Major Savings

I did lots of shopping this weekend. What else is a girl to do when her husband is working? :)

Many of you know that I am a coupon nerd and I also love helping others with my little hobby so let me know if you ever want to get together for a quick lesson.

I was so excited about my savings this weekend that I set up the items I bought at each store and took a picture. Unfortunately our camera right now is nowhere to be found so these pics were snapped with my phone. If you scored some great deals this weekend, please share!

RITE AID, Total Spent= 0.00 (made .76), Saved=50.50 (The Right Guard deodorant was actually from Publix, but since I got them both for free I wanted to include them in a picture. Once I got home, I found a .50/2 coupon for Snickers that I could have used. Oh well, I still consider this trip the most successful one this weekend. 21 items!)

TARGET, Total Spent=3.99, Saved=1.50 (The Purex was free thanks to a "try me free" tag. Normally I don't get crescent rolls at Target but I needed them for the pigs-in-a-blanket we were having for dinner.)

WALGREENS, Total Spent=4.22, Saved=27.50 (The four detergents only added up to .72!, the 2-liters were 1.25 each, but we were totally out of my favorite drink! )

BI-LO, Total Spent=9.01, Saved=42.00 (Way more bags of potato chips than we would normally buy, but they were on sale and my 4 Baked Lays coupons that doubled expired today. And...yes, that is 11 boxes of facial tissue in the back which will be donated)

CVS, Total Spent=.57, Saved=33.18 (This deal turned out better than expected. I had a $4off/$20 purchase, $2 off Revlon product and $1 off body wash...all CVS coupons. Add manufactures coupons on top of that and call it a win-win!)

ALL OF THE ABOVE FOR LESS THAN...

$18!!

(My husband is a happy man!)

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1 year anniversary celebration

365 days flew by! On January 31st, we celebrated being Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Lack for 1 year. Our first year really has been true bliss. There is no doubt in our mind that we were created for each other to be husband and wife and to glorify God through our union. We are so excited about all the fun things that are yet to come but make the most of every day together.
Dinner on our wedding night was a Domino's pizza and wedding cake. We heard the food at the wedding was fabulous, but we were so busy visiting, dancing and celebrating that we didn't get a bite. Once we made it to the hotel room, we were starving. Chris called for pizza and Domino's could get it to us the quickest. We decided to start a tradition of eating Domino's on our anniversary (a very budget friendly option!) I will say that the new recipe for Domino's you have seen advertised on TV really is good. Also, mom did a great job of wrapping up the top tier of our cake. It was so delicious and as moist as could be.
The traditional first year wedding anniversary gift is paper (click HERE for a complete list). Chris gave me the book above with a sweet note in it that said, "...but above all, no matter where we go, the best part is that I have you going with me." As we make travel plans and see the sights in this book, we are going to take a picture to insert in the book. I think it will be so fun to not only create the memories, but look back many years from now when the book is wrinkled and the pictures are yellowed to reflect on our adventures. I'm sure there will many self portraits. I think Chris has mastered that area of photography. haha
I gave Chris the print of Clemson. It is actually more of an architectural drawing of some spots around Clemson with one of them being Tillman Hall, the place we met and later were engaged at.

Thank you to all of you that have encouraged us, prayed for us, celebrated with us, and guided us on this amazing path of husband and wife. It doesn't get any better than this!

Snow comes to town

I thought moving to the upstate years ago would be a definite way to see more snow. Unfortunately, it doesn't happen as much as I thought it may. Although this year has been different! This weekend we have some beautiful snow. The kind that is perfect for snowball fights and rolling up into a big, fat snowman. With no kids to play in the snow with, we had to entertain ourselves. Here is how two grown adults had fun on Friday night... Evidence that my husband did attempt to throw a snowball at me :)

(Yes, the big white ball in the middle of the picture is headed right for the camera)

Our two snow angels. I'm on the left, Chris is on the right.

The little things keep us entertained. haha

We really needed some neighborhood kids to play with!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Why am I updating the blog on Valentine's? Well, this is what is going on in our house tonight. Chris has a super-duper big test in the morning so he is busy concentrating on his study materials. Since I am trying to keep things in the house quiet, updating the blog seemed like the perfect task to keep me busy.


Don't worry, we still celebrated V-day with a home cooked steak dinner and carrot cake for dessert. Cupid came to visit and brought Chris a pair of LLBean boots and me...well, I get to go pick out my own gift. Cupid really wanted to get me a watch, but wasn't sure which one I would like. I hope you all had a weekend full of love!

Free Dockers

So, how many of you jumped online Sunday night to register for a free pair of Dockers after their commercial? Didn't win? Me either. Now here is another chance. Every day Dockers is giving away 2000 (I think) pairs and you can enter once a day until 2/15. Click HERE to see if you are a winner. Let me know if you are a lucky winner!