http://aspiritedmind.com/2009/09/new-coupon-strategy/ Reading, writing, and raising kids Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:44:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://aspiritedmind.com/2009/09/new-coupon-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Healthy Eating on a Budget – Yes You Can! Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:35:47 +0000 http://aspiritedmind.com/2009/09/new-coupon-strategy/#comment-78 [...] Use coupons for toiletries and occasional treats, or if they make something free. Coupons are an excellent way to get things like soap and shampoo and razors and toilet paper for free or very cheap, which frees up more of your budget to be used on whole foods.  Money Saving Mom and Mommy Snacks are my go to sites for coupon match-ups at drugstores to help me with those deals.  I also use coupons for things like frozen vegetables (often free or nearly free when paired with a sale), spices, yogurt, and pasta.  When it comes to convenience and processed foods and treats, I try to be more careful.  If I can get a box of cereal for under 75 cents I’ll likely buy it, but if it’s any more than that I would rather use the money to buy a package of oatmeal – you can do more with it, it has more servings, and it’s much healthier.  I try to weigh coupon deals on non-staple or non-whole food items that way – it would be pretty lame for me to spend money on soda or chips or gummi fruit snacks regularly and then say I couldn’t afford whole wheat pasta or brown rice or lots of produce, you know what I mean? [...] [...] Use coupons for toiletries and occasional treats, or if they make something free. Coupons are an excellent way to get things like soap and shampoo and razors and toilet paper for free or very cheap, which frees up more of your budget to be used on whole foods.  Money Saving Mom and Mommy Snacks are my go to sites for coupon match-ups at drugstores to help me with those deals.  I also use coupons for things like frozen vegetables (often free or nearly free when paired with a sale), spices, yogurt, and pasta.  When it comes to convenience and processed foods and treats, I try to be more careful.  If I can get a box of cereal for under 75 cents I’ll likely buy it, but if it’s any more than that I would rather use the money to buy a package of oatmeal – you can do more with it, it has more servings, and it’s much healthier.  I try to weigh coupon deals on non-staple or non-whole food items that way – it would be pretty lame for me to spend money on soda or chips or gummi fruit snacks regularly and then say I couldn’t afford whole wheat pasta or brown rice or lots of produce, you know what I mean? [...]

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