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I'm learning. Seems I'm catching on faster than easy child when it comes to coupon stacking and bogo deals........I can tell if it's worth it or not quicker than she can. So we've been working out our "deals" together since it turns out I catch the really good ones she sometimes misses.
I did pretty good last week. Not sure how to figure out the percentage thing........but I got what we needed and things we will use for around 60 bucks last week. For the things we will use but don't need? I'm making sure it either comes out free or so dirt cheap it doesn't matter that I bought it ahead of time. Example: I now have enough deordorant to last me at least 6 mos and I paid like 50 cents ea for it instead of 2.99 stacking coupons. Didn't hurt my budget for the week to buy it when I didn't need it yet, so I picked it up. There were a few other things I did that with too. Then I got quite alot in reward dollars toward future purchase.....which is money.
So far this week I had a 48 percent savings at krogers. yay! Since experts seem to be saying a good average is between 50-90 percent....I'm happy. I'm not done yet for this week. (krogers put the percent savings on your receipt lol )
easy child's savings are higher because she has the extra cash to buy up deals on things she doesn't need. I don't have that extra cash. It will save her more in the long run.....but when you don't have it to put out, you work with what you got.
I've finally learned how to work the coupon deals on facebook........FYI free swiffer starter kit if you "like" their page........giveaway starts at 8pm and will be offered again later in the month. This one was hard for me.......trial and error. I'm not that facebook savvy.
I am proud of myself for getting my pedigree deal for the dogs.......and am going back for more as they love it and suddenly they're full of energy. lol (and I have a stack of coupons) Made it several dollars cheaper than the generic brand. I'm not going to complain about that, lemme tell you!
If you want to do this........watch store prices......get ads for all stores in your area and compare prices/sales before you go out and write out what you plan to buy at each place, coupons you'll use, estimated cost. In store double check to make sure you're picking up the right product. easy child got burned on some razors last week thinking she got the right ones because they had a similar name. She won't make that mistake again. Expect it to take time, cuz it does. Not only finding what you want to buy, but checking out.
But...........
Our biggest problem right now is not store policy ect.........it's that others have been watching extreme couponing and are also trying to get those money maker deals. Prepare not to be able to get what you went for and have a back up plan if possible.
Tell you what............little town plus lot of Moms walking around with huge binders full of coupons looking for basically the same deals you are is not the greatest combination. lol We're learning to work around that.
I'm just happy that so far it seems this clicks right into my ability to spend exactly the amount of money I have on me to spend. I just think of my coupons as actually being money and it falls into place. Now if I could just manage to hand the cashier the right amount of cash every time I'd be good. lmao
I did pretty good last week. Not sure how to figure out the percentage thing........but I got what we needed and things we will use for around 60 bucks last week. For the things we will use but don't need? I'm making sure it either comes out free or so dirt cheap it doesn't matter that I bought it ahead of time. Example: I now have enough deordorant to last me at least 6 mos and I paid like 50 cents ea for it instead of 2.99 stacking coupons. Didn't hurt my budget for the week to buy it when I didn't need it yet, so I picked it up. There were a few other things I did that with too. Then I got quite alot in reward dollars toward future purchase.....which is money.
So far this week I had a 48 percent savings at krogers. yay! Since experts seem to be saying a good average is between 50-90 percent....I'm happy. I'm not done yet for this week. (krogers put the percent savings on your receipt lol )
easy child's savings are higher because she has the extra cash to buy up deals on things she doesn't need. I don't have that extra cash. It will save her more in the long run.....but when you don't have it to put out, you work with what you got.
I've finally learned how to work the coupon deals on facebook........FYI free swiffer starter kit if you "like" their page........giveaway starts at 8pm and will be offered again later in the month. This one was hard for me.......trial and error. I'm not that facebook savvy.
I am proud of myself for getting my pedigree deal for the dogs.......and am going back for more as they love it and suddenly they're full of energy. lol (and I have a stack of coupons) Made it several dollars cheaper than the generic brand. I'm not going to complain about that, lemme tell you!
If you want to do this........watch store prices......get ads for all stores in your area and compare prices/sales before you go out and write out what you plan to buy at each place, coupons you'll use, estimated cost. In store double check to make sure you're picking up the right product. easy child got burned on some razors last week thinking she got the right ones because they had a similar name. She won't make that mistake again. Expect it to take time, cuz it does. Not only finding what you want to buy, but checking out.
But...........
Our biggest problem right now is not store policy ect.........it's that others have been watching extreme couponing and are also trying to get those money maker deals. Prepare not to be able to get what you went for and have a back up plan if possible.
Tell you what............little town plus lot of Moms walking around with huge binders full of coupons looking for basically the same deals you are is not the greatest combination. lol We're learning to work around that.
I'm just happy that so far it seems this clicks right into my ability to spend exactly the amount of money I have on me to spend. I just think of my coupons as actually being money and it falls into place. Now if I could just manage to hand the cashier the right amount of cash every time I'd be good. lmao