I managed to save some money this week but not nearly as much as I had hoped. Hopefully, you guys have some great money saving stories for me.
This week, I saved money by:
Taking my lunch to work. My goal is to take my lunch to work at least 4x a week and only eat out once a week. Of course, if my boss is taking me to lunch, that doesn't count. This week, I only brought my lunch three days and I went out to lunch two days. I did manage to save money by drinking water instead of ordering a soda.
Using the library. I went to the bookstore the other day and saw a couple of books that I wanted to read. One of them was $18.95 and the other was $13.95. I went to the library and checked the books out for free and saved myself $32.90 plus tax. Why purchase a book that you may only read once or twice when you can get it for free?
Using Coupons. Last Sunday's paper was full of coupons on items I use regularly. I managed to save enough to cover the cost of the paper and a save a few more dollars. One important thing to remember when using coupons is that if you were not planning to purchase the item anyway, purchasing something just because you have a coupon is counterproductive.
Did you save money this week? How did you do it?
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Yes, I clipped a few coupons for the first time in years. I saved about 4 bucks. Not much, but if I did that each shopping trip, I would save about $100 year which is more than enough to pay for one of those trips completely.
@kristin: It may be a small amount but those small amounts add up. You now have $4 to use somewhere else.
It takes some practice to get your coupon sense going. See how you do after 4 to 6 weeks.
One thing to remember is that coupons are not always issued the same week of a featured grocery sale. This will happen on occasion, but not all the time.
whenever i go for shopping i love to get deal with the help of coupon codes because it reduce the price of products.