The Advantage of Using a Weekly Circular
For the longest time, I had always thought that using coupons was my ticket to savings success. Little did I know that those little flyers that come in the Sunday inserts as well as the ones you can find in the store of your favorite grocery store would be so important when it came to shopping frugally.
I used to sit down on Sunday mornings with my family and cut out coupons for an hour and a half to two hours hoping that I could latch onto the special deals and in an attempt to cut down my grocery bill by 20 to 25%. This worked great for a few years but after a while, it got tiring and I had lost the desire to continue my coupon cutting ritual every Sunday.
As a matter of fact, I stopped cutting as many coupons as I usually could for a while and I saw my savings plummet trip after trip to the grocery store. I knew I was in dire need of something special so that I could finally get back on track and I was completely certain coupons weren't the answer for me. The combination of cutting the coupons and the long wait lines as the coupons were being scanned during checkout had taken its toll on me. I didn't really mind the fact that almost every single shopper behind me in the line hated me as I presented the 20 to 30 or so coupons during checkout. It was the fact that I was spending so much time in preparation to try to save money and I was holding down a very demanding job at the same time.
I had very little time as it was, so I was looking for that magical potion to help me break free from the coupon-cutting spell. Weekly ads came along, or I guess they had always been there, and they changed my life for the better by allowing me to spend more time with my family as I said goodbye to my coupon cutting ways.
Funny how certain things come full circle, though! I can easily save anywhere between 25 to 50% using weekly ads when I shop for groceries now but I have actually come back to the use of coupons as a way to supplement the savings process. By using weekly ads and coupons together I find that I can save roughly 40 to 60% off my purchases at any supermarket. I know this may be hard to believe, but it really works. Try it out for yourself and you will probably agree!
I used to sit down on Sunday mornings with my family and cut out coupons for an hour and a half to two hours hoping that I could latch onto the special deals and in an attempt to cut down my grocery bill by 20 to 25%. This worked great for a few years but after a while, it got tiring and I had lost the desire to continue my coupon cutting ritual every Sunday.
As a matter of fact, I stopped cutting as many coupons as I usually could for a while and I saw my savings plummet trip after trip to the grocery store. I knew I was in dire need of something special so that I could finally get back on track and I was completely certain coupons weren't the answer for me. The combination of cutting the coupons and the long wait lines as the coupons were being scanned during checkout had taken its toll on me. I didn't really mind the fact that almost every single shopper behind me in the line hated me as I presented the 20 to 30 or so coupons during checkout. It was the fact that I was spending so much time in preparation to try to save money and I was holding down a very demanding job at the same time.
I had very little time as it was, so I was looking for that magical potion to help me break free from the coupon-cutting spell. Weekly ads came along, or I guess they had always been there, and they changed my life for the better by allowing me to spend more time with my family as I said goodbye to my coupon cutting ways.
Funny how certain things come full circle, though! I can easily save anywhere between 25 to 50% using weekly ads when I shop for groceries now but I have actually come back to the use of coupons as a way to supplement the savings process. By using weekly ads and coupons together I find that I can save roughly 40 to 60% off my purchases at any supermarket. I know this may be hard to believe, but it really works. Try it out for yourself and you will probably agree!
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