Coupon Madness!

Some of you know my new found love for coupons and bargain hunting. Such is the life of a new mother, huh?! Well, one of the wonderful coupon sites out there, coupons.com has an AMAZING selection of free printable coupons for you this month. There is a link in the sidebar on my blog. The purple sidebar-- just click on it and it will take you there. They are free and there are coupons for Kraft, Kelloggs, Kashi and much much more. Whoo hoo! 

I've been doing the Grocery Game for a few months now. Its great! I'm going to start testing my hand at finding the best deals around town on my own this month. Still have my GG subscription, but I'm going to start this week by looking at the inserts and all the helpful blogs I've found to compare deals myself and then cross-check it with GG. I'll keep you posted on how I do! 

Grocery Game Savings

Kroger Kroger... I went there today. If you like ham, now is the time and go get ham. its on sale big time ($1.47/lb) I hate ham, so I didn't get in on that sale, haha!

But here are the sales I did get in on:

*12 pack cans of pepsi products: 4 for $10 (this will last us an entire month)
Kroger shredded cheese for 0.99 cents
Charmin 12 big rolls (the best TP ever) only $6.99 (plus a coupon)
Bounty (best paper towels ever) 12 big rolls $6.99 (plus a coupon)
Kroger frozen veggies 10 for $10... I bought 10 of them. This will last us about 2 weeks since we eat veggies everyday and I also make them for Bella every few weeks.
Thomas english muffins -- BYGO- plus coupon
Kelloggs cereal ($2.18) plus coupon
Dannon yogurt 6 for $6 plus coupon
Pampers for $6.99 plus coupon
Cascade for $4.99 plus coupon
frozen fruit for 2/$6
2 bottles of wine for $5.99 each
Dole salad 2 for $5

I only went to Kroger today because when I checked out the Grocery Game, Meijer just didn't have as many deals this week for us on stuff we need/use as Kroger did. It was a good trip. I had so many groceries that someone had to help Bella and I out of the store. The total was worth $239.64 and I only spent $101.36 Sweeeettt... that was a 42% savings!

The Grocery Game

Those of you who haven't heard about the Grocery Game, should! Check out www.thegrocerygame.com to ready all about it. I've become obsessed with saving money and getting good deals and this system totally works! Did you know that if you go to get something on sale, and they are all out, you can ask the store for a raincheck.. .then go back when the shelves are stocked and get it all?? Seriously, it rocks!!! I have to thank my friend Amy Abell for introducing the program to me. It takes about 12 weeks to start seeing the savings and we are in week 9, and finally starting to see the results! I have more meat, veggies, and cheese in my freezer than I have ever had before (and paper products too!) and its so nice! I will start posting my spending and savings on here to share with all of you. We already went to Kroger this week. At Kroger we spent $39.38 and we saved $48.70!!!!! Today is my Mejier day and I will also stop by CVS and Walgreens if needed. I'll keep you posted. My goal is to keep our weekly grocery bill under $100. :)