Okay, I'm a bit excited. I did a bit of spontaneous shopping to conclude the "article", and found some great savings. Shopping sales, using coupons, rebates, and relying on my own "store" of a.k.a. the stockpile, to suplement my purchases, I was able to purchase $600 of groceries for almost nothing.
Photos and receipts, and details are in the article, which Jeffrey has posted on www.grocerycouponguide.com, at
Success Story!
No brags, but I do hope that it's a bit inspiring. Those of you on our coupon trains know I don't cherry pick and keep the best coupons for myself, and I didn't "cheat" with free product coupons.
Lot of assistance from DH, who made sure we only purchased items WE can use (I think it's cheating to show great savings that you can't use yourself! Nothing wrong with giving away, but I want to show REAL LIFE savings).
For someone like me, who was spending $400 or more a week last year, no coupons or sales in sight, it's nice to see I can get back to the saving mindset.
And, turns out I'm SPENDING much less than I thought! I've been tracking the savings, but the spending is MUCH less than it was.
Hope you find it enlightening and inspiring!
$600 in groceries for less than $50!
June 20th, 2006 at 08:21 am
6 Responses to “$600 in groceries for less than $50!”
Leave a Reply
Supporting Sites:
June 20th, 2006 at 10:00 am
Should I go retrieve that envelope out of the mailbox I put in this morning to send to you?? Ha Ha.... not quite yet....
Cheryl B.
(formerly Nina's Mom, now Homebody)
June 20th, 2006 at 02:06 pm
June 20th, 2006 at 03:46 pm
Robin, I agree. I've been surprised. $2 coupon on any Perdue chicken product; I still have the $3 on any Tyson chicken. The $2 any ham purchase was from a "wine tag", no wine purchase necessary, just $2 off any ham! And on Laura's Lean Beef! And...
June 20th, 2006 at 05:33 pm
June 20th, 2006 at 08:56 pm
June 22nd, 2006 at 02:48 pm