I never really considered myself a coupon-clipping kind of gal. However, in light of my desire to trim a few extra dollars off our grocery bill I decided to give it a try. In my spare time I’ve taken to scouring the internet in search of printable coupons for some of our regularly purchased items.
Today I bought some groceries at Target instead of Walmart or Meijer.
My savings are as follows:
Ghiradelli Chocolate Chips - $2.99
+ $0.75 off coupon = 2.24
10 oz Kashi cereal - $3.74
+ buy one 10 oz cereal get 16 oz ($3.84) free = $3.74
+ $1.00 off any Kashi cereal = 2 boxes of cereal for $2.74
Kashi 8-pouch hot cereal - $2.89
+ $0.50 off coupon = $2.39
= $7.37
($13.46 - $6.09 = $7.37)
I was pretty impressed. It took me a grand total of ten minutes to find the coupons online that I was looking for and it saved me $6.
Thank you, Target!
So if any of you out there are trying to save a buck, start surfing the ‘Net and give it a shot!
Anybody have any good money-saving or budget-cutting tips to share?
6 comments:
I've been trying to cut back on our grocery bill as well.. I haven't gotten into coupon cutting (I can't print stuff offline) yet, but I'm trying to get into it. You can save so much that way! ;) One of my favorite sites for this is http://www.moneysavingmom.com/money_saving_mom/ ;)
i just started looking for coupons on the internet too! Betty Crocker has some good ones.
I also really like this samples site:
http://www.ratracerebellion.com/freebies.htm
I can't believe how much I can save...and get for free by using coupons on-line and the newspaper! :)
I try to log my findings on my other blog: http://checkoutthefabulous.blogspot.com/
My favorite is www.coupons.com
Wow, I've never used coupons, just because I'm too lazy to look for them, quite frankly! lol...but seeing how much you saved has inspired me to start searching :-)
Only buy what you need! :) A lot of penny pinchers have the mind-set of if it's a good bargain, then it's a good buy. Uhhhh... NO. The more you own, the more that owns you and takes your time and consideration... and if you're like me--PRECIOUS SPACE!!! :) If you don't need it, don't buy it.
This doesn't necessarily apply to groceries though... Except for if you're a household of 1. Gosh, nothing gets ate around here... I need my man home to de-stock the pantry! :)
I was going to let you know, Anne, that I've been posting deals and freebies I find on my other blog:
http://supersouthernsavings.blogspot.com/
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