A little back ground i started couponing and got hooked a few years back when dh was losing his business . And i was thinking of getting a part time job . ok part time job what it going to pay pre week 200 most i be lucky and well time i dont have away from my family as they all in school now . so our food bill was like $1,200 or so a month . firs thing i did is got rid of milk man and Simmons . then i started clipping and watching add . But then i started ready amazing blogs and site on coupons . match up on sale and coupon. i learn how to stock pile items we use all time . like cereal ? peanutbutter , soup in winter .
so here an example last night i went to target, Walgreen's ,rainbow and cub .. they are very close like cross street from each other or have to pass to go home so no big trip running here or there.
so first Rainbow check sale match up coupons
6 gm cereal
1pk cottontail tp
strawberry jelly
1 lean cuisine
2 bag cat food
Paid.44cents plus got a free milk and free eggs
so this is how it works
buy 6 gm cereal save 10 off instant and get free milk and eggs
i had a free gm cheerio coupon and used 2 $1off 2 gm cereal and .75 off one and it doubles coupons on wed. (so it took $21.oo off 6 boxes cereal )so they paid me to buy the cereal i used my over toward other items . cat food was free as i had a free coupon that expire on 9/1
i have 1/1 lean cuisine and they on sale for 1.88 which gave me overage .12 cents
cottontail was on sale 1.88 double a .50 coupon making it after double .88
so it came to .44
Then i hit Target i paid 3.15
pack of gum
bag of carrot
1lb or 2 cherry
2 tee for me to sleep in they are so so soft
2 mini loaf bread
3 pks of del fruit cups
2 sobe
1 coffee creamer
2 bic pack pencil
2 shampoos
then i headed to cub same parking lot
first i bought 10 items and paid 10.43 and got back 10.00
wes oil
6 ken dressing free on sale 10/10 had 1 off coupon
6 pams 1/1 plus cub instant .50 when buy 10 items
2 reddi wip 1/1
1 chicken pop pie 1/1
then i took that 10 and went and got
5 12pk pop on sale 1.76
2 pack goldfish (need for party and on sale 10/10) had .50/1
Oscar my bacon sale 2.99 plus 1/1 coupon
one bag hot chip for dd she gave me a 1.00
5lb potatoes sale .98
paid 4.00
then on way home hit Walgreen's
6 Butterfingers candy bars sale 2/1 minus 1/2 coupon so free
8 stuffer mac and cheese and hot pockets sale 1.50 each 1/1 each plus get 5.00 back
so i spent 5.00 cash and got 5.00 back to use next time .
so there my part time job in a nut shell .
i try now to keep my budget to $400 a month in summer and 250.00 in winter while kids are in school
ps i pick up my free milk and eggs to use today and tomorrow hard boil eggs anyone ................
So i spent 22.00 and i saved 120.00 plus a free milk 3.25 free eggs 1.75 and have a 5.00 cat grant total of 130.00 saving .
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