Laughing

Well today I went thru the paper already and the coupons.  Pluss made a trip up to Kmart.  Over 16 dollars today for the saveings around here so far and then some with the laundery.  The bad part is, is that the saveings are adding up around here fast.  Well I am writing down what the saveings are around here and a few extra dollars for the other account for the house fund.  My Husband already asked in how much I have wrote down for the end of the month already and was shocked.  Well what can I say for it all.  I try to be cheap/frugal eather way around here.  I know some folks have me beat all to snot also.  And that is ok by me all togeather.  I know what I can do around here and I am out of practice also for the coupons.  I will get back into the swing of things without a problem and it takes time of course.  Also what helps is the sales along with the coupons.  Since I am somewhat stocking up for the trip I am takeing here shortly I have been useing more coupons around at the stores.  I got the coffee dunkers today also with a coupon.  Not everyone drinks coffee in my family.  Or eather it is the unleaded coffee or no coffee pot around.  I am a total brat to be nice about it without the coffee.  I can go without the smokes all togeather as long as I have coffee.  Anyway the trick is to save money anyway possible around here.  Some folks are drove nuts in what I do around here.  I was asked lastnight once again how do you keep up with everything.  We all started laughing when the little one poped off with mom you know she has had practice.  I told the poor girl to habit, habit, and plot everything out.  The poor girl forgot that I have had menu plans around here and always expected alot of folks or kids over here.  Now with that being said around here I have always kept pasta and sauce in the place.  When I had all 5 kids in one family in my place the pasta was broke out with salads.  The kids still remember all of this years later.  Well cooking on the cheap is not hard at all.  Watch for meats on sale or the cheap cuts of meat along with the crock pot you would be amazed in what happends.  I just cooked a pork shoulder for about 24 hrs in the crock pot and no knife requiered at all.  My Husband loves it around here and I tease him all the time he married me for my cooking above everything else.  With everything going on around here I use the crock pot all of the time to cook with.  Some are shocked that I can get by with useing the crock pot in the summer time also.  Now with the cooking I also use coupons and sale items.  It depends on what is going on around here in what I make and how fast we all need food around here.  With finger foods for the truck I am so happy to use the coupons and save money when I can around here.  Alot of places out there for truck stops do not mind the drivers coming in and heating something up at all.  I try to plan out everything around here and what looks good while I am out shopping.  With alot of things some folks do not realize in how much they can save with coupons also.  I proved that today at Kmart.  When I can save over 12 dollars in coupons alone and some get upset with what I did then I know I did my job for the day.  The woman behind me today started of why bother.  I started laughing in line when she asked.  I started with gee it is part of my house fund with the coupons.  Pluss with the points on the Kmart card I can streach out the money for December and January around here.  Becuase I will use the points up for things around the can that is paper goods and other things.  So now with that the woman almost fell over in line while I was there.  Also it depends on the printed coupon Kmart will take it.  I asked today while I was there.  When I can save more money I will do it for the household.  With some folks around the Trailer Park they get mad at me becuase, I have food and other things in my place.  I also do this on the cheap around here.  Some folks waste so much money out there it is not even funny.  Now I know it is a double edge around here.  The one couple that was over said that they could not spend any more money on food at thier place at all.  Now thies are the folks who get food stamps on the 8th of every month also.