Before all the cute Halloween pictures (next post I am sure) I wanted to quick write about 2 things.
First, we had a freak snow storm last week that dropped probably about 5 inches of snow on us within a few hours. It was so insane and random. It had just barely dropped a few flakes the previous day and we were all like, "It snowed! That was weird! Glad it's over!" Then like, the very next day, it REALLY SNOWED! We were like, "Nooo! Not yet!" Well I was anyway. Gabe and Caleb couldn't wait to get on their snow gear and help dad shovel at 7:30 in the morning! But now it is Tuesday (so about 3 days later) and the grass is totally green again. There is like, a 5 by 5 inch patch of snow left by our front curb where it was piled up when we shoveled. It was 63 degrees today and is supposed to be 65 tomorrow for trick-or-treating. Who knows what the weather will ever do these days right? I also have a friend who flew out to NYC to visit someone last week and was supposed to return on Sunday. Now she has been stranded there with all the hurricane stuff! She hopes to get home in a couple days. Crazy weather. Anyways, so here are some pictures of the kids in the snow.
Second, it has long been a complaint of mine about the amount of money I spend on groceries. I feel like ever since we moved to Idaho, I have spent at least 30 percent more per month than I did in Wisconsin. It is really no lie. Groceries here are insane. Our little town of Rexburg doesn't have a Super Walmart and the two other grocery stores I think are really expensive. Back in Wisconsin I was able to shop at Aldi for a lot of stuff anf I never felt like groceries were that much. So, after being bored one day while Josh and the boys were gone on a road trip, I discovered this TV show called, "Extreme Couponing." It really made me say, "Whoa! How the heck do they do this? They save so much money!!!" I started asking around. "Hey? Have you couponed???" I asked all my neighbors. They looked at me like I was their 80 year old cat-lady neighbor. Like, "That's too much work. Who has the time to clip coupons??" So I had to dig a little deeper. There is this website I frequent that is basically like a craigslist for just Rexburg. I met this girl kind of by chance on there who knew how to coupon. She offered to give me a little lesson. I said, "Okay..." a bit hesitantly. So I went to this girl's house whom I have never met, paid her $10, and then sat there for 2 hours to learn about the crazy world of couponing. It was pretty entertaining. I was very intrigued. You would think it involves hours sitting with scissors, cutting millions of coupons from ads. But in this day of internet and blogs, you can pretty much spend 30 minutes on a Sunday night planning out your deals and save some BIG money by just cutting a few select coupons or printing them off from the internet. The ten dollars I spent on my "coupon consultant" was easily saved in my first trip to the store today. I posted a picture below of my big deals. I was pretty happy because I usually buy my shampoo for about $3 a bottle and I needed to stock up on some more. So 6 bottles of shampoo would typically cost me $18. Today I spent $21 and got 6 bottles of shampoo/conditioner.... and a whole lot more. Retail of itall on my receipt was about $65. Now, I am not saying I will instantly be a crazy coupon lady... but today definitely peaked my interest. It may either be something I try and then fizzle out at... deciding it's not worth it. Or... maybe... just maybe... this could be the start of a whole new adventure. And a crazy couponing addiction. ;)
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