Lately I have been searching for different way for Landon and I to save money around the house with little things here and there. So far I have come across two things I really enjoy doing. They are Freezing Food and Coupon Clipping.
When I first started these two things I was like okay this will be fun for a little while, plus I'm bored so I might as well do something to fill in my time. Well I have become addicted to coupons and I'm freezing food when ever we have a surplus or a good sale.
For coupons I go to Smith's because I feel like overall they have more of what I'm looking for and the quality I want. Wal-mart might be a little cheaper but I'm wiling to pay a dollar more for things to last longer. I have so far been saving close to a third of the bill each week between sales and coupons. Landon went with me one time and we walked out with 4 or 5 boxes of cereal. He was like see you spend more money with coupons, but in reality I spent about $.90 after sales and coupons. Haven't bought any more cereal this month and it isn't going bad. I think it's a good way to shop.
Now for my freezing I go to Buy-Low, you have to search for the better quality produce sometimes but the prices are unbeatable. I try and go on Wednesday's right when they open so I get the best pick of things. I get a good amount with a few extras. When I get home and realize I've bought to much. Chopping, blanching, bagging, and freezing begins. I will use green beans for an example. I love them. So I bought them on a $.79/lb sale, about three lbs. worth. Then I froze most of them. Now I do about a cup of cut green beans per bag and got at least 10 bags out of these. That's about $.24 a bag. A bag of frozen beans will run for about at much as 6 of my frozen bags and not give me that much.
In the end I have seen my spending in different areas go down and see our food supply remain steady because of the sales, coupons, and freezing.
Hopefully some day we can have land and I can learn to garden.
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