Money Saving Jutsu

Hello there! Basically, I was really into couponing until I decided it would be a good idea to go Paleo. What is Paleo? Basically - and I stress the "basic" part - eating Paleo is sort of eating like a Vegan, excepting meat is also consumed on a daily basis, and grains of all kinds are totally omitted from the diet. Needless to say, this nearly halted my coupon usage, as well as a lot of [needless] shopping. Unfortunately, I had this blog design created for me around the same time, so it has just sat here and stagnated...Until my return!

I originally got into using coupons a little over a year ago now. One day me and my husband were shopping at Jewel-Oso, and we had very little in our cart, but our total was still upwards of $80. Now, I make good money with my job, and can afford to pay full prices for food...But why should I pay so much for so little food? I will admit, I am not perfect though I would like to eat well using coupons and on The Paleo Diet. This of course means spending little money and working out. So let's see what I can do in the coming days, weeks, and months, shall we?

For starters, I have been keeping up with purchasing my extra copies of newspapers for the coupons, though I've only been getting 3 or so extra newspapers a week (at one point I was getting 10 in addition to the 1 I got delivered!). As of 3/30, I also have sown some seeds indoors - spinach, ruby lettuce, a random flower or two, peppers, and tomatoes. I'm planning on growing indoors, though for funsies I did plant a pumpkin seed and the thing really took off, and is HUGE. Since the last frost date for our area is actually towards the end of April I am going to make a small garden bed outside and plant this along with a variety of tomatoes I have growing called "Bloody Butcher". I can't wait to see my OWN produce!