Everyone by now has had to cut back in one way or another to keep ends meeting....well between bills, gas, food, and formula for Logan(which is 15.00 a can!), we usually just barely make the mark.
So, with that being said- I've started couponing and sale watching....I used to think it was a waste of time and I had enough money to do that and whatever else I wanted..boy was I wrong! So I started grabbing the Sunday papers, clipping the coupons we would use for the shopping trip and go on- I usually go shopping once a month, which means we have to stockpile groceries so we save money-I did pretty good my first time around, I matched the coupons with the sales going on for the week I was going, made sure to buy what wasn't on sale at the cheaper place and this is how I did=
Walmart-
total was 117.63
I came out at 100.99
Winn Dixie-
327.98
came out-212.43- Granted Winn Dixie does fuel perks so they do alot of b1g1f and I will gladly take it! I buy alot of baby food and diapers at winndixie because for every 25$ I spend there I get 10c off every gallon of gas(20gal max) - well this shopping trip put me at 2.05 off per gallon? and gas is 3.38 up here so I will be saving money and only pay 1.33 at the pump:)
In the end I spent 313.42. Jerry nearly freaked when I told him the price until I started hauling in the groceries and handed him the receipts to see for himself... he said I spent a little much, but so far we haven't had to go to the store for anything extra for lunches/dinners!
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