coupons

I sat down on Saturday night.. with my Total Money Makeover Budget sheet.. and started telling my money where to go... you have to read the book it's amazing. Well, I decided one of the major things I could do to help manage my money would be to plan out my meals and create a permanent grocery list (A list of the things I buy or eat on a weekly basis). With this list I was going to use as a basis for looking for the best deals in the Wednesday food ads as well as, when I cut coupons. Because I also decided buying a Sunday Paper for 1.50 might save me 4 bucks in coupons.. if I use the double coupon deals or if an item is already on sale.. i might save even more!!... so the 1.50 went into the budget! On Sunday I go by food lion, buy the paper, and pick up the weekly circular to check for some sales.
With the massive Charlotte Observer in my lap I am first amazed at how big the paper is. You're getting the perspective of one who thought Burlington had a big Sunday paper.. but now.. I'm thinking holy moly it's gonna take me a week just to read the paper... which is good since i'll only be getting a paper once a week. Sorry.. back to the coupons... well in the center of the massive amount of words is the stack of CVS, Walgreen's, Lowes, Marshall's, Kohl's, Walmart, Target, etc... papers and strategically placed amongst those are the three little booklets of coupons.. Finally, my money saving drive for purchasing the paper in the first place.

With my grocery list beside me I start my search for coupons. I quickly notice the coupons are for foods I don't eat, or would never think of eating. I think.. where is my apple coupon? Why are there never any coupons for produce? Never.. just boxed, processed, give me a heart attack because I can last in the freezer a year foods get the discount of a coupon.

I did get a 2 dollar coupon for deodorant... and 50 cent off of rice.. and a coupon for toothpaste. I guess I got my moneys worth.. but hey I do have a weeks worth of reading to tackle. Will I get a paper next week??>... probably not....