Be Grateful...You were able to wake up this morning.

Did my title catch your attention? It did mine and I'm the one writing the post. 

My problem is that I'm not grateful enough.  I know that everyone has struggles in life but this is my biggest one. 

• Dishes to wash= food to eat
• Laundry to do= clothes on my back
• House to clean= roof over my head
• Car to fix= transportation that others may not have
• Noses to wipe= children who love you
• waking up tired= I got to wake up

Everyday things are something to be grateful. I have a job to go to during the day and a family who loves me to be with at night. I complain all the time that my house isn't clean and that there is always something to pick up. But memories were being made as well as the messes. Crayons are spread on the floor, but Braylee had a good time coloring. Shoes are in the living room, but Brandon is cuddling on the couch after a hard day at work. 

Take time to be grateful. You are not guaranteed your next day.  

Coupons...Is it Worth it?

How many people have seen the show Extreme Couponing?

How in the world do they walk out of the store with that much free stuff? I may not be an extreme couponer, but I have gotten stuff pretty cheap. I'll be doing a demonstration on how to get the lowest price for your household items.

Now you may have a lot of questions about coupons. Everyone sees the pages of coupons in the newspaper, but what do you do with them? 90% of  you throw them away. Well you just threw away money! It may not seem like it but that coupon will help you save money in the store. 

I have a lot of people ask where do you get your coupons? Most of the coupons come from the newspaper, but you can also print them out online at www.coupons.com The thing is you can only print the same coupon twice. 

  

Above is a coupon example from coupons. com. You may print out this coupon twice per ip address. 

The trick to getting the lowest price is when the stores have sales going on. I like to shop at Kroger and Target. 

Kroger will have the Buy 4 Save $4 sale and if you combine that with coupons you can get the lowest price!

Target is also a good place to shop where I see most of my savings for household items. 

When target has a sale, I try to make sure I will get a gift card that I can roll over to my next transaction. ( I'll post a cheat sheet of coupon lingo at the end of post). Combining MQ with TQ from www.target.com /coupons and the cartwheel app that they have available is amazing savings. 

I am by no means an expert at this! I suggest you join coupon groups on Facebook and Instagram. Also talk to your friends about getting into it with you. In today's society it doesn't hurt to save as much as you can.  A good thing to know is your store's coupon policy. You can go to the store's website and look it up. I always print it off and bring it to the store with me.