February Project

I hate to admit it but I think my family may be a little to addicted to TV. When you have a crazy two and a half year old it is nice to stick in a movie just to have some peace and quiet. If you aren't there yet, trust me you will get there. But as much as I love being able to do that, there is still alittle voice in my head that feels guilt about doing it. So some things in the Meyer house are going to change this month. Not sure when or how but they will. So my project for this month, besides crocheting like a mad man, is to make some felt food. I have seen on numerous blogs and etsy shops, this has become a new fad. So I am going to set out this month to make Lucas some food. He got some kitchen supplies from Grandma for Christmas but he just needs some food to along with it. I am not as skilled on the sewing machine as I would like to be so this will be an adventure. Hopefully, like last month's project, I will grow in my skills and aquire new ones.
As a side note, I will be posting some tutorials. One will be how to applique and I plan on having my mother in law teach me how to make her fabulous hooded towels, so I will write a tutorial about that. Also, if anyone is interested in my crocheting pieces I opened a shop on etsy.com so that they can be purchased. The website is www.esty.com/shop/ahlaam and I know it looks ugly now but it will get better. So today it will be onto JoAnn's to purchase some felt!

Grocery Shopping 2/3/2010

So as you probably know my addiction, and it really is my addiction, is couponing. I love the feeling of standing up at the cash register and watching the amount I owe widdle down to nothing. If I spend more then 20 dollars in one transaction I start to wonder what I did wrong! Here is a picture of what I purchased yesterday at Rainbow.

The total for all these groceries came to $75.70, I paid $14.96 plus I got a coupon for $5.00 off my next purchase, so really, I only paid $9.96. That would be a total of 87% in savings! Not bad for all the groceries pictured! I am also excited because on Saturday the 6th and the 13th Rainbow is doubling 10 coupons! We will see what I get if I choose to go out again.

Last night I finished another hat. This time I used Ecru and Burgundy Cotton Yarn. What do you think?

3 Months!

Isaac has now turned 3 months old! I can't believe that time is just flying by. He is such a good baby. We are so blessed in this family to have him be a part of it. I can't wait though until him and Lucas can pal around!

Here is a picture of my shopping trip to Target last night. We were in great need of diapers so I took advantage of the fact that I had 8.00 in coupons plus they were giving a 5.00 gift card with the purchase of two boxes. So for diapers I ended up getting both of those boxes for 27.00 which is not bad when you think that I bought a little less then 200. The wipes were the only thing I paid full price for. Everything else I got for alittle over or under a 1.00. Pretty cool huh? All in all I paid 52.00 for everything on the table plus got a 5.00 gift certificate.

Here are more crocheting things that I have accomplished this week. My new addiction is to crochet. It is so fast and easy and I love the way they turn out. I hope that I can make up a ton and then open a shop on etsy.com, we will see though. Just trying to get through each of my patterns I bought.

Little Girl's headband and hat

Boots for Isaac that are alittle big but by the way Isaac is growing it shouldn't be long until he fits into them.

A Real Headache

Here is the result from the project that I embarked on. After throwing away the first one because I cut it too short and almost screaming profanities while I broke my sewing needle on this one, I finished the project. I started with no pattern, just an idea in my head. Hopefully if I make any more, they will turn out a little more professional. So here it is!
I am huge into coupons, if you couldn't tell and I have been using the baseball card sheet and binder method to keep my coupons organized. However, the binder that I use doesn't have straps and Sean was always complaining about how hard and ackward it was to life my coupon binder. Anyways, they do have binders that have shoulder straps but I think that they are ugly and expensive. So I set out to make my own binder cover that would fit a 1 inch binder. This is the result.

I sewed zippers up both sides so nothing falls out and they stay together. I was thinking about having zippers go all the way around but I was not going to even attempt that! But now I have a binder that has handles and looks pretty!

Shoes!

Here is the final result from on of the crochet shoe patter that I bought off etsy.com, aren't they adorable! If only I had a little girl. But Isaac won't totally miss out because I bought a pattern for baby boy boots so that will be the next project!

I also plan on making a matching hat to go with these. I was thinking about selling these and others (obviously in different colors) what do you think? Do you think I could?

Super Wednesday Excitement!

Here is a picture of my shopping trip to Rainbow today. I love Rainbow because on Wednesday's they double coupons. This week instead of doubling 5 coupons for every 25.00 purchase you make, they were doubling 10. (Because of such great deals I just might have to go out again!) Everything on that table, if boughten without coupons or not on sale would have cost me a grand total of $105.03. I will say that again, $105.03. Wow! That is a lot but the real shocker comes when I tell you how much I actually paid. Out of pocket for me I paid a grand total of $18.81.  I will say that again, $18.81!! Can you believe that! To put it in perspective it is like I bought those six boxes of cereal and got everthing else for free. Definitely the best shopping trip I have ever done. Plus, if that wasn't enough, I got a $2.00 off your next purchase at Rainbow coupon for buying those Pillsbury rolls. So inessence I spent $16.81. That is a savings of 84%! Whoo-Hoo I am estatic!
Here is a breakdown of what I bought:
6 boxes of cereal- Used 2 1.00/3 coupons, on sale for 10.00 off puchase when you buy 6
1 gallon of milk- another promotional things with the above cereal, buy 6 boxes get a coupon for 3.50 towards a gallon of milk
2 boxes of Quaker Instant Oatmeal- used 2 1.00/1 coupons
1 bag of Rhodes Whole Wheat Warm and Serve rolls- used 1 1.00/1 coupon
1 bag of Purely Potates- used 1 1.00/1 coupon
2 bags of Uncle Ben's Ready Rice- used 1.00/2 coupon
2 rolls of Pillsbury holiday cookie dough- used 1.00/2 coupon
2 rolls of Pillsbury breadsticks- used .40/1 coupon
4 boxes of Macaroni and Cheese- used buy 3 get one free coupon
1 box of Ortega taco shells, 1 packet of taco seasoning, 2 cans of jalapeno's- used 2 .75/2 coupons
1 bag of Baked! Cheetos- used 1.00/1 coupon
2 bottles of Gatorade- used 2 .50/1 coupons
3 containers of lunch meat- used 3 1.00/1 coupons
2 Clean and Clear pads- used 2 2.00/1 coupons
1 Olay face wash- used 1.00/1 coupon
1 Energy Smart bulb- used 1.00/1 coupon
1 3M lint roller- used 1.00/1 coupon
All of that for just $16.81!

Finished!

Here is the finished project! I am way excited that I actually started and finished a project. Normally I have about 10 projects that all need to get completed.

Now I have started to crochet baby shoes and hats. I bought some patterns off of esty.com. I will post as I finish.

For those who are interested and live in MN, Rainbow is doubling 10 coupons tomorrow instead of their normal 5. YAYAYAY!