Flowers and Savings!

I have a couple of fun updates. First of all I want to share that my loving husband surprised me with flowers tonight and it was such a treat! He picked pink which is my favorite color and bought them to show his love. What a lucky girl I am! :-)

And second, I wanted to share my latest grocery game news.  I know I have been talking a lot about it lately, but it's so great,  it's hard not to talk about it.  :-) I wanted to show a photo of the items I got with my coupons tonight, so you can see that it is brand name items that I am getting for the great prices.  I saved 106 dollars off of a bill that would have been 216! I got a lot of toiletry items which are on sale now so we are now fully stocked on soap, shampoo, body wash, toothpaste, mouthwash, etc. We are set for months! How fun is that! :-)

Grocery Game Update

After a few weeks of using "The Grocery Game" I wanted to provide a little update on the progress. I am still extremely happy with it and here are some quick facts and things I have learned so far.

• In the last three weeks we have saved more than enough money to pay for a pantry to keep our stock pile in.
• Out of 340 dollars in groceries, I have paid 155 dollars!
• A vast majority of the products I have purchased are name brand items.
• The 4 week trial period only costs a dollar, and after that it's 10 dollars every 8 weeks.
• There are many sales on the list that aren't advertised.
• Home Depot is a great place to get an affordable stand alone pantry. I think if/ when we get a house with a garage, we will get a couple more and line them up in the garage.
• For Ralphs, it's important to shop on Sundays because some of the sale items are gone by Monday evening. The sale period may differ for each store but for Ralphs it's Sunday, Monday, Tuesday.
• The Grocery Game has changed the way I shop for food and it's given us the gift of extra cash in our bank account.