It never fails, we budget for our groceries, but the bill always ends up being more. We underestimate, run out of things faster than expected and overall, everything is becoming just too darned expensive! To make things a little bit easier, here are 9 simple ways you can start saving money on your groceries.

1. Go with a List: Yes, I know…it’s a pretty obvious suggestion, but it’s amazing how effective it can be. You can purchase only what you need and avoid all the other yummy distractions of the grocery store.

2. Meal Planning: Planning your meals in advance makes it easier to get your list together and ensure you buy only exactly what you need. You can get help with your meal planning at Dine Without Whine AND they actually put your grocery list together for you too.

3. Eat Before You Go: Another classic tip. If you’re hungry, you’ll want to buy (and instantly eat) everything! Have a meal or good snack before you go to avoid impulse purchases.

4. Stock Up on Staple Items When They’re On Sale: If you see ketchup or your family’s favorite sauce on sale, stock up. Or if it’s a certain type of soup or frozen vegetable your family eats all the time, buy a bunch of it. As long as it doesn’t spoil and you have space to store it, you will save money in the long run. The nice thing about this is if you continue to stock up on a variety of items, you’ll have a nice pantry full of food at any given time.

5. Cook from Scratch More Often: Yeah, yeah…it sounds easier said than done, but it doesn’t have to be too complicated. It’s no secret that pre-packaged items and convenience foods come at a premium price. They save you time in preparation, but they eat up your budget and let’s face it, time IS money. Plus, if you’re using Tip #2 and planning your meals, cooking from scratch more often is a whole lot easier.

6. Comparison Shop Before You Leave Home: No, I’m definitely not suggesting you go from store-to-store looking for the best deal. That takes too much time. Check the flyers that come to your door and see who is offering the best deals on what you actually need. If you don’t have any flyers at your door, visit the store website as they generally post flyers online.

7. Use Coupons Sparingly: Sure, coupons offer a great deal, but most coupons you’ll find are for items you don’t really need or use. Resist the urge to think, “Wow, that’s a good deal” and search for coupons based on items you need to purchase instead.

8. Keep the Little Ones At Home: If you have young children that want everything that they see, it’s easy to get into the trap of buying items you don’t need, treats that aren’t healthy and become victim to other grocery store distractions. Keep the kids at home with Daddy (it’s a good bonding opportunity) or a relative. You can even swap grocery store shopping times with your neighbor. Not only will you save money, but you’ll save your sanity too!

9. Make Quick Stops for Fresh Ingredients: This may not be easy if you’re on a tight schedule, but if you can work it in, it can save you a bundle. One of the biggest culprits in grocery budgets gone bad is spoiled food. If your fruits, veggies and other perishable items are always going bad, consider shopping for them more frequently, but in smaller quantities and restrain yourself from buying items you don’t need. If you have any teenaged kids, this would be a great chore for them too.

There you go – 9 ways to save on groceries. But in order to make these tips work, you really need to have a plan in place. You need to know what your family needs and what you’ll be eating. To make your meal planning a whole lot easier, sign up for you 1 ¢ no-risk trial at Dine Without Whine. You and your grocery budget will be glad you did.

Each area of your home provides you with a unique form of comfort. Comfort and clutter cannot co-exist. Clutter and mess only serves to bring unbalance and will dampen any good spirit. It stands to reason that, give up the clutter and bring in the peace of mind.

De-clutter your kitchen

Your kitchen is regarded as the heart of your home and for a good reason.  Here you are nourished and provided for, even if you are dining on a frozen entrée zapped in the microwave rather than a homemade meal lovingly presented by Mom. An untidy and cluttered kitchen makes it hard to nourish yourself and others, on both physical and emotional. How you care for your kitchen is a hot clue to whether you are giving proper attention to your own nourishment and that of others. Cleaning up and de-cluttering your kitchen will open space for you to receive the support and comfort that you need in life.

