It's a game to me. It really is. I gear up before it even starts. Carefully, looking through every add. Clipping coupons that I think will be able to use--and get a great deal doing so.
As I drive to the grocery stores, I think of my game-plan. How I'll hit every sale, using every coupon possible. Doubling. Stacking. You name it, I'll do it. One coupon from the store. One from the manufacturer. Oh, sweet joy!
I've come out quite a champ many times with my crazy couponing, but it really REALLY isn't easy. Unfortunately, I live in a metropolis. Right on the border of one of America's largest, thriving cities. The extreme-couponing you see on television is impossible here. Only one store I know of doubles coupons with a maximum of 5 coupons per purchase. Don't even think about tripling coupons here.
Yet, I have found ways around the system to maximize my coupons to whatever I can get for the smallest amount possible.
Surprisingly, some of my greatest bargains have been on the healthiest foods! Organic canned tomatoes totaling in at 15 cents. Two-percent brand-named (and local!!) milk at 4 cents. Cage-free all natural eggs at 75 cents. Whole, all natural chicken at $3.00 each. They are few. They are far between. But, my dear Minnesotans, do not dismay. They are out there.
My Best Resources:
Star Tribune Sunday Paper
Rainbow Foods
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