Friday, January 29, 2010

Beginning of Many Dollars Saved

If you love to save money and get great deals on food, cleaning products, kitchen products, clothes etc. then this is the blog for you to follow!

Hello, I'm Amanda and just to quickly tell you a little bit about myself and why I want to do this for everyone...I have been married for almost 3 years now (3 years on the 3rd of February) to the most wonderful man. The first few years of marriage were great but we definitely had our tough times financially. Probably 2 years out of my marriage I was either jobless or barely made any money to help out. For a year we were living off of 12.00 an hour so I really had to learn how to pinch our pennies. I wasn't able to buy a coffee if I was out and about or even buy myself a piece of clothing that was more then 5.00. It was tough...especially being a young woman you want to be able to buy yourself things to boost your confidence and feel good about yourself. So all that said to say that is when I started cutting coupons and finding the best deals in the grocery and clothing stores. I love it! For me it is so much fun to see the savings at the end of the month.
My husband and I both have great jobs now and are doing great financially...for example, just this month we have paid off some of the little debt that we have, also buy a new living room set and put money in the savings. Yesterday I was heading to one of the stores I work at and I drove by a women that was holding a sign that said "WILL WORK FOR FOOD". I'm always skeptical about giving them cash because I'm afraid they will spend it on Cigarettes or Alcohol, but I really felt like I needed to help this woman out. So I was able to go into Stop and Shop and buy this her a gift card and hand it to her and that put the biggest smile on her face. It made me feel so good inside and I was able to do that because God has blessed me and my husband with the finances and the "savings smarts" to be able to have that extra money to give to people who are in need. That's just one example of what you can do because of cutting costs on certain things. I thank my Heavenly Daddy everyday for getting me and my husband through those rough times and teaching me that even when you have it to spend you should still be very careful and spend wisely. :)

So enough said about me! I'll be updating my blog sometime tonight to post my first "Savings Smarts List" from this past week and new savings for this coming week so you can have the Savings Smarts in you too! I hope this has encouraged you to try to save more so you can either put some money into your savings account or help others out or even both...

Everyone have a lovely weekend and stay tuned for my next post.

3 comments:

  1. Amanda,
    Thank you for sharing your story! It's truly an inspiration for all of us! I will be definetly following along with sending you some deals I find. I can't wait to see your next blog! You have been truly a "Good Stewart" of your money! May God continue to bless your findings & treasures!
    Callie
    www.calliescott.webs.com

    ReplyDelete
  2. Sounds very good Manny...U have encouraged me to keep shopping smart, and don't take anything for granted...Luv u, Mom!!

    ReplyDelete