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Archive for the ‘The-Grocery-Game’ Category

March 19th, 2008

Time is Money and Money is Time

Whenever I have spent a considerable amount of effort and time on something, I have frequently heard the phrases, “Time equals money”, “Your time is valuable”, or something along those lines.  I always perceived that the person was saying that what I was doing was not worth the effort.  Otherwise, why would they have said that?
Yes, my time […]

By Karen -- 16 comments

February 8th, 2008

How to Play The Grocery Game

As I promised earlier this week, for Frugal Friday I am giving you some tips for playing The Grocery Game. 

When playing The Grocery Game (TGG), you do not clip the coupons until you need them.  It is such a time saver.  Each week, I take the inserts out of the paper, write the date on the front […]

By Karen -- 28 comments

February 4th, 2008

Grocery Store Savings

I haven’t used The Grocery Game in about a month.  In December, there were a few sad weeks where there were no coupons in the paper.  It was ok though, because I was busy with preparing and shopping for Christmas.
Last week I spent a few hours going through all of my coupons.  They needed some weeding out and organizing.  I clipped […]

By Karen -- 9 comments

November 21st, 2007

I’m Back in the Game

Most of you do not know this, but recently my husband lost his job.  No problem, right?  He’s a qualified guy that has experience in many areas.  He’s sort of a Jack-of-all-trades. 
The first week he was unemployed I cut back on our spending, but not dramatically.  Week two I really started cutting back.  No eating out […]

By Karen -- 5 comments

October 12th, 2007

Frugal Friday 27: Let the Games Begin

Ok, I’ve told you about how I started subscribing to the Sunday newspaper so that I can join The Grocery Game.  Now that I have 4 weeks of coupons, I signed up for the 1 month trial. 
The one month trial membership is only $1.  During that first month you can choose as many stores as […]

By Karen -- 9 comments

September 14th, 2007

Frugal Friday 23: Coupon Tips

 
When I was a married college student I was a dedicated coupon shopper.  I had my coupons organized in my little coupon pouch.  I would shop mainly with my coupons at Ingles grocery store because they doubled coupons and I also shopped the sales.  With my technique I rarely paid full price for anything. 
I’ve decided that I need to […]

By Karen -- 12 comments

October 15th, 2006

25 MORE Ways to Save Money

After writing the post 25 Ways I Save Money, I realized that the post was simply too easy to write.  It didn’t require any planning.  I was just giving you my everyday techniques.  I realized there are many more simple money saving ideas that I use.  Here are another 25 ways to save money and keep you thinking […]

By Karen -- 4 comments

September 19th, 2006

Play The Grocery Game and Save Time and Money

Recently, my friend Darlene from church introduced me to “The Grocery Game”.  The Grocery Game is an easy way to save hundreds of dollars each month in groceries. 
Teri’s List reveals the lowest sale prices at stores and tracks manufacturer’s coupons to tell you when to use each coupon so that you can get the best […]

By Karen -- 0 comments

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