I have decided to take my couponing up a few notches and see how much money I can really save while putting in the minimum amount of time to achieve this goal.
When I first started I would save $5 or $10 here and there, nothing big but money was money especially in a one income household of seven people.
I started paying more attention to weekly ads and the sale items and once a week I was saving $20 to $30. I should note that I am only purchasing the items I need for the week. I am not stockpiling yet.
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A few weeks ago I saved $55. I was hooked! If I could save that much at one time why couldn't I save more?
This morning (June 14), I gathered together the coupons that I already had, plus the ones from the paper on Sunday and began looking around online at all the different coupon sites, including Target, I never knew that they had printable coupons available.
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I loaded up my toddler and my 11-year-old and headed to Super Target. Thank goodness that I am going to have some extra help this summer! I attacked the store with my coupons and list in hand.
It took us about an hour to get through the store and we headed to the check out. Check out took a really long time with all the coupons, I think I had somewhere around 25 or 30. I was watching the screen to make sure that every one was coming off and watching the total drop. After all was said and done I saved $63 today! It was 25 percent of my bill!
I am going to continue to coupon clip and see just how much I can save. I want to note that I am only planning to buy what I would use but if I should come across a really good deal I will buy it and donate it. Our food shelves could always use the donations!
