About Me

Hi, let me tell you a little about myself!

I'm Lydia, wife of a wonderful man named Vince and mom to our sweet son Logan who was born in 2008.  We're also anticipating the birth of another child in Dec. I love being a wife and a mom and one of my favorite challenges is learning how to be as efficient as possible while managing our household.

We weren't married long before I realized that just the basic grocery and household items quickly added up to figures that were way higher than what I really wanted to spend! And that was even with shopping at Aldi and doing without some things that many people consider staples.  I tried to watch sales and spend as carefully as I could.

Then around 4 years ago I stumbled across a money saving blog and was rather astounded.  I didn't know that coupons could actually get you items for FREE!  Or that there were actual websites that did the work for you by matching coupons and sales.  A whole new world was opened for me and I loved it!

My "money loving" side was in its element and I soon was a faithful coupon and rebate user.  I loved when our mailbox started filling up with free samples, high dollar coupons, free magazines and the occasional coupon for a completely FREE item.  And before long I started to see a huge drop in our grocery/household expenses.

It developed in me a huge passion for learning more ways to save, whether it was in the area of groceries, clothing, or utilities.  Once our son was born and I became a stay at home mom, I had more time to research things and learned and am learning a lot.
 
I want to be a good steward of the things that God has entrusted to us.  I want to be able to give generously.  And I want to be able to help others learn to live within their means.  That is what this blog is all about.  I hope that I can inspire you to save and teach you some of the things I've learned and am learning along the way.  I also look forward to learning things from you too!