Harris Teeter- Super Doubles

Saved $59.78 at the store today....

Had to buy a few other things without a coupon for the new place though! I would love to be that girl that got all her groceries free....but that's not happening...YET! Any savings to me is a bonus though!

Update!

1.) I transfered from Neurosurgery ICU to Surgery/Trauma ICU. I love the SICU, they get a variety of patients from gynecological patients to brain injuries to belly surgeries etc. It's a good place to spark my learning! I love the people I work with and I'm happy I decided to transfer.

2.) Kyla and I moved out of Liz's condo into a new condo. Still living in the same neighborhood but across the pond! Liz is getting married in December!!! It's been a crazy week between work and packing and moving to more working! My room is slowly but surely getting organized!

3.) I'm going to DC to visit Peter over July 4th weekend! We're going to go to Indigo Landing for July 4th dinner and fireworks! Peter and I went there last year and saw fireworks after dinner! It's a waterfront restaurant which makes for a gorgeous view for fireworks.
http://www.indigolanding.com/

I think that's about it for now...lots of changes and staying busy! Off to rest for the night!

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!?!?!

BEERFEST!

April 24th, the ladies of Chapel Hill drove to Raleigh for the yearly BEERFEST! Over 250 beers were available to taste. Everyone raves over Beerfest....here are a few pictures from that night! Katherine drove from Williamsburg, VA for the weekend and we met many new friends!!!

Girlfriends!!!

During my past 25 years, I've come across many people who have had a positive impact on my life....the two girls above Liz and Katherine are two of the many!!!

I met Katherine at UNCG, we lived on the same hall freshman and sophomore year. Katherine and I are quite different but still have so much in common. Katherine taught me to live on the edge a little! We have remained friends through this crazy ride called life. I moved to ECU...she moved to Los Angeles, Ca...I moved to Chapel Hill...and soon she'll be a NC resident again! She's always available to talk about boy problems, jobs, offer advice, etc!

Liz I met at ECU after getting into nursing school. We became friends instantly, not realizing we were both at UNCG prior. Liz and I sat together through classes...cried during the bad times...played during the good times!! We rode together to clinicals as much as possible, basically spent every hour of nursing school together. After graduating nursing school, we both moved to Chapel Hill....her home town and took jobs at UNC Hospital. We later decided to become roommates! We've been there for each other during thick and thin!

Liz and Katherine met each other when Liz and I traveled to LA in May 2009.

Without these girls...I don't know where I'd be! Love ya girls!!!