Alright, I decided to try my hand at couponing this week. I think I must need a system or something because after an hour of clipping coupons, another 30 minutes organizing and 2 hours of shopping I am pretty sure that I spent more money than I would have without them. But I am also pretty sure I did it backwards or something.
My receipt said that I saved 10.78 but I spent about $20 more than if I would have just gone to the Dollar Store. One problem was that once I got to the store to pair their in-store special and a coupon, they were out of the item. Or the sale price with a coupon was higher than regular price somewhere else. I am not giving up but I think I need to do some further research. As it stands right now, I really don't know what the regular prices at various stores are so I don't know if 2/$5 for 300 count Q-tips is a great price. It isn't by the way. I used a coupon to get that deal at Walgreens and then went into the Dollar Store to get toilet paper (since they were out at Walgreens) and found that I could have bought 500 count Q-tips for a little under $2. I feel duped!!!
So I will be learning some more about couponing and putting into practice because I could really use a boost in the old wallet right now. Who couldn't?
Speaking of my wallet.......I have decided to work part time to be able to pay some bills off and put money into savings for our boys school tuition and vacations and such. I wasn't willing to put our 3 year old into school yet so I decided to work from home. I have been wearing Mary Kay products and LOVING them since I was in college. So I am now a Mary Kay independent Beauty consultant. I love it!!!
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2 comments:
Try hotcouponworld.com
I haven't used it in a while but they will list deals by store and match with current coupons so they cut some of the work out by doing it for you.
Also southernsavers.com and iheartpublix.com
And if you have a printer, google $5 kraft coupon!
I'm not a huge fan of "couponing" either. I tried really hard at it for a while, but I, too, ended up spending more money because I bought things I wouldn't normally buy just because it was a "good deal". Also, it aggravates me that many of the coupons are for JUNK that I try not to buy because I don't want my family eating those things.
HOWEVER...I found that saving your ads from the mail and price matching can save A LOT of money - especially on meat. Walmart will match any ad price so take the ads with you if you shop at Walmart!!! Also, a helpful tip I learned in organizing them is to put them in those clear baseball card sleeves in a three ring binder. Then you can organize them by expiration date and by location in the store and you can see the front and back of the coupon as you shop!!!
Good luck :-)
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