I tried to save all of my grocery shopping receipts for the past month since I just got into this coupon craze. I'm pretty sure I got an adrenaline high this past week at Kroger while grocery shopping ... my neck and chest got all red and blotchy (and those of you who know me well know that I wear my emotions on my neck! haha) as my excitement hightened when I saw all the FABULOUS deals they were having ... who knew that was possible!! haha. I looked like one of those stereotypical die-hard grocery shopping, deal making, money saving moms frantically wheeling my grocery cart up and down the isles flipping through my coupon book as unexpected great deals grabbed my eye and I couldn't pass up the savings. My heart rate is rising as I talk about it ... haha. No really, I got some items for FREE ... that's something to get excited about. Now if I were a really good couponer I would've gone home, printed off more coupons, and went back to the store to get more for FREE. The best items I could've gotten for free were airwick airfreshners. They were on sale for $1 and I had a $.50 off coupon (which is doubled at Kroger), so there you have it, the item was free. :) Okay I'm going into way more detail than I planned on for this post ... I just wanted to tell you all how much I saved using coupons this month and look where it took me. :)
I'm proud to announce that I saved $ 191.36. This was 28% of my total spent on groceries for the month. I included diapers and formula in my total spent. So the savings percentage would be greater if I did not include those items, but I don't really feel like doing the math for that right now. ;) Not bad for a rookie couponer. :)
Now that I have an idea of how much I can save (I'm sure I'll become more of a strategic shopper as I get more practice with it ... which means saving more $!) I'm trying to decide what I should do with the "extra" money ... more $ in Ava's college fund? Christmas fund? Vacation fund? Savings? Investments? The possibilities are endless! hehe:) This is really neat.
Monday, March 23, 2009
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Awesome Sale Huh?? I just love couponing. I guess I don't really save the money but I do keep track of the savings. I think I'm up to about $1,000 so far this year.
WOW! Thats all I can say to that... oh and I wish I was following you with a video camera!
Ok I am inspired... *goes to print of coupons*
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