De-clutter your living and dining room

These are special places where you socialize with family and friends. Here you engage with the world while being at home through watching television, reading the paper or discussing current events with old friends over dinner. Clutter can turn these otherwise special and social spaces into dens of isolation, especially if the mess is so bad that it has been a time since you have invited people over. Look carefully at your living and dining rooms to see what they say about your relationships. Are they important to you? Are you hiding yourself from others, by burying yourself in nasty clutter?

De-clutter your hallways

You need clear hallways to navigate through your home. Your clutter in your hallways prevents important connections between different areas of your home and your life. Look at your hallways and see what it says about the rest of your life. Do they contain good lighting and are they easily navigable, or do they cause confusion and trip you up? If you feel a disconnection between work and family, self and others, what you need to be done and your obligations, it may be time to give your hallways some good organizing.

De-clutter your bathrooms

Each day we use this important space to meet the world. We begin our days from this room. Clutter in the bathroom can mean your don’t take pride in how you look and feel. How can you feel clean when using a cluttered, dirty bathroom? A clean, well-decorated bathroom is a tranquil sanctuary for rejuvenation and self-care. Scented soaps, attractive accessories, and fragrant candles all take their place here. This is beauty for the mind and soul. You can beautify your life by organizing and cleaning this important room. Take the time to transform your bathroom into a place of refuge and this will bring a sense of the sacred into your morning and evening personal-care rituals.

De-clutter the bedroom

Your bedroom is for sleeping and intimacy, and it functions as a place of renewal for self and relationships. Clutter in the bedroom is worse than in any room. It is anything but restful and peaceful. If you are feeling “wired and tired,” creating order out of chaos in this most personal space will help you relax and to let go of the stresses of the day. Then you will get a good night’s sleep or enjoy some special time with your partner. Of all of your rooms, this one is the most critical for being organized and peaceful.

De-clutter your closets

Closets are everything hidden, unknown, or unrecognized. When we fill our closets with clutter, we harness our ability to be intuitive and insightful. Cluttered closets can indicate problems that you may not even be aware of but which block your progress through life, work, and relationships. Keeping the closet door closed is not an obvious solution. Organizing your closets IS!

De-clutter your attic and basement

A cluttered attic causes you to feel under pressure. It is not easy to feel good about the future when there is so much stuff “hanging about and over your head.” Organize those boxes of yesteryear and you will feel ten pounds lighter, instantly! The basement and other below-ground storage areas are thought to be holders of the subconscious mind, so take the time and have that clutter cleaned up!

De-clutter your garage

Think of your car as a symbol of your agility, independence, and ability to be self-propelled in life. If there’s so much junk piled high in your garage that you can barely lift the garage door, it is time to organize. Do this and be prepared to move forward in your life, as well.

Stop thinking of de-cluttering as a terrific, and start thinking of it as one of the most effective self-improvement exercises available to you. Every magazine and piece of paper you place in the recycle and every book you give back to the library will liberate you. Just as giving those older items to charity, will. Free yourself now of clutter and open the flood gates of joy and energy into your life.

You may be awesome in something. If you think you are smart then make sure that you show it off. If you think you have the ability to make some one laugh then go ahead make her laugh.

In case you are good in sport, and then demonstrate it.

Let people know that you are different. Widen your horizon. If you feel that you do not have a prospect then think again and look into another direction. If you like sports then look for people with similar liking and hang out with them. Look fro someone with whom you would find it easy to talk. A successful relationship starts with communication. If you fail to do so you may lose the relationship.

First step that you should take is to communicate effectively with your partner. First start by simple talking and the make a friend out of that special person. Girls are usually circumspect while jumping into new commitments. Make sure that you find a reason to talk. Make sure that both of you are willing to exchange conversations.

Don’t make a third person a medium. Be yourself and express your feelings directly. Make sure that you don’t lie at the beginning of your relationship as this may be disastrous. You would be heart broken when you would find yourself lonely.

