I realize many of you don't buy into the whole couponing idea. I however, am allergic to paying full price, FOR ANYTHING, seriously. I hate it. So after watching a few episodes of "Extreme Couponing" then seeing a few inspiring FB posts from my girl Amber.... I was like....I can do that!!!! Now some of you may have seen that show, and associate it with hoarding, I get that. When a teenage boy is buying tampons, or someone with no cat is buying cat food--- just because it is free, that does seem kind of weird. Ok, I agree, unless of course they are giving it to someone who could use it.
Couponing does take effort, and time to prep, no getting around it....but I can't explain how cool it is to walk out of a store with two overflowing carts for say.. $200. I am not doing 8 transactions and getting $1200 of groceries for 75 cents like those coupon masters on the show, but hey, saving 50-60% off of my grocery bill is pretty sweet. You can even do well with minimal effort if you pay attention to local fliers. On Friday I spent $40.23 at Von's. Want to know what I brought home?
3 , 20 packs of Diet Coke
2 big containers of fried chicken from the deli section
1, 30 pack of Coors Light
1 big jar of Jif Peanut Butter
1 750 ML of Red Gallo Wine
4 bags off All laundry detergent pods
I was sooo psyched!!! It is really hard to look at that and say, " I don't have time for that".
Couponing does take effort, and time to prep, no getting around it....but I can't explain how cool it is to walk out of a store with two overflowing carts for say.. $200. I am not doing 8 transactions and getting $1200 of groceries for 75 cents like those coupon masters on the show, but hey, saving 50-60% off of my grocery bill is pretty sweet. You can even do well with minimal effort if you pay attention to local fliers. On Friday I spent $40.23 at Von's. Want to know what I brought home?
3 , 20 packs of Diet Coke
2 big containers of fried chicken from the deli section
1, 30 pack of Coors Light
1 big jar of Jif Peanut Butter
1 750 ML of Red Gallo Wine
4 bags off All laundry detergent pods
I was sooo psyched!!! It is really hard to look at that and say, " I don't have time for that".
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