I am becoming my mother!

I am totally becoming my mother... and you know what... I couldn't be more proud to be like her!!

My mom is a wonderful person with wonderful qualities, and a great personality. 

She always knows how to make people feel loved, and how to bless the lives of those who come in contact with her. 

There are many ways I am becoming like my mother, but the one I want to focus on is her ability to find a great deal. 

When I was growing up she would always come home with things from thrift stores that looked brand new, or still had the tag on it... she in fact still does this..

The other thing she was really good at finding a deal on was groceries... 

I love grocery shopping.. and being able to run around the store and find the best deals is even more fun. 

WOULD YOU BELIEVE ME IF I TOLD YOU I GOT ALL OF THIS FOR $63.13???

and got gas points for it??

and from Fry's (which is typically the most expensive grocery store I shop at) 

That's $122.72 worth of groceries for only $63.13??? 

52% savings!!!!

WOW!!!

There are only two of us in my family so why do we need all this food each week???

I do that amazing thing I like to call food group, so stocking up on stuff really helps, as well as I can give away food to people who really need it, and I love giving boxes of cereal to missionaries.. because lets be real... cereal is an outrageous price.. but with couponing  I get cereal for less than $1.50 a box! Another perk is that I am building up a food storage, which is really important to me :)

I don't know if you can see it but there are 5 boxes of cereal there? Well all those boxes added to about $5.50 that's only $1.10 a box... wha??? Can you see why this is exciting! Even the people in line behind you like what they see! 

Sometime you have to do multiple transactions, so always be sure to ask the person behind you if they want to go in front of you because it can sometimes take a lone time. 

Yes,.. I am that person in the grocery store that people hate because I take a long time at the register but hey.. When you are saving over 50% on your groceries it is more then worth it!! 

How do I get these amazing deals?? 

1. I subscribe to the Sunday paper so that I can get the coupon inserts

2. I subscribe to CouponSense because they do all the work for you

and 3. I look at the adds to determine which store will have the best savings for me (and actually coupon sense will tell me this as well!)

Now I know why my mom was addicted to couponing when I was younger. She had six kids living at home and groceries were expensive if she didn't coupon...

Couponing and saving money gives me such a high, and It is a high I could definitely get used to :)

DON'T JUST BE AMAZED AT WHAT I DO, GO OUT AND GET THESE DEALS FOR YOURSELF!! :)