My big thing today was to go grocery shopping.
The other day I saw this lady who clips coupons get about 200 dollars worth of food for two dollars and fifty nine cents. I want to know where she finds those coupons.
I tried doing coupons for a while. And maybe I saved 5 dollars a week with them.
Because I don't buy all that many ready-to-eat foods, and most of the coupons I find in the paper and magazines are for exactly those foods. I used to scrounge around in the ads looking for Laura Scudders peanut butter and yogurt and stuff like that. I usually came up with pretty slim pickins. So I gave it up. I could be talked into a reprise of the effort. Anyone have amazing coupon strategies to tell about?
But it might be fun to hang out with that lady for a few days and see how she does it.
In any case, my larder is full and I can get on to other things for the nonce.
A knitting project awaits me on the countertop ledge where I have to keep it so Griffen doesn't decide to try his paw at a felted wool bag.
I have two days work coming up. They called me ahead of time which was really nice. I have been playing with Publisher, making myself day planner pages to put in my book. I looked at a set you could buy on line from Flavia and about fainted over the price. I figured I could print myself up a few things if I just settled in and took some time with them. So in an hour or so, I have created a weekly calendar with nice blue and lavender and pale yellow colors, a form for names of clients, addresses and notes on how to get to their places, and a nice To Do page with a pale sun background...
They all turned out pretty nice, and only cost me a little time and ink. Pretty soon though, if I am separated from my day planner, I will be considered brain dead. EVERYTHING is in there!
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I lose it, I'm dead. Print off a duplicate copy and carry it around in one of those felted purses you've made.
Shalom
I use a small notebook style day planner. It has a weekly calender and places for keeping track of addresses and needed to do lists. I like it because it has most everything I need and it is easy to carry along where ever I go. I think my initial purchase was less than $20 and it only costs me about $5 per year to maintain with new calendar pages. Not too bad for a brain that works. LOL
Sometimes I'll use store coupons for produce or some soap products but usually like you I prefer my own cooking to the boxes of pre make cardboard.. With flavor packet..:P
Enjoy the week end and 2 days working.
:)
Sometimes I'll use store coupons for produce or some soap products but usually like you I prefer my own cooking to the boxes of pre make cardboard.. With flavor packet..:P
Enjoy the week end and 2 days working.
:)
Great I get 35c off jiffy peanut butter. But the store brand is 50c cheaper so the coupon isn't really savings.
So many stores use their discount cards instead of coupons these days, and I've yet to see a coupon from apples or spinach.
well our motto is when in need ask the pc
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ichandra