I got nuthin!

I realize I have been MIA in the blog world for a while. I know most of you out there have been on the edge of your seats waiting for another exciting post from me and waiting for my oh so funny comments on your own blogs! :) ...that was a joke! But I got nuthin! Nothing really blog worthy has been going on here. I have been very busy at work and then exhausted after I get home and make dinner, I hardly have the energy to get on the blogs. But I will make a comeback soon, dont you worry!

******COPY CAT ALERT******

Ok, I promised myself I would not do this on my blog, but out of pure desperation and nothing else to blog about I am going to risk being annoying and copy everyone else who is posting about their steals and deals with couponing. If you would have told me 2 months ago that I was going to be a coupon freak I would have called you a liar and laughed in your face. I have just never understood it and thought it was always too much work for very little reward...I have NEVER clipped coupons. But thanks to Donna and her helpful tips and tricks I am now officially a COUPON FREAK and loving every minute of it. Now, I am no expert and I have alot to learn, but I have been pleased with my savings over the past few weeks as a beginner.

This is the loot I got at the recent doubles at K Mart (and a few items from Walgreen's). I made sure I was there Sunday afternoon when the sale started to make sure the gettin was good! :) Most of the items were free or almost free. My original total was $89 and final cost after double coupons was $32! I purchased 2 items that were not on sale and I didn't have a coupon for, otherwise I think my savings would have been more significant. I was all excited about this purchase till I just saw Donna's blog and her .09 total bill. Awww man. I will do better next time.

What you have here is 8 Johnson's Buddies Soaps...all of which were FREE. What you don't see here is another 13 JB Soaps I already had that were free. check out the details here on how to get your free soaps. they have these at Target, Wal Mart & Kroger and all of them take the coupon. the funny thing is that every time I go to Kroger, I pick up another 3 for free and then without fail it always prints me out another coupon for 3 more with my receipt. It makes me laugh because that is just 3 more for my collection. Anyone need soap?

Another deal....I saw this post on Hip 2 Save the other day. I immediately thought it was too good to be true. I imagined myself going into Toys R Us and the lady telling me they were all out of the "free trains"or they would give me some microscopic plastic toy that resembled Thomas. But, I had to go to Toys R Us anyway so I printed the coupon and took it with me. I asked a sales person when I got there and they said you just pick one off the shelves and take it to the register...again, I thought too good to be true. I went back and picked up this Wooden Percy train, priced at $17.99 and took it to the register. FREE! FREE people! Why didn't I print out more coupons for this one????

And if you have boys and they love Legos...check out this deal. I ordered this on Saturday and it arrived today. It is a good size set and what a STEAL! Adam is going to love it in his Easter basket.

Check out Hip 2 Save everyday. She has the best tips!

OK, enough of that...now I am off to get caught up on every ones blogs!