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Post by thyme4change on May 18, 2011 15:59:48 GMT -5
That was certainly my problem with the show I watched. Both people were overweight, and they stuff they bought was not healthy. Frozen meals, hundreds of liters of pop, bags of cookies and candy, and on and on. I would rather spend $100 on healthy food than $16 on crap food.
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Post by dancinmama on May 18, 2011 17:13:19 GMT -5
I'm glad you said that. I've been told that I must enjoy wadting money because I won't chase coupons. Amy Dacyzcn said, what really matters in the end isn't how much you "save". The bottom line is how much you SPEND. I've seen posters brag about how much money tbey saved "saved". But they bought candy, vitamin water, junk snacks, totally unnecessary stuff. That's just ridiculous and you know it. I think you have a selective memory. Or maybe you only read the thread on a week where we were all loading up on some type of junk food - but only because they were PAYING US to do so!! Just last week I donated several bags of Chex Mix that Rite Aid PAID ME to buy. The were on sale for $1, I had a $1 coupon, and they gave me a $1 reward coupon for every bag that I bought. No sales tax so every single bag that I bought was FREE AND netting me a $1 reward coupon that I could use to buy ANYTHING - a non-perishable like laundry soap or a food product like coffee, milk, or eggs. That is the way THE GAME IS PLAYED. We didn't make up the rules, we just use them to get the things that WE DO NEED for FREE.....that's F-R-E-E, FREE!! Candy? You betcha. I was able to stockpile regular size candy bars late last summer/early fall for F-R-E-E, FREE. You should have seen the look on the kids faces on Halloween. Snacks and chips. Sure, but it's not like my family sits down to dinner with an entree of chips and a side of cookies. We eat chips and dip at a barbecue like most other normal, American families. As a matter of fact, I'm the chip and clam dip gal in the family. That is what everyone asks me to bring to any family get-together in the summer. So please stop being so ridiculous with your comments. I think that maybe you're just one of those people where couponing isn't for them. It is obvious to me that at one point in time you WANTED TO TRY to learn how to do it....so badly, as a matter of fact, that you were WILLING TO PAY MONEY for someone to help you. Maybe it took YOU too much time and maybe YOU didn't save very much money, but GG, I'm not doing this just for the fun of it or because I am a crazed junk food addict; I do it because it works.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2011 17:38:39 GMT -5
I guess I honestly don't eat as well as a lot of you guys. I do buy spaghetti sauce in a jar like Prego or Rago. I do buy already made pasta like Barilla. I like my NaturallyFresh lite salad dressing. I eat a lot of soup for lunch. An easy lunch for my retired DH is mac'n'cheese or canned tuna. Sometimes he even has a sandwich made of bread that I didn't bake and lunch meat that is processed. We do try to find "low-sodium" products, but that's rather ironic. His last medical checkup said he wasn't getting enough sodium. Lol. My point is that all of that is stuff I can save a few $$$ on at the grocery store. Am I a fanatic or even "extreme couponer"? No way. But I did take 5 minutes today to go to HotCouponWorld where they do coupon match-ups for me. Tomorrow I will stop by and pick up a couple of packages of Chinet napkins for 8 cents each while I buy some coke products that I have desperately been wanting to go on sale. Most "real" couponers are judicious in their choices after they've done it awhile. A lot of those I know say, "I won't take toothpaste, shampoo, etc. unless it's free or they pay me to take it." My husband loves going to the basement to grab another package of toilet paper or paper towels. It's the Costco/Sam's thing with icing. But if you don't "get" it, that's fine with me. That means you won't be competing with me at the store.
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on May 18, 2011 17:47:38 GMT -5
I do buy spaghetti sauce in a jar like Prego or Rago. Don't tell Loop, but I miss the meat flavored Prego. Her made from scratch stuff is pretty good, but sometimes I miss the processed stuff. Not all the time mind you. But sometimes I look down at spinach or whole grain noodles with a made from scratch sauce and I think, "Man, I'd kill for some generic bleached white flour noodles and a jar of sauce with MSG, corn syrup, and artificial meat flavoring (whatever the hell that is) on top" Oh, and the Kraft parmesan cheese like product sprinkled on top. Real parmesan cheese is vastly superior, but when I crave processed spaghetti I want the total package.
