My Rant on Coupons

I've been trying my best to get into couponing. Since I quit my job to stay home with the girls money has been tight and I thought coupons could give us some help. Couponing is everywhere. I hear about people paying $20 for $100 worth of groceries, what's not to love about that? So once the girls were born and I got into a rhythm I started buying the Sunday paper and clipping away. That's when I first noticed the problem.

It seemed like I was only clipping 4 maybe 5 coupons. Most of them are for things I don't buy. Nobody eats Fruit by the foot or buys hair coloring in this house. I kept at it cause that's what everyone told me. Now I have used a few coupons, but nothing that really astonished me by my savings.

So I'll give it another month to see if it gets any better, but I'm pretty convinced that couponing is not working for me. I get more frustrated with it then it works for me.

What I'm Listening To...Now

I absolutely LOVE Pandora.com. For those of you that don't know about this little gem of the Internet (do you live under a rock?) it's an online radio station. Type in an artist, song, genre that you like and it will play that plus similar artist you may be interested in. Back in the day you could listen without interuption, but now they have commercials. So what do I listen to? Here is my top 10...for now. Last month it was different and next month will be different too.

Starting from the bottom:

#10 - Pat Benatar - Because Love is a Battlefield and we stand heartache to heartache

#9 - Children's Radio - For those times I sing to the girls and need a little help remembering kids songs.

#8 - Katy Perry - I don't like pop that much, but this girl can sing...good running music.

#7 - Jim Gaffigan - Love me some stand up. Good for long trips.

#6 - Adele - I like to listen to this to relax at the end of the day.

#5 - Band of Horses - When I feel like indie music, but not hippie.

#4 - Glee - Morgan hates it, but I'm a Gleek.

#3 - Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Long name but a great band.

#2 - Beatles - I skip anything not Beatles that comes on this station.

#1 - Mumford & Sons - Hands down most played station on my profile. I listen to this station cleaning house, running, driving, anything!

Some honorable mentions that show up pretty regular: Weezer, Johnny Cash, & Jack Johnson.