Coupons!

Went to the store to take advantage of Harris Teeter's Super Double coupons...did pretty well for a beginner couponer I think! I spent $52.98....saved $31.61! I hope to continue collecting weekly coupons and make my savings more each week!!! If you don't use the Sunday's paper coupons....send them my way!!!

Yay for saving money!!!

Lemon Bars!

I made these lemon bars today!!! So tasty!! I used Paula Deen's recipe but made a recipe and a half of the lemon filling and added lemon zest to the recipe! So these are now Jancie's Lemon Bars!!!

Here is the recipe!
Ingredients:

Crust
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup confectioners’ sugar, plus more for dusting
pinch of salt
2 sticks butter, at room temperature, plus more for greasing

Lemon Filling
6 eggs
3 cups granulated sugar
9 tablespoons all-purpose flour
9 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon lemon zest

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease 9x13x2-inch pan.

Make the crust by combining flour, confectioners’ sugar, and salt in a large bowl. Cut in the butter to make a crumbly mixture. Press the mixture into the prepared pan. Bake for 15-20 minutes.

Meanwhile, make the filling. Mix the eggs, granulated sugar, flour, lemon juice and lemon zest. Pour this over the baked crust and bake for 25 minutes longer. Sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar, if desired, when the bars are done. ENJOY!!!

The Coupon Game

So my new task/goal is to clip coupons weekly and use them to save $ at the grocery store! It's insane how much you can save at the grocery store by doing this. I did some research yesterday on coupons, and found a few websites that have suggestions and tips! My sister in law got me motivated when she told me she spent $30 and saved $40!!! Wowzers!

Stat- 25-34 age group -->78% use coupons! This makes me feel better, I normally feel like a huge distraction in the grocery store with my coupon file...fiddling through expired and current coupons!!! I'm NOT alone!!!

http://www.rd.com/advice-and-know-how/calling-all-coupon-clippers/article10842.html

http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2010/02/the_basic_and_best_strategy_fo.html

I found that some people use the coupon file....other hard core couponers use a 3 ring binder with baseball card slots for extreme organization....uh hmm MELISSA!!!

My first step was get the Sunday paper...clip clip clip --> check
Throw out expired coupons from old organizer--> check
Organize new coupons--> check
Go through Harris Teeters online specials-->check
SHOP!!!

I found that alot of coupons in the paper where things that were on sale at HT this week!!! This may be a no brainer but made me happy! As you read my blog you may find that it's the little things in life that give me that AH HAH moment that Oprah
describes!

I will post back with my results...the savings might be small at first and I'm ok with that...but any savings is a savings right!?!?!