What is a good way to keep track so you know how you are doing in the savings department?
I know approximately how much in coupons and have figured up the sales on top of that sometimes. Any suggestions would be welcomed, since I am determined to keep track and know what I am really saving this year.
I had added up my coupon savings for a couple of months (saved all receipts) and I averaged a $100 savings in coupons. Then if I included savings from sales and buying store brand vs. national I was saving an additional $100-200 a month.
I subscribe to the weekly & Sunday papers which both have coupons in them and that costs me $200 a year or the equavalant to one months of savings.
Andrea, I am thinking of keeping track of what I save this year, just out of curiosity.
I figure one way to do it is just to keep a little card in my wallet. I'll write down the coupon savings after each trip. At the end of the month I will take the card out and save it, and start a new card. In December I can total the whole thing.
Barbszy, That is a great idea! What I was thinking of doing is taking the money that I saved with coupons and stashing that amount in my money bag...so if I save a $1.00 on toothpaste..a $1.00 goes into my money bag..then when it gets close to Christmas, maybe I will have some money to buy gifts with. I do that with money I make from answering surveys, and I was able to buy my husband a nice band sander(Craftsman) for Christmas. It was important to me to buy him a gift with money I earned. So now my thing is to save all I can to sweeten the money bag. lol
Good minds think alike as I plan on doing that too. I hope to put the $$ in my savings account it is pitaful since I took out the money for class reunion. But oh it was sooooo worth it. Already clipped one set of coupons now working on second set. With breaks in between cleaning out drawers an packing away stuff I will not need/use right now. We are moving 1st of Mar
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I would love to be able to save the money saved at the grocery and using other coupons but that those savings are one way I can afford to work part time with being home with our 2 kids.
Hi Patti, are you moving very far? Moving is such an expense! We rented a Ryder truck when we moved, and still had to trailer one car, and drive another..oh my..I think the truck was more expensive than the stuff we were hauling..never again! I will only take what fits in my van..hee hee
Happy New Year!
So now my thing is to save all I can to sweeten the money bag. lol 
