Labels

How many labels a day do you see? I'm not talking about the labels on your food. I'm not talking about the labels on your clothes. I'm talking about the labels we place on people and the ones placed on us. I have been thinking a lot about labels lately. I remember going to the Women of Faith conference and seeing a sketch (skit) done of a lady who was highly organized and labeled everything. Her label maker was her best friend. It turns out that she was mentally labeling people too. For some reason the thought of that skit came back to my mind recently. Why do we label everyone?! I brought this subject up with a small group of teen girls that I meet with and they confirmed that from a young age they have had labels placed on them. Some good, some not so good. These things that people say or imply about us last for years.

I noticed right after Hurricane Irene came through that there were piles and piles of debris on the side of the road. This is normal after a hurricane on the coast of NC and normally I wouldn't think anything of it. I drove through a neighborhood and thought about how just a day before that debris had been called a tree. Probably a beautiful tree in some cases. Oaks, pines, willows. Pretty simple, I konw. Then I thought, all it took was for one big storm to come along and what was once labeled a beautiful tree is now called debris. What an ugly sounding word. Say it outloud. The storms in our own lives sometimes name us the same thing or worse. I guess what we chose to do with that name is whether it'll stick around our entire lives. I pray that when the storms of my life come that my actions and reactions will cause the tree of my life to grow new branches that will grow and become stronger for the next storm.

Fashionista

I wish I could take credit for kenly's fashion. She's been picking her clothes as long as she could point her little finger! Here's the latest.

New chapter

I love a good book. Looking at my blog and getting bored with just talking about saving money on groceries is just one thing that I'm passionate about. So since I've opened some new chapters in my life I thought I'd write about those too. So Pig Tails and Boxer Shorts is going to be my story. Thanks for taking the journey with me.

This week...

I know Harris Teeter in Morehead City is super doubling again this week. I haven't been since the new sales started so I was wondering if anyone has gotten any great deals at Harris Teeter?! Actually if you have found a good deal anywhere let's hear about it! Find a great deal or hear of one? comment below. :)

Are you couponing yet?!?!

It's really hard for me to resist the temptation to say "there's a coupon for that!" when I see someone if the grocery store with a cart full of stuff. If you aren't couponing by now, why?!?! What are you waiting for? Here's an example of why I wonder why....
Total Retail: $156.52
Total out of pocket: $42.36

Here's what I got...
4 cans of Maxwell House coffee
1 box Capri Suns
2 boxes Pop Tarts
2 Sliced Kraft Cheese
2 Bags Shredded Cheese
1 block Kraft Cheese
2 tubes Oral-B Kid Toothpaste
1 Secret Deoderant
1 Satin Care shaving cream
2 boxes Tampax
2 jumbo packs Huggies
2 New York Strip Steaks
1 bag of Kale
1 bag of zuccini and squash each
1 bag of celery
1 Sunny-D drink
2 Tropicana OJ
2 Baily's coffee creamer

Getting started is the hardest part. Saving tons of money is easy!!!