My Single Mom Life

As I've talked about, I'm really trying to get my finances, and my life, better organized and on track this year.
I'm paying down old debts, keeping a very close eye on my finances, keeping my urge to splurge in check, and using coupons every single time I go grocery shopping.

I always try to use coupons every single time I go grocery shopping, there are times that I forget to grab them, get home and kick myself, because right there on top of the microwave in my coupon holder, was a coupon that could have saved me $2.00 on an item that we use all of the time.
We don't get many coupon booklets in the Sunday paper here, my mom sends me a lot of coupons, and at least once a month, I get an envelope jam packed with tons of coupons, and I use every single one, and if I can't, I give those ones away to someone who can use them, or I leave them with the item on the store shelves.

But one of the best coupon and freebie finds in the last 3-4 months, was finding the Cheapsk8mom's blog.
She is constantly posting links to either print or get snail mailed awesome coupons, sales and shopping club cards for stores like CVS, the best weekly sales at Walgreen's and WalMart, Target, pretty much every single store, she knows what's on sale and how to get the absolute best possible deal on those items because she even matches up the coupons for you!
She also posts all of the best freebie deals you can imagine, like a free Chipotle burrito, free Starbucks, and coupons to get free hair care products like this one that just started today at 12:01am, for a free bottle of Suave Shampoo, Conditioner, Hair Spray, Styling Aid, Body Wash, or Body Lotion, and save up to $3.00 by mail.
I saw that one in my feed reader, and immediately signed up at 12:12am.
Hey, if it's free, it's for me..hahaha

But seriously folks, if you're trying to stretch your families food budget farther, health and beauty dollars farther, and even those splurge items like expensive Starbucks coffee, you totally need to add Cheapsk8mom to your feed reader, your blogroll, and your bookmarks, whatever way you remember to read blogs by, because she posts the best ways to save money for your family.

I sign up for almost every single by mail coupon she posts because Publix doesn't take computer printed coupons due to people printing thousands of fake ones, but if Cheapsk8mom posts a link to print one, she almost always prints a link to get it sent by mail too.
I absolutely love her site and her for doing this, finding the best deals and the best coupons.
In today's mail, I got a coupon for $2.00 off Velveeta, a coupon for $1.00 off some Lindt chocolates, and a whole bunch of other ones that I had signed up to get too.
I'm planning out my weekly menu and shopping list, and coordinating it with this weeks sale, and from the looks of things, I'm going to save a really big chunk of money.
So thanks Cheapsk8mom!