Goal

Our economy stinks.  Now, that's not my intended topic.  However, it really encourages me in my newest goal.  I read a book called The Penny Pinchers Club.  Truthfully it wasn't very good reading, however it gave me some great ideas about how to save money. 

I wouldn't necessarily say I am always cheap (I really prefer the word frugal), but I think I need to be.  I buy 99% of our clothes at garage sales or thrift stores.  I clothe our family of 6 for approximately $200-$300 a year.  Some times it's a little more, sometimes less.  I also make just about all our food from scratch, which saves us money. I don't even buy bread.  After reading the Penny Pinchers Club I realized that now that I live close enough to real stores I could really start using coupons, and could possibly save 50-90% of our grocery bill.  Now how great would it be to have that extra money in our bank account than in the stores' account!

So, I am embarking on my newest goal of saving as much money as possible.  Tonight I got 6 packages of hot dogs for 25 cents each.  It doesn't sound like much, but I saved us $6 tonight.  So my plan is to transfer that $6 to our savings account. 

Some people would never use coupons, or shop the sales.  But, I'm not afraid of coupons; I LOVE them!