Have you ever stood in line at the grocery store only to watch in disgust as the person in front of you saved lots of money using coupons? No, I haven't seen it either. But I've heard about people like that. They probably have their four pairs of socks arranged by color, too.
I'm not good at saving money. I'm better at spending money. But really, if I'm going to spend money, should it be by paying too much for cereal, aluminum foil and toilet paper? These are things that should be free because they're just so dull. But they're not free, and they're getting less free all the time.
Every now and then I'll try to go through the coupon section of the newspaper to do better in the grocery store. But even if I find coupons for stuff I want, I'll never make it to the store with them. I'll find them three months after they've expired, crushed in the bottom of my pocketbook.
So I'm going to try something different. Searching for Free Grocery Coupons online at sites such as the Penny Pinchers Gazette. I can find coupons for things I actually buy, print out the coupon and stick it with my grocery list (not randomly in my purse for some future date when I happen to remember I have a coupon and I'm buying that item). I'll save money by shopping from a list (and not get distracted by the end-of-aisle-impulse-buy displays) and having the coupon right there. They also have budget recipes and advice on healthy eating.
Paying too much for aluminium (correct spelling by the way... tehe) foil and toilet paper is one thing, but getting them mixed up in the bathroom is an entirely different matter... and that’s all I’m going to say about that.
Posted by: Angry | April 11, 2008 at 10:08 AM