Couponing isn’t hard! Through the Sunday paper, we got a bunch of coupons, and printed some online as well. Kristin even took the time to write to some manufacturers – those were some of the best ones. So after taking the weekly grocer ads and combining those with some coupons, we ended up saving over a third of our grocery bill at Food Lion. That extra drink at Sharkeys last night seems to have paid for itself, in some very interesting way.

I was telling my coworkers in admissions last week couponing really isn’t that hard. This just goes to show that if you spend a little bit of time and buy things in a smart way you really can save a ton of money. Try it out!

Also, when we were in Food Lion we were going up-and-down the aisles and found some Quaker Chewy Granola Bars on a closeout sale. Someone was nice enough to leave behind a one dollar off any two boxes of these granola bars, three of the coupons were sitting on top of the already discounted bars. In couponing terms, this is called stacking.

So, we did that and ended up saving almost 50% on the granola bars. Later, we were at Walmart and decided that the SOLO coupon that we got wasn’t really needed, as far as any SOLO cups or plates for the house. So, we returned the good couponing deed by leaving behind a coupon for someone else.

Couponing meets actively caring.

:)