love to shop, love to save

I have to say this. If I was a noob at coupons before, well, I’ve recently realized how much I’ve been missing out. Guess there’s no better time than now to make up for lost time.

Right now, I don’t have a car so I have been doing quite a bit of my back to school shopping for my kids online. Trust me, since I’m fairly new at this, I’ve spent a lot of time researching and comparing prices.

And this site that I found, at Savings.com, has sure saved me a lot of time and money. I can compare prices there and their coupons have really helped me to save more than I dared to imagine.

I just ordered a backpack from eBags using a coupon from this site and I’m not planning on stopping there. I have a bunch of other things on my list that my son needs for college, so you know I’ll be scouring their site for more coupons.

Savings.com is packed with coupons for all of my favorite stores (and probably yours too!). Quite honestly, I could do with any savings I can get as I’m way over my budget right now and every little bit helps.

the weather dictates

So excited the weekend is here! These days, I just can’t wait for the weekdays to zoom by to get a breather on the weekend. Busy, busy as I am, I hardly need to know what the best weight loss supplement is because I’m getting so much exercise rushing around from one activity to another.

The weather isn’t helping one bit as it’s so frigging hot out and the humidity is akin to sweating it out in the sauna. In fact, I have to remember to splash on my sunblock every time I leave the house. But here’s the weekend and weather permitting, I’m planning to go check out a couple of new (to us) malls.

against all odds?

I was in half a mind whether to go to the mall this morning since we woke up late and we just tardy trying to leave the house. I usually try to avoid going to the mall around lunch time because that is, as I found out the hard way, the time when the mall is the most crowded on the weekend.

But since I didn’t have anything ready to cook, I thought it’d be the quickest thing to just go out and grab a bite to eat. I figured everyone else would still be having a hangover from watching the World Cup last night. Wrong! The mall was jam-packed and I came home with a huge headache!

trip to the city

Me and the kids took a long drive to the city yesterday. Not exactly the best day of the week to be heading to the city but we did make it to a mall with a food court that serves some of my kids’ favorite food.

It’s always a fun ride because there’s so much to see! And of course, for me, it’s pretty challenging when they start asking me a thousand questions about things they’re seeing or not seeing . What’s an mmf drawer? Where’s everyone rushing to? Where’s the nearest bathroom?

where do you like to surf?

Is it me or is it a fact that teenagers seem to enjoy surfing the net at coffee places? I prefer the comfort of home anytime. But my son likes to be dropped off at Starbucks, pay through his nose for a cup of coffee and sit there all afternoon surfing the net.

So what’s the attraction? I get really distracted by people walking up and down, possibly peering at what I’m doing on my computer and also the lighting is a little too dim for me. I like to work in a place with lots of natural light and very few distractions. What about you?

sold out?

It’s Mother’s Day weekend and I guess folks must really have been out there shopping. I went to the drugstore looking for some creams and noticed many of the shelves were half-empty. Even eczema cream? Wow!

Anyhow I couldn’t find my moisturizing cream or contact lens solution. They were both sold out. Interesting and you’d better believe it. Good thing I don’t wait till the last minute to restock so I suppose I can go back next week.