Happy Easter

As long as I can remember I have always loved Easter. Easter Sunday always seemed different than any other day. The air smelled sweeter.

As a child, I always knew about the Easter Bunny and the real Easter story. Although, I never grew up in a Christian home, my mom was sure to share the resurrection story with my brother and me.

We always went to church Easter Sunday with my great-grandma and my grandma always went to a local church in Asheboro to see an Easter play. We went most years and enjoyed it.

My mom never put more focus on the secular view or the Christian view of the holiday. It was and always has been our choice on what we wanted.

When I was a teenager (1995), Easter became even more important to me. That was the first SundayI stepped foot in a church since my great-grandmother passed away a year before. A man and a lady from the bus ministry at church came by house inviting my brother and me to church. I was hesitant in going at first. I didn't get a chance to meet the people that came by the house. My step-dad talked me into going saying I would have a good time. He was right (as always). I started going to church every service possible. This family took me and my brother under thier wing. It was 3 months later, I accepted Jesus as my Savior and began to serve Him.

Easter will always be a key part in my life. It was one of my major turning points in life to get my to the place I am to.

Extreme Couponing or Not

I thought I would give the whole couponing game a try. I did fairly well at Harris Teeter. I made one mistake though and didn't realize it until I got home and looked at my reciept. They had Vlasic Pickle Spears or stackers for BOGO. I grabbed 2 jars of the only thing they had left which were the mini snackers. It didn't matter because I only paid $1.89 vs $2.99 for that jar using a .55 coupon (which doubled). I didn't need many groceries but what I needed was on sale. I spent $26.59 for $52.17 worth of food. Food Lion was a little stressful. Its hard to concentrate with Kara wanting everything. I did decent there. They also had the Vlasic pickles BOGO. The difference was every kind of pickle (including relish was part of the deal). They had blinkies, also. After the markdown of one jar of pickles to .79 and using my .75 coupon, I only paid .4 for a jar of pickles. My total spent at Food Lion using coupons and MVP prices was $42.01 from $63.68. What I saved was a start. The more I learn and get used to using coupons I hope my totals go down. I don't think I will ever be like those people I see on TV. I cant imagine having to push around 3 carts and taking hours to check out. I would be stressed.