Convey your feeling. Make sure that the right kind of emotion is transferred. Flirting is a healthy social and playful activity but it may be reciprocated only in some cases. If you get the right kind of emotion then it may help you to build a successful relationship. Don’t be sad if it doesn’t pay back.

Take things slowly. Don’t show any kind of desperation. This may spoil it for you. When you take things easy you may be open to lots of surprises. You may be surprised that your special person may ask you out for a date!

Make sure you don’t get the wrong vibe. Once you know that a formidable base is made you can go beyond. Make sure that you continue having a normal routine. Don’t make your life revolve around that special some one. The person you may start loving may want you and not a clone of themselves. So it is important that you remain yourself truly as this would be highly appreciated.

Don’t Bring It On
by Betty Jo Tucker
Pay attention, all you cheerleader wannabes. To be successful at cheerleading, you must possess athletic ability, enthusiasm, energy and a strong sense of purpose. Fortunately, you do not have to sit through Fired Up! Sadly, this awful movie about two high school football players who decide to participate in a summer cheerleading camp ranks on a par with Confessions of a Shopaholic as far as lack of genuine humor is concerned. Everything seems forced in both films, which results in annoying scenes instead of amusing ones playing out on screen while viewers decide whether to stay or leave the theater. Being blessed with a high tolerance for bad movies combined with a touch of masochism, I watched each of these films to the very end.

Proving it’s possible to ruin an excellent movie idea by executing it poorly, Fired Up! bears no resemblance to Bring It On, my favorite film about cheerleaders. Director Will Gluck includes a scene showing cheerleaders watching the earlier feature and reciting the dialogue right along with the cast. What a mistake! That simply serves as a reminder about the much higher quality of Bring It On. In Fired Up!, most dialogue gets shouted rather than spoken like conversations among real people. The biggest offender in this regard is Eric Christian Olsen, who plays Nick, the captain of the football team and one of the guys who goes to cheerleading camp. Because Olsen delivered such a fine performance in TV’s Brothers & Sisters, I was quite surprised by his exaggerated work here. When Olsen isn’t trying to imitate Jim Carrey, he definitely makes a better impression.

Olsen’s co-star, Nicolas D’Agosto, appears a bit more subdued. He portrays Eric’s best friend Shaun, who falls in love with Carly (Sarah Roemer), the head cheerleader at Gerald Ford High School. It’s Shaun’s feelings for Sarah that lead to a change in plans for the two cheerleading camp interlopers. Originally, their goal involved hooking up with a variety of gorgeous girls. Helping their team win the annual competition failed to interest them at all. Will they overcome their self-serving behavior and be able to save the day? (Unfortunately, by the end of this misguided teen movie, it’s hard to care one way or the other — but no doubt some members of its young target audience will still be hoping for a happy ending.)

Roemer (Disturbia) stands out in Fired Up! She’s the only cast member who comes across as a real human being. Exploited completely are two wonderful veteran actors, John Michael Higgins (The Break Up) and Philip Baker Hall (The Insider) as the cheerleading camp director and football coach, respectively.  Both Higgins and Hall seem pressured to overplay their roles, and it saddens me to see them misused in this way.

Fired Up! should have been hosed down.

(Released by Screen Gems and rated “PG-13″ for crude and sexual content throughout, partial nudity, language and some teen partying.)

Love is self help that approaches and guides you to a deeper understanding to a core notion. You can be your personal support system while creating a loving marriage with intensifying romance and relating with partner more openly. Loving feels simple but can make it complex and confusing.

To deepen your understanding of the emotion love u need to delve into the sub conscious mind. The most effective approach because the sub conscious is a process that is both emotive and personal. In this realm of the mind you can open new corridors of new understanding of love.

Use your cognitive thought process which is detached from your complex inner workings of the mind. Your mind may not be able to understand the emotional elements of your life but your self help approach can use it to reach the internal realms of emotion and sensation.

You would automatically develop a loving relationship that can be complicated if certain components are not addressed. There may be various reasons that may get in the way of your marriage and romantic life. These complications include like low esteem and fear.

