You see, she had a bunch of coupons to make grocery shopping easier, but she’s run into a bit of a problem. It seems like a lot of stores aren’t accepting or honoring coupons, even if they come from the merchant. Mommy had coupons chips, drinks, breakfast meat stuff, cereal, and a lot of other stuff. They’re all legitimate, even have barcodes so the cashier can run them over their barcode scanner, and come from signing up from online members clubs and stuff. Well, for some reason a lot stores aren’t taking them. Albertson’s grocery store will take some, but mostly just coupons they issue from their ads and stuff.

Wal-Mart seems to be the only place Mommy can get to accept coupons anymore.

Thankfully, the ones she had for canned cat food and some dry cat food were accepted. They’re from Special Kitty and Purina, and the Purina ones aren’t being accepted at Petco, Albertson’s, K-Mart, or Target around here either.

Poor Mommy, she tries to save some money and her efforts are being hampered. Some other humans on Twitter have mentioned having the same problems as well. Are any of your humans running into this?

Mom decided it was enough to pay a bill and get some groceries, so Mom went shopping. Finally!! We were on rations the last two days, Mom was very strict on how much food and treats we could eat to make sure the foods lasted. Me and Isis were a little worried ’cause the canned cat food was gone and the dry food was almost gone too. We were afraid we’d have to eat Shizuku’s doggy food BUT we gots food now! Mom ended up going to two different stores to take advantage of sales and get the most she could. Oddly enough, both Wal-Marts were out of our normal food so Mom had to get us some dry food from the dollar store to tide us over for the next couple of days, then she’ll go back and get our usual. Of course, Shizuku’s food was in stock so Mom picked up some more for him while she can. Hmph!

But here’s what was funny, at both the Dollar General (a store humans can get things for real cheap) and Wal-Mart (the usual place Mom does the shoppings) the cashiers told her the same thing – You’re cats are eating better then you are!

Here’s what Mom got at WalMart. You can’t see it, but in the plastic bag at the back there are, like, two dozen cans of canned cat food. It’s Fancy Feast and Special Kitty because one was on sale and the other pretty cheap and they’re brands me and Isis like a lot. Teh three stacked boxes are full of Spicy Beef cup ramen and the bag with two boxes in it has more ramen, two boxes with those bags of ramen you cook on the stove. The ramen is really, really cheap at Wal-Mart. Mom says those boxes of ramen, the ones in the plastic bag, have 12 bags of ramen in ‘em and they’re $1.82 each. That’s less than two dollars for twelve meals. That’s how Mom reasons it. The cup ramen is $0.28 each, but she only really likes the spicy beef flavor so when they have it in stock she stocks up on it. I think she took all of the spicy beef the store had. Greedy Mom.

At the Dollar General Mom bought some dry food that me and Isis like and will eat to tide us over till Mom has a chance to check back at Wal-Mart to see if they have our food in. They actually had the food we eat in a small bag, but the small bag was too pricey for Mom to buy when she knows we’ll go through it real fast. She buy’s our food in teh Big Bag which goes into a storage tin to keep me and Isis from getting to it. And buggies too. But mostly me and Isis.

The Friskies cans are for Mr. Stray btw, not us. So technically we’re not eating that. Of course, the cashier at the store didn’t know that though. Mom said she decided to splurge a little and picked up some frozen stuffs for her. Mom’s been pretty much sticking to stuff that don’t spoil (like grains, and beans, and can food) for her, so I’m glad she decided to spoil herself.

Whatcha think? Are we eating better then Mom like the cashiers said? I don’t really think so ’cause Mom has cut back on our treats to make ‘em last, and she’s just kinda cut out the stuff that don’t last from her diet. So I thinks we’re about even. Isis felt bad though hearing that. She’s the one who went shopping with Mom. Isis really doesn’t like being left alone anymore for some reason and so she kinda invited herself by jumping in Mom’s car again. Mom of course just let her go with her ’cause she was just going shopping and no where else, and Wal-Mart really doesn’t care when we bring our humans.

Mom came home from the seminar-thingy she wents to yesterday evening annnnnd she brought home foods from this place called Famous Dave’s that she didn’t finish eating. And There Was Chicken.

Mom did not share this chicken with us.

She did not share the rib either.

I was a little upset, but Mom gave us a treat after she’d finished eating her food and played with us then apologized for leaving us all alone yesterday. She didn’t get home ’till around 10pm and she left at 5am. She was gone a loooong time. We forgives her of course.

