My cold is progressing out of my throat and into my chest. Yuck.
At least, I had some semblance of my normal energy level this morning -- so I caught up on some of the tasks that did not get done over the weekend.
After performing triage on the laundry (you know, prioritizing what we needed to have absolutely NOW), I dragged Megan with me to Ralph's. The one thing I did manage to do yesterday (besides reading the Sunday paper and surfing on blogs for hours on end) was to clip coupons.
For a couple of years now, we've been playing The Grocery Game. The idea of this is to treat your supermarket like the stock market; you only use the coupons when the items you want are at the lowest price. They keep historical data on all the stuff the markets sell and also track the coupons in the paper. They say that the markets often trick you into using your coupons too early (i.e., before the item has been priced at its lowest). By buying the items on their weekly lists, they promise you can slash your grocery bill by up to 70%.
I've only rarely hit the 70% mark, but my Grocery Game tabs regularly fall between 40-60% off. For instance, today I bought $144 worth of groceries and paid just $78. True, only $30 of the savings was from coupons -- but the rest was knowing which items Ralph's had on sale. For all the time I moan about how I hate taking an hour or two on Sunday to clip, I have to admit it's worth it.
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