I Do Like Saving Money On Items I Need. How About You?

If you figure the more stuff you get cheap the 'stuff' you can get. I am on a budget and I usually buy things I need at the beginning of the month. I am very careful and can usually find some pretty good buys. I get a weekly flyer in the mail from a couple of my favorite stores so I jump on it when it comes.

This is a nice story, I do recognize it. The last couple of months I haven't had a steady job and therefore sometimes it was hard to get by. I had just 1.60 euro in my purse when I ran into an offer on bread, buy one, get one free. Same thing for chicken and potatoes. These are some basic things for your groceries and the chicken and bread can both be frozen to keep them fresh longer. Whenever possible I buy these in bulk when they are on sale. This month is the last month I have to cope with less money as I am starting a steady job now (luckily), and I was pondering about cat food. I used to have quite an expensive brand for my cats, but this month that was going to be hard to buy. Found out that it is 30% off so no change for the kitties :-) I believe they shouldn't be the victim of me having less work, and because of the discount I won't have to buy less groceries

I generally only buy things when they're on sale, too. I go into the stores and look at the prices and get discouraged.

That is a nice experience indeed! There was one time a week before last when I got to this store for Toy Collectors (uhm, yeah, this response is more like an item that I want than what I need ). To my surprise, I saw an item I was looking for so long that I think is no longer sold in our country. It costs 370 Philippine pesos (around £5.53) and I only had 200 with me. I was shopping with my mom and bro and I thought I'd borrow money from them and pay when we get home. My mom even asked the saleslady if there was a last price. She said it was already fixed price. I thought about that item for an hour because I was thinking about my extra budget at home. Since it's a rare find, I don't want to feel sorry if it would be bought by someone else and I didn't seize the opportunity when I had it so we went back to the store and bought it. The saleslady handed the item over to her co-worker who is somewhat her senior. Her senior told her it costs 300 (£4.37) because it was in the discounted items box. What a relief! I felt less guilty of buying that item even if I had to borrow money for a while. I now know I can easily pay for what I borrowed when we get home.

I do have this kind of experienced when come to shopping for something that suddenly we are in need especially before the end of the month. Since our financial situation is quite tight, we only buy our daily need things. As for other things which is 2nd useful to us, we will want to consider until it is having some offer before decide to buy. Even some of our household things, which is expensive in price, we always try save enough money before we decide to buy one. As for bath shampoo, we always wait until the shopping mall have that same kind of offer "Buy one, get one free", then we will buy. It's a good way to practice saving our money.

Hi Jane, of course i love saving mone yfor the items i need. i am aware when is the schedules of promo and sale for my favorite items that i will prepare and save for it to get some. this usually happen to condioners, clothes and shoes. it's a sacrifice but pays a lot when you get what you really want and need!

These days I have to be extra careful with the shopping costs so it's always a bonus when I find bargains like that. I actively seek out the two for one offers, the buy one get one free and the reduced stock, and have picked up some great bargains lately. I must admit it does make me feel a whole lot happier when I come home with a bag of bargains

last week, we were able to go up north (ontario, canada) for a few days of vacation and i found this awesome store (i started a discussion on it yesterday) and they have the best deals! i got a pair of shoes for $3-! i found a jacket for $2- (alas, it was a little tight, so i opted not to buy it). i love getting bargains!!

yes, yes and yes. as much as possible, i dont buy high end items or branded clothing. i find them unnecessary and expensive

Hey Janie great going! :) As far as I know, I am a woman, and dont we love good bargains and shopping. Reminded me of Shania Twain's "Ka-ching!". :) Even as I read this, a thought has occurred to me, why dont we open a website (not again) Contents - discounts available - areawise, from dates to dates. Additional features, products classified as perishables, semi perishables, non- perishables (yuck). Products by date of expiry, products by manufacturers, products by prices, products by the remaining number of days in discount. I can think of so many things that can be added. :) We women would do well if we checked it each morning like a prayer. :) That way, we could go directly to the store that was offering us what we wanted and not miss out on anything. :) There, I didnt feel too shy to express my idea. :)

