Debut

The goal of this blog is to document the methods and procedures that I use daily to save money by combining coupons, sale prices, and store promotions. It's not intended to be a comprehensive review of all offers out there, nor is this blog meant to describe every imaginable savings opportunity.

Up until 2007, I had shopped for 20+ years at conventional grocery stores (Vons/Ralphs/Albertsons) and general retail stores (Target/WalMart). I was never coupon fanatic, although I would purchase the Sunday newspaper on occasion, clip a few coupons for items I intended to purchase anyway, organize them into a single white envelope, and enjoy a good deal now and then on items that I used.

I have always been a very active internet user, often checking out various deal sites and printing the occasional coupon. One day in Fall 2007, I wandered into the User Forums on www.slickdeals.net/forums and discovered a massively generous Extra Care Bucks promotion involving glucose monitors, store coupons, and "overage". I was hooked.

I still shop at the occasional grocery store, but for over two years, I have scored hundreds of dollars of items from CVS and Walgreens, with a miniscule of out-of-pocket expense. It has been a remakarble journey -- one that is still ongoing.

In 2010, there are countless sites that document how to save with coupons. This blog will not dwell too heavily into the "theories". Instead, I will present my deals, to show real-life examples of the savings. And to provide a template that others may replicate. I found this method to be very helpful when I was learning.

So here we go.