Couponing

Well Thursday I did my first ever big couponing trip to the grocery store. Albertsons had buy one get one on some of there meats. I bought $168.00 worth of food and only spent $104.00. I saved $64.00 thats the most I have ever saved I couldn't believe it. I also went to walgreens that day and bought about $15.00 worth of stuff and only paid about $6.00. Plus I have $2.00 in register rewards to use on my next purchase.

I have been reading the Krazy coupon lady blog getting tips and such. Well I realized that the ads she has on there for Albertsons does not match up to my Albertsons ads and the pricing she gets for Walmart is also different from mine. Her website is very helpful though with find all the coupons out there and with all the tips she gives.


Yesterday I was able to get two air wick plug ins for free and some travel sized aquafresh toothpaste for free. Hopefully this week I can stack some coupons together to be able to pay either next to nothing or get it for free.

After the government shut down scare I vowed not to have to worry about being able to buy food for the kids. So I took tips from the girls at The Krazy Coupon lady. I went from the most I ever saved at the comissary being about $20.00 to saving about $64.00 at Albertsons. I always thought shopping on base saved me the most money with the whole not paying taxes thing., and using coupons. Honesty though I have learned that if I shop off base and shop the deals and stack coupons on top of the deals and/or store coupons, I actually am saving more. I guess you could say that should have been a no brainer but my hubby actually did most of the grocery shopping I would just clip the coupons that we would use. So I believed him when he saved the commissary was cheaper.

Well since he left a couple of months ago I switched to just shopping at Walmart since we shopped there already for non food items. I was spending the same amount just shopping at one store, then slowly my grocery bill started to go up, and its just me and the kids. I couldn't believe how the enflation could make my bill go up almost a $100.00 in a few short months.

So now I guess you could call me a hoarder since I have started a stock pile in the huge storage closet. Its not big yet but I am hoping to get it good enough that I don't have to worry about certain items. Now I won't go to the extreme that you see on the show Extreme Couponing on TLC.

no clothes lines

Well officially my housing area took down my clothes line. No I am not the only one that lost the clothes line. I am so mad, since I actually did use my clothes line to hang my diapers. When I asked the guys that were taking them down they said that a different style would be put up. Well I called housing to ask about this and was told that for me to get a clothes line I need to put in a renovations work order and they would eventually get me a clothes line if they have any. So I give up on the clothes line through housing its too much a hassle and I know I would have to call every other day to see about it. Since they still haven't fixed the tile in my house that warped when the shower had a leak last June when we moved in. So I am now using my sons old toy organizer as a drying rack till I buy a real one.