Tomorrow is D-Day

     Tomorrow is the day that I pray all my post partum nonsense is over. I'm going back to the doctors to have my Nexplanon birth control removed and check for another ovarian cyst. I have been counting down the days until I feel like I have control over my body. I haven't felt like this since I found out I was pregnant in January 2013.

     Here's the low down of what has been going on. I found out I had a 10cm ovarian cyst at my 6 week scan in February 2014. The doctors kept an eye on it while I was pregnant to make sure it didn't burst or harm the baby. At four weeks post partum I had the nexplanon birth control inserted before we moved to North Carolina. All of my post partum bleeding and most of the baby weight was gone by then. This was when everything started messing up.  Three months post partum I had surgery to remove the cyst and the doctors were hoping the cyst was the cause of my continuous post partum bleeding, they were wrong. The cyst came back non cancerous but it caused massive scarring to my fallopian tube as it was wrapped completely around it. I had a severe chance of losing my ovary but they were able to save it! Thank God! My bleeding stopped for about 2 weeks then came back with a vengeance. Fast forward to April 2014 (7 months post partum) and the bleeding was still uncontrollable and I've gained over 35 pounds, weighing in at my heaviest around 170lbs. Back to the doctors I went. After my initial visit it was determined that my nexplanon is the cause of the weight gain and bleeding. Dr. Miller also felt some tenderness and scheduled me for an ultrasound to check for another cyst.

     So tomorrow is the day! Nexplanon removal and ultrasound all in one. Once I get tomorrow morning over I feel like I can finally be in control of my body. I'll be able to start working out and working on getting my body back! I will be starting my Herbalife Nutrition Plan full force on Wednesday and will be doing either weekly or bi-weekly, and monthly updates on here as well as on my instagram @torigranados to help me have some extra support on my weight loss journey!!

    Wish me luck tomorrow!

P.S. We are in the middle of spring cleaning right now so once we finish that look forward to more posts!



What To Look Forward Too:

• 8 month update on Hunter Grayson
• Week one of my Weight loss journey
• More #frugaltori posts 

Your shirt costs more than my groceries do!!

 2013 Total Savings
Retail: $6,219.71
My Price: $1,615.26
Savings: $4,685.58 (75.33%)

  2014 Total Savings (as of 1/13/14)
Retail: $1381.55
My Price: $189.22
Savings: $1,215.10 (87.95%)

And that's only half...

     Let's get some facts straight before I begin!

• I coupon for my household & my grandparent's/aunt's household!
• That's 6 adults & a baby!
• I donate to other families when I have excess items.
• No, I'm not a hoarder! Hoarder's have dust, all my stuff is nice & organized!
• No, nothing expires!
• Yes, it takes time!
• Yes, it's worth the gas to drive store to store because I get fuel perks! So while you paid $3.26 for gas yesterday I paid $2.20.
• Yes, I will buy items that I don't need if it gives me overage because someone I know can and will be able to use it!   
• One Word: Vitamins!

Some people have called me crazy for couponing but I am a stay at home mom and couponing is one of the main reasons why I get to stay at home. Both are a full time job in themselves. Always on the lookout for the best deals, saving coupons to go with sales, and mapping out where to go and when. I have built my stockpile from a few items to shelving in two months so that my family won't have to run out to the store when we are out of something. That is the idea of stockpiling. It may take a few months to build up but it's so worth it. When we run out of sugar, I just grab another bag. When I run out of conditioner, to the stockpile I go.

 While people are paying full price for an item I'm getting 6 items for less than the cost of what you paid for one. For example: Grape jelly is a necessity in the south. It runs $3+ a jar so when I find it cheap or practically free that when I stock up! Last week we got a $0.75/1 welch's natural grape jelly that doubled at Bilo to $1.50 off one jar. Well it just so happens it was buy one get one free (bogo) at $3.29 so $1.64 a jar! Instead of paying that price I used the coupon and got 8 jars for $0.14 each so I paid $1.12 for eight jars! That's a third of the original price! I refuse to pay full retail on majority of items. 

While I do get some weird looks while I'm out, well who wouldn't stare at someone with a binder attached to a shopping cart with either a baby in a 'daddy pack' or being folllowed by my aunt pushing the baby in the stroller or pushing another cart on big hauls. It's all worth it. I love to share the joys of saving money and living a frugal life. I have started classes and will continue to teach throughout the year once I get them up and running.

The amount I'm spending isn't just me swiping my debit card. Like I said that's two households, one couponer. My aunt & 4 month old are my couponing buddies! Every weekend we are out and about getting the best deals! Driving to SC to the closest publix since that is by far my favorite store ever! They will pay you to shop there!  

Getting paid to take 10 boxes of past out of the store!

You can laugh at me all you want and call me the crazy coupon lady but when you have to run to the store because you're out of laundry detergent and pay $7 for one bottle, you won't be laughing then. I'll be able to go to my stockpile and grab one of my bottles that I paid $1.16 for :)

If you are really interested in learning then contact me about when I will be hosting classes. But I will warning you, you have to put an effort into this because I'm not willing to do all the work for you. You will get much more out of this once you learn the basics and start saving money instead of just waiting for me to tell you what to buy. Once you are a couponer, you are part of the coupon community. Where you share the deals, share the run deals, clearance finds, so people can save the money too! 

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Until Next Time,

Frugal Tori