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Post by dancinmama on May 18, 2011 17:58:31 GMT -5
I guess I honestly don't eat as well as a lot of you guys. I do buy spaghetti sauce in a jar like Prego or Rago. I do buy already made pasta like Barilla. I like my NaturallyFresh lite salad dressing. I eat a lot of soup for lunch. An easy lunch for my retired DH is mac'n'cheese or canned tuna. Sometimes he even has a sandwich made of bread that I didn't bake and lunch meat that is processed. We do try to find "low-sodium" products, but that's rather ironic. His last medical checkup said he wasn't getting enough sodium. Lol. Tomorrow I will stop by and pick up a couple of packages of Chinet napkins for 8 cents each while I buy some coke products that I have desperately been wanting to go on sale. Most "real" couponers are judicious in their choices after they've done it awhile. A lot of those I know say, "I won't take toothpaste, shampoo, etc. unless it's free or they pay me to take it." southernsusana: You mean you don't make your pasta from scratch!! Oh my, and sauce out of a jar too!! HORRORS!!
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Post by dancinmama on May 18, 2011 18:01:26 GMT -5
I do buy spaghetti sauce in a jar like Prego or Rago. Don't tell Loop, but I miss the meat flavored Prego. Her made from scratch stuff is pretty good, but sometimes I miss the processed stuff. Not all the time mind you. But sometimes I look down at spinach or whole grain noodles with a made from scratch sauce and I think, "Man, I'd kill for some generic bleached white flour noodles and a jar of sauce with MSG, corn syrup, and artificial meat flavoring (whatever the hell that is) on top" Oh, and the Kraft parmesan cheese like product sprinkled on top. Real parmesan cheese is vastly superior, but when I crave processed spaghetti I want the total package. I remember one Father's Day when I made DH pancakes out of whole wheat flour. Uhm, we went back to Bisquick.
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on May 18, 2011 18:06:52 GMT -5
Whole wheat pancakes aren't bad. Once you put a little butter and syrup or jam on em you can't even tell the difference, and I would be putting the syrup on white flour pancakes anyway.
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Post by 2kids10horses on May 18, 2011 18:08:41 GMT -5
Dark,
My wife spends about an hour twice a week couponing. We don't spend any more time in the grocery store couponing than we otherwise would, probably less since we get a shopping list, and only buy what's on the list. We never have arguments at the checkout. If they don't take our coupons (only rarely happens), we say, well then, we don't want it. Usually, the reaction is, "Wow! Those coupons are great! I need to learn how to do this!"
Gardening Grandma,
Your logic about the toothpaste is perfect! I bet you go to the proctologist whenever you need toilet paper!
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2011 18:09:36 GMT -5
Smiling at DarkHonor. I add real meat, but the base is jarred stuff. And I thought Kraft Parmesan cheese was 100% cheese. Thanks a lot for ruining that for me.
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on May 18, 2011 18:15:00 GMT -5
And I thought Kraft Parmesan cheese was 100% cheese. Thanks a lot for ruining that for me. It might be. I swear the last time I saw it the bottle had a huge 100% real cheese thing across the top. I don't know if it always was or they changed it though. It still seems to keep a little too well for just plain cheese though, so while it might be 100% real cheese I wonder if they do anything to it during the processing. Keep in mind food companies only have to list ingredients in food, not things used in processing. They can wash meat in ammonia and not list ammonia as an ingredient anywhere on the packaging because the washing is a process not part of the recipe, even though there's obviously still some ammonia in the meat. I wonder if long shelf life cheese products have something similar going on behind the scenes.
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Post by bobbysgirl on May 18, 2011 18:24:55 GMT -5
Kraft Parm cheese says on the label that it's 100% cheese.
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Post by murphath on May 18, 2011 18:55:56 GMT -5
Just a couple of transactions I did to show that coupons do work. This isn't for GG necessarily as I don't think anything will convince her--couponing is not for her and that's okay. But this is for those of you who might be interested. Safeway: I have their loyalty card, and have signed up for the Just 4 U program. They send me an email each week with special coupons and personalized deals for me based on shopping history. 2/20 oz bx. Raisin Bran .98 (JFU price of .49 ea limit 2) 1 10 count Mission tortillas: .88 (JFU price) 2 Lucerne shredded cheese 2.56 (JFU price of 1.28 ea) 1 Sargento swiss slices 2.44 (JFU price) 2 Oscar Mayer Carving Board chicken lunchmeat $2.49 ea with in ad coupon (from SW weekly ad) 3 bananas .92 1 organic tomato .86 4 lbs. navel oranges $3.49 2 Sunrype 100% fruit chews (in produce aisle, if you're interested) I used the following coupons: $1/2 Raisin Bran $1/$5 produce purchase 2/.55 q's on real Calif. cheese 2/$1 Oscar Mayer carving board 1 .50 off mission food item 2 coupons for 1 free Sunrype fruit snack I paid $13.11 and saved $27.15, or 68.13% $8.46 was loyalty card savings; $8.00 paper coupons; $5.65 JFU personalized prices; $5.04 JFU coupons.
