easter morning

Easter

Brinley and Grandma longhurst

We had a flashlight easter egg hunt. Matt's mom hid all those eggs about 9:30 at night for all the adults. It was a lot of fun.

cinderella and the ball

Alayna was invited to a dress up tea party. The girls big brothers came to pick her up in a carriage.

I know I have gone TOO far but I can't help myself....

Hot Deals. HI MY name is melissa and I am a coupon a holic. I am going to stop. I can't help myself.. I need help...

My Best Deal So FAR!!! GRAND TOTAL .80 cents....for ten kraft dressings. All these items were... free!!!

My grand total for my weekly shopping trip.. 43.17...

I couldn't sleep after I was so excited.. I know it is silly but I REALLY LOVE a good deal.

This month I spent all my grocery budget. so I didn't SAVE anything. But I STOCKED up...

I think it is getting out of control. So in April I am going to try to spend only 50 dollars a week.

I love a good challenge.

Just me and My Buddy!!!

Indian Winter

It is April and snowing more than it did in December. I actually don't mind it. We have had some intermittent warm days. I don't know if we have just been away from the snow so long or if it is all the amazing days we have had on the slopes. They keep the roads very well cleared so it really hasn't been a bother. Anyway here are our winter pics..... The girls and grandnan making snowpeople..

Snow angels!!!

We let the girls cut school and we all went skiing at snowbird. The girls have improved so quickly they can almost ski as well as I can.

Just matt and I took a ski day.

We spent the night at the canyons and skiied all the next day. It was 66 degrees.

Matt is ruthess with the snowballs. He can hit any target and he has no mercy. Sunday he wacked staley in the face about three steps from the church door.

I have a Tijuana high!!!

My new hobby is grocery shopping. I used to hate it with every fiber of my soul. Last summer, matt's aunt was talking about all the good deals she was getting at the grocery store. Well no one gets a good deal with out me. So I asked her all about it and started my own journey. Well by not spending any more than my usual $600 a month in groceries I have food coming out my eyeballs. I think we are about 2 months shy of our year supply with very little wheat and crazy food. It is all just the normal food we eat at walmart. In Just less than 1 YEAR.
I was sick last week and couldn't go to the grocery store and we still had plenty of food. I still buy lots of name brand treats, snacks, meat, produce. We are not skimping. At the smith household, we like to eat.
So I am starting a new plan. Today, I saved 87.63 in just one week. 37.55 in coupons and 50.13 in price matching at walmart. That was a very average week nothing crazy. I still spent 138.00. So my cart was overflowing with groceries.
Well I have a high every week like I just went to tijuana. I love to get a good deal. I could talk about it for the rest of the week.
So the other thing I love to do but always feel guilty about is spending money on myself. So starting today, I am putting my weekly saved money into an envelope and buying myself something AWESOME. If I save around that much each week. I will have close to 350 each month.

some new expensive running shoes
mineral makeup
a NICE road bike
some new shoes.
modbe swim suit.
A girl trip to hawaii to see my roomie.