I'm the coupon queen!

I saved $49.48 yesterday on my groceries. That's 41% of my total bill. It's nothing like the 90%+ that the "Extreme Couponing" people save, but I'm sure happy with the savings.

Here's a quick look at what I got.

Chunky soup's regular price is $2.15. I used a $1 off coupon and a $.75 off coupon. Both were doubled, for a total of $3.50 off. I bought four cans and paid $1.27 a can.

Sargento shredded cheese usually costs $2.99. The store had a sale, which took off $.99 cents a bag if you bought three. I also had a coupon for $.50, which was doubled. I got each bag of shredded cheese for $1.66 each.

General Mills cereal varies in price from $3.52 to $4.29 a box. The store had a special of $9 off if you bought six boxes. I also had a $1 coupon, which doubled. This gave me a savings of $11. The average price per box of cereal was $1.95. In addition, I got two coupons to use on my next trip, $1.50 off eggs and $3.75 off milk.

Happy birthday Charles Dickens!

Google pays homage to Charles Dickens for his 200th birthday. This has got to be my favorite Google logo yet.

Where oh where have the months gone?

It has been exactly seven months since my last post. I've been busy. No, really- I have. That's not just an excuse this time. Let me give you a quick recap of what has happened between July 2011 and now.

 I think that things are starting to calm down for me, for a while at least. I'm planning on posting more often.

2011 is halfway over already!

Reading summary

• 36 books read
• 11591 pages read
• 11 Non Fiction
• 25 Fiction
• 1 Young Adult title
• 2 Short Story collections
• 26 Female authors
• 10 Male authors
• 27 were library books
• 9 were books that I own
• 3 were Early Reviewer books that I received for free
• 2 were textbooks for school
• The books I read were set in Rhode Island, New York City (x3), London, England; Iowa, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Canada; Michigan, Japan, Haines, AK; Paris, France; Kansas, Georgia, two magical fictional worlds, Minnesota (x2), Arizona, England, South Carolina, Manitoba, Canada; Pennsylvania (x4), Washington (x3), Wisconsin, Central America, Virginia, New Hampshire, Nunavut, Canada.

June 2011 Where are you Reading challenge.

I made my way through five books in June. I visited Rhode Island, New York City, London, Iowa and Pennsylvania.

The Tuesday Club Murders: A Miss Marple Mystery by Agatha Christie

The Last Fair Deal Going Down by David Rhodes


Precious and Fragile Things by Megan Hart

You are Free: Stories by Danzy Senna


I'm Perfect, You're Doomed: Tales from a Jehovah's Witness Upbringing by Kyria Abrahams

ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

The Urban life has gotten a bit crazy and is about to get ever crazier.

We are moving into our first house in 34 days and getting our first puppy in 36 days. Ashley will be gone for 21 of those days at camp and on a mission trip.

We have begun packing (Holy smokes do we have a lot of stuff!) and are going to pick our puppy out this weekend. We are adopting a Pembroke Welsh Corgi pup, we have wanted a Corgi for many years and are excited that we will finally be able to add one to our family.

I feel a bit scattered in other parts of my life though. My mind is full of puppies, training techniques, packing boxes, moving trucks, lists of things we need to purchase and loan documents.

I will post pictures of the puppy next week and photos of the house once we are settled in (this may be a year from now!)

May 2011 Book Summary

In May I finally had a break from classes and was able to read a bit more. I read six books and visited Quebec, New York City, Michigan, Japan, Haines, AK and Paris, France.

Reviews and ratings can be found on my LibraryThing page.

Surfacing byMargaret Atwood

Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited by Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein

 

Bad Marie by Marcy Dermansky


If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska by Heather Lende

A Wild Sheep Chase: A Novel by Haruki Murakami
 
The Raising: A Novel by Laura Kasischke

So far, I am at 31 books for the year. I think that with all of the changes happening in my life right now, my book total for the year is going to be pretty low. That's okay though, these are wonderful changes and life is good.