So really, what is the deal???

Okay...I can soooo hear my friend Trace, yelling that I have offically reached a new level of "Nerdom", but really....Why fight it?

Okay, so here I am in the middle of the night, planning this new blog thing based on my latest obsession saving some MONEY!!!!! I thought first I would start with an autobiography of some kind ( yeah as if all 2 of you that are reading this don't know me already!!!)  Whatever, it's my blog, so here it goes!!!!!

My name is Julie, I am twice divorced, and I live in a van.........NO WAIT.....that's not me....

Okay, so I am Julie, I am twice divorced but I don't live in a van down by the river (although I do own a van...) I have 2 wonderful children who, in my mind are absolutely what children should be like......They are not perfect nor should they be, but they are great and are one of the reasons I am on this Earth!!!
I have worked for 8 years in the greatest show...I uh...mean "job" on Earth.......I feel silly calling it such because it rarely seems like a job....I am a (wait for it....) T-E-A-C-H-E-R (If you can read that, then a teacher has done her job) Most days are so much fun and I learn from them as much as they (hopefully) learn from me.... I work with 11 and 12 year olds so I get the opportunities of sarcasm and eye rollings on a daily basis.........My work with these children are another of the reasons I am on this Earth....I cannot imagine doing anything else with my time.....

As far as my personal life, I guess you might say I don't have one. I don't date regularly or pursue relationships, not because I don't want one, but because I haven't found THE ONE, God wants me to be with. Hopefully I will know him when I see him. I tell my friends he will be wearing a big red bow on his head because he is a gift from God!

Why I started this blog: Well first of all it comes from the fact that I love to spend money and shop. That is the problem. I tend to go in cycles. First, I will get my finances all organized and worked out and then I slack, start throwing money at my problems and WHAM! before you know it, I am in the hole again looking up. After one really bad hole digging session a few months ago, I decided for real, this is it! I have a stable job and income, not an outrageous amount of bills, so I should be able to do this. I started researching and began to see where I was spending money, making a budget, etc.....Then I happened to visit my UBER-FRUGAL niece Corrie, and she introduced me to couponing for the 21st century.

NOOOOOOO!!!! This ain't your mama's coupon collecting; this is hard-core, straight up, gettin some AWESOME deals!!!  It involves websearching for the best deals, coupon printing, cross-referencing with other stores to get the best deals. Well I am hooked!!! I am not near as frugal as the Jedi Masters out there that I follow on web yet, but I have a lot to share with you, my friends on what I have learned on this path to becoming a Coupon Jedi.

So, keep up with me as I post about my adventures in shopping frugally! My goal is to post about once a week letting you know what I have found out there and how I am getting it done!!! Hopefully by keeping this blog, it will keep me more accountable for what I am spending and maybe help those of you out there that need help in the evil dark side of finances....

Okay, its like 2:24 in the am so I am going to bed now!!!!      MORE TO COME!!!!!!!