For my family, grocery and HBA couponing is just the tip of the money savings iceberg. I save between 40-70% per month on groceries and HBA using coupons and shopping sales, but my entire life doesn’t consist of shopping for groceries.
I only shop when there is a sale and I have coupons- that goes for clothes, household goods (linens, books, exercise equipment, furniture, kitchen equipment, etc.), pretty much EVERYTHING we buy.
Here are some really great examples:
Yankee Candles: Recently I needed more Yankee candles for the house. I went to Yankee’s website, and signed up for their email list. They email me coupons every month. I buy Yankee Candles about twice a year, whenever I can get the most for the least amount of money. If I don’t have any coupons in my inbox, I go to retailemnot.com and search for Yankee Candle coupon codes.
Bed, Bath and Beyond: They are very coupon friendly. You can use up to 5 of their coupons in one transaction, and they accept their expired coupons too! A few months ago we bought wedding gifts for friends and using coupons, we saved over $100.00! And as a bonus, we received 2 $50.00 gift cards due to a promo that the store was running, so the bride and groom got a bonus gift!
Babies R Us: Sign up for their loyalty club, and every time you shop, swipe your card and you can earn points for free gift certificates. I just received $20.00 in gift certificates last week. BRU also lets you stack a store coupon with a manufacturer coupon. Example: I had to buy more formula for the baby over the weekend. I went to BRU and I had:
2 $5.00 Formula Checks
2 $2.00 off Enfamil coupons
1 $4.00 off any 2 formula BRU store coupon
2 $5.00 gift certificates
I bought two packages of formula at $32.00 each, after coupons and formula checks, it bought the price down to $18.00, that’s a 56% savings!
We are members of every loyalty club and free frequent buyer club that is available. If I shop at a store, I want to be able to save as much money as I can.
We also use coupons, rebates, and discount codes for vacations too!
Last year, we went to Disneyland for a few days. Using a rebate from the Entertainment book, we were able to stay at a great hotel for 3 nights at a very low price, and we received a $50.00 rebate, which made 1 night free!
On that trip, we also purchased discount tickets because we are Southern CA residents, saving us money as well.
We purchased discounted restaurant.com gift certificates and ate out for just $10.00 OOP several times! We used gift cards earned from my Mypoints membership for coffee at Starbucks and buy gas for our trip. We saved money by staying at a hotel that had a free continental breakfast each morning. We had coffee, milk, juice, pastries, cereal, yogurt, and fresh fruit each morning.
Gifts: Recently I received an email from Photoworks, which was a company that had been purchased by Shutterfly. I had purchased photos from Photoworks before, but now Shutterfly wanted me to open an account with them and use their service. To tempt me, they offered a $30.00 credit. It was just in time for Mother’s day, so I ordered Mother’s day gifts for my Mom and DH’s Mom, as well as some prints for us of the baby, and I also ordered DH’s Father’s Day gift. After the discounts that Shutterfly was offering, and the $30.00 credit, my OOP was only $9.00! That was 3 gifts, plus 100 free 4x6 prints! I found a coupon code at retailmenot.com for 100 free 4x6 photos. There is no way I could have bought 3 gifts for just $9.00 if it wasn’t for coupon codes and promos!
Saving money on groceries with coupons really is just the start- there are discounts, coupons, coupon codes, and rewards programs for almost everything you buy or do.
If you don’t see coupons or discounts, just ask! Sometimes companies don’t promote discounts, but they are out there, just for the asking!
If you are shopping online, check out retailmenot.com or couponcabin.com for coupon codes for your favorite stores.
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