I got into couponing a couple of years ago when we moved to Tampa. The closing on our home we were selling fell through, and we were stuck with a mortgage payment, an even higher rent payment, and I was nine months pregnant with our second child.
My favorite site for coupon info is www.southernsavers.com. If you don't use it, you should!!! In Florida, land of the Publix, I would usually spend $80 and save around $150 each week. It was fun... especially when I had those great weeks of spending $80 and saving $268. When we moved to NYC, I thought my couponing had to end. :( Luckily, I was wrong.
I haven't mastered the grocery stores here yet. I'm not doing too bad for a newbie, but I'll get the hang of their sales soon enough. Today I managed to hit Walgreens with all the necessary coups for a successful takeover. I walked home with:
1 50oz Tide
1 50oz Gain
2 Cucumber melon hand soaps
2 Gillette deodorants
2 Secret deodorants
1 Old Spice body spray
1 Olay Regenerist Facial Cleanser
1 Olay Ribbons body wash
1 Olay Total Effects body wash
1 16oz box Domino Brown sugar
2 20-count pkgs Vick's Day-Quil gel tabs
2 bags Ricola cough drops
1 34.5oz Maxwell House coffee
Total spent: $46
Total saved: $65
I'm baaaaaaaa-aaaaaaaack! :)
