Family of 6 on $4 a week?

FarmerChick

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You must have been very good at it Dace......cause I spent more than a few hrs a week when I went "whole hog" into coupons. I would spend like 5-6 hrs. trying to compile everything I needed and all that mess and then wait for store flyers etc. and still confused myself :p

at least it seemed to me to be very time consuming....jack rabbits like you are lucky...LOL...and sitting at the 'puter checking grocery sales and sitting at the table cutting coupons and searching flyers GOT ON MY NERVES....lol

but yes I save alot of money with coupons and store sales, but never to this level. I do well for what effort I give it.


when I buy "what if people stop buy and want to eat this" product---it always goes bad.....if people stop in they eat what I have..LOL----of course I don't get many stopovers for food.


Maybe the name of the game of this coupon thing is to get ALL your pantry and freezers stocked. Then when the shopping list is smaller--you can give it time to search for what you need and tackle the savings big time?

Smaller grocery trips I save more money. Big shops when I don't go often mean I am ill and don't care cause I got ALOT of shopping to do..HA HA
 

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Yes you are right FC.....once you are well stocked you do not have as many NEED items on your list. Once your NEEDS decrease you are free to buy more with Qs and can hit some big scores.

Again, I did not scan the sales at various stores, I just logged into the website and where it was all laid out for me. You shoudl check it out...the trial is free and you can see if having it all sorted for you saves you some time and simplifies your shopping.

As for having crap on hand...for my it is not unusual to have an extra 5+ kids here on any given weekend. :rolleyes:
 

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oh my 5 more kids on the weekend?

LOL

I am not near that type of weekend! Nicole being almost 5 she just started having her best friend over from school.

YES--you must have the munchies on hand in that situation.
 

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FarmerChick said:
oh my 5 more kids on the weekend?

LOL

I am not near that type of weekend! Nicole being almost 5 she just started having her best friend over from school.

YES--you must have the munchies on hand in that situation.
Remember I have 4 kids....7, 13, 16 & 18!
 

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