Speaking of saving money

I am a huge coupon fan. I love them! They love me too, because they are saving me tons of money at the grocery store. I mean, how can you pass up Shout Stain Remover for $.45 a bottle when it's BOGO at Publix! And I love Publix too! I even buy coupons on ebay. And get four newspapers a week and hit up our Starbucks for their leftover papers.

Anyway...I have been hitting clothing sales for Baby Lawson's summer wardrobe for next year. You can't beat the prices. So far I (and Mimi) have spent about $50 and have gotten...

• four pair of navy shorts
• one pair of light blue shorts
• one pair of orange shorts
• one pair of gray shorts
• one pair of brown shorts
• two pair of khaki shorts (thanks Wal-mart! $2.00 apiece)
• two short and shirt outfits
• seven t-shirts
• two pair of swim trunks

Woohoo!!! Lawson is prepared. I realized this summer that he doesn't need 30 pairs of shorts (which is what he has now. I went a bit crazy at the consignment sales this spring.). I am sure I will find some more great deals as the year progresses, but it's great to be able to get some clothes and save money at the same time. God has blessed us, with me being able to do contract speech pathology and stay home with Lawson and make our paychecks stretch. Here are some pictures of what I bought (yes, I took pictures).

This was from Belk. Six shirts and two pair of shorts for $27. I saved $92.00. (One shirt is missing, it was in the wash.)

These two outfits I got from JC Penny's using their sales and some coupons. Regularly $9.99 apiece, they were having a sale where you buy 1 get 1 for a penny. And I had some gift certificate coupons. So the total would have been $39.96 before the sale, $20.00 with the sale, but I walked away paying $2.16 for both outfits. Yea!!!!! I think Lawson will look great in them.