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<blockquote data-quote="Mattsmom277" data-source="post: 438597" data-attributes="member: 4264"><p>We don't have all of the coupon stacking etc like the US here in Canada but I'm a penny pincher when I can be and often refuse to buy things unless on sale and often with other rebates etc. I had several $5 off coupons for the Body Shop this past fall. 4 I believe. I paid $20 for a student discount card that gives discounts at dozens of places. (card is worth it as it is good for a year) Every few months for holders of that discount card you can buy $20 of product at Body Shop for $10. Using my coupon, I paid only $5 for $20 of body products which I bought as gifts. I made sure I bought the discounted products to further save and I paid separately for each transaction to ensure the savings. All in all I spent $20 for over $120 (or more) in products when combining all discounts. Some happy ladies in my life when I gifted them.</p><p></p><p>Most major bread suppliers if you have one local to you, do not always have a actual retail section (they instead supply grocery stores, convenience stores etc). But most will sell bread by the flat to people walking in off the street. We have one here in town. Bread from there if picked up at my nearby grocery store is $2.89 (when on sale it is usually $2.29). I can pay $5 and get a flat with 12 loaves and they freeze well. The price stays the same if I pick up whole wheat, 12 grain, rye etc. At my grocery store a small loaf of light rye (my fav for toast at night with PB!) sells for $3.49 so I only buy it if I'm at the actual bread bakery.</p><p></p><p>I've also learned that most discounted items in our grocery stores meat department are still VERY fresh when they are reduced. They put a 15% off sticker on in the morning of the final day they will sell, then throughout the day they go back and add a new sticker to whats left, sometimes several times. I've gotten many very fresh roasts, steaks, pork loins (which I use for chops by cutting and packing into small packs) for up to 80% off. When I see bargains like that and it is obvious the meat is still very fresh, I load up on whatever they have that you can tell is not anywhere near spoiling. I make sure to freeze it immediately. </p><p></p><p>I try to make inexpensive things that are easy to grab from the fridge on the fly (potato or pasta salads, egg salad, etc). I find we don't impulsively go out to eat or order in if there's something ready to go already in the fridge even if we're craving something else. We just grab whats there and since we get full, our hankering for whatever it is we don't have is over. </p><p></p><p>I've all but stopped using my clothes dryer and I'm become vigilant about turning all lights and electronics off. I never cared before or even noticed what energy hogs we all were. We are about to begin smart metered time of day billing which is going to raise our bills hugely this summer due to me being home and needing the AC running at peak hours etc. So I'm conserving in other ways to compensate. We have crazy hydro price increases happening here. When I moved here to this house 7 years ago I paid about $80 a month, maybe $100 during summer. Now I average about $200+ (without AC!). I've gotten the bill back down to about $100 by being careful. I don't even notice anymore the way it used to be a pain to go around turning everything off that was left on. S/O and easy child are getting much better too.</p><p></p><p>I saved $120 a month getting rid of satellite. I spend $8 a month for netflix and live stream via the internet for tv shows direct from their networks site. We spent $25 getting a good quality cable to hook a laptop to the t.v. and it was well worth it. </p><p></p><p>I wish we had good couponing in Canada. I am so envious when I hear what some in the US can do to stretch their dollars. If I lived a reasonable drive to the border I'd be shopping there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mattsmom277, post: 438597, member: 4264"] We don't have all of the coupon stacking etc like the US here in Canada but I'm a penny pincher when I can be and often refuse to buy things unless on sale and often with other rebates etc. I had several $5 off coupons for the Body Shop this past fall. 4 I believe. I paid $20 for a student discount card that gives discounts at dozens of places. (card is worth it as it is good for a year) Every few months for holders of that discount card you can buy $20 of product at Body Shop for $10. Using my coupon, I paid only $5 for $20 of body products which I bought as gifts. I made sure I bought the discounted products to further save and I paid separately for each transaction to ensure the savings. All in all I spent $20 for over $120 (or more) in products when combining all discounts. Some happy ladies in my life when I gifted them. Most major bread suppliers if you have one local to you, do not always have a actual retail section (they instead supply grocery stores, convenience stores etc). But most will sell bread by the flat to people walking in off the street. We have one here in town. Bread from there if picked up at my nearby grocery store is $2.89 (when on sale it is usually $2.29). I can pay $5 and get a flat with 12 loaves and they freeze well. The price stays the same if I pick up whole wheat, 12 grain, rye etc. At my grocery store a small loaf of light rye (my fav for toast at night with PB!) sells for $3.49 so I only buy it if I'm at the actual bread bakery. I've also learned that most discounted items in our grocery stores meat department are still VERY fresh when they are reduced. They put a 15% off sticker on in the morning of the final day they will sell, then throughout the day they go back and add a new sticker to whats left, sometimes several times. I've gotten many very fresh roasts, steaks, pork loins (which I use for chops by cutting and packing into small packs) for up to 80% off. When I see bargains like that and it is obvious the meat is still very fresh, I load up on whatever they have that you can tell is not anywhere near spoiling. I make sure to freeze it immediately. I try to make inexpensive things that are easy to grab from the fridge on the fly (potato or pasta salads, egg salad, etc). I find we don't impulsively go out to eat or order in if there's something ready to go already in the fridge even if we're craving something else. We just grab whats there and since we get full, our hankering for whatever it is we don't have is over. I've all but stopped using my clothes dryer and I'm become vigilant about turning all lights and electronics off. I never cared before or even noticed what energy hogs we all were. We are about to begin smart metered time of day billing which is going to raise our bills hugely this summer due to me being home and needing the AC running at peak hours etc. So I'm conserving in other ways to compensate. We have crazy hydro price increases happening here. When I moved here to this house 7 years ago I paid about $80 a month, maybe $100 during summer. Now I average about $200+ (without AC!). I've gotten the bill back down to about $100 by being careful. I don't even notice anymore the way it used to be a pain to go around turning everything off that was left on. S/O and easy child are getting much better too. I saved $120 a month getting rid of satellite. I spend $8 a month for netflix and live stream via the internet for tv shows direct from their networks site. We spent $25 getting a good quality cable to hook a laptop to the t.v. and it was well worth it. I wish we had good couponing in Canada. I am so envious when I hear what some in the US can do to stretch their dollars. If I lived a reasonable drive to the border I'd be shopping there. [/QUOTE]
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