How to Save Money

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Everyone will tell you something different, so after

reading what works for them – try to pick apart what

you think will work for you, and make a plan.

Some feel that the best thing to do is menu plan – so

that you are only buying what you absolutely need

while at the store. That is where I go wrong. I

focus so much on making sure I get the best deal on

the things that are on sale (store sale, store

discounts, coupons, etc.) that I forget about making

sure that I have enough in the house to make meals. I

can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone to the store,

spent $80-$100 on groceries and then came home saying,

“Now what on earth do we have in this house for

dinner?”…..

Anyhoo, these are the main things that I do….

1. I cut out coupons for any items that my family

uses or would use if it wasn’t so darn expensive.

2. I go through the weekly grocery store circulars

and mark up what’s on sale – especially keeping in

mind things that I have coupons for. I almost never

buy anything that’s not on sale.

3. I buy certain things at BJ’s Wholesale that are

substantially cheaper there than at the grocery store.

This is not always the case, though. There are MANY

things that I can get at Shoprite MUCH cheaper than at

BJ’s. BUT, my daughter lives on those Pizza Bagel

Bites – and I have never found them to be any cheaper

than a 72 pack for $9.50 at BJ’s.

My next goal is to start making homemade detergents

and cleaning products.

— Robyn Jarrell <robyn.jarrell@yahoo.com> wrote:

> OK I’m completely new to this group. The bargains

> sound GREAT; however, where do you all find them?

> What am I missing? I need to save money, cut down,

> etc but I’m not sure where to start and when I see

> these bargains I just shake my head wondering WHERE

> and HOW!!!! Thanks

>

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Original Message —-

> From: Ria <aweea_aka_awa@yahoo.com>

> To: Budget101_@yahoogroups.com

> Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2008 11:06:01 AM

> Subject: Re: Budget101.com : My grocery savings this

> week!

>

> OMG, now THAT’s AWESOME!!!

>

> ….And it’s funny because I just bought two bottles

> of

> Gatorade yesterday for $1.33 each (YIKES) because my

> daughter is sick (102 fever, vomiting) and I knew

> she

> needed to replenish the electrolytes. …And I HATED

> paying that price!!!

>

> — pooh5497@yahoo. com wrote:

>

> > That is great… here was mine….

> >

> > First I went in with 49 G2 gatorade coupons. The

> > coupons were for $1 off and the gatorade is only

> $1

> > so

> > I got 49 bottles of G2 gatorade for the tax of

> $3.19

> >

> > All those bottles filled up my cart so I did that

> > first and then went back in for my “food”

> groceries.

> >

> >

> > Then for my food… the bill before BOGOs and

> > coupons

> > would have been $124.43 and I paid $31.72

> >

> > WHOOO HOOOO

> > Amy (who is addicted to saving money)

> >

> > — Maria Jewlz

> wrote:

> >

> > > I was so excited to go to the store this week,

> > > because

> > > there were a lot of items on sale that we use

> (and

> > > needed) – and I had coupons for them too! WOO

> > HOO!

> > >

> > > It’s been several weeks since I’ve been to the

> > > grocery

> > > store, so we were low on a lot of items.

> > >

> > > My total bill came to $274.08. After store

> > > discounts

> > > of $75.71 and coupons $38.77, my total came to

> > > $159.60.

> > >

> > > I know many of you are able to do better than

> > that,

> > > but I was pretty happy with myself!

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> >

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