When you clip and save coupons (remembering that as a rule, you never use them until 3 weeks after they come out in the paper) and pay attention to the sales, you can begin to count on saving at least 50% on your groceries each week. My personal goal is 60%-70% and I usually hit that, but today was a "use up some about-to-expire coupons" trip for some "Stock The Pantry" items so I didn't do as well as normal
But this is what I got:
- 2 Hamburger Helper Microwave Singles (I know, I know - but my husband just LOVES dehydrated beef and pasta in a cup for lunch at work...and they ended up being $.40 each)
- 1 Newman's Own Salad Mist
- 1 Dole Fruit parfait (my daughter loves these)
- 4 bags Dove candy (TOM is coming!)
- 3 Ken's Salad Spritzers
- 4 Barilla Pasta
- 3 loaves bread
- 4 Glaceau Water
- peaches
- 2 pints blueberries
- 2 pints grape tomatoes
- 1 bag salad
- 4 Jones sausage links
- 4 Amy's Organic Pocketfuls
- Sugar free Jello Rice pudding
- Daisy Sour Cream
Total before savings: $80.44
Store sale savings: $19.67
Coupons (including doubles): $25.41
Total paid: $35.48
I still have another trip to a different store to make tomorrow or Wed. on the way home from the pool for my 2 half-gallons of $1.33 Edy's ice cream, free Totinos pizza rolls (both of which are hubby's favorite late-night snacks...he eats horrible foods and has a 34" waist, astonishingly low cholesterol and perfect blood pressure...sometimes I really hate him!) and 4 boxes of $.90 Cinnamon Toast Crunch (that will get me a gallon of free milk as a bonus). Then I will just need another half-gallon of milk to get me through the week and we are done!
Oh - and in case you are wondering...yes this week is low on shopping for protein. That doesn't mean that our family won't be eating meat, cheese or legumes. I shop from a "stock up & save" approach. My freezer is full of meats that I got fabulous deals on, cheese (which can be easily frozen) that I got for next to nothing and frozen veggies. So next week, depending on the sales, my photos may look like we have either gone vegetarian or went on Atkins!
Darla
That 3 week rule is an excellent tip to know. I buy my coupons on-line (cheaper than buying papers) and am always afraid I've missed out, so I'm glad to hear this.
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Daisy
Good to know about the three week thing. I kept thinking that I was missing stuff. Darla - interesting point about buying coupons... do you mean you buy cut ones from ebay or do you mean you subscribe somewhere?
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Daisy
PS: I am logged in to wordpress but it doesn't show that way here - wassup wit dat?
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Mindi
Darla: you don't get any papers? I haven't bought any coupons yet, but have been tempted to....lost a few auctions on eBay, but that's about it
Daisy: there are places where you can...ahem..."pay someone for their time to clip and sort coupons" (because selling coupons is illegal). As for the log-in question? As you can see from the ever-changing template (although I think I like this one now...just have to get a custom header), I am still stumbling my way through this techie stuff.