I have been looking for new ways to entertain myself since I get bored fairly easily. I think I might be a.d.d.....anyways that's a whole new blog.
I got online while Michael was being entertained by the Cars movie for the 1,000th time. I went back and forth from the kitchen to the computer putting in web addresses and looking to see if they had coupons. I went to the commissary and got more coupons there...in the end I saved 10% of my bill. I had $14 in coupons. I get happy when I save 3 dollars....this was much better. The next goal is to get 20% of in coupons. That's a trip for my family to McDonald's.
Coupon Facts:
1.Coupons for staples like peanut butter, milk, eggs, cheese, and bread are extremely difficult to find.
2. Rule number 1 isn't true if you look for organic products. Organic companies want you to buy and their products are more expensive so they promote coupons quite a bit more.
3. The first coupon originated in 1887 by the Coca Cola company. They put out coupons for free coke in magazines and sent them to potential buyers. The company gave free syrup to soda fountains to cover the cost of the free drinks.
4. From 1894-1913 1 in 9 Americans had tried coke. That was 8,500,000 free drinks!!
5. Coupons generate 8 billion dollars a year in the U.S. alone
6 comments:
I'm always thrilled when I have enough coupons to "pay" for my bagger tip. Wow! 10%! I've kind of given up even looking for coupons since the ones I see are usually for my impulse buys more than staples. (Very cute header picture!)
Yeah, we don't buy much processed stuff so we don't use many coupons. My coupons are typically for diapers, wipes, and anything kid related. I love saving money, that must be my favorite hobby right now!
Scott was also thrilled with 10%...they were for things like milk, cheese, toothbrushes, and cleaning supplies and other neccessities...I too don't like processed food.
My problem with coupons is that they are usually for brand name products, that even WITH the coupon are still more expensive than the generic (like salad dressing, juice, etc.) And my other problem is that I always forget to bring them. Or, I bring them, and then forget to present them to the cashier. I'm hopeless.
Good for you for saving such money though! That is great!
I LOVE coupons! I have coupons emailed to me weekly, but they really don't tend to be stuff that I need. I don't think I've purchased diapers without coupons. Definitely not since we moved here. For many months, diaper coupons were placed right on the packages of diapers, so I didn't even have to remember them.
Lurking from Katie and Angie's blog.
This has been on my mind lately. I've been meaning to write Ellie Kay, who wrote a saving by cutting coupon book a while back, to ask her some tips for those of us who have cut out the following from our diets and products:
refined sugars (white sugar), trans fats, high frutose corn syrup, bleached flours (unless oxygen bleached), dairy that isn't BGH free, GMO foods http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_food, nitrates (in cold cuts), artifical colors/sweeteners/perservatives, SLS, parabens, oxybenzone (in 90% of all sunscreens), chlorine bleach and so on.
I don't use many disposable diapers or disposable wipes (we use cloth), so those coupons are of little benefit. But, I'm finding I'm spending a fortune buying products and foods online that I can't find here in Portugal or are so expenive w/the exhange rate, that it's still cheaper to buy online.
I haven't lived in the cont. US for over 4-years. So, when I go home next month, I'm going to look through coupons and my parent's local grocery store and see what's up w/organic and/or natural food savings! I hope I find some savings and can ship a few months' supply home of non-perishable items!
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