Stockpiling
is for hoarders! I’m NOT Doing it! Why should I?!
Well, with
that mentality, please don’t! But if you want to save more money then listen
up!
Not Mine! :) ;)
I believe
more than 65% of all Sales are seasonal. The best time to buy school supplies
is between 4th of July to mid/late-Sept. Condiments, like Ketchup,
mustard,
BBQ sauce, and etc is right NOW! Cleaning supplies is in March and April.
Flour, sugar, and other baking needs is in Nov. and Dec. I got unbelievable
prices on toilet paper and paper towel on Black Friday! (yes that’s what I got
on Black Friday, LOL). So If they’re Seasonal, should we not stock up on it
while we can at the lowest price possible?!
Yes! That is what Stockpiling means!
Think about it like this…
You know you go through two boxes of cereal per week,
so you buy one box on your Sunday trip and one box on your Wednesday trip. When
it is on sale (which is about once every six weeks), you buy four boxes on
Sunday and just skip that item on Wednesday. Wasn’t it nice to not have to buy
cereal on Wednesday?! But come a week and a half later you’re paying full price
for it again! :( LET TRY THIS::
Instead of only buying four when it’s on sale, try buying 12. Now you can take
Cereal off your list for six whole weeks!! And when it’s time to buy it again…
ITS ON SALE AGAIN!! :)
Stock up again, so you only have to pay sale prices in the future!
You can do this with a lot of different items and
slowly but surely your grocery list will shrink in size to things you can only
buy fresh (like produce) and some things you need to stock up on. At First your
grocery bill may seem to rise when you start stockpiling, but that is because
while you are buying sale/coupon items in bulk, you are still buying all your
regular items. Your regular items will slowly be knocked off your list as you
stockpile them during their own coupon/sale time. Once that happens your bill
will drop a lot!
I got excited when I started couponing…
When I first started, this time last year, I bought
everything that was on sale and I had a coupon for. As a young person still
living at home, it normally wasn’t MY job to buy things like shampoo,
conditioner, bodywash, and deodorant. My mom did :P lol. Then I started
couponing and when my mom kept forgetting the Qs, or told me it was still too
expensive even with coupons; I bought it. I spent about $20 + my average $30
for my regular things to buy about 15 things of hair and body care items. I was
at my budget limit for the week and I just could not understand what I did
wrong. I was spending more, not less! But next week came and I realized I have
enough soaps and etc for at least 3 months!! My next item was something I
bought regularly, pasta, then it was sauces, chicken, frozen veggies… Today I
buy my stockpile items each week, unless there is something special I want… for
a single person, I usually spend about $15 to $25 dollars a week… This week’s
hail includes 28 soup, 2 body wash, 2 sauce packets, 4 tooth pastes, 2 B&J
ice-cream, 1 box of cereal, 2 loaves of bread = $23.13… saved $88
**Remember if it’s free or a MM after coupon and sale GET
it! Those $5 off $30, or $10 off $100 Qs are BEFORE Coupons!! Even if you don’t
use it! Someone else could, so DONATE IT!!
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