Hunter had to go to a bus inservice today in Jackson (about an hour from us) so I decided to make the most of it and plan a day trip of grocery shopping since they have a big farmers market, Kroger, and Target (things that are not found in Union City). I'm just starting the whole couponing adventure and trying to save more money and have found the website http://www.couponmom.com/ very useful. You can look up your state and various large grocery and drugstore retailers and see all the sales for the week along with coupons and where to get them so that you save the most money. It even shows you the percentage you save. And for people like me who are beginners at this the website has a couponing tutorial! How helpful! So glad I found this site.
I ended up spending a couple hours last night planning my trip today including a grocery list for each store printed from http://www.couponmom.com/ and printing and organizing coupons that I would need at each location. Oh, and http://www.kroger.com/ lets you add coupons directly to your Kroger Plus card and print a list of them so you don't foget which ones you have.
I was pretty proud to say that I saved almost $70 at Kroger and was able to get lots of good Stonyfield organic yogurt for the girls and us along with chicken and ribs on sale, as well as healthy hormone and antibiotic free beef. I bought more meat today than I have in a long time, but still got out of there spending around $150. Maybe I will make a monthly trip to Kroger from now on.
Target had lots of great Kashi products on sale as well as snack foods like organic tortilla chips.
The girls and I enjoyed the West Tennessee Farmers Market where we got lots of yummy fresh fruits and veggies for less than at the grocery store and tried figs for the first time! We also met some nice people and found out that there's a farmer who brings goat milk on Wed. I left my name and number and am anxious to hear back to see if I could get in on a goat milk share.
Successful day!
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