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They Pay Me to Buy Groceries

by Amy
(Ohio)

Today I went to my grocery store.....(Giant Eagle). Using coupons and sales, I was able to walk out of there with a shopping cart of food...that they paid me to take.

I bought 20 boxes of Betty Crocker Potatoes for $1 each (for each $20 you spend you get a $5 coupon for next purchase)......I also had .35/1 coupons( which double)....which made them .30 a box. My total was $6. I used a $5 coupon I got from buying Pillsbury Toaster Strudels......so, I paid $1 and got a $5 coupon! I did this order 2 times.

I then got 21 boxes of Hamburger Helper for $1 each. Same deal as above. I had .75/3 coupons....which doubled. My total was $5.50 after coupons....then I got another $5 coupon!!

So for a total of $13 I got 42 boxes of Hamburger Helper, and 40 boxes of Betty Crocker Mashed Potatoes. PLUS I used the box tops (110 of them) to trade to other couponers for .05 each. So I will make back 5.50!

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Mar 11, 2010
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by: Anonymous

I am new to this site, but was frugal long before beign frugal and green was in! Here are some tips..

1. Cut open containers of lotion, shampoo, etc- there is always a few more uses in there!

2. I cut up old rags to use around the house- saves on the paper towels

3. Coupons, coupons! Love to get them doubled. Got lots of ideas from the many couponing sites- I do Krogers and Walgreens

4. Buy my kids' clothes from consignment, craigslist, ebay etc then resell them the next season- I come out about even. If I see something valuable (recently nursing PJs for $4) I buy and resell...it takes work, but out clothing budget is tight and I like to dress the kids in nice clothes. Or when to there are good sales, I buy to resell- recently our GAP closed and I bought tons of jeans for $3 each to resell in the fall.

5. We earn free free household items each month (shampoo, lotion, cleaning etc) from a marketing company..I don't know if I can say the name here?

6. We car pool with the neighbors to school- saves about 100 miles every other week-20 miles a day times 5 days.

7. We save and pay cash for everything- nobody makes any interest off this family!

8. We refinanced and our morgage is 3.25%- we pay extra each month toward the principal and are saving thousands.

9. I look for coupons deals online before I buy- like Lowes coupons to save 10% before we go buy paint or new lights, etc. If I do buy soemthing and wonder if I could have done better, I go home, look for a coupon and next time I go to the store I take my receipt and get the money back.

10. My last tip- I realized that I was wasting money when I bought something that didn't fit, or didn't work by tucking it in a closet- my NY resolution- I take everything back to the store right away! Rotton cantelope- call the store, wrong curtains? back to Target, AND I keep all receipts in an envelope so I can take things back!

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Mar 11, 2010
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I am new to this site, but was frugal long before beign frugal and green was in! Here are some tips.. 1. Cut open containers of lotion, shampoo, etc- there is always a few more uses in there! 2. I cut up old rags to use around the house- saves on the paper towels 3. Coupons, coupons! Love to get them doubled. Got lots of ideas from the many couponing sites- I do Krogers and Walgreens 4. Buy my kids' clothes from consignment, craigslist, ebay etc then resell them the next season- I come out about even. If I see something valuable (recently nursing PJs for $4) I buy and resell...it takes work, but out clothing budget is tight and I like to dress the kids in nice clothes. Or when to there are good sales, I buy to resell- recently our GAP closed and I bought tons of jeans for $3 each to resell in the fall. 5. We earn free free household items each month (shampoo, lotion, cleaning etc) from a marketing company..I don't know if I can say the name here? 6. We car pool with the neighbors to school- saves about 100 miles every other week-20 miles a day times 5 days. 7. We save and pay cash for everything- nobody makes any interest off this family! 8. We refinanced and our morgage is 3.25%- we pay extra each month toward the principal and are saving thousands. 9. I look for coupons deals online before I buy- like Lowes coupons to save 10% before we go buy paint or new lights, etc. If I do buy soemthing and wonder if I could have done better, I go home, look for a coupon and next time I go to the store I take my receipt and get the money back. 10. My last tip- I realized that I was wasting money when I bought something that didn't fit, or didn't work by tucking it in a closet- my NY resolution- I take everything back to the store right away! Rotton cantelope- call the store, wrong curtains? back to Target, AND I keep all receipts in an envelope so I can take things back!

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I love coupons too!
by: Rayven from Stay a Stay at Home Mom

Thanks Amy for a great post! I love all the free stuff you can get from coupons and refunds too. It's quite thrilling to be able to fill a couple shopping baskets full of food or other items and actually get paid to take them all! Keep up the good work and by all means, have fun!

Way to prove your Tightwaddedness!