Well, we didn't wait until Sunday to do our grocery shopping. Instead we went today, and then on top of that, we took 3 kids with us. What the hell were we thinking? Na, it wasn't too bad. Everybody had a job. Keigan and Genny were taking turns pushing a "little" cart, and which ever one was pushing, the other was marking things off the list. Dawson was taking pictures of each of the isle markers, and holding the coupon envelope, and Bob was putting the stuff in the carts. Me, I was pushing the big cart.
We did get a lot more than we usually do, but spent about the same. We did get some FREE stuff this time, like bath soap, milk, glass cleaner, and maybe a few other things. I can't remember. I did not get 28 boxes of cereal, or 12 boxes of Fruit By the Foot, but we did get 4 more boxes of cereal, to add to the 4 that we bought last week. We did get 4 boxes of Fruit By the Foot, and we did get like 3 boxes of Pop-Tarts. 3-12 packs of Coke, got the 4th for free, and got a free 12 pack of Fanta. The kids were happy about that. They were also pretty stoked about the fact that we ate at CiCi's and they ate FREE, thanks to COUPONS. lol.
Now, before I tell you how much we saves, keep in mind, we are NOT trying to be extreme as seen on tv, although the kids would like for us to...so they can be on tv. When you see those people on the show, they are really only stock piling, and we are actually doing weekly FOOD shopping, hoping to save at least 40 or 50 dollars a week on the final bill, and so far we have done that. We have been able to pick up extra things here and there, just because we had coupons. I think we have done pretty good, and so far, I am still digging the whole COUPONING project as pf now, and I do hope to learn more, and get more, and eventually SAVE more, and MAYBE, get to the point were we can have a stock pile.
We spend anywhere from 150-175 dollars almost every week when we go shopping.
Today, before coupons, the total was 230.27
After coupons, 172.53
Total SAVINGS 69.20
I will take that any day of the week.
The only thing that made me mad about this trip, is we did not get catalinas for money off our next trip. ugh.
9:56 pm
$70 SAVINGS IS AWESOME! 30% IS A GREAT START. THERE WAS A CATALINA IF YOU BOUGHT 10 BOX TOP PRODUCTS. IF YOU HAD 10 BOX TOPS YOU SHOULD CALL THE CATALINA PEOPLE. I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER BUT I HAVE SEEN IT POSTED ON MYLITTER.
ReplyDeleteWell, I don't know what all had Box Tops on them and what didn't, but I do know we got 4 boxes of cereal, 4 boxes of Fruit By The Foot and some Pop-Tarts. Lol. I will get the hang of it, and I will learn, and I will start saving more and more. Lol.
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