As said above couponing is work! but I love it. I live for the great deals. I get coupons from ebay as well as other places online. I stock up where I can. Lipton ice tea I used to get for free but since it went up I pay about .09 a box of 16 bags. still cheap. I get other items for free as well. The key is not getting everything on sale or super cheap with coupons but to get the things you can and that helps you get the other things. Tuna recently put out a great coupon. $1 off Starkist gourmet tuna can. and there was one for $.50 or 1 off the pouch. I got the pouches for free and the cans at walmart were .04 each. We love tuna so this was a good deal for me. I got about 20 pouches and 20 cans. By doing this sale I get an item for free or close to it and can afford my other groceries. I could list different items that I have stockpiled but you would probably get bored! But I could just buy milk and bread and probably not need groceries for about 2 months. Get the paper, read over the sales and don't forget about target, walmart, walgreens or cvs ads. Walmart will admatch as will some other stores. My IGA will admatch and double coupons. Very good combination! Be sure you have plenty of room to stock pile. My dh just shakes his head when I come home. Though after I bought about 20 boxes of cereal he did say that he thought that was enough. But I got them for less than $1 a box!!!!! With four kids that doesn't last long. Coupons also do a cycle thing. You will some for awhile and the others and so on. Haven't seen bread coupons in a while. Other areas of the country get different coupons. Google coupon forums or coupon posts and you can see what people are offering. Some areas get tear pads we don't get here. Matter of fact where I live the coupons kinda suck. I rarely use my own areas. If you decide to get into couponing seriously get a binder or something that makes it easy to sort your coupons into. Otherwise you have no idea what coupon you have, thus you can't use it. You also have to be willing to go to the store more often. The sales pop up when they want to. I try to go on my way home and stuff from work. I don't like making extra trips that are unnecessary and costly with fuel.
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