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Melurkyoulongtime

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3. Does anyone here coupon?
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 02:34 AM
Feb 2016

I used to back when the Sunday papers still offered decent ones and became something of a coupon queen at the time. Nowadays though it's all kid's stuff and unhealthy crap with waaay to many shampoo and cosmetics ones in there. Does anyone happen to know any good sites to get them now? I'd really love to be able to save even half of what I used to back in the "good old days" of couponing in the 90s/early 2000s. Got so good at it back then that I was feeding a total of 2 adults and 1 child very, very well (almost 1%er well) on about $150/month, tops.
As of now I'm having a hard time feeding just myself on that as even the price for cheap raw ingredients for cooking from scratch has skyrocketed. It's ridiculous, commodities prices are down (hell, the entire f'ing market is), coupons now just generally suck and the food banks where I'm at are a freaking JOKE (and I'm currently in one of the richest counties in Texas, um yeah), Angel Food has gone out of business and I just barely don't qualify for food stamps. Oh, and I'm NOT a beans and rice person because I GREW UP poor and ate too much of it as a kid. I do eat as cheaply as possible, but I draw the line at eating cheap stuff I don't like as it just goes to the dog. So, WTF are we supposed to do? Sit here and quietly starve so the 1%ers can have another jar of caviar or a few more lobsters at lunch? Well, screw that! There's gotta be a better way...
Currently my only saving grace is Aldi's and I just love them to pieces. Excellent quality, truly low prices AND the more I spend there the less I HAVE to spend at Wal-Mart which is the next cheapest place to shop here. I hear they pay decent wages, too
I welcome anyone's input on how the new coupon grocery game works. Maybe we could even start some sort of electronic coupon club in this group if anyone's interested. Cheers!

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Definitely try to build up a pantry..... daleanime Feb 2016 #1
One scheme I use is to consider what I have saved in ready cash... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #2
soup or stock? w0nderer Feb 2016 #7
good tricks! w0nderer Feb 2016 #8
Does anyone here coupon? Melurkyoulongtime Feb 2016 #3
Yeah, it's messed up discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #4
Thanks a bunch! nt Melurkyoulongtime Feb 2016 #5
even among working poor w0nderer Feb 2016 #6
for organic or similar veggies w0nderer Feb 2016 #9
I was looking at that discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #10
hoping you liked it n/t w0nderer Feb 2016 #11
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