My Frugal Quest

In the past (up until 2-3 months ago), I  always thought that shopping at Walmart and Sams Club for groceries, toiletries and household items was maximizing my dollar.  Now, thanks to my cousins Shanna and Alisa I have seen the light of coupons matched up with sales . . . which can save soooo much money!  I don't have the skills that they have yet, but I have been able to buy things for much less than I would have a few months ago w/o coupons or sales.  Here's the results of a couple of my more momentous frugal quests.

Last month, I went to Albertson's and bought 

36 boxes of Post cereal (Raisin Bran, Honey Bunches of Oats, Trail Mix Crunch, Post Select)

2lbs. of oranges

3 2lb. containers of Yoplait yogurt 

2 20 oz. bottles of Sprite 

3 candy bars

Without sales or coupons, these items would have cost me about $175 dollars.  What did I spend?  $16 dollars!!!!!!

I was so excited about this!  Cereal is one of my favorite foods, and so I loved being able to stock up on this for practically nothing!

Today, I went to Target and bought 

3 boxes of Special K cereal

2 boxes of Special K crackers

2 boxes of Wheat Thins Artisan crackers

4 Kraft Easy Mac singles

1 Dry Idea deodorant

1  14 oz. bag of Santitas tortilla chips

1 loaf of bread 

2 travel size Axe shower gel

1 16oz. sour cream 

1 box of 100 sandwich bags 

1 pack of gum

Without coupons or sales these items would have cost about $36 dollars.  I spent $10 dollars! 

Anyway, I have had to change my way of thinking about coupons and such.  I used to think it was such a waste of time for people to clip coupons.  Who cares about saving 35 cents?  Or even a $1 here or there.  I always wondered what that accomplished . . . it's not like you can buy that much more with that extra $1.35 saved.  But when you combine the coupons with a sale . . . that is where some real savings happen.   It is more work, but for me it has been worth it.   Thanks Shanna and Alisa for inspiring me . . . it is so much fun to save money!