Saving Money, and getting some great tips with my new book!

I was so excited to see that my book "That Military House" came so fast.  I couldn't wait to start reading and get some ideas.  Well I've just started reading and I love it. Instead of saying PCS think about it being a Positive Change of Surroundings. I told that to Kevan and he loved how that sounded. The book goes room by room telling you what to keep, sell, donate which will really help me since I'm looking around starting to freak out that I don't know where to begin.  I think the room I'll start with first will be the kitchen, it has the most "stuff" that I can start to go through. 

Kevan got off work alittle early today so I was able to go to the commissary for some much need groceries.  I've really been working hard on clipping coupons, contacting companies for coupons, and even got my Mom involved in mailing me coupons. My favorite score today was my money maker, Heinz ketchup was $1.10 and I had a $2.00 coupon times 3!!! Also after reading over other money saving blogs I found that you can use alot of coupons on travel sizes and get some money back, got razors, and some shampoo for free plus a little extra. The only thing about the commissary is you can't stack coupons like you can at Target or Aafes, you either use their military coupon or manufacture. Also that surcharge can hurt at the end, almost 10 dollars in surcharge when my final total came up.  Which isn't fun in a state that doesn't have a food tax.   Also I've learned at least at the Fort Lewis PX they don't like it when you use printed coupons.  They almost always will call a manager over to look over them to make sure its valid.  To avoid this if a really good coupon pops up I try to see if you can get the company to mail it instead of print it at home (saves the ink too) This is also nice because most of the time you can only print a coupon twice, having it mailed you can use each member of your family and get it multiple times. The way to do this is click the link for the coupon which will take you to its  print screen, scroll to the bottom and click the "help" link. It will usually say we are sorry your having issues printing our coupons allow us to mail it to you. Today Lysol sent me the printable they had posted on Facebook earlier this week, so basically it will be a freebie based on the prices I saw at the PX earlier this week.  I love saving my family money, I fill like its another part of my job as a stay at home Mom! :)