Someone's going to the potty....

My little guy is potty-trained! Hats off to cloth diapering. He has officially been going for a total of 3 weeks. He even goes to our weekly football games in undies, and has not had 1 accident. He'll be 2 in February, and that's one thing we don't have to worry about.

Funny thing though.... He refuses to use a child's potty chair. With the other kids, I always took the potty in the car/van whenever we were on an outing. Because you never know when a toddler is going to need to go! I would line it with a plastic grocery bag and have extras in the vehicle. Well, this little guy refuses to use it. He will just hold it in until we got home or to a "real" toilet. All of a sudden the other day he decides that he is willing to use a cup or empty water bottle if we are not near a toilet. Maybe it's just fun to pee in a paper cup...! Gotta love him... for God has definitely supplied me with a lifetime of laughter and joy through this little man.

"My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord, and all flesh shall bless His holy name forever and ever." Psalm 145:21

Deals, Deal, Deals!!!

I'm all about a great deal. Heck, I'm all about a good deal. Awhile back, a friend of mine told me about the best thing happening for us frugal mommies: couponing. I stored it in the back of my mind in the file that says "I'm going to do this, but will it really benefit me?". See, I thought my monthly trips to Walmart and Sav-A-Lot and menu planning were saving me all the possible money I could save. However, yesterday I get a call that I could use coupons to get FREE bathroom tissue. Yes, you read that correctly; FREE!!! Of course since couponing was filed in my brain, I had not been collecting the Sunday papers like a true couponing diva is suppose to do. Luckily for me the coupon I needed was not from weeks ago, but from this past Sunday. So I rushed out to buy a few papers. Yes, I did spend $5 on papers, but I have 5 papers worth of coupons for upcoming sales, so I will recoup my 5 bucks easily. Actually I did just that yesterday at Albertsons. I went to the store armed with my 6 coupons (5 that I bought and the 1 that I get each Sunday anyway). The tissue was on sale 10 for $10, so that made them each $1. My coupon was for $1 off! YAY!!! FREEEEEEEE! I also had 6 coupons for Rayovac batteries attatched to the tissue coupons. Guess what?! The batteries were BOGO (buy 1 get 1 free). The cost for 1 pack was $3.99, so that made them about $2 each. With a dollar off coupon, that made each pack $1!!!! My total bill came to $7.23, with a savings of $27.51 (coupons & instore sales). How's that for a first timer? Here's what I got....

I guess my 4 year old was as happy as I was. Probably because he's going to use all those batteries for his Gameboy.

"Sing to God, sing praises to His name...." Psalm 68:4