Ok guys, I'm beginning to get the hang of this and I'm saving more and more and despite the gas price increase this week, I should see a major decrease in my overall monthly expenses this month. My goal is to eventually only spend $500 a month on groceries and gas for a family of 6, soon to be 7, that includes 2 cars and gas for the two cars.
This week I found a blog that shares weekly deals with coupon matches for Wal-Mart, CVS, Wal-Greens, Dollar General, Kroger's, Albertson's, Brookshires's, ( Every store I shop at,) Check out Grocery Shopping For Free . It saves me a lot of time looking for deals.
I am also beginning to understand how to collect, organize coupon inserts, Smart Source, Red Plum and Proctor and Gamble. I know many say don't buy coupons, get them for free or your defeating your purpose. I'm currently buying the equivalent of 10 newspapers of coupons each week for $16 ($1.60 a paper) from either Whole Coupon Inserts or an Ebay Store called Coupon Clipper Kelly. There's also one called Mad Coupons that does the same thing for only $14, but they require an order deadline on Wednesday before the inserts come out. I missed the deadline this week.
$14 - $16 may seem like a lot to spend each week on coupons, but take a look at what I'm doing with them. I'm obviously getting my money's worth out of these coupons and then some and the proof will be at the end of the month when the Discover card bill ( used for gas & groceries) comes in much much lower than it was before.
Here is what I've done in the last two weeks using coupons, ads and networking.
This week I found a blog that shares weekly deals with coupon matches for Wal-Mart, CVS, Wal-Greens, Dollar General, Kroger's, Albertson's, Brookshires's, ( Every store I shop at,) Check out Grocery Shopping For Free . It saves me a lot of time looking for deals.
I am also beginning to understand how to collect, organize coupon inserts, Smart Source, Red Plum and Proctor and Gamble. I know many say don't buy coupons, get them for free or your defeating your purpose. I'm currently buying the equivalent of 10 newspapers of coupons each week for $16 ($1.60 a paper) from either Whole Coupon Inserts or an Ebay Store called Coupon Clipper Kelly. There's also one called Mad Coupons that does the same thing for only $14, but they require an order deadline on Wednesday before the inserts come out. I missed the deadline this week.
$14 - $16 may seem like a lot to spend each week on coupons, but take a look at what I'm doing with them. I'm obviously getting my money's worth out of these coupons and then some and the proof will be at the end of the month when the Discover card bill ( used for gas & groceries) comes in much much lower than it was before.
Here is what I've done in the last two weeks using coupons, ads and networking.
First week : My first trip to CVS, spent right at $51, but I got $28 back in Extra Credit Bucks to spend on next weeks trip and came home with: 14 boxes of Finish Dishwasher Detergent 6 boxes of Kellog Bars 2 Russell Stover Eggs 2 bottles of bubbles 4 bags of M&M's 2 bags of Hershey kisses Wednesday, April 13, after Dr visit, went to Subway with 3 kids, had a coupon, buy a drink, get a 6" sandwich free, bought 4 drinks at $1.61 each, sandwiches would have cost $2.50 each, got 4 dr. Peppers and 4 6" subs for $6.44, and brought them home. I only eat half a sandwich at a time, it made 8 meals, not bad. I love Subway sandwiches. The kids don't eat the sandwiches, they enjoyed the Dr. Pepper and each one got a donut, spent $2 on the donuts. Everyone's happy! This past Friday I went to Wal-Mart and got 9 packs of razors and 9 packs of mashed potatoes for free, in fact, Wal-mart owed me $1.88 after coupons, but I didn't wait for the manager to get it. I was just happy to shop Wal-Mart for free I bought 10 bottles of mustard and 1 suave shampoo and 1 suave conditioner at Kroger's for $5 At Albertson's I spent $46, after coupons, I came home with 4 boxes of fish portions 4 boxes of fish sticks 24 packs of Ramen noodles 2 half gallons of Blue Bunny ice Cream 1 12 pack of Dr Pepper 8 loaves of sandwich bread, ( my son loves cheese sandwiches and cinnamon toast) Saturday I had $5 off a $25 purchase at Dollar General I used it along with some Pringle's coupons to get 4 bottles of my son's medicine 4 boxes of sanitary pads for my daughter's 3 tubes of Pringles Sunday, April 17, CVS All free with ECB's and coupons 2 bags of Easter Grass 2 Egg coloring kits 2 boxes of Stove top 2 bottles of dish washing liquid 36 rolls of tolit paper and I now have 20 ECBs for next week 2 Ocean Mist bottles of body Spray
Ok, that's all for now. I'll look at ad's on Wednesday and grab more deals on Thursday when I go to town.
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