I know what you're thinking...shopping isn't fun. Well, it can be when you get great deals! I have to tell you about the Grocery Game that I play. But first, I have to tell you of my savings yesterday. I went to Ingles and got a cart full of stuff and even had to use the bottom of the cart and then checked out. The total (before coupons) came to $198. Then I handed the cashier my coupons and the final total was $105! Yes, I had coupons that totaled $93 and that wasn't including the $45 of advantage card savings.How did I do that? (I'm sure you already know how.) We get two newspapers a week just for the coupons. I cut them out...well most of the coupons out and file them in my coupon organizer. I ONLY buy things that are on sale (unless I need them now) and use a coupon with it. So, with things on sale and a coupon and using it at places like Ingles and Kroger (they double the coupons 50 cents and under), you get a great deal! This week is even better...it is triple coupons all week.
For example, I bought Spaghetti O's for 1 cent each (15 cents for 15 cans) and behind that is my Campbell's microwave soups that I got for 18 cents each...I have 17 cans. We have no room in our small house, but Johnny added some #10 cans at the wasted space at the bottom of our pantry and added some wood to create another shelf.I get things free all the time like shampoo, deoderant, toothpaste, cleaners, etc. I went to Rite Aid and got 4 cans of Lysol Neutra Air, 4 bottles of Vive Pro shampoo, 2 Right Guard deoderant, and 2 Dove deoderant and my total came to only $5.63. How? Well, the Lysol Neutra Air was totally free because it was on sale for buy one get one free (bogo) and I had 2 coupons that were bogo. Free! Same thing with the shampoo. The RG deoderant was also bogo, but I only had 2 coupons for $1.00 off each. The Dove deoderant was on sale, but I only had 2 coupons for 75 cents off each one. But still, walking out of there with only having paid $5.63 was fun!
I don't pay more than a dollar for shampoo. You can't be picky doing it this way this quickly, but if you wait and be patient, it will come. The shampoo that I have are Pantene, Vive Pro, Suave, Pert Plus, Herbal Essences, etc. Johnny says that I already have a year or more supply of shampoo and deoderant and I just started doing this 5 weeks ago! I probably do have a year supply or more of these items, but when you can get it for free or even 50 cents...I can't resist to get more! (He chuckles when he sees me get more...can't beat FREE though!) Our biggest problem is trying to find where to put our stock piling! Yes, we are stock piling. More pictures are posted below. I will post often of my deals.
How do you find the time to 'find' the deals? I was referred by a friend to a website called http://www.thegrocerygame.com/. The owner has already done the work for you. You can get a month's trial for $1 to however many stores you want. Once the trial is up and you want to continue, it's 63 cents a week per store that you subscribe to. You only pay every 8 weeks. (I'm trying to save even more money, so I don't use this service anymore. But it is wonderful!)
I love the lists that I can print out. On the list, it has the coupons that you can use...just check it out. Before I even print it out, I 'gray out' what I am not buying and when I go through the list, I pull out my coupons (unless I've already used them) and put them with my printed list. Try it, but I would first at least buy 2 papers a week for a couple of weeks before you begin...maybe even longer. It's easy and fun!
Here is the shelf up above our washing machine and dryer. A lot of wasted space here. Johnny is talking about changing it and adding more shelving. I have about 6 laundry detergents now, plus several various cleaners, dishwashing liquid, ziploc bags, lots of feminine pads, etc. Yep, pads! I'm pregnant, but I'm going to need them eventually.Okay, underneath my bathroom sink is a m
ess! This is the right side and the one below is the left side. We just don't have the space...oh how I wish we had a huge food storage pantry room or a basement to house 'Donna's store'. Just to let you know, I have over 20 bottles of shampoo under here, not to mention all of the deoderant, razors, etc.Lots of razors in here,
toothpaste, etc. We've packed so much under this bathroom sink! Believe it or not, it is in some kind of order.
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