Well, Isis is still upset up about the no-chicken thing. Hehe, Isis loves her chicken.

Right now Mom is in the bathroom, putting on all that smelly stuff like her lotion and spray stuff and even teh new natural acne cleanser she’s using now. She’s kinda obsessed with her face for some reason. I dunno why, my Mom is pretty no matters what so I don’t understand the fuss.

She’s supposed to get home earlier today. I hope she does. Being cooped up with Isis all day is so not fun. I want to go outside and play! Be careful today Mom and have fun! And please hurry home so I can go outsides and play.

Oh, and some chicken would be nice too. Or tuna. Or milk.

Mommy woke up really early today too. She’s already filled our food and water dish for the day too. Denali thinks it’s too early to get up though and isn’t budging from the couch. Mommy had to wake up early because El Paso is about an hour’s drive away, she’s meeting up with Grandma who is driving, and Mommy had to get ready too. Since the seminar is supposed to run from 8am to 5pm today, Mommy is busy making sandwiches to take with her and putting chips in baggies too. I immediately jumped up on the table to give Mommy a hand.

First we had to clear the table off though because Mommy left all the mail scattered on it. But after that was done, she gave me some scritches and asked if I wanted to help. Of course I did! Mommy made me get off the table though, but I did get to be her offurcial food tester. The sliced ham and beef she used in her sub sandwich was delicious!

After Mommy finished making the food, she put it in her purse (it’s big, green, and black, I’ll have to take a picture of it sometime) and then put her stuff in the car. I don’t really want to stay alone all day in the house so I tried to convince Mommy to take me with her by hopping into my seat.

Sadly, Mommy said I couldn’t go and took me back into the house.

I hope my Mommy will be okay without me, sometimes she does silly things and if I’m not there to watch out for her, well who will? I am glad to see that Mommy isn’t taking that slimquick stuff anymore though. It was left her with an upset and queasy stomach. I wouldn’t want her to be stuck in a seminar all day feeling like that! She didn’t even have one of her slimfast drinks either. Instead Mommy had a piece of toast, a yogurt, and some fruit. Mommy still needs to finished getting ready though, and to straighten her hair; I think her curls look pretty, but Mommy prefers her hair straight and “manageable” when she has the time. Still though, Mommy is off to a good start today. I’m proud of you Mommy!

So Denali and I have been hesitant about clicking on any links in emails from anyone we don’t know. Because sometimes, we get stuff that says “Get a free sample of ‘some random yummy treats’, just click here” (like that!) but then the link leads elsewhere and has nothing to do with what it said it did.

However, I found an email today that was sent by a human who visited our blog.

Hello Isis,

I think you’re a very lovely little kitty and I enjoy reading about your and sister’s adventures. You’re both absolutely adorable. I found a wonderful site that I think your owner (and you) will enjoy immensely, check it out and please pass this on to anyone else you feel would benefit from it. God bless!

Well I looked at the site and it’s called Coupon Cat and it’s gots a bunch of coupons and deals that kitties will want their humans to take advantage of. It looks like it’s kept up to date too, and there are some non-kitty coupons there too so you can treat your humans for being good. There’s a couple that I want Mommy to get too.

So, I thought I’d pass this site on to everyone else. Some of these coupons mentioned we can’t use ’cause we’ve never seen/heard of the products before so they must not be sold around here. Oh, and there’s stuff for doggies too.

Anyway, hope some of our furriends can get some good treats and stuff from here!

Mom’s spent a lot of time yelling at the tv. She was very…upset…when the Saints were a yard outside the goal and couldn’t get a touchdown. Their kicker-guy sure is doing a lot of scoring for them. Poor guy.

So far the scariest thing was watching Mom jump up and start dancing during the half-time show. It kinda looked like she was doing those workout things that are on her dvds, but without all the fitness equipment and with a wine cooler (icky!) and food in her hand. I tried to take a picture (read: video) of her…dance routine, but Mom nixed that and deleted it from the camera. Meanie.

It was so embarrassing to watch. I mean Isis even ran from the room *shakes head* It was that scary.

Gonna go watch the game some more with Mom. Maybe I can gets more foods off her? And maybe the Saints will get their act together. They’re kinda sad right now.

