Comments on: Saving Disgrace

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:45:44 +0000

Hey Jennifer, I absolutely loved this post, I could feel your frustration but had to smile at the hilarity of it all. I have recently started clipping coupons and following tips from Kelly on Faithful Provisions in order to save money on groceries. It is quite overwhelming at times but her website helps, she tells you the sales and matches them to your coupons so you can maximize your savings. Thankfully there are people out there that operate websites like that so that the rest of us dont have to stress as much. Good luck!

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:45:22 +0000

http://www.slickdeals.net I post this with a word of caution as this site is very addictive. Good for when you are at work looking for things to stay busy with. Coupons galore with tons of other online deals. Enjoy and thank me later.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:55:25 +0000

Try Couponmom.com, pinchingyourpennies.com. They have lists of coupons based on stores and products.

By: Don Elkins

Don Elkins — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:22:43 +0000

Hey Jennifer,

I enjoyed your blog about coupons. Strangely enough, I am the one in my household who clips coupons and my wife does not. Therefore, I do most of the grocery shopping. My experience is that the world of coupons is not what it used to be. So many times, you have to buy two or even three items to be able to use the coupon, and our household of two people does not need that quantity. Like you, I have often had a coupon with me and forget to pull it out at the right time. Just today (senior day at Kroger’s) I had a Sun Chips coupon that I failed to redeem. I have not had much luck going to the internet and printing out coupons. Most sites require you to complete a time-consuming form or survey. I will try to Kroger’s site that someone commented about. My advice is to never buy anything that you don’t need just because you have a coupon, or never buy larger quantities than you need simply to use a coupon. On a typical trip to the grocery store, I might use 4 to 6 coupons (most doubled at Kroger) and might save $5 bucks or so. Not bad!!

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:57:07 +0000

Hi Jennifer!
Another tip you might look into is in Web coupons. If you go to http://www.kroger.com and look in their coupon section you can enter your Kroger Plus card number and download additional savings on certain items. Then you don’t even have to have the coupon with you! I’ve saved quite a bit this way.

By: Larry

Larry — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:01:45 +0000

I wish I had the time and perserverance of you and your readers. It is very worthwhile to collect and use coupons.
God luck and happy shopping to you all!!!

As usual, a very entertaining blog.
Thanks.

By: jason woodard

jason woodard — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:15:43 +0000

Hey` Jen.. Great blog.. This is so funny.. I`m the one that goes and gets the food most of the time in my house.. I`m so used to it… and YES I use to save alot on coupons myself.. I still do sometimes ..But not like before.. I never will forget the time about 9 years ago a pair of smart butts from up north ” A husband and wife ” stopped me in a kroger.. and the wife with a very smarty pants tone asked me ‘Do you really ever save any money using coupons??.. Her pucker face question made me a bit mad. But I told the truth and said..’YES” I save about $12 to $15 dollars a week using them and that saves me well over $700.00 a year… The Husband`s eye`s got huge and he said “ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?!?” I said NOPE I saved enough last years to buy a 36 inch Sharp TV.. Don`t know what i`m going to buy with that $700.00 this year!?!? He looked at his wife with anger and told her she better start using coupons this week!!! The two walked away fighting about it.. I was laughing at them as they rounded the corner still fighting… That really made my week to see that.. The most I`ve ever saved with coupons in one trip was about $39 bucks to a Kroger.. So clip away Jen.. Just don`t go coupon crazy again now.. The person standing in line behind at checkout will be greatful.. Jason W

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:25:06 +0000

Boy did this column strike a nerve. I too used to clip coupons, when I was first married. I would organize them by the aisle the food was on. Then one day they rearranged the entire store and my coupon life was over. Never clipped a coupon after that.

The thing that irritates me now are the people who insist on writing checks. Who writes checks anymore??? It takes forever..they don’t get their checkbook out until they have been informed of the final amount due…then they have to get out their ID (they never have it handy, it is always the last card in their wallets). Then they make a mistake and have to start over. It is like these people are stuck in the 80s….have they never heard of checkcards?

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:53:10 +0000

Are you kidding? I grew up on the stuff. I loved it when the sausage balls first came out. No one really knew about them, so I used to trick my co-workers at the TBI into thinking they were homemade!

I can’t take free stuff, but I’ll definitely consider bringing my daughter to the plant sometime!

Jennifer

By: Stacy Holden-Bache

Stacy Holden-Bache — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:13:47 +0000

Jennifer,

I work at TN pride and am so glad to hear that you enjoy our product enough to buy it everytime you go to the store! For being such a loyal cutomer I would love to invite you out to our plant in Dickson, TN so that you can see how the sausage balls are made and we will give you six free boxes.