Oh My Peaches!

My sis-in-law Chelsea hooked us up with a couple boxes of peaches, and so Derek and I spent Monday canning them. I have never canned before. Derek remembers helping out as a kid, so he was the knowledgeable one on this one. We canned 6 quarts and 6 pints of peaches, 6 quarts of peach pie filling, 6 pints of peach salsa, and 10 jars of peach freezer jam. Things went well for the most part. Except that in our first batch of peaches a jar exploded. Ok.. that's an exageration. See picture below. The bottom just blew out when I put in the bath. And.... then there was the fact that some of our jars didn't seal, so we then turned those peaches into the pie filling and jam. Haha. It all looks so good!

The jar that exploded :)

The Result

This was my first shopping trip with this new coupon mentality that's why I'm making kind of a big deal out of it. (See previous post) :D So, Here is what I found. The total I entered yesterday was taking into account my freshvalues card. Without that card I would have spent$32.?? I can't remember the change. Using my card brought me down to $22.29. Using my coupons brought me down to the grand total of $9.35. I don't know how I was that off, but I'd rather go down and than up. :) But from top to bottom that's a 72% savings. Kind of exciting! Here's what I got.

Money Saving Mom

I stole that title from a blog I go to frequently nowadays. I have caught the"coupon bug." Let me tell you, it can get confusing and very time consuming, but it is paying off. For example, Smith's is having a sale this week, and so I am taking advantage of it. I've gone and found coupons for all but 1 thing on my list.
Without the sale and without the coupons I'd be spending $28.33 (probably more since that total takes into account my smith's savings card).
If I were to take advantage of just the sale without the coupons I'd spend $21.92.
BUT with my coupons, ladies and gentlemen, I will be spending $14.55.
That's a huge savings and I'm getting quite a bit. I'll take a pic of it tomorrow to show what I got.

It feels to good to contribute to our finances in some way. I started learning the ropes from my sister-in-law and cousin-in-law. Now my coupons are organized and it will get easier from now on I think.

Here are a couple sites I go to if anyone is interested:

http://moneysavingmom.com/
http://thekrazycouponlady.com/