A lot has happened in the past few months that I have been away from this blog. First and foremost, I'd like to apologize for letting this blog go untouched for the past few months. My hubby and I separated back in May, and I have been busily forging out on a new path of being a single mommy, taking care of all of the bills (which I was even when we were together), and trying to organize my life. The worst part of the whole thing (other than wondering if I made the right decision) is the organizing part of things. My house seems so cluttered, I never seem to have enough time, I am racing around doing things that I feel should have been done sooner, meals are thrown together and not always healthy because I just don't have the time. But I am working on becoming more organized, slowly but surely. Its funny that I am completely unorganized when it comes to my life, but very organized when it comes to money... usually its the other way around. Since H and I split, I have not missed a payment on anything, and actually managed to make extra payments on my credit card! I qualified for repayment assistance again, which is a catch 22. Thank god I did because if I didn't, I'd be in deep cah cah if I had to come up with $566 a month, but at the same time, this darn thing is never going to get paid off! Well, I will do it some day, but hopefully I will still be young enough to throw a huge party :)
I haven't really been finding any good coupons lately, although on the back of my corn bran cereal boxes, there has been coupons for a free box of granola bars, which is pretty good! The best one I have come across, was a coupon for free frozen yogurt, ice cream or ice cream cones, up to $5!!! I took full advantage of that one. PC had a chocolate almond bark ice cream on sale for $4.99, and for me, it was free :) I have also switched from pampers diapers and wipes to Teddy's (Superstore's brand), and to my surprise, I actually like them better. And it saves me about $6 per shopping trip. :) I have to be honest, the money I have saved in these cases has not gone to the student loan. I am still trying to pay off the credit card and build up a little emergency fund first, which isn't going terribly, all things considered.
