Couponing again...and more

I just have to share I finally got paid to buy a product.  Safeway was having by 4 save money deal so if you bought 4 of various products, they were only $1 each.  I had coupons for some of it.  So I bought 2 boxes of fruit roll ups (normally don't buy but son absolutely loves them and I had $1 off coupons).  I also had loaded coupons on my safeway card but didn't know how that would pan out.  With the 2 boxes of roll ups I got 2 boxes of Life cereal but didn't have any coupons for that.  But buying the four together only cost $4 except with my $1 off coupon and my three ecoupons for .50 each, I got paid .50 for the 2 boxes of fruit roll ups.  (or you could say I only spent $1.50 for 4 boxes of items but I like saying I got paid for something).

Here's one of the problems with couponing.  And I have said this before.  A lot of the stuff is for junk.  I mean I saw people writing how you could buy 8-12 boxes of fruit snacks and have it be a money maker blah blah blah but really?  That's a lot.  I really thought 2 boxes was sufficient.  We don't go through that stuff that quickly.  I mean seriously, we still have candy leftover from Halloween. 

Plus, I am on the verge of trying to eat healthier around here.  On the verge b/c I am not sure how much time and energy I will have until my class is over in April.  Really I should be studying.  Plus I am trying to keep my house cleaner with the planner.  Do I really have time to make a complete makeover in our eating? 
But it was pointed out to me recently by a friend who is not subtle about anything, that we keep a lot of junk food in our house.  We keep more than her but I didn't think it was a lot.  Here's my plan though for the month of february.  I am going to keep my receipts for groceries and at the end of the month, add up all the money we spend on junk food.  This includes chips, candy, cookies, ice cream.  Maybe I will throw in a processed food category as well (since one of my goals is to get away from processed foods).  At the end of the month, I will decide how much of our budget should go to this stuff.  Because, honetly, I am not going to deprive myself of some stuff.  I just won't do it.  But I can limit it.  Here's the other thing, my kids don't really eat a lot of the junk that we have.  Hubby and I do.  I rarely give my kids chips but I eat them for lunches at work.  They rarely get ice cream but I looove ice cream.  You get the point.  I probably need to find some healthy alternatives for myself.
Wow, this post became much more than I meant it to be.  I will keep you posted.