Walgreens 4 Reach Crystal toothbrushes $3.96 (.99 ea) I use a sonicare, too, but these are for emergencies and travelling. 3 Scotch magic tape $5.97 2 Lysol wipes $3.59 (buy one get one free so $3.59 for two) 2 cans Blue Diamond natural almonds $3.59 (again, buy one get one free) 1 M&Ms .39 1 Snickers .39 Minus the folliwng coupons: 3/$1 Scotch magic coupons .60/2 Blue Diamond almonds 2/$2 Reach toothbrush coupons 2/$1.50 Lysol wipes coupons $3 RR (Register Reward from a past transaction) $2.64 Walgreens in-ad coupon for the Scotch tape My total was .66 + .83 tx = $1.49
After work tonight I am going to stop at CVS and do the following 2 Naturemade Calcium w/magnesium and zinc: $12.99 (buy one get one free, so $12.99 for both) I'll use the following coupons: $3 off $10 healthcare purchase (this came from the CVS loyalty card coupon machine--you just scan your card every time you go in) 2/$3 CVS coupons for any Naturemade vitamins 2/$3 Naturemade vitamin coupons As you can see, I will have $2.01 "overage" which I will use to also buy a gallon of organic milk. That's $5.99 but with the "overage", I'll pay $3.98 plus the tax on the vitamins. I take one of these vitamins everyday as I am post menopausal and bone health is important!
There you go. That's how it is done. And it all for things I use--well, the candy will go in a drawer until Halloween for the trick or treaters. They love coming to my house!
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Post by dancinmama on May 18, 2011 18:58:39 GMT -5
Whole wheat pancakes aren't bad. Once you put a little butter and syrup or jam on em you can't even tell the difference, and I would be putting the syrup on white flour pancakes anyway. Maybe YOU can't tell the difference, but I definitely knew that DH could even though he was so sweet and just choked them down. It's not like we eat pancakes every day so it's all good.
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Post by thyme4change on May 18, 2011 18:59:04 GMT -5
I'm tired just thinking about daily runs to different stores - but I think it is great if you are getting stuff you really need and use. That is awesome!
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Post by dancinmama on May 18, 2011 19:02:40 GMT -5
Just a couple of transactions I did to show that coupons do work. This isn't for GG necessarily as I don't think anything will convince her--couponing is not for her and that's okay. But this is for those of you who might be interested. Safeway: I have their loyalty card, and have signed up for the Just 4 U program. They send me an email each week with special coupons and personalized deals for me based on shopping history. 2/20 oz bx. Raisin Bran .98 (JFU price of .49 ea limit 2) 1 10 count Mission tortillas: .88 (JFU price) 2 Lucerne shredded cheese 2.56 (JFU price of 1.28 ea) 1 Sargento swiss slices 2.44 (JFU price) 2 Oscar Mayer Carving Board chicken lunchmeat $2.49 ea with in ad coupon (from SW weekly ad) 3 bananas .92 1 organic tomato .86 4 lbs. navel oranges $3.49 2 Sunrype 100% fruit chews (in produce aisle, if you're interested) I used the following coupons: $1/2 Raisin Bran $1/$5 produce purchase 2/.55 q's on real Calif. cheese 2/$1 Oscar Mayer carving board 1 .50 off mission food item 2 coupons for 1 free Sunrype fruit snack I paid $13.11 and saved $27.15, or 68.13% $8.46 was loyalty card savings; $8.00 paper coupons; $5.65 JFU personalized prices; $5.04 JFU coupons. Walgreens 4 Reach Crystal toothbrushes $3.96 (.99 ea) I use a sonicare, too, but these are for emergencies and travelling. 3 Scotch magic tape $5.97 2 Lysol wipes $3.59 (buy one get one free so $3.59 for two) 2 cans Blue Diamond natural almonds $3.59 (again, buy one get one free) 1 M&Ms .39 1 Snickers .39 Minus the folliwng coupons: 3/$1 Scotch magic coupons .60/2 Blue Diamond almonds 2/$2 Reach toothbrush coupons 2/$1.50 Lysol wipes coupons $3 RR (Register Reward from a past transaction) $2.64 Walgreens in-ad coupon for the Scotch tape My total was .66 + .83 tx = $1.49 After work tonight I am going to stop at CVS and do the following 2 Naturemade Calcium w/magnesium and zinc: $12.99 (buy one get one free, so $12.99 for both) I'll use the following coupons: $3 off $10 healthcare purchase (this came from the CVS loyalty card coupon machine--you just scan your card every time you go in) 2/$3 CVS coupons for any Naturemade vitamins 2/$3 Naturemade vitamin coupons As you can see, I will have $2.01 "overage" which I will use to also buy a gallon of organic milk. That's $5.99 but with the "overage", I'll pay $3.98 plus the tax on the vitamins. I take one of these vitamins everyday as I am post menopausal and bone health is important! There you go. That's how it is done. And it all for things I use--well, the candy will go in a drawer until Halloween for the trick or treaters. They love coming to my house! murphath: Thanks for taking the time to post this. Ya GG is a lost cause, but it might win someone else over and put them on the path to saving a lot of dough.
