I'm Back!

Some of you may have noticed that I have been gone for a few weeks. My husband and I sat down in November and talked about what we have been doing since I lost my job. We realized that we had a unique opportunity to travel and spend time together and only think about 1 set of vacation days. We also looked at how much money we have been saving with coupons and sales and how great the travel deals are. We decided to take a couple of vacations while we could. Our first trip was over Thanksgiving. We went to Iceland for a few days. It was an amazing trip and such a great deal. We came back from Iceland for about 10 days and then left for Hawaii. We are fortunate that my parents have a time share in Hawaii for 2 weeks every year. We convinced them that it would be in their best interest if we came along on their vacation. Thankfully they agreed and we spend an amazing 10 days with them on the Big Island of Hawaii. We got back last week in time to tackle Christmas. Now I am very happy to say I am back. I will be focusing on sharing with all of you my favorite deals and savings.
One of the items that came from my husband and my talking about our savings is a renewed focus on tracking how much we have saved. I knew we were saving a ton but had not taken the time to put it down in writing. I started tracking in an Excel spreadsheet how much we have saved. I am going to try and share this with you to show that you really can save an amazing amount of money with coupons and sales. Since I started tracking last month we have saved over $1800.00 not including our travel deals.
I really hope to make 2010 an amazing year filled with great deals and huge money saving opportunities!!!
Tammilee