I amazed myself today.

I went shopping at Publix this morning while the kids were at TT. I bought 4 bonus size bottles of Snuggle fabric softener, 6 soy candles, 2 8 packs of Gatorade, 2 bags of coffee, 2 big bags of Nestle coffee, 2 packages of Bic comfort 3 razors. My total was $55.xx and I only paid $4.71. I was so excited about my savings. Even the cashier was amazed. After TT we went to Walmart with my Mom for $1.99 happy meals. Then we went to Bath and Body works so I could buy some more of the fold up bags. They are so cute.



We went to the Pumpkin Patch with friends(10/21). We get together every year to take pictures and let the kids play. We had a lot of Halloween festivities over the weekend. We went to see Tinkerbell on the big screen thanks to a friend that gave us free tickets. I used a coupon that I printed for a free large popcorn with a large drink purchase. I asked the cashier for water cups and the kids and their friends all had popcorn. We refilled the popcorn and the drink once. My friend offered to buy the next "round" but I told her it was free, she said "of course it is Carrie, I should have known with you it would be free." We both laughed! After the movies we had a 50th Anniversary party to attend. It was set up so nicely by J's Aunt. After the party, we had a neighborhood party to go to. I had baked cookies that morning, so we stopped in the house to get the cookies and off we went for our long walk (3 houses down). Sunday I went shopping for a green shirt for M to wear in our Holiday pictures. It was so hard to find something that wasn't Christmas green. I am going to check a few more places today. Then we went to the pumpkin carving party down the street. It was a lot of fun. The kids helped carve a little bit, but C didn't want to get his hands slimy and M wanted to play with the little doll house. She hardly left that table. I think it was a polly pocket house? Maybe I can find one on sale somewhere. I am going to buy Monsters Vs Aliens on Wed. night. I was invited to a special shopping event. I have my parade magazine coupon for a free bag of candy (up to $3.50) if I buy that movie plus it will be on sale for $10.