Money Problems

So I have this problem….

…with spending money,

…and the problem is……

….there is No problem at all. You following my drift???

I’m pretty good at spending money. In fact I am a self proclaimed pro, a sucker for a sale, the more the better. Yadda ..yadda ..yadda..

I love the idea of getting things on clearance. So, yes I may have a shopping problem, but, I NEVER pay full price for anything, never! (okay, “never” is a pretty strong word, let’s go with, “most of the time”)

So being the good friend  that I am and feeling a friendly obligated duty,  I absolutely have no choice but to share with all of my fellow blogging friends my new found information that has changed my life. TRULY.

And to those of my close friends whom I have already told this to (especially you, Char) you can quit reading this if you would like cause you have already guessed what i am about to go off on….and for the record…Char, i will bet a good pair of panties, that you one day will be just as excited as I about this very topic. It will keep you up at nights from all the excitement. Don’t fight it, you know you secretly want to join in the fun with me… You’ll see. I WILL convert you. And then you will owe me a huge Red Mango regular yogurt with strawberries, granola and blueberries…(wow, Red Mango, I love you and you sound so delicious right now)

Whoa, little side tracked……back to my point.

So what is all the hype, the fuss, the big deal, you ask. I’ll cut right to the point

….COUPONS…

They are my new found love!!! I want to kiss them and squeeze them and snuggle up with them while I watch my favorite movie, Sense & Sensibility.

I know what you are thinking…..Oh believe me I do. I know what is going through your little brain right now. That’s it?, that is her big exciting news….coupons? Lame! Coupons are for those crazy ladies who have nothing better to do than clip coupons all day every day, who dumpster dive in the big Newspaper bins behind schools, who sweep through vacant hotel rooms just to see if the earlier occupant luckily left behind the treasured Tribune or Deseret News so they can swipe the extra coupons, drive around town wasting gas and polluting the air, just to price match and piss of the customers behind her in line!

all this work to save a few pennies!!! CrAzY

How about this….I will just shop at Wal-Mart, by the generic brand and do me, the environment, my car, and the customer behind me a huge favor.

I know. I used to be like you. Thought the exact same thoughts. Coupons=gross! Who would be so lame. Well boy-oh-boy was I wrong. So Wrong!

Big, fat, huge, ginormous…Wrong.

wrong, wrong, wrong!!!!

(enter Tori)

who is Tori, you ask??? She is a goddess amongst woman.( I love her and have thought about actually building a make-shift shrine in my garage, James wasn’t to happy about the shrine, so for now I include her in my nightly prayers)

Tori is great, she came to my house, taught me and a group of my friends how to work the grocery stores over (sorry Smith’s) and pretty much load up our houses with food for pennies.

It is so easy…..you wouldn’t believe it!

Pretty much all you do is order the Sunday paper, use the coupons you get in the Sunday paper and pair them up with the sales stores are having and stock up on food, house items toiletries, make-up and whatever else it is you buy.

It is AWESOME!!!

The best part, a web site lists all of the sales, tells you what is a good deal and all you have to do is highlight what you want on the list, print it, clip only those coupons and shop. No brain work. It is all done for you. Easy. See, you can’t go wrong! Really people, you should do this, you will thank me later. Promise.

I just made my first trip using this system last week at Smith’s and listen to what I came home with and the money I spent/saved.

are you ready???…………….Here goes:

(4) boxes of Quaker granola bars

(8) cans of Hormel chili

(4) Tide laundry detergent

(2) boxes of Capri Suns

(8) blocks of Kraft cheese

(2) gallons Orange juice

(2) gallons 1% milk

(2) gallons Chocolate Milk

(1) bag Sunkist Pistachio’s

(3) Liters of Soda

(2) Revlon Eyeliners

(2) Revlon mascara’s

(4) boxes of Ritz Crackers

(2 ) boxes of Wheat Thins

(2) boxes of Triscuits

(2) boxes of Chicken in a Biscuit

(8) Pepperidge Farm fish crackers

I spent $89 and saved $108

That is a total of 58 items = $1.21 per item

I was so pleased with my success that I hit up Albertsons and Harmon's too, just for the thrills. I now have food seeping out of my fridge and pantry. My laundry room is a make-shift second pantry, and James’ weekend project is to build us  some more shelves!

Told ya so! Cool huh?…What?…..

you wanna know how I did this?

Well here you go. Give Tori a little visit on her blog and she will be glad to set you up, there’s no catch.

Promise.

Just do it.

…and then……

….you can thank me later.

-Jami