COUPONS!

Who doesn't love a good deal? I know I do, especially on groceries. I've always bought the things that were on sale or store brand items because they were cheaper, but then I discovered coupons. I'd always been curious about coupons, but I thought they wouldn't work for me. I didn't just want to buy something because I had a coupon. Since I am off for the summer, I decided to give coupons a try. I had no idea how to start this, but I had heard a lot of good things about this website. If you take the time (which isn't much), coupons really work.

Last week, I researched what I needed to buy & what I had coupons for & I ended up saving $31 with coupons. I spent about $21, so I feel like my first shopping trip was a success.

This week, Harris Teeter was having a double coupon sale on all coupons up to $1.98. Apparently, they do this one week each month & sometimes they even triple coupons. So, yesterday, I got my coupons & shopping lists & headed to HT. I had read all these comments about how people were going at 6am, so they could get all the deals before they were gone. There are not many things that can pull me out of bed before 6am & saving 70 cents on a box of pasta is definitely not one of them. I took my chances & went around 2pm & I got almost everything I needed from my list. The only things I didn't get were things that my store didn't carry. I ended up spending $49.94 before coupons, but I paid $15.64.

$25.74 for all this stuff!

Normally, I do not like to go to more than one grocery store. I feel like it's a waste of time, but there was a Publix on my way home, so I decided to stop in. I only needed a few things & I ended up spending $10.10& saving $6 with store sales.

I am definitely not trying to be an "extreme" couponer, but more like a practical couponer. Now I won't have to feel bad when I spend $12 on my favorite pesto from Tomato Head.


I started reading "Heaven is for REAL" last night & ended up finishing it in about 2 hours. I highly recommend it. I laughed, I cried, but mostly, I read it with my mouth open in awe of this little boy's story. It reminded me how we all need to strive for childlike faith.