We had been spending at least $150 every week for groceries. With only having one income, I hated seeing $600 being spent for food every month. I had tried everything to save on the grocery bill. I had shopped at Aldi. I had decided to buy the store brand for everything. (Which by the way, I really liked the Meijer brand!) I tried eating very cheap and simple meals. I even had our family eat cereal for a couple of weeks to see how much money we could save. Seriously. I was willing to try anything!! Then I kept seeing my friends post on Facebook about saving a lot of money with coupons...
I had used coupons here and there, but I could never see how using coupons that would give me anywhere from 40 to 75 cents off an item would really make that big of a difference. I decided to pick the brain of one of my couponing friends. She answered some of my questions and gave me the confidence to get started. Then I did what anyone who wants to know anything about anyone or anything does...I Googled it. :) I found a lot of blogs that happened to have Facebook pages (duh, right?). The ladies on those coupon blogs are AWESOME! They answer any questions that I have about couponing and even better...they share their weekly purchases with a detailed description of how much they spent, how much they saved and what coupons they used. At first I mostly bought the exact same deals that they shared on their FB page, but it's been a little over a month of couponing and now I'm finding deals that they don't even know about. It's exciting!!
I'm no extreme couponer, but I do have a big coupon binder that goes everywhere with me! Just today I saved almost $100 at the grocery store which means that I saved almost 50%!! Who doesn't want that?! So, I have decided to share our frugal life with others who want the same for their family.
Groceries for October 14:
Spent $97.05
Saved: $92.12
Received: $13 off my next purchase in catalina coupons
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