This is why I love coupons!

This is not something I would normally post on my personal blog, but I'm really excited about this one.

THIS is why I love using coupons! I got everything in the picture above today at Smith's for only $18.21 and got another coupon for my next shopping trip!

If you ever doubted coupons or figured they weren't worth clipping here is proof that they do.

According to my receipt I saved 78% with sales and coupons. If you want to know exactly what I did you can click HERE and read about it on my Bargain Divas blog.

Good Things Utah!

Were you able to catch Becky and me on TV? If not, you can click the link HERE to watch it now. 

It was so much fun! We've had some great responses from the show appearance. Thank you everyone for supporting us!

I felt like it went really well other than the hosts asking us a few questions we weren't prepared for. We didn't have even close to enough time to go over all that we had planned and the table wasn't big enough to hold all of our free stuff. But it was a great experience.

I'm a published writer!

That's right, you read my title correctly. I'm a published author. Can I call myself an author after writing one article? I'm pretty sure I can and will. I think you should all now refer to me as Author Jacki. What do you think?

Okay, back to the real stuff. I wrote an article for The Utah Baby Guide and it's in this month's issue. Woo hoo! I'm not getting paid, but I am getting free advertising for my Bargain Blog so that is payment enough.

Click HERE to go read it now!

Or if you are outside of Utah you can go to THIS link.

Bargain Divas on Good Things Utah!

I'm so excited for this! And I'm starting to get a little nervous. But being on Good Things Utah should be awesome for our blog! If you don't know yet, Becky and I will be appearing on Good Things Utah on Wednesday March 4th at 10:00 am to promote our awesome bargain blog Bargain Divas.

My wonderful friend Kris came over to my house today to cut and color my hair so that I can look as good as possible on TV. I've been agonizing over my outfit for weeks. And now it's almost here! Becky and I are rounding up all of our free stuff (and there is a lot) to take to the show. Make sure to tune in to see a visual of just how much stuff you can get for free in a short amount of time. And we'll be having a giveaway also. More free stuff!

And if you have any great tips for me to stop being nervous and just be my doofy, outgoing self with women I don't know at all while being filmed, let me know. Jenny, picturing the audience in their G's is NOT going to help me. LOL

He's Walking!

Beckett took three steps on his own last night. Yay!! I will try to get video later. Hopefully he cooperates. He isn't feeling well so who knows if he will even walk for us again.

Journal Jar Blog

I've decided that I don't care if my Journal Jar blog is private. So if you're interested in reading about me then go visit the blog!

I'm also debating making this blog public again. I'm not sure that I really care if it's private or not. What do you think? Does it make you less likely to read it if it's private? I know I don't visit the private blogs nearly as often as I do the public ones.

Holden's First Primary Talk!

Holden was asked to give a talk in Primary last week. His subject was "Jesus Christ is my Savior and Redeemer." My first thought was "Really? My son is 3! He has no idea what this means! And is he going to be willing to talk in front of all those people?"

I should never have worried! We sat down for a few minutes on Saturday (after I scoured the internet looking for an appropriate talk for a 3 year old) and talked about what it meant for Jesus to be our Savior and Redeemer. It then took only a second to break this subject into three year old terms.

On Sunday while waiting for Holden to give his talk in Primary the Teacher announced that they would be singing a song and then they would hear a talk from Holden. Holden rushed up to the podium, grabbed the microphone and started to talk. We had to help him sit back down and explain that it wasn't his turn yet. (Obviously not scared to talk in front of people!) He then waited at the front until it was his turn. When it was finally time for his talk he, again, rushed to the podium, grabbed the microphone and started to talk. I have no idea what he was saying, but I'm sure he did. I then whispered in his ear the words we had talked about. Holden's talk consisted of four sentences. "I love Jesus. Jesus is my friend. Jesus died so I could be happy. I want to be like Jesus." He delivered them perfectly and sat down. 

I was so proud of him! He did wonderful and wasn't shy at all! He was actually a bit overzealous. LOL

But in those four sentences he also showed me how simple it can be. I think too often we try to complicate things. When really it just boils down to those four sentences. I'm so thankful for my wonderful little boy! Who knew we'd get a child who so loved being the center of attention (neither Tim or I like it much).