May 2, 2011

OUR FIRST COUPONING WEEK!!

So my wife comes home and says"we have to watch the show "Extreme Couponers".That was all it took was for us to see one episode,and we were off and running.
We seen the show on Wednesday ,and were anxiously awaiting the Sunday newspaper to come,so we can clip coupons.My wife made an organizer book ,(with the sleeves from our baseball card collection)and we clipped and organized the coupons by categories.Next we were looking at every ad for grocery and department stores in our area.We made a list and planned on sticking to it completely.
Our budget for the week was set at $100.00.Normally that amount just barely cover our groceries for the whole week,but this week was a little different:
Total retail price:$224.29
Total paid price:$73.84
Total saved amount:$148.45,
We saved 67% on our shopping trip,and got two weeks worth of food,and 2-3 months worth of cosmetic supplies,( body wash,razors,etc).I'm really looking forward to see what next weeks savings are gonna be.I will keep you updated.
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