Ok here it is 7 days in January and I still have not made a grocery store run, I need to really get on that but I am just getting over being sick and right now it is much too cold to think about going in a grocery store where there are cold sections. I will be going soon as I suppose my family will want to be eating next month and we are getting a little low on some things.

I have however managed to get to a couple stores for after Christmas clearance and some kids clothes shopping. Still need to get a bit more but have an ok start. Can't wait to see what January totals look like. Right now I am pretty impressed. So far shopping at Kohles and Target for kids clothes I have spent 47.79 and saved 149.07! Not a bad start if I do say so myself :)

Right now I have spent a total of 91.86 and SAVED 248.46 on different misc things needed around the house, clothes, clearance Christmas items and personal items. I will say that I have not used 1 coupon as of yet! All was clearance. LOVE clearance as much as I love coupons. I even have a jump on a couple birthdays presents for the kids!

Don't forget to check out the clearance items! Sometimes they have some really great things there that they are just trying to clear out for the last season. I got 9 glade candles, aerosols, and plugins today that are cinnamon but because they have Christmas wrapping on them they were all marked down to .74 each. I love the cinnamon smell so I was thrilled to scoop them up. I do believe there is a coupon out there but I did not have mine with me so I needed to just bite my lip and grab them. Either way .74 for Glade is a great deal! I managed to pick up a few books that they were trying to make room for other newer books. The books are originally 17.99 each I got them for 3.97 each. Wrapping paper normally 2.97 I got for only .25  a huge thing of Christmas ornaments that I will be using on my outside trees next year, normally 9.98, I got for 1.24 not to mention all the clothes I picked up for the kiddos yesterday. So even if you don't have your coupons, don't dismiss clearance. You can do a lot of damage with just that! :)

Happy savings :)

This is from my trip today. Glade plug ins, .74 each, Glade aerosols, .74 each, Glade candle .74 Candy canes .25 each, ornaments 1.24, Wrapping paper .25, Hello Kitty Stickers .49

Spent 9.39 Saved, 29.88!