I do like it when I do not have to unclench my fist as much when I have to purchase something. I am always on the lookout for sales no matter what it is. Even if it is a few dollars, there is a few dollars I would have spent had I not found that deal. Those few dollars can add up over time. Over the weeks and years, the amount of money that I have saved has accumulated. After all, it is not what you make, it is what you save. I think the biggest thing I look for is DVD sales. You can find some good deals with the proper timing. Get several DVDs at a reduced rate. In many cases, I go through the discount bin for DVDs. If you are patient enough to fish through several DVDs, you can find some real deals. I know I have, finding some really good movies for at a fraction of the normal price.

yes I have had similar experience; and after retirement have cut down on unnecessary expenses.But when I do come across bargain sale of daily needs which we use I may buy a little more than usual and stock up and then the feeling is exhilarating

I love a bargain, Oh My how I love a good bargain. makes my day when it happens lol. I usually start by thinking about what I want to buy. I try to think of a price and tell myself that I wont go a penny over the price I have in my head. I get that price by googling it and finding out whats the current price and of course, I want to pay less. I go through the flyers looking for bargains. Buy one get one free is a great one UNLESS they jacked up the price and it comes out more than waiting for it to be on sale. They do that sometimes here...naughty! naughty!! But since I know what everything costs, they cant fool me. I needed a new monitor for my pc. I work 6 hrs/day on my pc and the one I had was getting too small and it was giving me huge headaches. Hubby said that it was best to go VERY BIG and be done once and for all. He was right. So I wanted to get a 42" and why not make it a tv then. So everything was over $1,000. some nearly $2,000. I kept thinking that I didnt want to pay that much and the week after, as im going through the flyers, there it is, a 42" at $500. Sent hubby right away to get it. Me a happy camper now and proud to have gotten it as such a low price.

Yes it did happen to me! I was in college at that time and needed to buy groceries but I was short on cash my parents did not send my allowance yet. So I went to the grocery store and tried to look around for food that could last me for a week and would be within my budget. As I walked through the store I saw this aisle full of buy one take one stuff! I saw my fave korean noodles on the rack and the whole pack was also on sale and I get another pack free! I went back to my dorm carrying loads of groceries enough to last me for 2 weeks!

Your experience sounds really pleasant. Bargains have definitely cheered me up on some bad days too. When I was high school, near the end of the school year, I had to shop for a dress for my prom. I was really stressed because it was final exams and I was worry about my classes and also there was the cost of attending prom. Then I went shopping with my friend and I found this beautiful cream colored dress that was on sale and cost only thirty dollars. I was so happy that I stopped being stressed about my finals.

One day I went in with a $5 off coupon for glucosamine supplements and found that it had been put on sale, buy one get one free. So I ended up getting something like $40 worth for $15. Yep, I love getting a bargain on things that I'm going to buy anyway. Definitely!

Hi Janey, I don't do shopping but my husband do, I just give him the list and he go out and do it, but he has a keen eye for bargains and he is always coming hoem with one thing or other, he has just bought two Easter eggs, buy one and get thenother free, he eat both of them, the little greedy so and so, but he has bought me another two, lol! Tamara

Unfortunately, I can't think of a time where I was down to my last pennies and found a cool bargain. With my luck, they'd be raising the price just as I reached for the item. For some reason, I can't find Buy One, Get One Free deals. Maybe I'm looking at my shopping list so close, I just plain miss the bargains. (I shop at the dollar stores for a lot of things now days.)

i share the same opinion with you. i love to go to supermarket when i got time. there are several supermarkets near my home,and they will put some kinds of goods on sale on a certain time especially on the holidays. whenever i go there, i like to walk around in the market to find whether the goods are on sale which i will need all the time, such as toothpaste, shampoo,bath cream, then i will buy some for storage,haha, it really saves a lot.