There may be a fear of loss or you may believe that you are not deserving of a healthy and loving relationship. These complications exist in d sub conscious level and you are unable to recognize the problems of the conscious mind.

The most effective way to deal with this is to read into the mind. To have a successful loving relationship, start by loving yourself. Have a pre exchange of loving emotions with those close to you but it gets difficult in case you don’t have one. This is here that the simple process begins and it is also here that it starts complicating.

It’s the beginning of everything. If you cannot allow yourself to eradicate negative feelings within you, then you may feel a loving emotion but may internally suffer a conflict of emotion. This conflict needs immediate emotion and deeper understanding. Many people fail as they do not foster their love with their selves.

This makes the free exchange of love very difficult if not possible. Low esteem, fear and anxiety can be serious obstacles but you should have the power to control them through your sub conscious mind. Gain a deeper understanding of your loving emotion. This process will help you to achieve a complete success in your personal relationship. Love begins with self help.

More “Poochisms”….

• Instead of wasting time dwelling negatively on a person who has “done you wrong”, or thinking of ways to “punish someone”, “get back at them”, whatever, why not instead do something Positive for yourself. In other words, put your attention on You - not them! As they say, “Success is the Best Revenge”…

• I have found that Too many people take life TOO Seriously… Yes, things affecting you can be important. But is it really Serious in the scope of life? Not everything is “the end of the world”…

• Whatever has happened, no matter how embarrassing or harmful in any way, has already happened. You can’t change the past. Let’s face it: it’s always gonna be today…

• I choose to be around “Positive People”. I stay away from “Negative People”! It’s amazing how just 1 negative person can bring 10 positive people down!

From Professor Pooch

Read more about Professor Pooch here

• Tell yourself (and believe) that some degree of clutter with a child is going to happen no matter what!

• Begin with messes and clutter that you see every day. Work on organizing your kitchen and family room before your hallway closet.

• Assign everything in your house a place. This way when your family searches for something they need, they will know exactly where to find it and where to put it away.

• Use this same principle to organize your silverware, with clearly defined places for every fork and knife, or drawers for ties and socks or, underwear. Think in this same way for every aspect of your home. This will save many hours of searching for things. It will dramatically cut down on the clutter of items left out “for now” or “until I find a place for it.” Develop a new mantra: everything has its place and a place for everything!

Enlist a new rule: throw out one old thing for every new purchase that enters your home.

• When using stairs, never go up or down them empty-handed. Always grab some items that belong to upstairs rooms and quickly put it away while you are there.

• Make a mental note to observe what things pile up in your house and where they cluster, and then come up with a place nearby that becomes the official home where those things will reside. Introduce baskets, shelves, and folders for this purpose. They work well. Set aside one basket for you and your partner for incoming mail, bills, and receipts and letters.

• Create a number of brightly marked folders for discount coupons, invitations and directions, and other time-sensitive papers that just clutter your counters.

• Keep items that are used frequently in places where you can reach them without stooping or bending, and store them close to the place they will be needed.

• Use drawer dividers for socks, underwear, lingerie, and tiny items, to keep them separated and organized.

• Hang hooks for your keys and purse at the entry to your home, so each time you walk in, you can hang them up.

• Establish one defined place in your house for storing library books, and end a house-wide hunt when it is time to read or return them.

• Get rid of all junk drawers, or allow yourself just one that you clear out once a week or more. When you establish certain items are being used repeatedly, designate a drawer for those.

Things you don’t need any longer:

-   Magazines you meant to read but have never taken the time for

-   Expired medications

-   Clothes you no longer wear

-   Sunscreen that’s expired or more than one year old

-   Extra paper or plastic grocery bags

-   Makeup and samples you have never worn

-   Cookbooks you rarely use. Cut out your favorite recipes only

-   Organize your coupons and throw out all that have expired

-   Stuff your crumpled plastic bags from your grocer inside a cardboard roll like a hand towel roll. Keep under your sink.

