Wow, I know some of you thought I died or something- I haven't blogged in so long! Well, I'm still alive! Life just got busy (er). I will try to catch up with my blogging and let you know what all has been going on in our neck of the woods. But for now, let me show you my latest "hobby".
These are the items I bought this week. Retail price is $83.82 and I only paid $21.05! That is a savings of $62.77! (I'm sorry I'm sounding like a commercial. I'm not going to sell you anything, I promise! I'm just excited because I love a bargain!)
However, normally, I don't buy John Freida shampoo (retails for $7 per bottle!). I normally buy shampoo for $1 or $1.50. Most of these items I bought are NOT the kind I usually buy. I usually buy generic. (squeak squeak, can you tell I'm tight?).
So, I looked at what I bought and figured up what I would have spent on these items if they were my normal brand. In my brand, they would have cost $37.71 (yes, I put way more thought into this than the normal person would LOL). So that is still a savings of $16.66! (yikes, there's three 6's in a row...good thing I'm not writing on my forehead at the moment *wink wink*)
I found a couple of good websites that tell about couponing and that is what got me hooked. It really helps that a sister in our church is a newspaper delivery lady and she is giving me the Sunday papers that don't sell from her rack for the coupons! AND our local library has a coupon swap box-- take what you want and drop off coupons you won't use. It is a win win situation!
Below are links to my 2 favorite coupon websites.
http://www.centsiblesavings.com/2006/07/current-deals.html
http://athriftymom.com/
Thanks for reading and I will try to post again soon!
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