I tried a new approach to couponing. I decided to let my teenager EARN her allowance. Her responsibilities would include purging old inserts, making new file folders and retrieving inserts for my weekly savings. If she wanted extra money, she would clip the coupons based on my shopping list. Initially, my angel helped for free. I got better results when she worked for free. Once the allowance started, the quality went out the window. When I got to the register, my savings were a mere 48%. I was quite upset. Some of my coupons were not in the envelope. Her explanation was the coupon insert was not in the file box. I knew I purchased every Sunday paper as well as the weekly neighborhood papers!
I resumed my duties of maintaining my coupon files. There were several inserts in the wrong date as well as SmartSource inserts with Red Plum inserts. I would like for her to learn the skills as this will help while in college and the rest of her life. For now, she assists. My most recent shopping trip I was able to achieve my 65% savings. I am still in the recovery phase from my summer hiatus. I hope to be back at 80-90% savings. I developed a new tool to help me achieve these results. I will reveal the details later.
I resumed my duties of maintaining my coupon files. There were several inserts in the wrong date as well as SmartSource inserts with Red Plum inserts. I would like for her to learn the skills as this will help while in college and the rest of her life. For now, she assists. My most recent shopping trip I was able to achieve my 65% savings. I am still in the recovery phase from my summer hiatus. I hope to be back at 80-90% savings. I developed a new tool to help me achieve these results. I will reveal the details later.
