Coupon Fun at Safeway

I used to have this hobby of couponing and refunding years ago when my babies were little. It fed the obsessive organization freak inside of me. As the kids grew and I worked full time, my hobby went to the wayside.

A few weeks ago, I began clipping my first set of Sunday newspaper coupons again and began a new file. Yesterday I checked out the Safeway ad and started matching coupons to things on sale. I only look for super bargains (called loss leaders - stores use them to get you in the door!) or stuff I would buy anyhow. Guess what? After shopping and adding the coupons last night, I saved a whopping 38% off my total grocery bill! Talk about stoking the fire! ~ That's only with one week set of coupons! AND I bought things I didn't have coupons for, like frozen chicken. Can you imagine what percent it would have been if I had only bought items with coupons?

Safeway still remains a great place to shop ads, even though they dont have weekly double coupons anymore (boo). Their receipts are catagorized. You can see how much you saved by using your club card, how much you saved with manufacturer coupons and then totals that for you and gived you a percentage. They also have a great website where you can look at sales and print out coupons online. - Here's the finale .. Our local Safeway has a gas station. By using my club card and spending over $50, I got a .20 cents off per gallon of gasoline on my next fill up! Wow!

Needless to say, I'm a clipping fool once more. Why pay full price if you don't have too?

"Money in the bank is like toothpaste in the tube. Easy to take out, hard to put back." --Earl Wilson