It's Sticking! It's Sticking!

The forecast occasionally predicts snow in the south. But the question I always ask is: Will it stick? It is pretty to watch snow falling from the sky and all, but it's not a whole lot of fun unless there is a little on the ground to play in. So when the weatherman predicted 1 to 4 inches of snow in our area, I was pretty stoked.

The snow got a slow start on Friday, but around noon I was able to update my facebook status to read, "It's Sticking! It's Sticking!" Funny thing is that a friend of mine posted the exact same status about 20 seconds before me. Great minds think alike, right?

As you can imagine, we were especially excited to let Landry experience the snow. We had a snow day last year, but Landry was barely walking then. And she honestly didn't know what to think about all the cold, white, wet stuff. And I, the paranoid mom, was so afraid she was going to get frost bite. However, we did snap a few pictures. You can see them here in last year's blog.

Needless to say, this year was much more exciting. I'll let the videos and pictures speak for themselves. Enjoy!

Spaghettio-Tinted Roses.

I know the title of this blog has sparked your interest.

Yesterday, Landry and I arrived to BCM luncheon to find 2 roses, 2 cards, and 2 valentine gift bags. Cory had left surprises for his 2 sweethearts. It was very sweet!

So today, Landry was sitting in her highchair and spotted the roses. She wanted to hold them, so I let her. I had forgotten her bowl of spaghettios was still on her tray. And when I looked away for a few minutes, Landry went to town mixing the spaghettios with the flowers. So now, we have spaghettio-tinted roses. But they are still beautiful, don't you agree?

And The Answer Is.......

So I know you have all just been dying in anticipation to know just how much I saved on my grocery shopping trip this week. Not really, I know I am just humoring myself. But I did have a few guesses, so I thought I needed to share the answer.

Here is the stash of groceries again:

I bought these groceries at Winn Dixie and Publix.

I spent a grand total of: $40.73

The retail price of these groceries before sales and coupons is: $162.41

Which makes my savings: $121.68

Still, I bought a few things that were not on sale and a newspaper, of course

I'd say that is a win!!

I'm not going to list everything this time, but I'll make a few notable purchases.

3 tubs Land O Lakes Butter - Free

3 pkg. Betty Crocker Cookie Mix - .53 each

3 Healthy Choice Steamers - .50 each

23 jars baby food - .13 each

6 pkg. Fiber One Yogurt - .25 each (good thing I have chosen to like yogurt now)

Publix Brand Coke - .01

and the list could go on and on :)

So again, if you are interested in couponing at all, go to southernsavers.com . They do all the work for you. And for my Louisiana friends, they have Kroger Ads and comparisons.

After I was finished making my purchase at Publix yesterday, the lady behind me told the cashier, "I only have one coupon". She had a little smart tone to her voice when she said it. Do you think it bothered me? Heck No! If I can save my family this much money, I will gladly have the cashier scan my handful of coupons.

More Valentine's Goodies

Just wanted to share one more idea with you guys. I am making these for Landry's Sunday School Class. I got this idea from an article somewhere. I honestly don't remember where. But I adapted it and gave it my own little twist. I like this idea especially because it used "teddy grahams" (or the off-brand, I bought), rather than candy. It was super simple too!

A little lagniappe: The total cost for these was CHEAP!

The goody bags were $1.20 for 100. I only used 12 so the cost was $0.14

The bear cookies (from CVS) - $1.00

Scraps of various scrapbook paper (that I would have just thrown away otherwise) - FREE

Scraps of Various Ribbons from bows I made from Landry - FREE

White paper and a little ink from my printer - let's shoot high and say $0.50

Total Cost for 12 Valentine goody bags - $1.64 (Cheaper than a box of Valentine Cards)

Let's Play a Game

Ok, the huge nerd has struck again. I was going to spare you. But I just had the best grocery shopping trip ever, and I had to share. But let's make it a little more fun this time. Let's see if you can guess how much I spent and how much I saved this week. Come on, you know you want to. Leave a guess in my comment section.

Remember, this is only my 4th week to be a "couponer". And I did the best I could to show everything, but some things are hidden.

Happy Guessing :)

Hee Hee!

Is she not the cutest "hobo lookin' thing" you've ever seen?

Today is......

a don't go anywhere, wear your p.j.'s all day, stay in bed, kind of day. :)