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Let me begin this by saying I am totally embarrassed to post this. I have taken break and got out of the coupon/deal game for over 6 months. I haven't even looked @ a Sunday paper or a coupon in months!!!!! My grocery bill has skyrocketed. Giant here has a thing were you can shop online, you drive up to the window and pay and they come and load the groceries in your car. So every other week or so I sit here while I am working and make out our grocery list and DH picks it up on his way home from work. This week it was $242!!!! I just can't get back into it. I need help/motivation.....whatever!! Please!!!!!!!!! (a lot of the snacks are for VBS we don't eat that much ice cream and chips in a year!!!)Here is what we got: Order Summary
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Can you use this service and use coupons?
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I totally hear you. I took a TWO YEAR break. I just couldn't deal with coupons/sales any more. I have just jumped back into the game with the fever again and I'm loving it. Remember that high from getting 4 bags of groceries for like $20?? I just did that and it felt great! Start clippin'! |
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| Yes you can! It is a really great service but so easy to go overboard.
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make a game out it and see how much you can save for a vacation at the end of summer!!
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I can't seem to get the hang of saving in the grocery dept either. I have it down for baby products and HBA, but nothing more than $10 or so on groceries...
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Honestly, if I were starting over from scratch I would go with a clipping service. Baby steps, start with what you use weekly and move from there.
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I'm going to start getting the paper again and getting my coupon file going again. It just seems so overwhelming. Yes, I remember the highs of walking out and having paid next to nothing. |
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Man, if I could use Q's and order online and have them LOAD them I would be in Heaven! When we lived in Florida you could have groceries delivered and it is GREAT. I see a bunch of things you could have used Q's on, the all, Purex, Kraft, Keebler, Brownies, Smuckers, Airwick, Dove, drumstix, Friskies, Alpo, Lipton side dishes all have Q's out there RIGHT NOW! ![]() ![]() |
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Start slow, get the paper and enjoy: the quiet time of looking thru the paper, the friends on our site and the $ you will definitely save. Maybe don't go so "hardcore" you definitely have earned 5 stars for a reason along with 4,000+ posts. Since CVS seems to be slowing down, that will be a little less in itself. You are missed, welcome back |
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It does get totally overwhelming at times!!! I will sometimes take a week or two off from clipping coupons and send DH to the store to do the shopping........... Seeing how much he spent usually snaps me right back into it! But I do not feel bad for taking the week off! |
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In these days more than ever we need to be saving money any where we can. Like others have said start slow..... don't think that you have to hit every store/sale every week. I would too recommend getting multiples of coupons you will use...or ones that you know will go nicely with sales that are upcoming... I am sure that after a week or so.....you will be engulfed in the thrill of saving! |
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Oh Trish. Just enjoy the luxury of the experience. Do I go to spas? No - unless DS gives me a gift certificate. Then I go and enjoy the experience. ![]() It certainly is a jolt when someone as savvy as you at couponing and saving see how much the real world is paying for groceries. But do what you have to do. Right now, it might be enjoying the luxury of shopping this method.
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Thanks! I am going to put an order in to Coupon Clippers for next trip. And I'll keep y'all posted. Even if I could get it down to under $150 every other week that would be GREAT!
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Glad you are getting back in the game. I also took a break for a while and when I came back, the deals were still there for the taking.
__________________ Honorable Discharge May 2005. No longer an Army wife, but proud supporter of our troops!!!!!!!!! I know how to use scissors; give me free stuff! |
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What about checking out coupons.com or something like that. It doesn't take much time to scroll thru there pages and print a few coupons and it is free. My theory is hat it doesn't take long to cut out 5 coupons a week and use them. Most coupons are $1 or so so that would be $5 a week and you would save $260 a year. If you start out slow pretty soon you will be back in the swing of things.
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