Mommy Mondays {The New Shopping List}

So the last couple of weeks have been completely outside my comfort zone. As a sort of unwritten personal rule only certain areas of my life (aka the "business" side) are super organized and planned out as best as possible to be the most efficient. In the past, I have pretty much been somewhat of a free spirit when it came to home life- I figured I would just shut off the organization switch and reeeeeelax a bit :)

Then one day a thought came (well, I really did not have too much of a choice, ha!) With two different school schedules, travel schedules, shoots, weddings, appointments, location scouting, AND fall baseball season with an extra special bonus of the boys being on different teams this year (yippee!) our calendar looks like someone went at it with some sort of automatic weapon- obliterating multiple days at a time with one easy sweep (and many times right down to the minute).

So, as a result I am in hyper home organization mode and honestly having a lot of fun with it! It was a pretty simple start with a weekly menu, then expanded into a family binder, now I have discovered the art of strategically coordinating coupons with our grocery lists and weekly sales. By no means will I put in the hours to get $100 worth of groceries for $2 but will easily add $10-$15 of savings to each shopping trips- and all with just a few clicks of the mouse (and Google!)

Here's a few sites that I found the most helpful

Target Coupons : Most stores accept competitors coupons- so this is a great start)

Red Plum : Same company that does the Sunday Paper inserts

Frugal Coupon Living : This site actually has tied the weekly ads of local area stores with links to printable coupons- they have pretty much done all the work!

Shopping Tips & Tricks : Great site for simple fast info and even has it grocery store specific to weekly ads for Publix, Kroger and Mijer!

There are a ton of sites out there but I preferred the ones that you did not have to enter all your info or sign up just to have access to the coupons- if you have some favorites please do share!

As always Happy Monday and we'll see what next crazy organization item is next on my list :)

xoxo!