At least it has slowed down

I worked for about 4 hours here in the kitchen and the laundery area.  Pluss got some other things done also while I was at it.  It should have been a Monday today.  I haven't searched for free stuff yet today trying to get other things done.  All I can do it shake my head becuase I need to do other things also for the can.  Well at least there is the expensive way or the cheap way of doing what I need to do.  Dollar stores here I come again.  Most times if you watch the dollar stores you can do it cheaper than Walmart ever thought of doing things.  And most dollar stores take coupons also.  That is why I say shop around at differant stores for what you need.  Now some of us shop once a month to save money.  Not only that if you only get paid once a month you are pretty much stuck.  And sometimes it works out to where you can only do the shopping once a month.  Now I know here in NY state the gas prices went thru the roof and the milk droped.  So some of us that are close enough to the stores we all walk or car pool.  Unless we all have to get full bore groceries for the places that we are at.  Now I know some do not use and refuse to use coupons at the stores.  And they do not like it when other folks have a stack of coupons also.  SOme have been amazed in how much I have saved on a trip to the grocery store after I clipped "paper money".  I call it paper money becuase if the companies diden't want the coupon out there they woulden't have printed them at all for the papers.  Pluss all the sales that the stores put out and the coupons equal out to be big saveings for the consumers out there.  Last night a dear friend said she saved half of the grocery bill with coupons and sales.  Now this poor woman is a cashier for a supermarket chain.  One of the few cashiers that I know that doesen't mind takeing the coupons becuase she doesent have to lift anything for a bit.  I had to laugh becuase I know the woman way to well.  With me it is a game to see how far I can streach everything out in the household and how much money I can save out in the stores now a days again.  Also I will admit that alot of us folks that are streaching out the dollars pretty much stick togeather and compair notes.  I have alot of people just plain out beat.  A few will tell you plain out I am cheap when it comes to shopping.  There are so manythings to do to go cheap in todays world that everyone has thier own perks.  And someone elses way of saveing money is not wrong niether.