Well I did it! After a wonderful Tip from Neva, my journey to being one of those people that actually saves money at the grocery store has begun. I learned some things: Ok so my first run...a little green at it...some things the cashier helped me with....
1. Have your savings card ready, she'll keep it until your all done.
2. Cut your coupons out good, along the lines, so they can slide them in their box, saves time
3. Albies Coorporate says, only three transactions at a time...so if you have to do more, go unload in the car and come back
My tips, because there was a $10 for every $25 in certain products offer...I made a sheet so I know what to put each time...my mistake, one item I calculated at home for $2 each was actually $1.67 each so my total didn't equal $25 so I didn't get my $10...I did get $2.5 for mulitples twice so I'm only downn $5...I'm going to work up a sheet to make sure I'm on track and tracking at the store so this won't happen again. over all. I spent 54.34 and saved 70.52. An my basket was heaping with stuff..yogurt, cereal, stuff we will actually use. Another thing...read the coupons close, make sure they are not Limit: One coupon per person, and make sure your item matches the item you have, I got some veggies that were 10oz, but the coupon said 18oz or more. Sounds confusing but once you get the hang of it, it should be a lot easier.
It was nice having the produce print out from Albertsons because I had to run to Winco and Veggies were cheaper there than the onsale price at Albertson. Seems like Costco and Winco are the places to get Veggies.
I put links to FabulouslyFrugal and Fistful of Coupons on the side my personal fav's, plus I am getting in on SwagBucks...look into it to earn things while your doing normal web surfing. If you have a great Idea, or savings post it, we can use this to help each other out!
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I love it!
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