I have so many people ask me if the time I spend clipping coupons is worth it. They look at my giant pile of cereal, shampoo, air fresheners and various other things and think I must be crazy and that I am buying things I don't need and won't use.Yes, sometimes if something is FREE or the store pays me to buy it I may pick up something that we don't normally use. But, most of the time we use a lot of what I pick up. I did wonder though if I was still saving money even though I am picking up all these great deals so I decided that in May I will keep track of all my receipts and make sure I am saving money, not just getting tons of really good deals :)
So far, for our first weeks worth of groceries I spent $71. 65. Before I started using coupons I had gotten up to spending anywhere between $100 - $125 a week on groceries.
Next I wanted to figure out how much I had saved. So I added up ONLY how much the coupons saved me, I did not include the sales prices as money I saved because if I had no coupons I still would have saved that money. So far I have saved $104.98 this money JUST USING COUPONS!
Spent: $71. 65
Saved $104.98
Not too bad!!!
I also will be keeping track of all the Free offers I use this month:
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