Coupons & Prayer

So, the question for yesterday was "How much did you spend on groceries last time you went?", and since I hadn't gone to the store in a while, I couldn't remember! So, I went shopping last night and the total that I spent at Fresh & Easy was $156.19. This was after I applied 6 coupons, combined with sales, and brought my total down by $24!

But then, I went to Albertsons to buy some frozen lunches for Jason for the next few work-weeks, and spent that savings plus some--$47.18. That includes a $5 off coupon, too.

I would love to be one of those crazy coupon ladies and save tons of money, because the thrill is awesome. I love watching my total go down. But, in all honesty, even if I had 60 hours a day to devote to clipping, organizing & shopping, and even if I had the room to store a stockpile somewhere in my little apartment, I just wouldn't have the patience to do it. It is a lot of work to clip & compare all those sales! And, the stores in my region don't double coupons, so I probably wouldn't save as much as those people on TV anyway!

Today's question is another fill-in-the-blank: "Tomorrow I will _______________." So, the answer to that would be "work". Then Jason & I will probably go to prayer. Every Tuesday night for as long as I can remember, our church has had a prayer meeting. We have never made it a habit to go before because we go to Wednesday night services and volunteer during other times of the week. But since we opened up the year with a week of prayer, Jason has been excited to continue the habit by going to the Tuesday night prayer meetings. It's been nice to go with him.