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Believe it or not, I sometimes surface from my coupon organizer long enough to make friends, or at least people who find me odd but somehow endearing, like the axolotl. Two of them recently found themselves with burning questions about couponing, and luckily I was there to put out the fire. Or something. I discovered Cheesecake Cupcakes last Thanksgiving, after I got done making an actual cheesecake. Then, I had some cream cheese left over and no immediate plans for it, so I Googled until I found a recipe that sounded good. This time, I managed to get cream cheese for 50 cents a package and jumped with [...] For my second adventure today, I went to CVS. CVS is crazy — they have these sales where things are cheap or free, but only with “Extra Bucks.” This means you have to sign up for their CVS customer card and pay for whatever it is out of pocket, and your receipt will come printed [...] On my shopping run today, I went to Target first. I am a creature of habit with breakfast as well as lunch; I eat breakfast at work, because I can, and also because I’m never hungry first thing in the morning, but by the time I get to work I am. I have experimented with [...] This is what $99.59 looks like after I get done spending it. (I think the cat is looking baleful because I didn’t spend it on her.) I went to three stores today: Target, CVS, and Harris Teeter. This is unusual for me because I usually don’t bother with the drugstores; I’ll look at the circulars [...] When it comes to work lunches, I am a creature of habit. If I happen upon something that’s tasty, nutritious, and cheap, I will cheerfully eat it every single weekday without fail for months at a time. Such is the case with these burritos, which have kept me fed since approximately April. These are so cheap [...] OK, so I decided to make my first shopping trip tonight, rather than waiting until the weekend. The reason was twofold: (1) for once, for me, it’s going to be a somewhat busy weekend; and (2) I wanted my first shopping-trip post to be all impressive and stuff, so I only bought things I had [...] There is definitely some strategy involved in couponing. You have to know approximately what your household buys and approximately how often you buy it. You have to know what’s a “stocking up” price as opposed to what’s a “good deal” price. For me, there are generally three categories of groceries: (I tried to work the word “bother” into the title of this one, but I couldn’t come up with a clever way to make it fit.) Here, I’m going to show you a few examples of what you can get and for how much. In the future, I hope to have many triumphant, better-lit photos of [...] |
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