My Bag Runneth Over
I am doing my part for the environment by collecting the reusable grocery bags. I started with plain black ones, and have now expanded to colorful lime green and red ones. I always keep them handily in my car so I’m always ready for that last minute shopping trip. They’re great…when I remember to bring them into the store. I am always leaving them in the car! You know that V8 commercial, where they slap their forehead, and say “I could have had a V8!” That’s me with the bags, right after I enter the store.
Well today I remembered! Today I brought in all 10 of them, more than plenty for my quick purchase to ready myself for the upcoming Thanksgiving holidays. I was actually quite proud of myself for remembering.
Don't Forget!
How many times have I arrived at the grocery store only to find out that I left my coupon book at home. Or, get up to the register and realize I forgot to bring my reusable bags. Or, I forgot the check I was suppose to deposit. I put a stop to that with a little organization the day before.
Now when I complete cutting my coupons and creating my lists, I immediately place them into my coupon binder. I use one of my reusable shopping bags to hold my coupon binder, grocery lists, any returns, a list of all errands and all my reusable shopping bags. I then place it by the front door. Next morning, I am not getting out the door without everything I need. Now I am not wasting my time or my money!!
Coupons=More Groceries for Less $
To summarize my Get Into The Coupon Game: Clip, Organize, & Save! blog, I talked about putting together a coupon binder as well as cutting and organizing coupons. We are ready to move on to the next step.
On Wednesday mornings, I pull all the grocery ads from the newspaper (there are usually coupons included). If you don’t get the newspaper, you can ask to be placed on the mailing list for all the grocery stores–most will be happy to mail you a weekly ad. I go through each ad and write down their best deals for the week. All of the stores lower their prices on certain items to pull you into their store, and we want to take advantage of them.
