My Sixty Percent Strategy- Home Works! Series

A Blessed Morning to You!

The teapot is on and that means it's a Home Works Day! We are going to start the week by cutting our grocery bills. This week's tips are strategies that I use to manage our one income family on a tight budget. I will start with my best secret.

Do you know that the products we buy have a twelve week cycle during which there is a peak price and a lowest price? Have you spent time and energy trying to track these prices in a notebook? Let me suggest CouponMom.com.
Stephanie Nelson has been providing me with grocery lists for a long time, and I almost never buy anything that is not 60-100% off.

To start, visit her website, CouponMom.com, then set up an account for free.
Stephanie's company does all the tracking for you. From a drop down menu, you will be asked to choose a grocery store and the state in which you live. Next, a list of this week's items on sale will appear. In the farthest column to the right you will see a percentage. That percentage represents the discount between the regular sale price and the current sale price.

The CouponMom will also indicate whether or not there is a coupon available for the purchase, and will instruct you on where to find it. By combining the sale price with a coupon, you can really find some good deals.

If you're thinking that macaroni and cheese with orange-colored powder, and Nestle's chocolate milk is all coupons buy, then you're missing out on saving a great deal of money. With CouponMom.com I can even track the fruits and vegetables, eggs, dairy, and organic products that we eat and plan a menu accordingly. On a recent visit to my store, I saved $132.00.

CouponMom is a valuable resource to use with several stores. Print lists from two or three and keep them in your car. That way, during the week if you're in the neighborhood, you can take advantage of the savings. Stephanie has lists for Walmart, Target, and the drugstore chains too.

I just want to add that so many moms are too busy to clip coupons. And even the thought of remembering to buy the newspaper is overwhelming. With CouponMom.com, you're saving automatically, by choosing to buy products at their lowest prices. So, even if you don't clip a single coupon, you're going into the store prepared to save.

Please try CouponMom.com and let me know what you think. I would really enjoy hearing testimonies from you! Also, find a buddy to team up with. When a team clips together and makes trips to the store for one another, the savings build. Anyone interested?

Have a great day!
Alis

P.S. This one's for you, my friend! Love you!