So what’s with the excitement? Wells you should already know, it’s Super Bowl Sunday and the New Orleans Saints are playing the Indianapolis Colts!! Mom and I root for the Cowboys all the time, but since they didn’t go (again) Mom is rooting for the Saints. She really doesn’t care for the Colts, but she doesn’t hate ‘em like she does the Patriots, 49ers, Steelers, and Vikings though, so she’s going for the Saints. The Saints are a team she sorta-likes so that’s good. I’m going for the Saints too ’cause Mom is.

See, I’ve already staked out my spot on the couch. I’ve been watching the pre-game stuff they have on. Kinda boring but exciting too. Seeing all hyped up and running around, not to mention all the food, has me extra eager. I love the spreads Mom makes for games, but this one is huuuuge. *drools*

Isis doesn’t get the fuss, but then she’s weird. Silly Isis, you don’t have to understand or like the humans’ football to enjoy the food.

There’s aren’t any fancy entertainment centers in this house, just Mom’s 20″ tv hooked into the stereo for big sound. Still though, it’s gonna be good. Oh yeahs, I can’t waits! Mom will probably get kinda crazy during the half-time show though ’cause it’s The Who playing. I’ll try and take pictures of her being silly for everyone.

Be backs later with updates and thoughts on the game!

Isis thinks I should be getting life insurance quotes right now because when Mom catches me I’m toast.

What did I do? Well… I didn’t do anything, I swears! It’s all Mom’s fault for leaving stuff lying around when she knows I like to jump on things. Is it my faults that she put one of her dragon figurines on the bookshelf that I decided I wanted to nap on today? Noooo.

Granted, I never napped there before, but I thought it might be a nice time to start.

Anyway, I jumped, dragon figurine went flying. And despite what you might think, dragons don’t fly well. They don’t land well either.

Mom is upset over it because apparently it was a gift from someone important and she’s being very colorful about it too. Since Isis is a heater-hog in the winter Mom’s gonna know it was me soon enough. Not that I did anything wrong, remember.

Maybe I should go hide now?

After that Mommy and The Old Man did something to the refrigerator too. This took a while and involved a lot of cursing but I think they succeeded…eventually…in whatever they were doing. Some humans came over and made a racket too. They were honking and didn’t come up to the door so Mommy had to go see what they wanted. She wasn’t very pleased either, since they were working in the kitchen at the moment, and the humans were so loud! Why do humans have to honk when why come over and make all that noise? So rude.

After a while Mommy got them to leave though. She looked very tired at the end of everything, what with the kitchen and uninvited guests, so she put some food in the “crock pot” to cook and that’s gonna be dinner. It’s smelling good already but she says it’s not ready. Since Mommy was tired I decided to let her lay down on the bed and take a nap with me for a bit.

Aren’t I a nice kitty? I can’t wait until the food is ready. It smells so good. Mommy calls it a “potato ham bake”. All I care about is that there is ham in there and I saw her grating cheese too. Yummy!

Yes, clothes. I am excited over clothes. No this is not Isis, this is me, Denali, excited over clothes. Why? Well just look:

Do I look like such a pretty and stylish kitty in this jacket? I thoughts so too, and so does Mom. It’s black and the hood is lined with fur. It’s really nice and warm and has a pocket too. And the hood has a little snappy-button thing to keep it from falling forward if I don’t wants it to and it can come off too, the hood I mean. Here’s another shot so you can see the design:

Did I mentions it has star studs on it? Well it does and it’s so cool, I really loves it. If Mom always bought clothes as cool as this then I’d wear more clothes.

Isis doesn’t like it and actually tried to pull it off of me. She’s so mean to me. I mean she gets all kinds of clothes all the time and the one time I get something cool Isis throws a hissy fit and claws and tries to pull it off of me. And she growled at me too and batted me in the face with her paws. Mom looked so upset and shocked when Isis did that, like she didn’t know whats to do. Mom is probably gonna find a smaller jacket like mine (but pink because Isis likes pink) for her and give it to her. She’s such a baby and she’s older than me too!

Oh look Isis, I looked here and found a jacket for you too!

NOT!!

Aside from a lot of treats and some catnip mice I also got this outfit for the holidays:

It’s okay and the collar that came with it was red with bows and bells on it. No way is it as cool as my jacket though, but it’s still pretty good I guess.

I didn’t get anything on my wishlist though. No chirping birdies for me. Sanata FAIL!