Saving money at the store
With the economy in it’s current dismal state, times are tough, especially on one teacher’s salary, so I’ve been trying to save money where I can. Buying organic milk, meat and produce, while not bank breaking, isn’t cheap, so for the items I don’t need to buy organic I’ve been trying to get deals where I can get them. I started scouring the circulars for sale items, clipping coupons and printing them online. It turns out that coupons really do add up when you combine them with sales. I also learned that those annoying things that print out with your register receipts at the grocery store aren’t just trash. They’re coupons called Catalinas.
I can’t stand the market that’s closest to my house. I always end up spending more money there than I do at the other market just a mile up the road. But in the circular I saw that if you buy $30 worth of participating items you get $15 back in catalinas. I looked at the items and some of them were things I had coupons for, others were on sale, and others were things I’d end up buying anyway. I started planning my trip at home. A little more research turned up a coupon message board where I learned that the $30 was based on shelf price, not sale price. I knocked a few items off of my list and went to the market ready to shop. For just over $20 I got a ton of pantry staples and $15 back in store coupons.
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