Week 3 of my adventure and I'm getting better at this, but sometimes it's not very easy.
This last week, my extreme coupon friend Parksy Hancock from Houston, Texas, taught me how to take coupon overages and apply to non-coupon sales.
For Example: I'm expecting baby #5.
I received a coupon for $5 off Similac Formula
Wal-Mart sold it for $3.84, that extra $1.16 came off my total bill. They call those money makers and they are fun!
This past week, I've gotten Easter supplies, baby formula, razors and nail polish for free, Splenda sugar, mashed potatoes and taco seasoning, personal products, body wash and hair color all for free!!!!
During my Wal-Mart trip for Easter this past week, I had many things to buy for the special weekend, but altogether, the Total bill was $127 and after coupons, I paid $89 at WAL-MART!
$38 in coupons. That was pretty cool!
At Krogers, I bought 20 cans of Dole Pineapple at $.50 a piece after coupons. However, be watchful at the register. I got a cashier who was about to get off work and she messed up on the coupons. I should have paid $10, I paid $11.
I've begun collecting quite a stash of CVS Extra bucks and Wal- Greens Register Rewards.
I walked out of CVS yesterday with (3) 12 packs of Dr. Pepper 3 for $10, paid with ECB's and got $3 back for next week
At Walgreens, I paid $4 for everything and have $7 RR for next week, which I hear there will be a huge sale on Cottonelle Tissue.
Also, learning that on Holidays, there are no coupon inserts, but the following week, the companies usually make up for it with lots of coupons. I buy coupon inserts from Whole Coupon Inserts. I place my order on Thursday or Friday before the Sunday paper comes out and the coupons are in my mailbox on Monday.
My biggest days to plan shopping trips are Sat for CVS. I go on Sunday evenings or Mondays, and Wednesdays are when the grocery ads start. I usually go grocery shopping on Thursdays.
This is quickly becoming a GAME to me. GAME ON!
I have a goal of reducing my cost of groceries/gas down to only $500 a month total for our family of 6 soon to be 7.
This is fun!
I'm learning that with a little work and a lot of networking with other couponers, I can " SAVE" or " Make" more money couponing than I'm making writing online.
This week, I quit one of my writing jobs. The site had many changes and it just wasn't working out anymore. I was earning less than $1 a day. I'm saving much more than that by couponing now, and it's so much more fun knowing I'm doing more and providing more for my family by couponing. There's a great sense of accomplishment in that.
So, that's all for now. Tomorrow is Wednesday. I'm ready! Bring on the grocery ads!
This last week, my extreme coupon friend Parksy Hancock from Houston, Texas, taught me how to take coupon overages and apply to non-coupon sales.
For Example: I'm expecting baby #5.
I received a coupon for $5 off Similac Formula
Wal-Mart sold it for $3.84, that extra $1.16 came off my total bill. They call those money makers and they are fun!
This past week, I've gotten Easter supplies, baby formula, razors and nail polish for free, Splenda sugar, mashed potatoes and taco seasoning, personal products, body wash and hair color all for free!!!!
During my Wal-Mart trip for Easter this past week, I had many things to buy for the special weekend, but altogether, the Total bill was $127 and after coupons, I paid $89 at WAL-MART!
$38 in coupons. That was pretty cool!
At Krogers, I bought 20 cans of Dole Pineapple at $.50 a piece after coupons. However, be watchful at the register. I got a cashier who was about to get off work and she messed up on the coupons. I should have paid $10, I paid $11.
I've begun collecting quite a stash of CVS Extra bucks and Wal- Greens Register Rewards.
I walked out of CVS yesterday with (3) 12 packs of Dr. Pepper 3 for $10, paid with ECB's and got $3 back for next week
At Walgreens, I paid $4 for everything and have $7 RR for next week, which I hear there will be a huge sale on Cottonelle Tissue.
Also, learning that on Holidays, there are no coupon inserts, but the following week, the companies usually make up for it with lots of coupons. I buy coupon inserts from Whole Coupon Inserts. I place my order on Thursday or Friday before the Sunday paper comes out and the coupons are in my mailbox on Monday.
My biggest days to plan shopping trips are Sat for CVS. I go on Sunday evenings or Mondays, and Wednesdays are when the grocery ads start. I usually go grocery shopping on Thursdays.
This is quickly becoming a GAME to me. GAME ON!
I have a goal of reducing my cost of groceries/gas down to only $500 a month total for our family of 6 soon to be 7.
This is fun!
I'm learning that with a little work and a lot of networking with other couponers, I can " SAVE" or " Make" more money couponing than I'm making writing online.
This week, I quit one of my writing jobs. The site had many changes and it just wasn't working out anymore. I was earning less than $1 a day. I'm saving much more than that by couponing now, and it's so much more fun knowing I'm doing more and providing more for my family by couponing. There's a great sense of accomplishment in that.
So, that's all for now. Tomorrow is Wednesday. I'm ready! Bring on the grocery ads!
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