Happy Holidays!

Wishing you a safe holiday with your love ones!

Caziah!

....SAVE, save, SaVe, sAve..........

Have you ever gotten paid on Friday and Monday wonder where all your cash went?

After paying rent, bills and maybe a new shiny item.  We usually buy food! According to USA Polling, 60% of Americans eat out at a casual dining restaurant once a week. However, the average working American each out 5 days a week. 

Therefore, the average working single American eats out 5 days a week paying about $5 per meal. Multiply that times 5 days a week and you get $20-25 a week or $100-125 a month, just on fast food, for only one meal a day. If you order fast food for lunch and dinner, 5 days a week, this turns into a WHOPPING $200-$250 a month, and this is only for two meals. 

We waste $250 on just fast food. This does not include those nice Christmas parties/dinners around this time of the year. The cocktails after a long day at work and the list continues. 

I started to notice how some of my girlfriends were able to maintain. I saw how they were still able to make those BIG purchases. 

*I admit, I was a tad bit jealous. *laughter* 

Pondering on the fact where my cash was withering it.. and BAM! It hitted me.. duh, you eat out every single darn day. 

I mentioned it to one my friends, let's called her Z. One day, My girlfriend Z told me her "magical"  secret. She was a coupon shopper. Yes -  grant I have heard of coupon "queens" and "kings" cleaning up at stores with such outrageous deals at grocery markets. I never took in to consideration how I could benefit from it. 

Z and I went out to shop one day about almost a year ago. She even introduced me to her system. She took me to her home and show me how to upload tons of digital coupons onto my "Kroger's" discount card on their website.  

Z has a binder full of coupons. She uses labels, clear baseball card pages, and "post it's" to organize her binder. I mean homegurl is bad with the coupons. We clipped coupons.. and then she told me Kroger's doubles coupons under a $1! 

We arrived to the store with our list in hand. My cart was filled up everything from toilet tissue to shampoo to chicken to "Pringles". When we reach the checkout line I was extremely nervous. I told Z that my goal to shop that week was $20 bucks. She didn't even think that was a ridiculous low amount. 

After the cashier rung up my items. She told me to give him my discount card and coupons. I watched my bill cut from $92 to $14! AMAZING! I have been hooked to coupon shopping since. 

With more money in my pocket, I am able to buy more shiny new things. 

I went on a recent trip to Kroger's. I will have to inform you on how to save MAJOR bucks at the market. 

Next blog will focus on:

My recent Kroger's trip and how I got 18 items for free! 

Facts provided by www.associatedcontent.com and www.usaelectionpolls.com

Life Lessons Introduction

My next blog will be about:

How to save those buckaroos! 

Sounds so simple but sometimes as single individuals like myself, we tend to spending more and eating less.

I have a few tips of eating more at home and saving your pennies.

Stay tuned!

..Headaches..

... I fell about a week ago....

.. I am okay now...

...Unfortunately the EMS did not check my head for a concussion...

..I went back to the hospital for a few days..

...I happy to rely that I am doing much better...

----New Milestone----

New milestone for me..

I purchase a bed. A NEW BED.

What I tried to accomplish in 6 weeks, I made happen in 30mins and a 2 hour wait for deliver.

WOW.

Single.. and Not Sleepless

I have watch many of the Youtubers online participate in this online series of "The Single Life". The Youtubers speak on behalf of singles and there reason for their singlehood over entering into a relationship.

I found some inspiration from the mini films to speak about my experience being single.

I don't have an actually own a camera so envision me speaking via cam! *wink! :)

Why am I single?

Singlehood is a enjoyable time for me. Of course loneliness and dark feelings creeps around periodically. However, I have learned so much about my characteristics by not trying to mesh with someone quickly. After having a few dating experiences, I realized I morph for the other person while I am dating them. I have tried to developed some taste buds for music and other interests. This was very difficult because naturally I wasn't being myself. I was trying to please and fit in a box.

Pressure from friends and colleges to have dates at parties send me into a dating or "friendship" frenzy. I constantly developed unnecessary and YES I said unnecessary friendships with men to have a man on my arm or someone to speak of. I want to appear that I wasn't the lonely friend or to simply stop the questions.

So.. I took a break from my "friendships" and focus on things I like, enjoyed, what felt good for me.

Then it happen! I was struck by love so hard.

I fell in love with........ myself.

I slowly so started to appreciate the small things about myself. The things we wait for men to say to us. Like my freckles under my eyes which one of the favorite things about my body or great my calves look when I pass a mirror. *I know, I know! *

I simply stop trying to be this image of perfection with the great man.... and appreciate what I have as one unit first.

How can I fall in love or developed a relationship when I am not confident in myself 1st?

Now.. I can say proudly. I AM SINGLE!!

I am not where I want to be but I am sure as ever not where I was.

Caziah

Conversing. Art. Life Lessons. Pure Authenticity.

This blog will be use as a outlet for my creative thoughts.

No - I am not a expert on life.

No - I am not the most rawest with my emotions.

I want record to journey... my outlook on life.

Yes - I am opinionated.

Yes - I can call myself a bit of a artistic weirdo.

Hopefully this will be a exciting new chapter that I can share with you!

Smile.