Coupons Options

[Mommy]

Does anyone know of a Web site that has coupons on it for groceries? I want to be really frugal at the grocery store. Even though I have the money to pay more, I want to get through these recent food price spikes with only paying the same as I did before. I wouldn't mind printing up a few coupons to do that. I don't get the Sunday paper so that idea is out.

I did manage to go to the store today for a few things and made out decently, but only because fruit is finally in season so it's cheaper.

I got a bag of grapes, 3 plums, 2 nectarines, 6 bananas, 3 large oranges, 3 cans of tomato sauce, a bag of frozen french fries, a 12 pack of Pepsi, dishwasher soap, and some cookie dough all for $20 and some change. I just wonder if I could do even better than that.

I wanted some of the muffins from the HEB bakery, but a 3 pack was $3.19! That's insane. They used be two something.

[Oasis]

Does anyone know of a Web site that has coupons on it for groceries? I want to be really frugal at the grocery store. Even though I have the money to pay more, I want to get through these recent food price spikes with only paying the same as I did before. I wouldn't mind printing up a few coupons to do that. I don't get the Sunday paper so that idea is out.

Oh, so it's going to be you who I have to wait 15 minutes in line behind because you want to save 20 cents on celery and 12 cents on paper towels. Word to the wise....do not be that cunt.

[Mommy]

Oh, so it's going to be you who I have to wait 15 minutes in line behind because you want to save 20 cents on celery and 12 cents on paper towels. Word to the wise....do not be that cunt.

When you are getting ready to have a kid and will have to buy diapers (they go through about a dozen a day) and formula (definitely bottle feeding) then get back to me. I have a few coupons here for $5.00 of bundle of diapers. It's not silly amounts like what you said. Besides, I pride myself on always being prepared at the check-out counter. I don't sit there and dig through my purse to pay. I have everything ready before I go up there. If I have my coupons in hand, all they have to do is scan the bar code, and I'm on my way. If one doesn't scan, I'm not going to make a big deal of it.

And Woody, We live almost an hour from base right now. Any money we save going to the Commissary would go to gas to get there. I'm surely not going to make him go shopping for groceries after he has been gone 13 hours for work. I did go to the Commissary to look around the other day, though, when I went with him to work. They have really good deals. It's a shame it's so far from us.

[kcroxyoursox]

We live almost an hour from base right now. Any money we save going to the Commissary would go to gas to get there.

Go every few months and stock up? It's not ideal for a quick trip on the way home for one meal's worth of supplies, but for things like diapers where you'd be buying in bulk anyway, might be worth it.

One of the things that I always do before I leave the house is Google search whatever store I'm going to with the word "coupon" in the search as well. Last week I saved $10 off a $30 purchase at Bed Bath and Beyond and it took no less than 20 seconds to search, click and print.

The thing about coupons though is that you have to be careful you're only getting what you normally would have. When I started working in grocery, I was so amazed by how much people saved using coupons, so I bought a few papers and clipped my heart away. However, I came to find out that a lot of stuff I brought home I only bought because I had a coupon for, not because I specifically needed that item.

Did you know there are coupon clipping/trading groups out there? And it sucks that you have to pay for the Grocery Game