Leave it to a mom to get groceries for pennies

There's always something to learn out there on the internet. The nice thing about blogs is that instead of slick-talking informercial drones, you can get testimonials from real people doing real things.

Enter hardcore couponing, done by real moms.

I first sat up and took notice when Belinda of Ninja Poodles posted about her experiences:

[T]he RUSH I got when that checkout lady said, "You saved $142.19 on your order today?" All I could think of was, MAN, MY GRANDMOTHER IS GONNA BE CRAZY PROUD OF ME WHEN SHE READS THIS!

How did she do it? She followed the "Cheaper Than Therapy" directions of one Attila the Mom. I don't mind telling you, Attila the Mom is my new HERO.

Read her entire 4-part series to learn how she does it, and how you (assuming you're in the United States; sorry, international friends!) can do it, too.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

Not convinced you want to wade through all of that? Would a gander at a mind-blowing sample receipt change your mind?

Forget "the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world." I may just start saying "the hand that cuts the coupons is the hand that rules the world."

Mir

[image courtesy of Apples4theteacher.com]

BlogHer Contributing Editor Mir also blogs at Woulda Coulda Shoulda and Want Not.

Submitted by Mir Kamin (view blog

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I loved Belinda's post

I appreciated how thoroughly she documented the process of finding the coupons, then doing the shopping.

I might have to give it a try...

Mary
BlogHer Contributing Editor, Mommy & Family
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Submitted by Mary Tsao on Wed, 08/16/2006 - 09:17

Great post!

Thanks for the find on the post from Attila the Mom. I posted on my blog at elliebiscuits.com and linked. Very fun read. I'd be interested to see how others fared who took the 4-part "course."

Submitted by elliebiscuits on Wed, 08/16/2006 - 10:26

OK, I admit: My SECOND thought was "MIR IS
GOING TO BE SO PROUD

OF ME!" Seriously. Is that sad? But that's why I wanted to actually try it before I told you about it. Because I had a feeling that Attilla The Mom is a superhero, but I knew that if *I* could pull it off, ANYONE can do it.

I'm already totally jazzed for my next chance. Unfortunately, I won't need anything else for a while!

The only place I differed from ATM's specific instructions was to invest in a ring-binder style photo album with 600 sturdy pockets, instead of the 200-pocket one I got the first time, that didn't hold up to all my messin' around with it. ;-)

Belinda

Submitted by ninjapoodles on Thu, 08/17/2006 - 02:14