Saving Like Crazy!

Oh boy do I love couponing! I saved $10.75 last night with one trip into town.

Arm and Hammer laundry detergant is on sale at Giant Tiger for $2.48. I had a coupon for $.75 off, which made the total purchase $1.73 for 35 loads!! That works out to a grand total of $.05/load!

If you don't have the coupon already, go to Save.ca and you can have your very own sent right to you house. Mind you the sale at GT will be over by then, but if you hold onto the coupon until the next sale, you'll be able to get it for a great price too.

While I was at Giant Tiger, I also redeemd a $5.00 off cloths coupon. If you go to GiantTiger.ca and sign up for their enewsletter, you will get one sent right to your inbox. Print it off and head to your local GT, buy clothes for a minimum purchase of $15 and you get $5 off! So, one trip to GT saved me $5.75!

Then, it was off to WalMart, where I redeemed a coupon for $5 off a Schick Intuition razor. They were on sale for $7.00 which let me walk out of the store with a razor and one refill for only $2.00!

I did some tear pad hunting and found $2.00 off Advil pads at Shoppers Drug Mart. They are redeemable on the large size, 100's and up. Combine those with the $2.00 off printable coupons I have and now they are $4.00 off! Woo hoo!!

So, all in all, another great couponing day!

Who Knew?

So, I started watching that new show Extreme Couponing. I'm sure you know the one I'm talking about. The show where a family goes into a grocery store and walks out with $1500 worth of groceries for $5?

So, I figured, why not? I mean, cutting out coupons and researching deals doesn't actually cost me anything, so why not give it a try? The most I will be out is a bit of my time, which in the end isn't really all that valuable. :)

Well, in the space of two shops and less than a week, I've already saved $76! Holy crow, who knew??

Since I'm in Canada, it's a bit more difficult to find the great deals than it is in the States. But, with some hard work and a bit of effort, it can be done. I'm not likely to ever see the savings that these people on Extreme Couponing get (although, as with every show, I'm sure that these giant savings aren't exactly the norm for them), but if I can even save the family $50 per shop, that's $1300 per year. And my goal is much more than that.

Our bi-weekly shopping bill is about $350 for a family of 4. My ultimate goal, using coupons, is to get that down to around $100, which would be $50/week. I know it won't happen overnight, it's going to take time and work, but that is what I want to do.

Like most, the recession has hurt us financially. I have tried many ways to make money while being a SAHM, but nothing is working. So, I'm refocusing my energies on saving money, rather than making it. So far, in one week, I've saved us more money than I made last month. Crazy, right?

So, would you like to join me on my journey? You can be here with me during the ups and the downs, the great finds and the fabulous fails.

I'm also going to be sharing my daily coupon finds with all of you, so that's a good reason right there to stick around!

If nothing else, this will be fun. Hopefully I'll be able to pass along some wisdom for all of you, and you to me. :)

So, lets start the Happy Coupon Dance!