Harford Coupon Mom

Last night I checked out the new CVS in Havre De Grace. I love it! The cahier and manager were very helpful and the store was well stocked.

Earlier this week they sent out a coupon flyer that included: $5 off a $15 purchase; Free CVS product (up to $3); Free 2-liter Coke product. They also were selling BubbleBee Tuna for .49 cents. That is an amazing price.

My plan was to buy:

4 Colgate toothbrushes @ $2.99 each

1 Strawberry Colgate toothpaste for $2.99 ...

     Last night my husband, daughter and I had dinner at Torinos Restaurant in BelAir. This was the first time we have used a Restaurant.com gift certificate. The waitress was so nice and we were seated right away in a booth with a TV.

     Torinos is a sports bar and grill/Take out/Restaurant. They serve everything from burgers to Crab Cakes and they have a children menu. I like how they have the seating arranged so that the dining ...

Total Spent at WEIS: $27.57 (-4.53 sale)

Total Spent at ShopRite: $ 76.65; saved $108.25.

I used a total of $59.21 in coupons and saved $49.04 in sales prices. I also got $25 off my next shopping trip (1- $10, 3- $5) and a $10 rebate form from P&G.

        Organizing this took some time to do, about an hour and a half. One of the blogs I read matches up ShopRite sales and coupons for me. I print of...

Like many families in our country, my husband and I are in DEBT. Not as much as some but enough that I have to work in order to pay credit card bills. So much of our debt came from not knowing where our money went. We would budget but then things happen and well that’s what the credit cards were for. Well last year we stopped using the credit cards. We kept paying on them but we never got anywhere. We owe roughly the same amount now as we did a year ago.

Here’s the thing, I...

Spent: $128.12  Saved $139.60.  That's a 52% saving!!!

I am a very happy shopper. It took me about 3 hours to pour over my coupons from the past month, go over the ShopRite circular and then cut out the coupons I wanted to use. It usually doesn't take that long but I haven't been keeping up with my coupon book. It was a mess.

The hardest part was having to put away all the groceries.

Welcome to a new year!

In the past I have been basically reinventing the wheel so for 2010 I’m not going to do that. I will post the links to the fine people who match up coupons with sales for us. They provide a wonderful service and save me tons of money! I will make note of great deals so that you my readers can save money too.

My resolution for 2010 is to end it if not ...

     Every time I go grocery shopping, other shoppers stop me. They want to look at and ask me about my bright red coupon binder. Inside are my coupons sorted by brand name. The next question I always get is, "How long do you spend sorting and cutting coupons?".

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