One good thing about a rough economy: it forces everyone to revisit finances, reprioritize, review debt, and find new ways to save money.
Thankfully there are simple resources available to help facilitate saving and being a good steward of your money in general. I thought our family was doing pretty well-I decided to shop mostly at Walmart and we are careful to limit our discretionary spending; HOWEVER, the past 6 weeks or so I've really delved more into couponing, searching for deals, and planning our meals and other shopping around current bargains.
Thankfully there are simple resources available to help facilitate saving and being a good steward of your money in general. I thought our family was doing pretty well-I decided to shop mostly at Walmart and we are careful to limit our discretionary spending; HOWEVER, the past 6 weeks or so I've really delved more into couponing, searching for deals, and planning our meals and other shopping around current bargains.
- Check out Southern Savers {HERE}, this blog does an excellent job explaining couponing, stacking coupons, and combining offers in general to get the very best deals.
- Also Coupons.com and Redplum.com have manufacturers coupons.
- And if you're planning on shopping at a certain store/restaurant, don't forget to visit their site to see what specials/offers are available.
- If ordering Online, make sure to Google coupons, promotional codes. My favorite source is Retail Me Not {HERE}
- We haven't eliminated our Walmart trips; however I try and check for manufacturer coupons for items on our list first. I have a pink coupon book I keep in the car and that way it's always in close enough proximity for my shopping days.
Today when I went to Toys R Us and spent $12.34 on about $20 worth of toys, I decided to drag up those old receipts to share the savings {because who doesn't like to brag on their deals! =) } So here they are for the last 6 weeks:
Publix
Trip #1 spent $37.91, saved $27.70
Trip #2 spent $33.79, saved $27.31
Trip #3 spent $26.68, saved $22.95
Trip #4 spent $23.34, saved $41.71
Trip #5 spent $36.11, saved $48.14
Trip #6 spent $25.16, saved $37.46
TOTAL SPENT = $182.99, TOTAL SAVED = $205.27
And check out a JCPenney trip for Baby Du-kah clothes- spent $12.98, saved $98.09!
PublixTrip #1 spent $37.91, saved $27.70
Trip #2 spent $33.79, saved $27.31
Trip #3 spent $26.68, saved $22.95
Trip #4 spent $23.34, saved $41.71
Trip #5 spent $36.11, saved $48.14
Trip #6 spent $25.16, saved $37.46
TOTAL SPENT = $182.99, TOTAL SAVED = $205.27
And check out a JCPenney trip for Baby Du-kah clothes- spent $12.98, saved $98.09!
3 comments:
Awesome! I just started the same process. Saved $55.50 in one Publix trip plus got $50 gas card for $40.00! I can't believe I have never planned my grocery trips around sales before! Or atleast, I have never kept up with it. It really makes you feel good!
The bigger my boys get, the more they eat, so a mom's gotta do something. Fortunately they start caring less and less about what they eating. It's just a constant stream of "Mom! I'm hungry!"
Girl I saw that- great job! It's 'commonsensical', but I didn't start until recently too. And I definitely remember how much food we went through with 3 teenage boys {and 2 teenage girls too!} in a household-definitely worth the effort to coupon =)
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