the years.