Rising fuel costs are hitting a lot of families hard, including mine. An MDC mama got me into couponing and holy crap I am saving big! I have saved all my receipts this month so far and I have bought $798.78 worth of stuff but I only spent $208.83. Thats a savings of $589.95! I'm also stocked with TP and diapers (Luvs and Huggies Supremes) for 3 months (would be 6-9 mo if dd wasn't allergic to Pampers. Razors and shaving cream for a year. Good name brand shampoo and conditioner (SunSilk) for 6-9 months, hair care products for a year at least. Laundry supplies are good for about 3 months too (Tide Free and Downy Free) about 6 months worth of Ziploc bags and containersj
Next month I'm going to work on restocking the pantry and deep freezer since we lost most of it in the move last month. I'm already planning out sales I know are coming and gathering the coupons I know we can use. We should be stocked for a year on condiments the first week of the month for dirt cheap since they usually have fantastic sales for 4th of July I never realized how .35 cents here and $2 there can add up Plus I have had some major scores calling up companies and just asking for coupons
So I'm going to share the links to the couponing sites I've found really helpful and hope they help someone else!
http://www.afullcup.com/upload/
http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/
http://forums.slickdeals.net/
My goal for July is to stretch $388 in food stamps to $800 in food and $50 in register rewards\rebates to use for other household needs
edited to add: oops! Found 2 more receipts that were on the fridge, between those 2 I saved $77.95 and spent $26.36 and I realized I can't find my receipt from the Mexican market where I got a shopping cart packed and overflowing with mostly fresh produce that looked like it came out of my own garden (ie, not that scrawny stuff that was harvested wayyyyy to early and it was actually ripe and smelled wonderful!) and I saved at least $200 and its lasted us 3 weeks so far (my fridge is awesome at storing produce) plus we got a ton at Trader Joes too and I don't think I used a single coupon at TJ's or the mexican market and I still saved a couple hundred between the 2! Next month I'm going to keep better track of savings
So, adding these 2 means I saved $667.90 and spent $235.19
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Next month I'm going to work on restocking the pantry and deep freezer since we lost most of it in the move last month. I'm already planning out sales I know are coming and gathering the coupons I know we can use. We should be stocked for a year on condiments the first week of the month for dirt cheap since they usually have fantastic sales for 4th of July
I never realized how .35 cents here and $2 there can add up Plus I have had some major scores calling up companies and just asking for couponsSo I'm going to share the links to the couponing sites I've found really helpful and hope they help someone else!
http://www.afullcup.com/upload/
http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/
http://forums.slickdeals.net/
My goal for July is to stretch $388 in food stamps to $800 in food and $50 in register rewards\rebates to use for other household needs
edited to add: oops! Found 2 more receipts that were on the fridge, between those 2 I saved $77.95 and spent $26.36 and I realized I can't find my receipt from the Mexican market where I got a shopping cart packed and overflowing with mostly fresh produce that looked like it came out of my own garden (ie, not that scrawny stuff that was harvested wayyyyy to early and it was actually ripe and smelled wonderful!) and I saved at least $200 and its lasted us 3 weeks so far (my fridge is awesome at storing produce) plus we got a ton at Trader Joes too and I don't think I used a single coupon at TJ's or the mexican market and I still saved a couple hundred between the 2! Next month I'm going to keep better track of savings
So, adding these 2 means I saved $667.90 and spent $235.19
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Great job!
