Scan Artist
“Ma’am, it won’t take this coupon.” After scanning the coupon for the third time and hearing an annoying beep, the cashier presses the total button on the cash register and hands me back my coupon with a sorry-can’t-help-you smile dripping off of his face. I hold my hand out towards his, pushing the [...]
Reading the Fine Print—My James Coney Island Experience
Oftentimes coupons for free products do not actually result in a free product (of course that does not mean you can’t score an abundance of free products), a sad fact I experienced just recently. Last Friday I was riding high. Even though I normally do not work on Fridays (I work 4 ten-hour days, Monday [...]
My Experience with Price Matching at Wal-Mart
I know many of you reading this do not want to shop at Wal-Mart for any number of reasons, but if you find yourself in a pinch or a hard financial time right now, this is a great tool to save yourself some money until you get back on your feet. One of the nice [...]
Go Primal: How to be Territorial for the Sake of a Sale
On Memorial Day Weekend my fiancée and I made a quick stop on the way home to Old Navy. If you hadn’t heard, they were having a $1 flip-flop sale on Saturday only, and I wanted a pair to wear to the beach for the summer. We get out of the car, knowing that the [...]
Plague of Overconsumption
The other day I found myself racing to a local drugstore for a deal I just could not pass up. After working an eight hour day I shuffled through three lanes of traffic, over untold amounts of construction debris, raced from one redlight to the next, all to get to what appeared to be the [...]
Food Experiment: My Trip to Whole Foods with Coupons
I’ll confess, I typically only shop at Whole Foods a few times a year when I have been on the run and feel like picking up some fresh premade food for dinner. As far as shopping the actual aisles, I was unsure of what I would find in terms of cost. Before heading out the [...]
The Couponing System I Personally Use
I would like to discuss couponing strategies and the couponing system that I personally use to save a lot of money before I write about the food experiment I will be conducting. This ties in with my recent post on Cutting Down Your Grocery Bill by Playing the Grocery Game (the hyperlink is too long, [...]
I have Joined the Yakezie Challenge!
