While visiting my mother in Florida, I went to a Winn Dixie. I saw a woman who had organized her coupons by category and had a list of products and prices per store. I had an ah-ha moment. My mom and I went through all the coupons she had saved from the Sunday paper down there, and we clipped anything that looked like it could be a deal. In fact, while there, I was able to use coupons to get an $8.99 package of diapers for only $5.49. When I got home, I found a $5 photo album and then bought post-it note tabs to make categories. I made sections for store coupons, dairy, baby, frozen, snacks, toiletries and miscellaneous. I then decided to keep receipts from the stores I go to so that I could look at what I buy and how much. I will make a list of products, prices and stores with the best values. After getting the photo album organized (the sleeves allow me to put coupons in chronological order), I was able to go to Giant and save nearly $50! In addition, Giant has gas bonus points. For every $1 spent, I get a point; after 100 points, I get $0.10 off per gallon of gasoline. After my last visit to the store, I had earned $0.40 off per gallon. Yeah me.
It was fun trying to find things that were both on sale at the store and ones that I had a coupon for. While I am not a coupon queen yet, I am trying to do what I can to save money where-ever possible. I wish that more gluten-free items were on sale and/or I could find any coupons!
I also live close to the Corn Wagon. For those who live nearby, it is well known for great, fresh corn on the cob. Right now their price is 13 for $2.50. I am planning on visiting it tomorrow to stock up on fresh veggies and I think I will see about freezing some of the corn so that we can have corn on the cob in October!
On a side note, the Clinique face lotion that I love, but is a little pricey, is almost half off at the outlets 20 minutes from my house. I bought my small container in February and I still have not finished it. So, it is a semi-frugal, semi-splurge item.
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