Saving Our Pennies

After our trip to Houston earlier this week, we've been keeping a low profile. Mia likes her routine, so she was visibly glad to be back home. Today she and I went grocery shopping. Sunday afternoon has become our time to buy groceries since we started The Grocery Game. It is a list we subscribe to that cross references the sales going on at our grocery store with manufacturers coupons that come out in each Sunday's newspaper. We usually save an average of 30% overall on the items we purchase on sale/with coupons. Today, however, was an especially good grocery trip. Mia and I planned out our list, clipped the coupons, and took off to the store. We went to Walgreens and Tom Thumb. Mia was a good girl as always. Our total spent between the two stores was $80. Not bad considering the total without sales and coupons was initially $140. If I did the math correctly, that's almost a 40% savings ($60)! I love shopping trips like that. Unfortunately, we also needed some other items that weren't on sale, so we had to make a run to Wal-Mart. I wish I could just plan our meals around what's on sale each week, but that can be difficult since I'm dieting. Since losing my baby weight, I've lost an additional 20 pounds. I have more energy to play with Mia, and that makes me happy. She's sitting up so well that I keep waiting for her to start crawling. So far, she just lunges forward from a sitting position to grab a toy. Once she's on her stomach, she starts yelling for someone to come pull her back up. I try to wait for her to roll over on her own instead of pulling her up, but sometimes she gets frustrated and wants help. In food news, she loves peaches as well as oatmeal. I bought some frozen peas that I will steam and puree for her. I hope she likes peas. I haven't chosen the next food after that, yet. Maybe avocado or pears. I guess that's to be continued...

Mia at 31 weeks old (7 months)