Couponing...my new passion...

I have tried to cut coupons in the past.  I would end up with a wad of little papers and go to the store.  I would say nine times out of ten it was still cheaper to buy the store brand.  So I would leave the little coupon by the product and sigh.  I was cutting coupons for other people.  It seemed like a huge waste of time...plus it made grocery shopping so much longer!  I really do not like to grocery shop.  Buying food is just as boring as cooking dinner.  I hate them both.  Side note...the best invention ever is the "Super Store" I leave my husband (who loves to grocery shop) and I go look at other things, anything other than canned goods.

Back to couponing.  I attended a basic couponing class.  Did you know that you can buy coupons?  They already come clipped and ready to go.  It seems to defeat the purpose of saving money but stay with me...When I feel I had a really good deal going (when paired up with store sales) I go and buy coupons and then go and stock up on the product.  Soups seem to be big this month around here.

I never though of couponing as working on food storage...Light bulb moment.

I am not fantastic at it (yet)...made some mistakes so far...(learning) but it has been fun.  I am not so grumpy about grocery shopping. Steve is happy cause I am not so grumpy about grocery shopping and he loves to get things cheap.  Yes I said cheap and not "inexpensive"...If you are cheap...embrace it!!!

Some things we got completely free...Toothpaste and toothbrushes. (laugh but we have run out of both before)  we stocked up as much as we could.  Still need more for a year supply, but we have only "couponed" for 2 weeks.

Mostly shopping at one store which does double coupons we have saved...

In one week we saved...$86.83

Weekly Special Savings...(you know using that store card before checkout)

$121.42

So all said and done...$188.25 saved.

Yippee!  

Just so you know our "grocery budget" is to try and stay under $150 for 2 weeks. (feeding 6 people)  I would dare say usually we go a bit over.  So saving or getting almost $87 is huge for us.

Some things we stocked up on:

Soups, cereals, toothpaste, toothbrushes, bleach, string cheese, frozen veggies,clorox wipes, yogurt, Boxed potatoes, Cocoa, Cheese slices and chocolate.

Oh and by the way still canning too.  Grape juice for the year...

and last but not least...Curtis...who is so excited cause he got a free batman toothbrush! 

I have tons more to learn...like how to navigate those drug store sales...that apparently you can actually make money on buying products there.  I haven't wrapped my brain around that one yet.  I'll get there though.

If you have tried couponing before, maybe you should give it another try.