I am so sick of people saying that everyone who is having money problems right now has spent beyond their means and don't know how to budget or should just quit being lazy and go get a job. I am SICK of it. I have no where else to post this to let it out.

My DH lost his 3rd job this year. He didn't get fired, he didn't quit, the companies shut down and went out of business. This last job that shut down on Monday went out of business 6 weeks after they hired him. Out of nowhere they...

This is just the coupon value. It does not include store/sale savings.

8/11/08
# coupons redeemed: 18
Total coupon value (including doubles): $64.70
Total OOP: $28.21
# items: 47
avg. cost/ item: $0.60
Almost $150 worth of groceries

What I bought:
3 boxes Cocoa Puffs
4 loaves Whitewheat bread
1 Nestle Pure Life water 24 pack
2 Beech nut Juices
3 Pillsbury Pizza Dough
1 Buitoni Tortellini...

We all keep track of our savings to a certain extent, but does anyone ever actually keep track of how many coupons they redeem? I thought I would give it a try. I feel like I had a GREAT day shopping. Here are my totals:

Total # Coupons Redeemed: 63
Total Coupon Value (including doubled amounts): $121.04
# of Stores Visited: 4
Total OOP: $47.57
total # items: 80
avg. cost/item: $0.49

Here is what I got:
2 Colgate Total
2...

I guess it defeats the purpose of triples to hire a babysitter so I can go shopping. I took my kids with me yesterday (because I had to) and it is just not fun to go shopping with a toddler and an infant screaming and taking up all the room in the cart. I ended up getting a few things I didn't need to and forgetting to put stuff back that I decided I wouldn't get on this trip. I spent more OOP than I had planned, but still got some OK deals.

Well today I figure I will wake up at...

I don't know why it was called Moonlight Madness....it started at 4pm. Anyways they had some totally awesome deals. I would have taken pictures but I had to get the food in the freezer (which meant taking EVERYTHING out of boxes because there is no room left LOL)

Here's what I got!

(1) 28 pack Deer Park Water
(1) Old El Paso Fajita Kit
(1) Old El Paso Taco Bake
(2) Old El Paso Hard Shell/ Soft Shell Kit
(1) Nutrigrain Bars 8 ct.
(3) Chock...