Re-evaluation

I started this blog a year and 4 months ago.  My mission of this blog was to share on the many ways to save money.  To be honest I was getting tired of calling my friends and family up saying "Hey! Head over to Target before Sunday - they have Dove deodorant for $2.54 and you can get it for only $.54 after using these two coupons!"  I decided this would be a great way to get it out to everyone without me going hoarse. 

My coupon high fueled this blog.  I love a great deal and I LOVE sharing a great deal even more.  I honestly had no idea where it would go and how long I would do it.  There have been times when I got up and said  to myself "I think I'll just quit this blogging business and focus on other aspects of my life."  And just when I was about to quit I would get an email from a reader telling me how they appreciate my blog and how I am really helping them save money.  That has kept me going on this crazy blogging road.

I got an email yesterday from a fellow blogger that said that I was "copying" her deals.  Really?  What are we in 5th grade?  Come on!  Do you really think that the same business that sent you the email with a coupon code didn't send it out to like say ummm...every other customer in the world?  Are you the only customer that they have?  Don't be silly.  I get hundreds of emails a day and have even tapped out my email limits when I haven't checked it for a day.  I sign up for every single e-club out there so that I can get the deals to pass to my readers.  Between taking care of 3 kiddos, working on a book and all the other stuff I do in life I don't have the time to stalk other people's blogs looking for deals.  I get all my deals out of my inbox and what I don't get from there comes from my readers who pass along info to me.

And I have this to say to my fellow bloggers.  If I have something on my blog that you would like to pass along to your readers by all means use it!  That is, after all, the reason I started this blog.  And if I can pass along some content that saves someone money (even if I don't know about it) I am good with that. :o)

Now to the re-evaluation business...I will also be posting about the more serious parts of my frugal life.  Hopefully, I will soon have a nifty new camera and can include some great new pics as well.  There is more to a frugal life than just grocery store deals. I will still bring you the deals.  I'll just be bringing you the meat and potatoes type of Frugal Living.