Money Crunch

Hello...

I am sure you all are like me & feeling the money crunch these days. It seems as if we have been hemorrhaging money. I have had to ignore the price of gas just so I can get to work everyday.

I have been searching & reading on the Internet lately a lot of saving money. One thing I keep hearing a lot about is clipping coupons. I used to do that every week, but I never used them. It seems that the grocery store brands were always much cheaper than the name brands. Also I had never heard of "Stacking." That is where a store like CVS or Walgreens has store coupons & then you clip manufacturers coupons & use them together on one item.

Well, I read where it has worked at Walgreens & CVS stores all over the country- but the question of the day is- Will it work here at my local stores???

So I spent the week Googling to get tips & tricks on how to get this to work for me. I found out that to get "Stacking" to work at Walgreens- you must have the cashier scan manufacturer coupons first then scan the store coupons.

After spending the day clipping & going over the sales ads & making a game plan.

I went to Walgreens first- I had more to get there, plus they are the best, because there is no card to show.

Well, I bought all of this stuff:

Yes, I know it doesn't appear to be a lot of stuff, but it is brand name stuff- which is rare in my house. Ok, as this stuff sits on the shelf would costs me a total of $34. Well, after I used all of my coupons I only spent $8.67!!!! I am now a convert to the coupon clipping world.

After going to Walgreens, I stopped at CVS. Now they have a reward card system.

So I bought these items:

On the shelf this would have cost me about $13 total. With all the discounts & coupons & rewards- final price was $5.10!!!!!

So for a little under $14 I brought home almost $50 worth of items! That will really add up over time.

Ok, So I am ready for a new week of coupons and discounts!!!

This week I am going to tackle the grocery store.... I will let you know how that turns out.