Coupons

     So I hit this bug and its called Coupons! I had this misconception that you spend more using coupons then if you don't, because when I would cut out coupons and use them I bought things I would not normally buy because I had a coupon. "WRONG." My friends have been talking about the new show Extreme Couponing, and I glanced over an episode that this woman dresses up to make herself feel confident and then bought 82 bottle of mustard, which they do not even use. ???(WHAT) I could not understand the why or how this worked. 
   Now I am not a genius with math and it still had me boggled, how does this make sense and why. So I started calculating in my own process. If an item costs 75 cents and I have a coupon for 50 cents off, that makes it still a quarter you pay for each item, but if I had another coupon for the same item that said 2 for a dollar. This means the items are both free. Now if you happen to live in a state that double or even triple the worth of a coupon, those items and coupons would actually make you a credit of 1-2 dollars after the cost of the mustard!!! Leaving you to keep shopping and not spending money. OK now I get this crazy idea and now I am thinking more about the savings I could make in my own life with out be a crazy nut job like some of the people on that EXTREME show. 
   Since the show, I have had an eye out for coupon shoppers and realized many do use coupons, I was out late one night picking up a few things for my husband, for a business trip, and watched a woman go through the line about seven times. Each order was meticulous and each order was coupon-ed out. The total for 7 transaction were less then 7 bucks and her cart had tons of stuff in it, plus she received a coupon on the back of every receipt she was given. This woman had me in awe because right there showed dedication and I now want to be able to save my family money on buying things that we use not buy an excessiveness amount that we do not need! As this woman in front of me check out, I thought she made a plan and stuck to it nothing in her cart seemed weird or abnormal. Band aids, Splenda, toilet paper, flour, among other things. I did not even know that Walgreen's sold really food items, and then the sale price plus manufacture coupons it was amazing!

All in all, I will be couponing and you will see more on this soon!

A look at 2010

I know that I did not keep up with my blog like I had anticipated but I did do many things that should have made it to this. Here are a few pictures to go with the ideas. I begin with year with baby stuff. I got on a kick of crocheting and sewing and since I have two beautiful nieces, it was easy to have reason to make things. I had fun making little toys. This one is a fleece material Tagged blanket of ribbon. I attached little plastic rings so you can attach keys or small toys to the blanket. After the first few I incorporated a sheet of noise! So it crinkles and makes the toy more entertaining. I also made little crawlers, as I call them. They are footloose socks that cover a little ones knees and full legs. My niece Kathleena used them, all the time as she loved to crawl, while my niece Justice wore them just out of pure fashion and cuteness! Of course you can see both the crawlers and toy; in action on Leena, to the left. Not to mention the most amazing photographer ever would be my sister in law Brandy. Brandy is a stay at home mom and local photographer. I love how she captures the pure monumental moments in pictures! Brand's link can be found below.


http://bchayaphotography.webs.com/

Starting Out

OK, so I have been motivated by my fellow scrappers, and set out to get the ball rolling. I am going to keep a log of all the creative things I accomplish, or create and see what happens. Our group is getting ready for a craft fair so all ideas are welcome. I am getting my craft room organized first and will post pictures shortly of how that worked out.