Charlotte asked, “I would love to know where you get all your coupons. Do you buy any?
I do not buy papers. I get my coupons from various sources. I happened to pull up behind the newspaper man at the recycling center one day as he was unloading his truck of leftover papers and asked him [...]

I read about a lady that keeps here weekly grocery totals on her blog so that she can keep a record of her spending. Although I probably won’t pick up that habit, I thought it was a good tracking tool.
Store 1:
11 bags of cat food
10 boxes of butter
24 boxes of cream cheese
3 huge red bell [...]

One of my goals this year is to build a family store. Instead of buying out of need, my grocery shopping has been turned into buying items on sale to stock our family store. My shopping list every week for need items has been dramatically reduced. I do buy weekly fruits and veggies that are [...]

Another money saving idea I have been using to save our family more money on our grocery bill is taking advantage of grocery rebates.  Many times manufacturers will offer special rebates as an incentive for people to buy their product.  Sometimes these rebates can save you money or provide products for free.
I took advantage of [...]

Here is something that I stocked up on this week: toothpaste
And the break down is this:
Toothpaste cost was $1.89 each X 6 = $11.34
Toothpaste was on sale at grocery store this week for .99 cents and I had 4 coupons each for .75 cents off and 2 coupons for $1 off.
So on two boxes, I [...]