Sooo  a lot of you guys have asked about my couponing, how much I actually get, spend, etc. I really can’t explain coupon, it’s something that you have to figure out what’s best for you. I’ve been trying to keep my spending to under $100 a week, this week I am right under $50. You might be wondering where the meat & meals are…well I am actually stocked up on that well enough where I didn’t need to buy any meat or meal stuff. By the way OOP = Out of Pocket. Couponing isn’t something you can just grab a bunch of coupons & just go to the grocery store…you need to look at sales, prices, etc. For CVS I find great deals on HCW and order coupons a few weeks ahead of time so I can get multiples of each items.

Spent $14 on produce for the week

Retail: $33.16 | OOP: $5.32 | Savings: $27.84 / 87%

Retail: $139 | OOP: $26.68 | Savings: $112.12 / 81%

FREE RAZORS!

Today I was cleaning the bathtub which seems to get a ring around it every 2-3 days (I believe it’s the water in this area of town) & every few days I have to scrub it down. Spraying all those cleaning supplies in the tub though can sure make a girl feel light headed. And I was thinking this really can’t be good for the baby or me… I’m inhaling all these horrible chemicals that are probably 40x stronger then I actually even need them to be.

Have you ever cleaned the house and had a choking/coughing spree because the overwhelming smell of all the products? Well I do almost everyday that I clean (not saying I clean house everyday…cause Lord knows I don’t) and after reading a few things on natural cleaning products I thought to go to organic cleaners….but the price is so high for anything natural or organic. So I did research and decided that once I use up all of my multi-purpose cleaners (I only have 3 bottles at the moment, which go quick because they clean for every room in the house) I will start making my own multi-purpose cleaners out of things that won’t have me in a choking frenzy just because I want to clean the tub.

It’s just a more environmentally friendly & body friendly way of doing things. I know I sound like a big hippy to so many people around me, but being pregnant has just made me want to take the next step in helping our planet. And it’s better then spending a butt load of money on cleaners…I bet I could max out a credit card on all the cleaning supplies I use a year. LOL Oh speaking of credit cards I found this really cool website that has all types of credit cards & credit card information. I’d really like something with airline miles…that would be wonderful..just wonderful

I was thinking to start writing pieces on how you can become more environmentally friendly & it actually fit in with your life style. Would anyone be interested in those?

Am I tiring everyone out on baby talk just yet? If not, well here is another baby post. Yesterday was my 3 month appointment. I wasn’t sure exactly what to expect but I now know I’m going to be peeing in a cup every time so I’ll have to start bringing something to drink because I can’t drink room temperature water. So I had questions about my lack of meat eatting, if I could have sushi, how often, etc. And it all looks good, he okey’d me for sushi once a week & I can get my protein through milk, beans & my alternative meat products. So after talking he told me lay down and we’ll listen to the babies heartbeat. My heart dropped & then fluttered away when I heard my little cupcakes heartbeat. It was overwhelming hearing my babies heartbeat. And I was told that I’ll be having an ultrasound on my next appointment…and we might even be able to tell the sex of the baby!!! O-M-G! I’m very excited & just can’t wait!!

Oh and with my night (and now all day) sickness I lost a bit of weight sadly, but with my vitamins &  eatting 6 small meals a day I should be able to get back on track with food. I found a food last night that REALLY hit the spot and easy on the stomach…. bagel with cream cheese! Of course with a mug of milk! JP was so sweet and went to the store for me last night for bagels & cream cheese because that’s the ONLY thing I could even think of that I could eat. And it seriously hit the spot, I’m actually about to have a bagel for breakfast right now! Everyone have a wonderful day!!

I really didn’t think I was showing as much as I am, I’m not one to ogle myself in the mirror and obsess over ever pound. Although I haven’t gained any weight at all, my stomach is getting a roundish eggish thing. And I was showing J.P., he just shrugged and said “I guess”. Well I went to CVS to pick up some garbage bags (can’t believe we ran out!) & when I was checking out with a nice girl who works there who I actually love checking out with (not the mean lady who hates me saving money)…okey wait where was I? Oh yeah well I was swiping my card, making small talk & she just casually goes “So do you know if it’s a girl or boy?”. My jaw DROPPED and I whispered “how’d you know?!”. She laughed saying she seems me in the store all the time and she noticed my stomach, I just laughed and told her I don’t find out until September.

