I've been up to a lot lately--taking on new freelance clients, desperately trying to finish some long-overdue unpacking (sad, I know) and, also, COUPONING!
I know, I know. You think I'm going to turn into one of those crazy extreme couponers. But, really, don't you think its pretty cool how they pay almost nothing for groceries? Though, they really don't have much time for anything else but clipping and shopping...
But "everything in moderation" is what they say and, if you hop on over to
Living Rich with Coupons, you can "moderately" get into the couponing game and save some serious bucks without sacrificing too much time and effort. Site owner Cindy Livesey does all the heavy work for you--matching up coupons with deals store by store so that you can get items for free or at a seriously discounted rate. She provides links to store coupon policies, online coupon sites, and tells you what coupon flyers hold the key coupons for great deals. You can even print out a shopping list from the site. (Don't forget to check out the wonderful little how-to called
Extreme Couponing 101 which will help you get started.)
And, seriously, that's just scratching the surface of what
Living Rich with Coupons has to offer.
Now, I'm not going to say that it doesn't take time to get into couponing. You need to locate the coupons online/in flyers and cut them out and organize them, and it takes time to build up your coupon stash so that you'll be ready for a future store deal. Shopping with coupons (and a baby, in my case) also takes a bit more time and effort too. And, you really can't become an extreme couponer unless you have some miraculous access to a ton of coupon flyers (do you know a mailman? a newspaper publisher?) Once you put in the small effort and reap even a little bit of the benefits, though, you'll be hooked!
By taking just a few minutes out of my day today I bought:
2 Nestle Nesquick 7-serving Chocolate Milk Powder Pouches
2 Packages of Reynolds Wrap 50-count Foil Squares
2 Tubes of Colgate Toothpaste
2 Bestlife Buttery Sprays
1 Package Wacky Mac Veggie Spirals
Cost: $1.19
Everything but the Reynolds Wrap Foil ($.50 each) and the Wacky Mac ($.19) was free!
That. Is. Ridiculous. And awesome. So why not hop on over to
Living Rich with Coupons and give it a try yourself? Just remember to leave some free items for me on my next shopping trip!
Lands' End is having a ridiculous online warehouse sale with up to 70% off their regular prices. I don't buy a lot from Landsend, but this did give me an excuse to buy one of their super-cute and highly-praised bathing suits. Regularly $99.50, I got the Women's D-cup All-over Control Slender Grecian Swimsuit above for $31.99. The regular (non D cup) is going for $28.79 from $89.50--both are steals!!
Target has a free sample of Jif To-Go Peanut Butter! 
