Supper Shopper!!!!!

Lately I have been hearing A LOT about women who are being FABULOUS shoppers and very frugal.  I have seen several blog posts where women have made a display of, oh say, 15 things and then tell the amount they paid for all of it . . . something ridiculously low . . .like . . . $3.00.  (I'm telling you it REALLY does happen!)

So, I thought I would try my hand at it.  I usually NEVER shop at Albertson's because I always thought of it as "the expensive grocery store."  However, I found that I could get lots of groceries for a VERY small amount!

Because I am NOT super-duper handy I don't have any pictures to show you, but I can telll you that I got . . wait for it . . . (drum roll please!)  . . .

35 items

$112.17 worth of groceries for . . .

$51.15!!!!

to give me a savings of . . .

$61.02!!!!!!!!!!!

PLUS . . .

I earned 5 cents of a gallon of gas up to 20 gallons!

(It just keeps getting better!)

So, in a nutshell I SAVED MORE THAN I SPENT!!!! That REALLY excites me!  Do I think I'm the shopper of the century? NO!  Did I get the most fabulous deal ever?  Maybe not, I'm not sure, but I was sure happy about it.

I know that there are A LOT of thrifty women out there, so if you know of anymore secrets or "good deals" let me know :) 

Also, I am now going to feature a section on my sidebar that has sites (mostly garneshed from my good friend Alyssa's blog.  Thanks Alyssa!) which offer cupons and GREAT advice on how to "catch the cupon craze!" 

Happy Shopping :)

Getting My Groove Back!

So, at the beginning of the school year I was VERY nervous about the chanllenges that I would face and was having a REALLY hard time getting back in the swing of things.

Over the course of my summer and through various breaks from school I have decided that I am a home body.  I LOVE to be HOME!!!!! So, this makes it difficult to want to go to school and teach everyday and really did NOT help in my needing to find the drive to "just do it."

Luckily, things change and I am FINALLY feeling like I can do this.  My "special needs" student is doing really well.  We have still had a few out bursts, but things are going well . . . mostly :) 

It seems that at the beginning of the year I always forget how bad my last year's class started out.  I only seem to remember how they were when they left me (well trained and well behaved), so it makes it a challenge when the new group comes in every year and you have to start over.  Things are coming along, but boy I forget how chatty kids are!!! Still love 'em though :)

There are still LOTS of things I need to work on, but at least I am FINALLY starting to get my groove back and be able to function like I should. 

YEAH for me!!!! And it only took me 5 weeks into school to do it!! (he he he)  :) :)

A SPOOKY Halloween Giveaway!!

I found this on a friend's blog. It is a WAY fun Halloween giveaway :) Click here to enter http://thepolka-dotdaisy.blogspot.com/2009/09/wanna-win-halloween-giveaway.html

Good luck :)