My Savings at Publix!

Last week was a great week to save some money at Publix! Especially on Kibbles n' Bits dog food and Betty Crocker fruit snacks.

Here's what I bought:

12 bags of Kibbles n' Bits dog food (4lb. bags)

8 boxes of assorted Betty Crocker fruit snacks

3 boxes of Weight Watchers ice cream bars

3 boxes of Quaker Oatmeal Squares cereal

6 boxes of Quaker Oatmeal low-fat granola bars

6 boxes of Quaker Oatmeal

5 packages of Mentos chewy mints

1 head of Romaine Lettuce

1 package of Publix napkins

1 bottle of Palmolive dish liquid

1 roll of Publix paper towels

1 loaf of Publix whole wheat bread

1 bag of Lays kettle potato chips

1 gallon of Publix 1% milk

1/2 pound of Boar's Head turkey breast

-I used 12 $2.00/1 coupons for the kibbles n' bits dog food. The 4lb. bags were BOGO for $4.99. Using a $2.00 off coupon makes the bag of dog food .50 cents! :)

-I used 4 $0.50/2 coupons for the fruit snacks.

-I used 5 0.50/1 coupons for the Mentos. Publix doubles coupons up to 0.50 cents and the Mentos cost 0.79 cents so by using all of the coupons I gained a $1 overage!

-Publix had a 50% sale on Saturday and Sunday for Quaker Oatmeal granola bars, oatmeal, oatmeal squares cereal, and Tropicana Trop 50 juice. I bought coupons from a clipping service earlier on in the week so I could be ready for the sale. I love the granola bars and squares cereal and Tyler eats the oatmeal for breakfast.

- I used 3 $1.00/1 coupons for the Oatmeal cereal

- I used 3 $0.50/2 coupons for the granola bars. Publix doubles coupons so this is basically $1.00 off of 2 boxes.

- I was really lucky and found $1.00/2 coupons on the Quaker Oatmeal boxes. I ended up buying 6!

I'm still working on my stockpile, but each week it gets easier and easier!

So total I spent:$55

Savings: $131.60

The first thing....

So, a few weeks ago- I finally completed all of my rotations in the coordinated program. I had just finished completing about 8 weeks worth of food service rotations.

And you wanna know the first thing I did (after jumping up and down with excitement) ?

I painted my nails a beautiful, bright turquoise color!!! The actual name of the color is Turks & Caicos by Essie. I love it! The color makes me so happy!

Thanks to all of my friends and family who have supported me all throughout school. I couldn't have done it without you!

The Best Birthday Present Ever!!

Two years ago, on June 28, 2008, I received the best present ever for my birthday. My husband, Tyler, asked me to marry him. Thinking back to that day I can remember him driving us out to the lake that Saturday evening, and me thinking "Where in the world are we going?". I thought he was throwing me a surprise birthday party (which, FYI- after we ate dinner, we went back to his apartment and a bunch of our friends were there to celebrate our engagement with us!).

It was a wonderful and unforgettable evening.

Snow, Snow, Snow, Snow, Snow!!!

Tyler preparing to throw a snowball....
Our house covered in snow!
Bear didn't like the snow very much!

We have had so much snow here in Alabama lately. A few weeks ago, I got to have a snow day and spent the day at home watching the beautiful snow fall. We got like three inches of snow here in Birmingham and it was so wonderful! I love the sound snow makes when it falls-it makes a light crunching sound. When you stand outside in the snow and watch it fall, everything seems so quiet and so serene.

Tyler and I had so much fun when he got home from work. We stayed outside forever throwing snowballs, playing with bear, and we even made a snowman! It was a great day.

Here are some photos from our snow day-

EA Sports Active

I have a goal of being more physically active. Well, since its too cold outside, I don't want to go running. My sweet husband surprised me by getting me the EA sports active fitness program for Wii for me! I was so excited! I've only done it a few times, but its so much fun and you get a good workout as well. There are so many different exercises and sports you can play. It has a preset workouts and you can create your own as well.

I just hope I can keep up the good work, and keep exercising. This is gonna take major motivation!

2009 National Champions!!

Well we did it! The University of Alabama Crimson Tide is the 2009 National Champions! Its been a long time coming! ROLL TIDE!

Gearing up for the new year

Well, its a brand new year and a new decade! Christmas was wonderful. Tyler and I enjoyed spending time together and with our families this holiday season. It seems Christmas came and went so fast! 2009 was an amazing year. I think the most memorable moment of 2009 was marrying Tyler in May, and beginning our journey together as husband and wife. As I begin the new year, I have so many goals and things I want to accomplish this year. Here are some goals of mine for 2010:

1. I want to have a stronger relationship with Christ. I want to spend more time reading his word and growing closer to him.

2. I want to spend more time practicing the piano. I have been playing since I was 12 years old, and I love to play. Lately though, I haven't had much time to play with school and work going on. God has blessed me with a wonderful gift and I haven't devoted much time to it lately.

3. I only have two semesters left at Alabama (YAY!!). I want to finish school with good grades and a good GPA.

4. I want to travel more. I know I probably won't have much time between all of the classes I have to take, but I would love to go visit my sister in New York City.


More posts to come!