Re-visiting Coupons

I'm so thankful to my friends at our homeschool group for teaching me about couponing and shopping deals! (I should bake Carrie a pie!) The coupon moms have started trading our leftover coupon sections with one another each week, and we save even more money! I'll have to get with them over the summer. I'm sure we'll all miss those extra coupons! It will give us an excuse to keep up with one another over the summer. (Yay!)

I can walk right by products when the prices are aren't at their lowest price most of the time, unless we are completely out of whatever, and have to have it now. I've got about a year's worth of dish detergent and soap, and also my favorite shampoo and conditioner! It's been a sniffy winter so I have to keep buying tissues but we've cut back on paper towels. I don't buy paper napkins anymore since we have cloth napkins (not Fred's favorite thing but he puts up with it).

I find I'm buying more of the store brands and that knocks me out of using coupons on those products. (Unless I have one of my all-time favorite coupons that gives me dollars off my shopping trip at that store. :-) ) I still use lots of coupons of Walgreens! They have wonderful store coupons. They also have a great rebate program, but I only use it for items I would normally buy. I keep the receipts on my corkboard until I've received the rebate-that keeps me from misplacing them.

I'm learning to take adavantage of sales as they happen. I'm already way ahead on Valentine and Easter candy!

We don't have to be depressed about a recession: we can use knowledge like this at times of economic hardship and feel empowered. Go coupons queens and kings! Sale on!