This past summer I was away almost every other week on conferences for school or on vacation which led me to not having enough time to hold a job, which meant this school year I did not have nearly as much money saved up as I had hoped. So this year when I came back to school I found a job on campus which I was extremely happy about, but since I am a student and very involved on campus I am only able to work around 15 hours a week. Now I am very lucky to have my parents paying for most of my tuition but I still have to pay for the utilities and food for my apartment which adds up very fast when I don't bring in a large amount of money every week.
So since I am trying to my best to still be able to save some of the money I earn each week I am trying the the whole coupon thing for the grocery store. Now my mom clips coupons but still buys things with out one if she can but I am trying to only buy items on sale or with a coupon and I shop the sale ads each week. I have found that a local grocery store seems to have the best sale items and what I don't buy there I will get at Target, Target has a lot of non-perishable foods for a good price. So last week when I went to the grocery store I had my wallet full of coupons and I wrote out a list of things that I needed and a few things that I wanted that were in the sale ad. When I finally had everything and checked out I was excited to see that I saved $17.55, So my total bill came to $23.13 I saved almost half by just shopping the sales and using coupons, and everything I bought was pretty much brand name good items I didn't just by the cheap stuff at the store.
It is possible to save money and still by good quality items if you shop around and make a list. I find when I go to the store with out a list I tend to buy stuff I didn't need and will probably go bad, so I always make a good list with things I need and I tend to put just one or two items that I really want, i.e. snacks so I don't go out in the middle of the week for a craving that I am having.
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4 comments:
Good job Abby, continue to clip those coupons and save. The economy is so messed up right now, everyone will start using coupons regularly. Good luck to you with your on campus job!
Thanks sierra. With the economy the way it is I do see a lot of people using coupons and only shopping where there are sales. I see a lot more students this year paying for there own tuition because there parents just can't afford it anymore. With all these students paying for there own tuition there is probably a rise on student loans. So we need to go out there and educate young people so they don't get trapped.
Hey Abby,
Sorry, that I havn't been active on the blogs lately but I ran into some life set backs. Any way, I started laughing a little when I started to read your blog. Because you reminded me of my grandpa. I'am still laughing Ha! ha!. Seriously, my grandpa loves to save and boy does he cut him some couponds. But your right it helpes save alot of money. By the way, do you have a giant or safeway card? If you do than good because when you swip it, it saves you a great deal of money to. I don't mean to laugh I just think my grandpa goes over board when it came to his coupounds. He used to make us sit there and look though the ads and cut them out. And don't get me started on how he made us go shopping with him it was terrible. Keep saving!
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