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Post by dancinmama on May 18, 2011 19:06:16 GMT -5
I'm tired just thinking about daily runs to different stores - but I think it is great if you are getting stuff you really need and use. That is awesome! thyme4change: The runs aren't daily; everyone works them into their own schedules. With the price of gas everyone is even more cognizant about bundling errands.
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on May 18, 2011 19:09:20 GMT -5
Maybe YOU can't tell the difference, but I definitely knew that DH could even though he was so sweet and just choked them down. It's probably more fair to say that I'm just used to the difference. The same way I can't stand high fat hamburger anymore, even though it's pretty much all we ate growing up because the really lean stuff was too expensive.
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Post by 8 Bit WWBG on May 20, 2011 8:00:07 GMT -5
I popped into one store to get some bacon, and the Gwaltney bacon had an in-store one-day coupon for $2 off. I'd never tried the brand before, but I may pop back shortly and buy a few more packs. $3.27 for 1 lb of bacon without having had to search for any other coupons is pretty good IMO.
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Post by 973beachbum on May 20, 2011 8:24:46 GMT -5
My kids even eat cold cereal in the morning.
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Post by 2kids10horses on May 20, 2011 9:28:08 GMT -5
Grown,
I hate to tell you, but that was only an ok deal. Gwaltney, is a cheaper line of bacon.
From time to time, Hormel will put the Black Label on BOGO or sometimes, 2 for $5.
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Post by ohmomto2boys on May 20, 2011 9:40:12 GMT -5
Mine too.....and I buy it on sale maybe even with a coupon!
I don't fall into the "gotta have everything organic or homemade, no processed foods in my house - so I can't save on my groceries with coupons" category.
My grocery cart is a mix of fresh veggies, fresh fruits, frozen veggies, flour, sugar, wheat bread, pasta, sauce, hamburger, chicken, pork, frozen pizza, milk, eggs, chewy fruit snacks...etc....some of it is organic, some of it isn't. Some of it I have coupons for, some of it I don't.
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Post by swamp on May 20, 2011 9:43:08 GMT -5
My kids even eat cold cereal in the morning. Mine have poptarts sometimes.
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Post by 973beachbum on May 20, 2011 10:01:58 GMT -5
My kids even eat cold cereal in the morning. Mine have poptarts sometimes. Kiddie crack?!?!?
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Post by thyme4change on May 20, 2011 16:15:48 GMT -5
I thought of you guys last night because I used a coupon AND bought a buy one get one free instead of my normal brand.
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Post by 8 Bit WWBG on May 21, 2011 9:45:50 GMT -5
...:::"I hate to tell you, but that was only an ok deal. Gwaltney, is a cheaper line of bacon.":::...
I just wanted to try the product, and it was tolerable for what I wanted it for. It was just for breakfast sandwiches, so it will suffice. IMO, Hormel is OK, and was better than the Gwaltney, but wasn't anything special.
I used to only buy the Whole foods applewood smoked thick cut bacon, but I didn't have time to get to whole foods. Given that all the bacon in front of me was about $5-$6/lb, saving $2 for doing no work seemed good to me. This wasn't a cherry picking trip.
Yes, I'm a failure for not getting the store to pay me $5 to take the bacon and 12 bottles of mustard out for nothing OOP.
