I wish you could see it better. Maybe if I get some incredible energy later, I will post a list of everything we bought. Our receipt for this trip was over 12 1/2 feet long, so it would take me a while to list everything! Here is Austin with the receipt.
Here are the numbers...
Total before any discounts or coupons: $ 741.79
I wanted to pass out when I saw this number. Then, I handed the cashier an incredibly large stack of coupons. This was the moment of truth for me. Was it all worth it? Had I wasted so much time the last two days finding, cutting, downloading, and organizing coupons, or was it really going to pay off? I waited for several minutes as the cashier scanned our enourmous pile of coupons and the total dropped, and dropped, and dropped some more, until finally we saw how much we would be paying for all of these groceries...
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Amount we paid: $ 255.06
Total Savings: $486.73 (66% savings)
I think it was worth it! And, Austin and I had a great time doing this together. Who knew grocery shopping could make for a fun date night?
5 comments:
That is SO cool! Definitely worth it! I wish I had the time to do what you did. That's an amazing amount of money to save!!!!!
Stacy
Thanks, Stacy. I got most of the things on the list you gave me too. I will get that info to you soon.
I actually paid $10 and went to a Southern Savers meeting, yet I still cannot figure out the hidden key it seems. Do you have multiple coupons for the same item? I have so many coupon programs too but cannot figure it out. Would love a reality check on all this. I have the time to give to this. Thanks! Patty
We are proud of you for doing this! I think beside it being work for you it was fun for you and Austin too. I know it was fun for me watching Ashlynn.
Hi Patty, I know it can be frustrating. It took me some time to get it figured out. I started at couponmom.com and have learned more over the course of the year. Have you ever been to her site? It is really helpful. A lot of it was trial and error at first, and then I started getting the hang of it with time. Typically, I try to get items on sale and use newspaper and internet coupons when available from sites like pg esaver, upromise, cellfire, shortcuts.com. They all load coupons to your shoppers card that automatically apply when you check out. If you haven't already, check out couponmom.com. Feel free to ask me any questions. I will try to help as much as I can.
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