For the past two weeks I have gotten back into my coupon routine with a little help from some blogging friends. I see this as a true gift and a way that I can get more for less with my family’s budget. I will surely be focusing more on this in the near future, so look forward to SAVING! I know as busy moms, it is always a desire for us to save more money, but often times it gets complicated, seems like it takes too much time and just overwhelms an already busy schedule. But I would like you all to think again and look at it in terms of money saved – which is really then money earned. Make sense?
So since last Wednesday I’ve been using coupons and catalina’s (they are the coupons that are spit out after you have completed a grocery store transaction, you know those coupons perhaps you don’t pay attention to?) to get FREE kraft cheese and FREE Cool Whip at Albertson’s. Kraft has a great coupon that you can print out and receive $5 off 5 Kraft items. The best part is when you purchase 5 Kraft items it spits out a catalina to save $5 on your next purchase, making your current purchase virtually $0.00. I have received 25 bags of Kraft cheese for FREE, plus 5 containers of Cool Whip with another sale. Now, this is certainly worth my time – and it is not that hard!
I follow a few really great blogs that send me updates daily on current specials and actually give you the links for coupons too! It is virtually a no-brainer. Here are a few of the sites I follow:
Frugal Living NW – you can sign up for updates to be delivered to your inbox and never miss a sale!
Coupon Cravings – great updates and you can also sign up to have updates delivered to your inbox.
A Thrifty Mom – another great site that passes on deal and savings on all kinds of stuff.
You can also print coupons from a link on my moms resources page, which makes cutting coupons a thing of the past too!
So if coupon shopping sounds too complicated, stay tuned – it is not that hard and actually is considered a sport in some parts of the country! I cannot tell you how excited I get when I have out-smarted the system and the checker looks at me in sheer disbelief – ahhhh……another great day at the office for me, making more money for my family!
