Sweets in your mailbox!

Since I was little I loved chocolate and cookies and sweets. My mom often tells a story about me that when I was a little girl, visiting a relatives house, I used to hide underneath the dining table and eat sugar! How crazy is that! Now I have alternatives like stevia that I use, but my sweet tooth is still alive and well. There are two things that I cannot substitute; Oreo's and Danish Cookies! I let myself indulge in these cookies about once a year around my birthday. Danish cookies are just awesome in all their butteryness and Oreo's just melt in your mouth. I prefer to dunk my Oreo's, but hate it when my finger gets wet from the milk, or worse, my cookie falls into the cup! Anyway, I digress. I think I was a pastry chef in a past life. I get so excited when I bake it's scientific! With much trial and error, I've developed skills to identify what went wrong or what went totally right. I've developed some recipes and am thinking of opening up a bake shop. i am hesitant because I haven't figured out how to single out my chocolate chip cookies from anyone else amazing chocolate chip cookies. It's a battle, but It will happen. In the past I have sent some sampling to my family and they loved it, so I will continue sampling! Check your mailboxes, there may be something there for you :-) (If I have your address)

Football Season

Well it is that time again, Football season! I've been to a handful of games, trust me i'm no expert. I can barely keep track of the ball! When I go to games, I sit on the stands and squint the whole time, follow the herds of players and hope to shout exclamations at the right time, and for the right team! One thing I have learned recently are how intense tailgating is. In my college years I didn't pay any attention to football and tailgating because I was being studious, so now that I have outgrown those years I take the time here and there to go to a game. The last tailgate I was at was for James Madison University - No disrespect to my Knights. It was a sea of purple and gold and a buffet of food! I'm talking about things like boiled shrimp, corn on the cob, 7 layer dips, muffins, cupcakes, pies, chips and dip, shrimp cocktail, sausage... the list goes on and on. See, I thought that tailgating was more of a burgers and hot dogs kind of thing with lots of beer. I now see that it is much more sophisticated!
If you couldn't tell already, I know very little about football. But when football season comes around the topic of football inevitable comes around in conversations. Since I have perfected my "smile & nod" people make the assumption that I know what they are talking about. It is amusing sometimes because when there is a break in the conversation where I should be commenting about football, I just say, "I'm sorry I have no idea what you are talking about". I have learned to laugh at myself for not understanding the concepts and or learning the full background history of players. I would be the person to be in an elevator with let's say Adrian Peterson from the Minnesota vikings who is well known the world and not even know it!

Quick How To on Couponing at Publix

Publix is by far the best place to shop for your groceries with coupons. They are very welcoming to people who use coupons and most of the time know their policy and are able to quickly resolve any issues that may occur. Before you walk in to a +Publix  to coupon here are a few things that you should know.

• You may use up to two coupons per item. one store coupon and one manufacturer coupon
• You may use two coupons each on items that are BOGO!  - best savings method
• You have to buy two items to get the BOGO sale. If you just buy one the item will not be half price.
• If an item rings up incorrectly at the register. It will be free and all others will be manually corrected
• If you forgot to use a coupon, just go the customer service with your receipt and they will adjust it.
• There are two fliers that have valuable coupons that you can match up with your manufacturer coupons
• Competitor coupons are accepted (look for a huge sign by the door that lists your Publix competitors)
• Get a rain check for any items that are sold out
• BOGO sales are already cheaper than buying the items at Walmart

Example:

So let's say for example that chips were on sale at Publix. There were BOBO for $4

That means that when you buy one at $4 you get one free. So each costs $2!

Let's say you found a coupon online or in the newspaper for $.50 off chips and you also found a coupon in the Publix flyer for $.25 off the same chips.

You would buy 2 bags of chips

• Use (2) $.50 off chips manufacturer coupon AND
• Use (2) $.25 off chip store coupon

Remember that you can use up to two coupons per item. (1 Store and 1 manufacturer)

So, your chips went form costing you $4 to $2.50 or $1.25 each!!!