LivingAlmostLarge

Not, me I’m a terrible shopper of food. I am probably better than average but not a superior couponer or even serious saver.  But this article in the New York times was interesting.  It seemed to target people like me. 
So the store manager interviewed runs a high end store much like Whole Foods, except it’s [...]

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I’m not a hardcore coupon shopper, but I am quite frugal and thrifty.  And I’ve always been someone who stockpiles good deals.  Well I wanted to address how my stockpile saves me money but not like normal couponers.
I stockpile mostly non-perishables.  I started about 1 year ago really getting into and it turns out has been [...]

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Yeah!  Free ice cream @ JP LICKS.  Gee I’m on a posting bonanza today.  Going to get my cone with DH tonight!

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I forgot to mention that about 1 every couple of month I go through my coupons and mail them overseas. The military bases honor coupons that are expired. They are able to give them out to families who can use it to shop on the base. Please check out this website to [...]

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Unfortunately I haven’t been using my coupons very much. I am overstock on health and beauty aids for at least 3 years. And I am somewhat stocked on certain foods.
But I’ve still found that the majority of the food we buy and eat aren’t huge coupon savers. One area I’ve started eating is Oatmeal. I [...]

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Can it be done? Yes, but is it fun? No. Is it healthy? That’s sort of a major toss up on what defines healthy. First off to live on $25/week for 2 people you really need to take vitamins. We lived like this when we first meet in 2000 [...]

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I am part of 4 coupon trains currently and am extremely tired of it. It’s an awesome concept that every week I get to see and use coupons I usually don’t see. But the problem is I only had hoped to be part of 3 trains.
This couponing is costing me a lot of time and [...]

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This weekend I really need to do about 5 mail in rebates. But I’m feeling sort of lazy and not up to the challenge. Anyway I got back my first mail in rebate for $10. Not bad, for buying beef and seafood. I also got back surprisingly the movie tickets for [...]

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Okay since I’ve been couponing, I’ve obviously become more obssessive about my grocery spending. But one way couponing has saved me A LOT of money is by carefully looking over every item on my bill and making sure I’m paying what I expect to be paying. How so? Well for awhile I would just sort [...]

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Today I shopped at Walgreens for the first time to do the Easy Saver Rebate. It is a program where you shop and get money back for items purchased. You have a choice of cash back or a Walgreen’s gift card which gives you an extra 10% back on the rebates you earned. [...]

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