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Mr. Jones and I use credit cards for all of our everyday purchases. We pay the bill in full every month and happily pocket our rewards. I know many people say this is a losing game, because studies have shown that people tend to spend more with cards than they would with cash. I will [...] It’s been a few days of cheap, good eating here at Casa Jones. First, let me extol the joys of Greek yogurt with blackberries. Blackberries were on sale at Giant for 99 cents, and I still have some of the Greek yogurt I got at 65 cents a container; I’ve been mixing maybe 10 blackberries with [...] On Sunday, I made a big batch of food to take to work for the coming weeks. Specifically, I made 12 Sausage Egg Biscuits for breakfast purposes, and 10 burritos for lunch purposes. The breakdown: Biscuits: Bisquick and milk, approximately 50 cents; sausage, $3; 10 eggs, about $1. Total, $4.50, or 38 cents per biscuit. Burritos: Tortillas, [...] I’m embarrassed to report that I haven’t been grocery shopping — real, planned, coupon-organized grocery shopping — in two weeks. In my defense, we haven’t needed anything, and the sales have just not been impressive. Also we’ve been busy with the holidays. However, we have bought things since December 13, and because we are cheap, [...] We are not very brand-loyal in our house, as is probably evident. But there are a few things we don’t budge on. It’s Heinz ketchup or nothing. We get the special wheat cat litter no matter what. And Mr. Jones, much though I love him, is a total soda junkie. From a selfish perspective this is [...] 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: |
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