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Post by dancinmama on May 21, 2011 9:49:43 GMT -5
I thought of you guys last night because I used a coupon AND bought a buy one get one free instead of my normal brand. Be careful thyme. It sounds like you're dipping your toe in the waters and coming over to the dark side. Before you know it you'll be stockpiling 1,000 tubes of Preparation H just because they are free with a coupon.
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Post by 973beachbum on May 21, 2011 10:26:00 GMT -5
I thought of you guys last night because I used a coupon AND bought a buy one get one free instead of my normal brand. Be careful thyme. It sounds like you're dipping your toe in the waters and coming over to the dark side. Before you know it you'll be stockpiling 1,000 tubes of Preparation H just because they are free with a coupon.
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Post by 2kids10horses on May 21, 2011 10:54:21 GMT -5
Gowron,
There's nothing wrong with using a Point of Sale coupon to save on something that you were going to buy anyway, of course use the coupon.
But, that's really not "Couponing". To REALLY save using coupons, you collect coupons, then wait for a sale in order to "double dip".
Aberdeen bacon is the worst. THe only way I'd use it is if I needed to make a large amount of bacon bits.
I have found the Kroger "Value" bacon is pretty good.
We grow different varieties of tomatos, so in the summer, we make BLT sandwiches. I know bacon is bad for you, but the sandwiches are so yummy!
We cook our bacon in the microwave, using one of those "As Seen on TV" gismos (that we bought at the thrift store for $1) that holds the bacon slices up on their sides, and you run a squewer thru them to keep them from shrinking. The oil drains off. It works really well.
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Post by mtshastawriter on May 21, 2011 11:45:23 GMT -5
I went to Rite Aid this week and bought 8 sticks of deodorant, 2 tubes of Crest, and a small rosemary plant for my garden. I paid a total of $4 out of pocket.
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Post by leanna on May 21, 2011 12:34:42 GMT -5
I can't believe I read the entire 10 pages of this thread. Yes, I do have too much time on my hands.
The topic kind of veered off from EC into other areas, so I'll join where the discussion has gone.
I'm a big fan of Amy Daczyn. In 2003, I read her Tightwad Gazette books, which are really a collection of the newsletters she sent out. I found them very helpful.
My background is that I grew up in a household where money was extremely tight. I come from "the big city" so I found Amy's tips about freezing food and other household things very useful. I think that interview of Amy made her sound extreme. In her newsletters she comes across as interesting, smart and clever. She is the first to say there are choices on how to be frugal. She doesn't think that everyone should live the life she lives. In fact, I recall she talked about a reader who wrote in to her, who lived in a condo in the city. That was a frugal choice for that reader, who loves to live in the city.
After I read the Tightwad Gazette, I ended up reading a wide range of personal finance books. The usual assortment, that I'm sure many of you have read - the Rich Dad series, Suzie Orman, The Millionaire Next Door books, The Richest Man in Babylon, etc.
I actually went on to take my interest in finance to the next level and went back to school to add another degree in the finance arena to my skill set.
I've found that I've taken what is useful from each author and applied it to my life. My personal financial philosophy is that you can:
-earn more money -spend less
in order to provide for yourself and your family. I find that for myself, I try to work on both areas.
I can tell you, that, as someone who grew up with a household with a low income, I am VERY good at spending less. What I had to learn was how to value myself and my time better in order to maximize my earnings.
While my personal family story is unique, I can say that I do feel that there are many women who are similar to me. They are good at keeping expenses down, but not as able or aware of how to increase the income side of the sheet.
In terms of couponing, there are parts of couponing that I don't measure in the same way others measure it. There has been quite a bit of talk about the hourly return on couponing. Besides saving money with couponing, some of actually literally make money doing it. In February I had a 25% return from Rite Aid. Yes, a check in the mail that I deposited in the bank.
If you do stocks or other investments, you generally look at your ROI, not your hourly salary. There is always some time involved in any investment, but most of us don't include that in our analysis. Now, just like any other investment, I'm not seeing any good ROI's right now in couponing, so I'm not doing anything actively on that.
But I realize that most of couponing is not really about ROI - it's simply about paying less & getting more. Which leads me back to my thought of "spending less." There are many ways to "spend less." One can:
-use less -go without -use coupons -other ideas
I close my rambling with this thought:
A person can keep their costs down without ever using a coupon. And, a person can use coupons and end up spending too much money. Coupons are a tool in the arsenal of a frugal person. No more. No less.
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