I cannot believe it! In a few more hours, the year will be 2010! WOW! Time sure does fly!

I started 2009 with a teeny tiny blog and since then it has grown, and grown, and well, it keeps growing! It’s very exciting to know that something that started for family and friends has grown to reach people from all over the states! Amazing!

Today, I thought it would be quite fun to start from the beginning of 2009 and kind of recap what went on throughout the year, so here goes:

On January 3rd, I posted my first set of Walgreens deals for 2009! Go on over here to check them out and I’m sure you will realize one thing–I’ve come along way in how I go about posting the deals! You may realize another thing too–it took me a while, but I finally took the apostrophe out of the word Walgreens!;-)

I was so excited the second week in January because I got to print numerous $2/1 South Beach Bar coupons! There seemed to be an unlimited amount of prints! Lets just say, I’ve definitely had my fill of South Beach bars this year!

One other food deal I was very excited about, was the $0.50 Mauna Loa chocolate covered Macadamias I was able to snag at Walgreens! If you’ve never had these before, then go get yourself a bag as a New Years treat! These things are so yummy and for $0.50, they were amazing! I even made some delicious brownies out of them. Now I only wish I had purchased more… that’s why stocking up is key!

For Valentines day, February 14th, my hubby gave me the best gift of all–he tagged along as I went on a frugal shopping adventure! You can check out all that we did and the deals we scored here. He’s not a big shopper, so this was definitely very sweet of him!

Throughout the year, I snagged lots of great bargain at various stores! Here are some highlights with pictures I’ve shared:

• Target, and more Target
• Walgreens, and more Walgreens
• CVS, and more CVS
• Rite Aid
• Kmart
• and more bargains!

…AND, my best shopping trip of all, was on March 22nd! I scored everything pictured here for just $25! This was during one of Kmart’s many Super Double Coupon events! Yes, you could say I was pretty proud of myself and my long receipt:-)

This year has also been filled with amazing online bargains and freebies! I still can’t believe all the goodies I was able to snag with the click of my mouse! Some highlights from 2009: $20 off $20 Stamp purchase at Staples, FREE Hello Kitty Mousepad (my daughter loved this!), 3 FREE VitaZest Water Drinks, Wool Peacoat from Tulle for ONLY $5.99, $100 worth of Lego’s for $20 shipped, FREE EOS Mint Lip Balm (this was one of my favorite freebies of 2009), all the fantastic Victoria’s Secret Online deals and so much more! It would take me way too long to try and list all the awesome online deals from this past year, so this short list will have to do!

And as the year comes to a close, I’ve definitely learned a lot! Some things I’ve learned along the way:

How did I NOT think this was a scam… I mean seriously, a FREE stuffed animal and blanket! Ya, right! And this FREE I Love coffee coin purse had spam written all over it!

Why did I waste my time responding to the rude comment from this post? I mean I’ve got all of you to do that for me!;-) No, the real reason–I like to focus my time on being POSITIVE and learning to ignore those rude comments has really helped me along the way!:-)

One of the biggest things I’ve learned is not to get my hopes up with freebies because sometimes they just don’t come! There were quite a few freebies I posted this year that never made it to my doorstep. I was very excited about the FREE SnoreStop Kit ($17.93 Value), but never did receive it! Did any of you?

Well, 2010 will be here very soon and one thing that will never change is me laughing at myself along the way! Here’s to a very happy and healthy 2010–which I’m sure will be filled with Lots of amazing deals, freebies, coupons, and more!