Cable, coupons and house hunting

Most of our friends and family know that we have begun our house hunt.   We have been searching online for a while now and finally took the leap to start searching.  We saw some really great houses!  There are two that we really liked, there were a few others that were liked as well, but there are two that top the list.  The only problem is one is a little further out of town than we wanted and one is out of our price range.  We aren't ruling them out yet, we just need to figure out the part of town we really want to be in and if the home is worth being a little further out and if not, if we can get them to come down on the price of the other one.  We aren't putting all of our marbles in one bag though, we are still actively looking and will keep an open mind about the search.  

We have been saving for a house for a while, but now that our search has become real to us and buying a house could be in our near future, we are cutting back.  The first to go was our cable.  Yes, that's right, I canceled our cable.  We had a HD DVR, another HD receiver, the sports package, HBO (this was free) and internet and it just seemed to be getting out of hand!  So now we have basic cable and internet and we will be saving over $100 month!  Ryan was not a huge fan at first, but he is now on board.  He has an XBOX that is connected to the internet, so he can still watch ESPN, which was his main concern.  

The next cut back is eating out!  I did a previous post on eating out and cooking, but likely story, I did not stick to it.  But we went to dinner with some friends on Friday night and she introduced me to couponing.  I have tried in the past to use coupons, but apparently I was not using them wisely.  They are able to purchase groceries for $50 a week.  Imagine all of the savings!  I know in our household that would be a lot!  I am probably pretty late to the party, but at least I'm starting somewhere.  My friend has graciously offered to take me under her wing to teach me the ropes.  I have already started researching and printing coupons and I'm eager to start after Christmas!