Today's deals & thoughts on saving $$$

Ok peeps! Here's my Wal-mart deals of the day....Strawberries....$1.25 pkg., BC boxed potatoes...2/$2 -$.50(coupon attached to box)=$.75 ea., LARGE box of Lucky Charms...$3.78-$.55 coupon=$3.23(same price as the small box), Texas Toast croutons...$1.36-$.55=$.81, Snack pack puddings/jellos...$.72 ea., Dean's French Onion dip...$1.32 ea. Buy 2 use $1 off Q=$.82 ea., Helluva chip dip...$1.25-$.75=$.50, Trial size Secret Clinical Strength...$2.47-$2 Q=$.47(great for your purse with the warm weather coming soon).

One thing I have learned is the smallest quantity is NOT always the cheapest in the long run. An example would be the Lucky Charms cereal. I got 2x the amount of cereal for the same price as the small box. :) My kids devour cereal these days! Also, I'm learning not to be so picky about brands. I may care but the kids don't! So when it comes to buying peanut butter, buy what is on sale or what you have a coupon for. This may not be everyone's choice but this is what I'm doing to save $$. Even if you don't need it & it's on sale this week, buy it & put it up for another week. This is called "stockpiling". My husband built shelving downstairs where I put all of my "extras" for future use. The idea to saving is to "stockpile" items when they are on sale & you have coupons for those items. Buy extras at that time so you don't have to pay FULL PRICE in a few weeks when it's NOT ON SALE! Hence the reasoning for my buying coupon inserts from http://coupon-wizards.com so I can get many copies of one coupon. This service is cheaper than buying all of those Sunday papers and having to deal with all of that paper plus I'm guaranteed my coupons every week. :) I'm hoping to find my coupons in the mailbox today so I can get started with my organizing. Happy Couponing to you! May you save lots of $$ today!