Thoughts on Debt

I was watching television and there was a woman on there who claimed that she was able to get her weekly grocery shopping done on the average between .02-$25 per week. She said that she cuts out coupons and shops the sales with the coupons and sometimes even gets money back on items. Like for instance she would go into a store and buy an item that she has a $3.00 coupon for if she buys two of the same item, and then when the store had that item for a $1.25 a piece she would actually put .50 back into her pocket. She said that she hasn’t paid for pasta in about 10 years, as she can always find a deal and a coupon on it. I found this very interesting but I also do know that certain items like milk, very rarely come with coupons or go on sale. My concern is, is she sacrificing the nutrition of her children to get the deal. Also, she buys whatever items are on sale, and I am just a little bit brand happy about my purchases. I like what I like, however on Friday, when I was in my local grocery store and I wanted to buy a regular sized jar of Helmann’s mayo and the price was $4.74, I thought maybe this woman has the right idea. This price was too high just for a condiment, and honestly I so firmly believed that I didn’t buy it. I just think that these companies are excusing away their enormous prices with the gasoline crunch. I have a hard time believing that the cost now of producing one jar of mayo has gone up about $2.00 just because of the rising fuel costs. I think that we are being taken full advantage of and it is time to fight back.

Okay, so I don’t really think that I will be coming home with $100.00 worth of groceries for .02, but I do have to say that this woman has inspired me to try and see how low I can take my food costs without sacrificing nutrition or quality. I really think that is a great way to put some money into savings without missing it. I just take what I saved at the store with coupons and grocery deals and put it aside. After all, it is money that I would have spent on food if I hadn’t been so frugal…Right?