At the beginning of this year I made it a goal to see if I could save even more money with coupons by being more strategic. I signed up for the Harris Teeter and Lowe's Foods e-mail ads that way I could check the ads each week and combine the sales with my coupons. This takes only a little extra time each week to look through these online ads and it's made a BIG difference in how I shop. Now instead of deciding what to eat each week and buying what I need for those meals I buy what is on sale and what I have coupons for and then base our meals on what we already have at home. I still have to buy milk and vegetables, but this has changed how I shop for groceries.
So, this year we saved $1597.04 with coupons! This is almost $400 more than last year so I think my new way of shopping has definitely made a difference!
Our 2011 Garden Harvest totals:
4 yellow squash plants = 37 squash
4 zucchini plants = 22 zucchini
2 cucumber plants = 7 cucumbers (we had a problem with some worm eating all our cucumbers)
2 lima bean plants = 28 pods
2 kidney bean plants = 25 pods
5 okra plants = 318 pods = 18 bags of cut and breaded okra
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