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Here you will find some of our results, some of the better deals going on, previews of weekly specials with link to the entire list. You will also be able to download my Receipt Log spreadsheet to help you track your spending and savings.

Our Current Budget Results for 2012 - 7/31/12

Weekly Spending Before Couponing - $175.00
Weekly Spending Average Now ----- $59.18
Weekly Budget Savings (in pocket) - $115.82
Months Using Couponing This Year -7
Monthly Average Budget Savings -- $503.30
Total Budget Savings (in pocket) --- $3,524.10

Super Couponing Method

What is the Super Couponing Method?
It is using the most coupons possible to buy items at their lowest possible price, and buying enough to last you until the item goes back on sale at its lowest price (stockpiling).

There are many ways to maximize your coupon savings, some vary by store, the easiest way to look at it is wait for an item to go to its lowest sale price, use a store coupon, and use a manufactures coupon (this is called stacking).  This way you get 3 different streams of savings for one item.  Then you stockpile that item so you can wait until it is at its lowest price to buy it again.

BOGO
A great way to save with coupons is combining them with "Buy One Get One Free".  Look at it this way an item is $7 and you have a couple 50cents off coupons.  At a store like Walmart you can buy one for $6.50 or two for $13 and save a dollar, most would say not really a big deal.  Now you can take those coupons to a store like Publix when that item is BOGO and you buy 2 of them for $7 and use the 2 coupons, but Publix doubles coupons up to 50 cents so now each coupon is $1 off.  So you started at $7 use the 2 coupons and it is down to $5.  So instead of paying $13 and saving $1 you spend $5 and save $9.  If you have a couple competitors store coupon that they accept you can use both of them as well and save even more.

Another way to use BOGO to save a lot is combining that with a manufactures BOGO coupon.  This was possible at CVS recently with SoBe water.  CVS offered the water at $1.79 Buy one get one free, and SoBe offered Buy one get one free coupons.  They combine in that the store sale means that they will pay for one and the coupon means that the manufacturer will buy one, so you get 2 without having to buy anything.  Look at August 18 CVS Post I got 8 bottles of water and paid $0.64 which was the tax.