Biggest complaint – It takes too much time to do the coupons… my answer… well, time is money, but in a good way with this.
I’ve been talking about this coupon saving and shopping way for about 6 months now and I’ve gotten a bit more organized than I was in January when I started this endeavor. “Back then” I would spend over an hour getting ready to shop at 3 different stores and then an hour at the grocery store and probably half an hour or more EACH at CVS and Walgreen’s.
Now, well I’ve probably carved off about 15 minutes of my prep time and I was going to spend the time in the grocery store any way so I’m not going to worry about time spent there. But I’m saving a lot of money with those coupons and spending that time prepping to shop.
My time is definitely worth the $50.00 an hour that I saved just this week at Giant Eagle. Other weeks its worth over $80.00 for that hour of prep time… even if its just “little shopping” and takes only half an hour to prep for a couple of things – my time is still worth the money I’m saving. I don’t know what you make “per hour” if you break it down but I found a job paying what I SAVE in that hour – I’d be bragging about my good paying new job.
Happy shopping – Last day for the cereal sale at Giant Eagle today – extra fuel perks too!
My New Years Resolution in 2010 was to save money! Here is how my journey has evolved and is still moving forward - I hope you'll follow along and save some money too! Let me know what you think - tell me what you'd like to see. Join in with your comments - I like the feedback. The messages are posted newest first - to follow the whole journey - go all the way to the end to find the beginning.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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