I hate grocery shopping. I used to love it, now I hate it. It is a pain! In an attempt to squelch my disdain, I have become more organized. I have a coupon according folder with each tab/slot containing different types of coupons (frozen, dairy, baby, toiletries, etc). I make a very organized (according to store lay out) list. Each * next to an item equals one coupon.
Well, it's been a month since we last went grocery shopping and a lot of the staples are disappearing and since tomorrow is payday, I thought I'd tackle the grocery list today. I decided to clip the Kroger ad and take those clips to Wal-Mart. Well, on a whim I called Wal-Mart. They won't take the cut out if the cut out has a picture of the Kroger card with it. They consider that another store coupon and they don't honor those. Ok....I'll go to Kroger. So I called Kroger. They don't accept store cut outs from anyplace. Arg! How am I supposed to save money people!?
What happened to the time of double and triple coupons? Oh those were the days! I was a cashier at Scott's during that time and I hated it. It meant more work for me. As a consumer, I miss those days!
3 comments:
You should talk to Bethany. I'm not sure how she does it, but she gets Walmart to take tons of stuff. I'm not allowed to do the shopping because I come home with $45 worth of junk food and without the stuff for meals. :)
I plan out a dinner menu for the month and make my list according to that. This way I don't buy something that sits in the cupboard and never gets eaten, everything has its purpose. I don't let Ayron go alone either. He'd come home with Oreos, cereal, and milk and call it done.
I love to grocery shop (don't like the paying for it part though), but, like Ayron & Todd, I tend to come home with a lot of junk food. But at least I know it's stuff I like!
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