Im pretty new to all of this.. but like you I just jot it down as i read it. I have a shopping note pad, and each page has its own store. I jot each deal down and when I fulfill that deal, I just cross it off. Beats keeping a spreadsheet or something online, because it saves me printer ink for my IP's! ;)
I use a separate post-it for each store as I go through the forums. When I buy the sunday paper I pull the ad for each store I shop and stick the post-it on top. I normally record the price, coupons I should use for the deal, etc and stick them in my on-hand organizer in the appropriate pocket (labeled for that store). I'm a post-it addict so it works for me pretty well as I'm always looking at my post-it lists.
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I got lazy last year with a new baby, returning to the workforce, etc.
Lori
Lori,
I just have to correct you, you did not get lazy. Having a new baby is a life changing experience and returning to work is work. So pat yourself on the shoulder. I have 3 little ones and going shopping with them is difficult. Good luck to you. Just take it one step at a time. And just remember that there will always be another deal. My problem was, I was running around trying to get every deal and it really exhausted me. I'm just a little more selective now and try to combine trips to save on gas and time.
Im pretty new to all of this.. but like you I just jot it down as i read it. I have a shopping note pad, and each page has its own store. I jot each deal down and when I fulfill that deal, I just cross it off. Beats keeping a spreadsheet or something online, because it saves me printer ink for my IP's! ;)
I think that I'll just have to start jotting stuff down. Thanks!
I use a separate post-it for each store as I go through the forums. When I buy the sunday paper I pull the ad for each store I shop and stick the post-it on top. I normally record the price, coupons I should use for the deal, etc and stick them in my on-hand organizer in the appropriate pocket (labeled for that store). I'm a post-it addict so it works for me pretty well as I'm always looking at my post-it lists.
I do have a nice organizer for my coupons that has some folders in the front so I could definitely use those for the ads!
Lori,
I just have to correct you, you did not get lazy. Having a new baby is a life changing experience and returning to work is work. So pat yourself on the shoulder. I have 3 little ones and going shopping with them is difficult. Good luck to you. Just take it one step at a time. And just remember that there will always be another deal. My problem was, I was running around trying to get every deal and it really exhausted me. I'm just a little more selective now and try to combine trips to save on gas and time.
Actually this was baby number 4, but for some reason it realy threw me for a loop. I think it was the going back to work that did it! I work in the evening at the grocery store, so it was just so easy to just shop after work. This isn't too good for the pocketbook though.
I usually just have to take the 2 littlest shopping with me. I don't know what I'm going to do this summer when I have the 7 year old too. He usually gets the 3 year old riled up, and they run around the store, so he'll get some talks about how to behave. Our 6 year old has cerebral palsy and has a nurse from 9-5 on weekdays so I try to go to the store at that time.
Im pretty new to all of this.. but like you I just jot it down as i read it. I have a shopping note pad, and each page has its own store. I jot each deal down and when I fulfill that deal, I just cross it off. Beats keeping a spreadsheet or something online, because it saves me printer ink for my IP's! ;)
This is such a simple, but FANTASTIC idea! I think I'll start doing it too.
I keep a spreadsheet in Excel. I concentrate on 3 stores: CVS, Kroger, and Publix, so I look through the circulars here on HCW ahead of time & post the specials for each store by week that I'm interested in. I start matching coupons with the specials.
Then when I go shopping, I sort by the current week & print just that week's specials for each of the 3 stores. When I get home I delete the rows for that week and start adding info for the next. Usually I've got specials going for the next two or three weeks.
How do you keep track of the deals? 
and Cherokee Lee (12yrs) 
and wife to Tim 
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