I spent $58.86, and saved $217.07! What a blessing! I bought these items today at Harris Teeter (Super Double Coupon Week), Kroger, CVS, and Walgreens on sale &/or clearance, and combined the sales with coupons. Also, I earned $4 in Walgreens Register Rewards & $2 of CVS Extra Care Bucks to use anytime. Many of the things I've bought with Super Double Coupons this week are stock up items that we won't need again for a long time, like cleaning supplies, soaps, shampoos, conditioners...
I have a sweet friend from church, a fellow AWANA leader, who tutored me before Christmas on how to combine coupons and sales, and sometimes "stack" coupons, to buy products at amazingly low prices, and even sometimes for free! She pointed me to some great blogs by moms who have mastered this whole coupon job, and they share their knowledge with others. From following those blogs, and making my shopping lists from them, I am learning how to save bunches! It still takes me quite a while to read the blogs, print coupons, clip and file coupons, and plan shopping trips, but my "tutor" tells me I'll get faster the more I do it. I am so grateful to:
-my sweet friend Heather for teaching and inspiring me
-my friend Patti in GA who has been a coupon buddy for 16 years, and who lets me know about deals to snag
-Mark, who so often goes on shopping "date nights" with me, who has ALWAYS cut coupons for our family through the years, and who's proud of me for saving
-Dad, who loves to watch for great prices and share his BOGO items and great buys with us
-Mom, who gave me her coupons from last Sunday
-Madeline who babysits (and sometimes even cleans!) while I'm out slowly and carefully choosing the best deals, and who always has to hear about each and every bit of savings : )
-all of my kids, who have thankful hearts for all that I find
-the writers of the money saving blogs
-to the Lord, who answered my prayer when I asked Him to help me provide more for my family for less
Happy couponing to you!