Getting rid of your clutter and organizing your home top to bottom will free your mind to remember your daily chores. Be vigilant about cleaning about once a month and you will find it much easier to keep up, week-by-week.

What an honor and a priviledge it is to announce our newest columnist on Heal Yourself Magazine-Anna De Chiricco The Bling Queen from BlingQueenFashions.com

I met Anna over a year ago as a speaker on Heal Yourself  Talk Radio, listen to shows here, Anna’s story is amazing! You want to hear an amazing TRUE Rags to Riches tale you have to listen to Anna’s interview.

Now Anna is offering her expertise in Bling to HY Magazine readers!

Anna is known for her knowledge and expertise in the fashion industry and for her beautiful creations in fashion and jewerly.

Anna will be writing about what to wear, the newest styles and more so feel free to leave her comments and questions on her column pages.

Be sure to check out her site and blog for more information and the coolest jewerly around!

Bling Queen Fashionz

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Welcome aboard Anna! I look forward to reading more of your fashion insights!

-Rebbekah White

As I was dressing this morning, I was debating on what to wear. Common thought for the majority of us women right?

Dress or jeans? I opted for a Jean hip look, despite my age I read an article the other day about what’s appropriate in your 20’s, 30’s, and 40’s. I guess the 50 and up don’t dress lol because they left that age group out. I think one should wear whatever they feel good in, of course keep in mind the colors of the season and body type. I am not in my 20’s! Age is a state of mind. Anyhow, I opted for a jean shabby chic look. True Religion jean pants (LOVE THAT BRAND! It fits so nice!), a purple silk shirt, and black leather boots.

To top the outfit, a black leather men’s cut jacket. Simple, no?

What made the outfit was the accessories I used.

Leather belt with a maltese cross crystal buckle (Yes, it’s on the site), clear crystal hoops (yes, I am a hoop lady all the time any time), and a lariat crystal necklace. Sexy! Gives ton of “light,” and nonchalantly falls in the right place.

Of course I cant live without tons of bracelets, so my choice was a big cuff stretch bracelet. SOO comfortable, so bold, and so sexy. I like to feel sexy and feminine for myself, foremost. Of course the big ring is a must. I chose the big geometric cubic zirconia ring.

My point here is that it takes very little to look like a million dollars. I would like to share a quote from a woman that I admire greatly, Coco Chanel.

“Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.“
Coco Chanel

All Photos of jewelry displayed can be found at BlingQueenFashionz.com

Kiss Kiss,
Anna De Chiricco-The Bling Queen

http://www.blingqueenfashions.com

You may look around and think that finding and attracting the right man is close to impossible. Everybody seems to be very happy in a relationship apart from you. It seems that you cannot manage. You may be successful in everything you do but when it comes to true love you fail to get one. You are left questioning whether at all as anything as one true love. Think what makes him or her great. He or she may be the one who love you unconditionally.

There may be flaws and imperfection included. There may be things in the relationship that you won’t agree but in-spite of all this, he or she will love you. This guy will reciprocate your love for him and even more. The question is whether you will be able to find him.

Even if you find him then next question is how would you attract him and make him stay. It is simple to attract him and make him fall for u and commit for a long term relationship. For this you need to close your eyes and think about that one true love. Imagine him standing in front of u. think how would he be. Think of a possible weekend get away to romantic destination. Think about a conversation that you may have. Think about how it feels when you are touched by him.

The way you feel and hear him in your mind is the way he would be in your true life. It is quite possible to meet someone like him. You may have had a bad experience with your past. But while visualizing your one true love you are actually manifesting him already. The concept of love at first sight is the manifestation before the first sight.

Manifesting is a virtual existence of this true man. Believe in your heart that you can really make this virtual man come to life. The next step for you would be is to change for the better. If you think that it has always been the man’s fault then it is the best time for you to look into your self. Nagging him is definitely not going to help. You should remember that a relationship is a two way street that requires both of u to work on it.

Stop your unwillingness and try something new because you still await the best.