Books, bills and groceries! Oh my!!

Today is the day! We got paid! I'm waiting for our checks to get deposited (my bank deposits after noon, how dumb is that?!) so I can pay off some things, and mark some things off in my Budget Binder! I felt like this day would never come! Today, we are officially NO LONGER BEHIND!!! Our next paycheck will not have to be spent playing catch up, it will go to paying off my V/S credit card and paying my home owners fees. One card will be gone, and my HOA fees will be done for the year! The check after that will be a mortgage payment and a few bills, but hopefully there will be enough left over to pay off my Target card. I still cannot bring myself to cut up the cards, so I bought a baseball card holder page thingy to put them all in. I will have them filed away in my budget binder, and have PAID OFF in black sharpie over the card. I can't wait!
I went and bought my school books yesterday. $292 on 3 books. Unbelievable. Normally when it comes to school, I buy a TC hoodie or T-shirts and other things I dont need. I didn't yesterday. I just got my books! I was so proud. My classes will start next Tuesday. That should hold me over and keep me busy until I find out if I got accepted to the bridge. (which, btw, is 57 days away)
I was off work yesterday, so I used my free time to print coupons and browse the HEB sales paper. We have to go grocery shopping today, so I wanted to be a little prepared. They have a few sales on produce, AND a coupon to print off for $3 off $8 in produce. My son could eat his weight in oranges and bananas, and I am trying to lose weight and be healthier, so I am going to take advantage of this sale! I really wish stores would let me double coupon down here. For some reason, Texas hates double/triple couponing. It aggravates me. There is one store that doubles them, but that store is 30 minutes away, and only lets you use 20 coupons a day. Sometimes it would be worth the drive, but I'm not sure it would benefit me often. When I take my coupons into the store, I use wayyyy more than 20. I'm not sure how normal households go grocery shopping, but we seem to hate it, so we wait till there is literally NOTHING to eat before we go. This happens once a month or so. We normally spend about $300 per trip, once a month. The thought of going twice a month makes me sick.
Anyway, I am going to get on with my day off duties!

Until next time!