Wedding Website.

After weeks of perfecting our wedding website, it's finally ready :).

www.weddingwire.com/eliseandbart

Meal of choice.

Since I'm not much of a cook, I've been gravitating towards soup for lunch. I learned that surprisingly I love Clam Chowder; I used to think it was so gross & disgusting! I could also eat a mexican taco salad about 3 times a week, but I have to keep myself to 1 or less since they are sooo calorie heavy. I've almost totally diminished all breads & pastas from my diet. Even though I have gluten free bread and pasta, I never really find myself craving it. The consistency is much thicker and drier than normal bread, making it less appetizing than normal bread. 

coupon savvy.

Well, today was the first big coupon-filled shopping spree. It was not as perfect as I'd imagined it to be. I started at CVS where I had estimated spending about $10 or less and gaining about 6-7 items. The store didn't have the products I was looking for, so I ended spending a total of $0 and saving a total of $0. total downer. Next, I went to Bi-lo where I mindlessly chatted on the phone and tried to read my shopping list. Tip #1- coupons are serious business; they require strict concentration. With my coupons scattered all about the insides of my purse and my grocery list floating somewhere in the bottom of my cart, I decided to pull over and regroup. After I sorted through all my coupons I found a few more items and only picked up about 4 impulse buys instead of the cart full I usually end up with. I had a coupon for nearly everything in my cart! Next I went to apply for a bonus card because, I didn't have one and hellllooo major savings! I then went to the U-scan, because I'm a control freak and I like examining each coupon as I scan it, just to be sure the correct amount is deducted. My grand total before coupons: $40.73. ouch. My total after coupons: $29.62. I was a tad disappointed for only saving about eleven dollars, I mean after watching extreme couponing so many times I was convinced i would pay like $5.00. not what happened. But, this is my first try at this, and it's just going to take some practice. When I got home I got totally organized. This is my new system:

                                       I just took a floppy-disk organizer and labeled it with each coupon category.

then just filled it with my coupons!