So.... out of necessity I had to go to Kroger today.

Most of my items did not have coupons which was a bummer to see I had only saved 30%. I still spent less than half of what I would normally spend on groceries for the week so I guess it's not that bad.

I'm getting spoiled with the low OOPS I've gotten lately but meat can really add up even when you do find it discounted.

We have tons of ham frozen (free from Target) but we've eaten ham so...

I checked my grocery budget since I started couponing. I knew I was saving but didn't know how much.

I started couponing in October. The graph shows my savings. When I showed my DH he was floored... keep telling me how great I am, how impressed he was that we've saved that much, how he couldn't believe you could actually save that much using coupons.

I have to say that I was pretty...

Today my 2 yr. old and I went out in the cold weather to do a bit of shopping. She was VERY excited as she LOVES Walgreens

Here's what I got:

Kroger
1 Cottenelle (.50q)... .50 Cellfire (shortcuts didn't work)
1 BC Frosting (.50q)... again... shortcuts did not work
3 Reynolds baking cups (3- .25 tripled)
1 bag of rolls ($1.. .marked down)
5 Fleishman's yeast (5- .40q... in 2 transactions)

$1.37 OOP (used 3 of the...

Got this via email from my DH who says he may try some of these next time


My wife insists that I accompany her on her
trips to Target.
Unfortunately, like most men, I find shopping boring and prefer to get in and get out. Equally unfortunately, my wife is like most women - - she loves to browse.

Yesterday my dear wife received the following letter from the local Target.

Dear Mrs. Billi Ingram
...

I met two HCWers this morning for breakfast. SO nice to meet people in person! Anyway, we traded coupons and I was given 4 of the $4 Maybelline lip qs. (THANKS!!!)

They reminded me that I could get the lipgloss and use two qs (if the manager let me) and get overage to use on other things. I tried it earlier in the week with the qs I had and the manager would not let me.

So... I went by the 24 hr. CVS this evening. I got two boxes of cereal, chapstick, 4 lipgloss,...