Well I thought that was hiliarious and couldn’t wait to tell J.P. when he gets home from playing basketball, well when I’m coming in the house I notice my downstairs neighor was pulling in & had her dog with her. So I decided to say hello & since I haven’t seen her dog in forever I played with him. Then she asked very quietly if I was pregnant & then my due date. LOL HARLARIOUS!!!!! Okey well I have to go do “chores” so see you guys later.

Since I’ve been pregnant I’ve been so lazy and tired….my house is a mess. A total mess and I’m so ashamed of how my house looks. I have papers everywhere, all my tables are covered in mess. I wish I could get out of my funk, today I made myself a lengthy to-do list and even if I get half done I’ll be excited. I’m already off to a not so wonderful start by waking up a hour later though. I’m going to crank the music up once Gilmore Girls is finished up, this is my ultimate favorite show. Okey well I’m off to watch this show and then clean the house.

My mom is coming to take her sewing machine, she needs it to alter my brother’s school clothes. I have so much I haven’t finished… whoops

Night sickness, yes my dear friends..night sickness. How dare I interrupt my sleeping in with morning sickness, instead I get queasy at night and was throwing up for quite a few days in a row over the past week/weekend. The throwing up has thankfully stopped though because it was the thick oatmeal “omg i’m choking on throw up” kind of barf…even though I’ve been going through more water bottles then I ever thought I’d drink.

I am thinking about all the baby stuff that I need to do. One of them it to start one of the small businesses me & JP have been talking about for months. I need to start taking action on these things! I was looking for announcements for when the baby comes. And I saw on VistaPrint that they had car door magnets, I thought that would be awesome for when we finally start up our business we’ve been talking about. JP is a courier driver and goes through the city all day long. He drives HUNDREDS of miles weekly so that could be awesome for an up & coming business Once I have my business up, I’ll defiantly have a huge announcement posted on here!

Yessss I’m pregnant! Some of you guys guessed correct…well that was the only guess How did everyone know I wanted to be a mommy so much? I’m about 9 weeks right now and couldn’t be any happier. I wanted to wait to announce this until my first doctor’s appointment, which I had last Monday. It was one of the most unusual appointments because it wasn’t just for me…it was for the little cupcake in the oven. And well we girls know how the doctor loves poking and checking out those girly areas that not everyone likes flashing around… Okey well there we go, the beans are spilled

you guys are still waiting to hear my exciting news huh? Oh well I have to go do laundry & sweat my butt off in this Texas heat. Then I’ll come home and blog about it tonight, expect an update before 9PM Central time And you silly, silly people all guessed prego? I couldn’t have won the lotto? Or have a book deal in the works? Just something to think about

Sorry about not posting for awhile, life has been a bit crazy. Last weekend was my birthday & I spent it tracking through a beautiful cave and picking blueberries. Fun stuff! And this weekend my dad will be moving in with us. Life is nuts right now but it’ll be alright, it always is. So for now enjoy this pictures of the cave we visited last weekend, my camera died very quickly (nice going Pamela!) but I still got a couple of decent images. I just really get frustrated when I forget my extra battery or just totally forget to charge my battery at all. It seems like I do it all the time. LOL Anyone else always forgetting to charge camera batteries?

Oh and we bought another car so me & JP both have our own car (mine being the nicer one ). Our insurance is a very nice chunk of change because J.P. needs all this extra coverage for work and it has to be applied to both cars and not just one of them. Does anyone have a van or mini-van? Does Van Insurance cost more, for some reason I would think they are safe so insurance would cost less?? I’m thinking it would be cool to have a van once I have a butt load of kids, you know like 8 or 9 kids (kidding!!).