What's On My Happy List?

My honk'in new RED bag that I had to purchase....(darn it)

to be able to fit and carry my cute, organized into 19 different sections coupon binder, when I go grocery shopping...

Since the new year, I've become a tad bit obsessed about clipping and using coupons, browsing coupon websites for deals and tips, and watching for sale items in the grocery store ads....kinda crazy but all in an effort to save a few bucks! It's not that I've never used a coupon before but never to this degree. I'm being called the "coupon lady" around here. Thanks to my niece, my fellow hip2saver, who got me hooked...it has been a fun challenge this past month to find a bargain.

One of my favorite Internet deals of late was getting 7 jumbo packs of diapers for about $3.60 a piece and a small case of travel wipes to boot.

I love seeing how much I save on my receipts...I figured we spent almost $200 less on our grocery bill in January. Hopefully we can keep that up!

Hannah's plea for a pet...This letter Hannah typed up at school and brought home cracked me up big time...

First of all, there are several in our household who are not huge animal lovers. Our experience with having hamsters a few years back proved that. Therefore, we've been very hesitant about having any more pets. But how can you resist a letter like this? Both Hannah and Emma had a hermit crab as a classroom pet in the first grade and they loved them. So....I half reluctantly took Hannah to the pet store last weekend to check out the hermit crabs, to determine if they would be high maintenance or easy to take care of. Hannah insisted on the latter. I so wanted to make her wish come true... BUT, after finding out more about them, we did discover they would be more work than we were willing to deal with and thankfully, Hannah, realized that too. She happily settled for a toy Zhu Zhu Pet named Winky...just my kind of pet...one that doesn't smell! :)