Day 1

Daisy just turned 3 months old and it is about time I get my butt back into shape! Spud is off for the next 3 weeks for Christmas break and I thought that would be perfect time get into a routine. Not to mention all the Christmas goodies I will need to burn off. So today was my first day, after Daisy woke up for her 5 o'clock feeding I put on my dusty running shoes and took off. I made it for about 5 minutes until I had to start walking due to horrible crampings that came over my whole body. My body started shutting down, it had no idea what it was doing! But I did it, I jogged/walked (rapidly may I add) for 30 whole minutes. I thought the hard part was over when I reached my nice, warm, and cozy home but the hardest part was yet to come; abs. Oh my gosh! I am scared for tomorrow to come, 1- to do it again and 2- to see just how sore I am. But maybe I can lose some of that jiggle that follows behind me as I walk. Wish me luck!

the coupon craze

My friend Jazmin has been telling me how she saves a butt load on groceries and etc using coupons. I never really saw the point on collecting all these coupons to save 35 cents on something you have to buy 2 or 3 of. I mean is that really worth your time and effort? But it totally is. She showed me what she does and how she does it. It is crazy how much she saves. So after her teaching me all she knows I was sent off on my own to save me some money! Tonight was my first night and let me tell ya it was so hard! I forgot to use some of my coupons, I bought some stuff that wasn't on sale that I thought it was, and the topper I looked at todays ads that start tomorrow thinking they were the ones from Sunday!! So nothing was on sale that I thought was. I was walking through the store thinking those ads totally lied the crescent rolls aren't 3 for 4 dollars, and apple juice isn't 2 for 3 dollars. Then I found out I was a day early on the sales!! How embarrassing! But all in all I think I did pretty good, here is what I got.

3 big bags of all natural chicken nuggets (99 cents a bag)

2 bottles of vegetable oil (99 cents a bottle)

1 box of raisins

8 cans of vegetables

8 cans of chicken broth

10 cans of cream of mushroom and chicken soup

3 bags of chocolate chips (50cents a piece! that was the most exciting one!)

the grand total = 28 bucks

I have definitely learned a few things about the couponing world and so next time I will be better than before! As weird as it sounds it is actually pretty fun.