Our vacation is FINALLY here! We are extremely excited to go to Vegas. The trip will be a much needed break for both of us. I’ve been spending a lot of the day packing and doing all of those last minute things you need to do before you go on vacation.

We’ve done a good amount of research and I feel like we are well prepared for this trip. Since we booked it a few months ago, I have been saving up my swagbucks and mypoints for various gift cards to restaurants in Vegas. I managed to get 4 gift cards! Most of the restaurants seem like places we wouldn’t go to normally, so it will be nice to try these places out without spending a fortune. My parents also gave me a few coupon books, so we’ll be able to save some money there. As far as gambling goes, both of us aren’t really into it, but my boss was telling me some blackjack rules yesterday and I might try it out. Of course, I will be sticking to a budget and don’t plan on going over. But hey, who knows, maybe I’ll hit big! HAHA. I had a special “vacation” fund that I was adding money to and don’t plan on spending more than what I had saved. I’d rather spend that money on shows and seeing different things, so gambling money isn’t a big part of the budget.

I more than likely won’t be updating the blog all week, but since I’m a twitter addict I’m sure I’ll be sending updates. I’ll be taking tons of pictures and will definitely have a super long trip recap post when I get back. Until then, see you next week blog!

Tags: budget, budgeting, coupons, fun, Las Vegas, money, saving, Vegas

Today was a pretty good coupon day. Dave had needed to go grocery shopping for like 2 weeks. We usually go on weekends, but the one weekend we were away in Orlando and last weekend was Easter. I had a stockpile of coupons that I needed to use. He ended up only spending $61 for so much food. The cashier even commented to him saying that he “found a good woman cause I saved him so much money.”

We used the money we saved to go to the produce stand and by lots of fruits, veggies and cheeses. The stuff you can get at a produce stand is so much better than anything you can get at a store. It’s all so fresh and ripe. The guy even cut us some kale right off the plant because he didn’t have any more cut. We ended up with 3 full bags of stuff for $17.

I then went to Walgreen’s to stock up on some cleaning and health and beauty items. With my coupons I ended up saving $20.55!

I realize that I’m not as good at couponing as some people, but I’m new to this and was pretty proud of all my savings.

Tags: budgeting, coupons, saving, stockpile