Comments on: Couponing- Was it really worth it?

By: foudy

foudy — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:06:35 +0000

By: Stephanie Langford

Stephanie Langford — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:10:00 +0000

Christi, I really don't know! I tend to run across either big families who don't talk much about nutrition or healthy cooking, or blogs of smaller families who do. Congrats on your new little one, though!

Does anyone else have a recommendation?

Rebekah, practically all of my coupons were online printable ones. I grabbed a few from store dispensers once I was already shopping, but that was really it. I found most of them through http://www.moneysavingmom.com and links on posts, as well as by googling things like "toilet paper coupon".

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:06:29 +0000

How did you go about getting all your coupons?

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:08:10 +0000

In my experience coupons are not worth the time and effort when trying to buy healthy foods. I have a friend who is a coupon-a-holic, she spends hours each week cutting multiple newspapers of coupons, and ends up with plenty of free stuff, most of which she ends up giving away because she doesn't need it. For us, with our specific food needs, Aldi, Sam's Club, and our local wholesale organic foods place are MUCH cheaper though I check between them to for sales.

By: Christi

Christi — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:15:14 +0000

This has nothing to do with the post but I wanted to ask you if you knew of someone who has a really large family and eats whole, natural foods or vegetarian. I am finding nothing out there and really interested in finding out some tips for our large family. Nine children ages 21 - 2 with one more on the way and only one of them out of the house so far.

Thanks

By: Mary Ellen (Carolina Momma)

Mary Ellen (Carolina Momma) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:29:46 +0000

Good job! You'll never know if something works for you until you try it :)

I'm in NC and it helps tremendously that our grocery stores double and triple coupons. Some of those items you mentioned from your Wal-mart trip - Wacky Mac, Green Giant, Muir Glen, Kotex - I've gotten free with double or triple coupon promotions.

Personally, I've come to a very good place with my couponing (spending less time and making healthier choices). Our diet has actually improved greatly. I'm able to save so much on household and personal care items, that I can devote more of our grocery money to fresh foods and organics.

By: Mary Ann

Mary Ann — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:01:27 +0000

Good job! It does become easier after you do it for awhile, although it will always take some effort and time.

I've found that I can almost always get frozen veggies for free or nearly free with coupons.

The buying all the small containers has bothered me too. Sometimes, I get free items from couponing that I would not normally buy or eat and there is just so much packaging. My recycling bin gets full much too quickly!

I coupon and try to eat pretty healthfully. I've found that I save a lot more and use more coupons on health and beauty products than food. I have CVS in my area and get almost everything but food for almost free. I use the money saved to buy a few more organics.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:39:28 +0000

Well done on the savings! In my opinion couponing here in New Zealand isn't worth the effort unless you happen to find one for something you were already going to buy. You would end up making too many compromises and buying things you wouldn't usually, in order to get any 'savings'. Some people find out all the weekly instore specials for each supermarket and drive to them all to buy the cheapest product at each, but once again I find this false economy by the time you take into account petrol costs and time!