Coupons

In trying to eek out everything I can, I have started researching coupons. I already feel overwhelmed by the number of coupons I have accumulated in just two weeks. My husband got very defensive when I started pushing the issue. I guess he took it personally. He has done a great job cutting our shopping costs, but I just feel it can go lower. He insists price-coupon is equivalent to store brand price. So now I am taking over the shopping. The problem is that I don't do the cooking, and I don't get home til 7 on a good day. So when am I fitting this in? He works from home, so he could always run out at lunch or after work.

It seems hard to plan everything out and spend as little as possible and match coupons to sales and know when to buy and when to wait and do without. I have also started working a drug store. I have never shopped at drug stores before. I did my first trip today:

Aleve $5.00 (save .80)
Colgate $2.99 (save .90)
Gillette Razor 9.79 (save .20)
Depends 6.99
Dawn .97 (save 1.02)
2 Nivea lipgloss 2@2.99
3 Nivea body wash 2@4.88 and 1@6.99 for some reason. They all said 4.88 under them. I didn't notice this til just now.
GBT .99

49.46 b4 tax

Coupons:

Dawn .50
Colgate .75
Aleve 1.00
Nivea lipgloss 1.00
razor 2.00
depends 2.00
lipgloss BOGO 2.99
Bodywash 4.00
bodywash 4.00
bodywash BOGO 4.88

Total: 30.86

Saved: 28.26

EB Offers:

Nivea $5
Gilette $6
Aleve $3
Depends $6.99
Colgate $2

Total: 22.99

Difference: 7.87

Not bad, and now I have all those bucks to float my future trips. One does tend to wonder how much stuff you don't need is worth buying just to have good rewards. I can at least use all of this (except the depends, which I will take to my grandmother's alzheimer's home this weekend), even if I wasn't actively looking to buy any of it. I am set for body wash for a while.

Anyway, I am going to start linking up websites I have found to be helpful, and hopefully start making dents with coupons.