Another unbelievable week of coupons is upon us. For those who don’t participate in Coupon $ense, please bear with me as I shamelessly brag about my grocery store savings. It’s just too good not to share the diligence by which I’m saving my husband’s hard earned money. It’s testimony time!
Today the store that sucked me in was Fry’s. They have a Buy 10 Get $5 Off deal going on, with a maximum of 3 per transaction. So here’s what I got:
8 bottles Powerade, 3 boxes Scalloped Potatoes, 3 Quaker Oats, 4 Mashed potato pouches, 6 cans evap milk, 3 xL liquid hand soap, 1 Hefty sandwich bags, 3 Colgate toothpaste, 3 Shick 10-count (cute pink) razors and 2 boxes Macky-Cheese. THIRTY-SIX items should have cost $73.50 …………. drum roll please ……………. and I paid …………….. $5.31. That’s a 93% savings.
You just gotta love a system that can save you this much money. If you’re curious, you can check it out at www.CouponSense.com. It is not available in all areas, but if it is in your town……. needless to say, I highly recommend it. I get 3 Sunday papers each week + the C$ fee so I pay $30 per month for the whole schpeel. I saved that twice over just with one trip to the store.
I have cut my grocery bill in more-than-half from $570 to $250 per month for a family of five (plus a dog). My pantry has never been this full. I started C$ in January and I have tracked my savings all along on the site. In coupons ALONE I have saved more than $1,065 and received more than $89 in rebates. The other deal is knowing when the stores have their super sales. Totally worth it!
I know you’re thinking I spend hours per week cutting coupons and filing them alpha-chronologically, but NO. The site tells me where the best deals are. I pick one or two stores every other week. I clip the ones I need (3 at a time) and it maybe takes me 20 minutes every other week. Well worth it, in my humble opinion. And no, I don’t get paid to advertise for Coupon $ense, but I should.
I’m done preaching now. (I didn’t think about the election for a whole 15 minutes just now!)
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My Sister's Jar 
November 6, 2008 at 9:29 am |
How do I sign up? Sounds great. I am just not familiar with how double and triple coupons work. Give me the information, Sister!
November 6, 2008 at 11:03 am |
Sign up at http://www.couponsense.com and pick Suzi Friend as your instructor. I can help you for the first bit. I had to go through the instructional video twice to learn how to use the site. It’s only $4 for the first month. You get email twice a week that summarize everything for you. And you can get cheaper papers through Suzi as well. The site tells you when each store is doubling and tripling coupons.