Saving Money In The Home! Suzanne Poulin-Ridgeay



Coupons And Saving Money
Saving money while grocery shopping isn't easy in these tough times with gas prices and food prices on the rise. Shrinking products and so called bogo sales can make or break a sale with the food chains. To save money I personally buy bulk and buly on most pantry necessary products. I have bought bulk for canned goods, sauce products, cheese slices, produce, chicken, beef, pork, coffee items, kid's drinks, lunch box snacks, work snacks, and many other items to run a friendly kitchen. I also shop online at my favorite super market's flyer. Which is available before Sunday starts. They have handy coupons that you can select and print. I jot down what I am buying at the store and check my pantry to see what I am running low on. I search the sale flyer and match the items to the flyers. And if I have any coupons for the item I write a check next to the item and keep it in an envelope. Saving money is a fashion that will never go out of style. I save money in my kitchen by buying a large chicken and then taking the left overs and remaking a whole entire other meal. This way they aren't considered left overs. You can also do this with hams and beef roasts. Or Italian Style suppers. Make a big pan and an extra pan and freeze it in containers for quick suppers on busy school nights. It is hard at first to get use to a new way of cooking and saving money but once you have practiced it and stuck it out, it becomes second nature.

Saving Money in the Home

Buying bulk for families and Single People. It is always important to pinch a penny without taking away quality. For instance I find that five n' dime stores sell detergents like, laundry, dish soap and cleaning products below the supermarket's list price. They have sale flyers and some have online sites. I buy bulk in these areas too and my cleaning products last my household of four up to six months. Dish soap up to three months. Pick out a good name brand watch the store prices and buy big! Paper products is another great way to buy bulk. I tend to buy the store brand on things such as diapers, paper towels, napkins and toilet paper. And I buy their big packs. Replacing something simple like toilet paper can be costly on a weekly basis and it cost over a dolloar now for one single roll. You can also shop the flyers, and use coupons where available. Buying bulk in the bathroom is a great money saver. I buy economy sized shampoo, conditioner, kid's shampoos, bubble bath, and family size toothpaste. Some dollar shops carry family sizes keep your eyes out for them. In the long run replacing a simple item can add up to big savings.

Coupons are a persons best friend

Buy your Sunday Paper, and take out the coupon section. Note that holidays there are no coupon sections. Clip the coupons into piles. Ones that you know you will use and ones that you may use. And then clip the kid friendly coupons. Online sources have free coupons to clip. Check out your favorite supermarket website and speciality stores for their coupon section save and print. Most stores accept computerized coupons now. If you are shopping at another store, check out their polocies some stores take compotition store coupons and match their price.

Saving Money On Kid's Clothes and Toys

Clothing can be expensive especialy when your child likes designer clothes and those shoes that light up. I personally scour the internet for great deals on those shoes your child is begging for and check out a handful of stores before we head out to buy. I call ahead and ask if they have that style in size in stock and in most cases the manager will hold the item for you. It is a guaranteed sale for them. Stores have lots of clearanced items on sale certain times of the year and months. Their tags have prices that end in different numbers like a "9" for example. Check the tags on the clearance rack. Some may be a "0" too. All stores have different prices for their clearance tags.

Toys/Electronics

Toys and electronics are getting more and more expensive. Your child seems to want all of these expensive video games and listening devices. Not sure how you can afford them. Even buying one may not fit your budget that particular month. Toy stores and chain stores have clearnced prices and monthly sales and flyers. If a child is asking for a particular toy, check the flyers and use their instore coupons. Be sure to shop around. And if they have a layaway plan use it. Better than charging it to that credit card. And it teaches the child how to wait for something in the long run.



Suzanne Poulin-Ridgeway