Comments on: CCE Update 2: Shopping

By: Candi

Candi — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:24:51 +0000

Love, Love that you’re blogging about all this. I too do some couponing and sale shopping, but I can’t wrap my head around the envelope thing. Please keep sharing your diaper deals I also got a coupon to diapers.com and you inspired me to use it. I also truly believe if our heart is intune with God’s he plays the main part in our finances and shopping. Today I did our shopping at Winco. I had $50 cash and no more. The whole time I was kind of freaking out as what do if the total went over. I get to the register and I’m praying like crazy and God just gave me the answer “Candi, it’s not going to add up.” You know it didn’t! I bought 37 items, saved $4 in coupons and my total came to $49.18!!! Holy Cow I was so happy and aware of God with me while I shopped!

By: Emily Trevillian

Emily Trevillian — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:02:58 +0000

What a great new series, Kari. I also try to use cash/envelopes, and we’re going to start again in the new year, too. One nice thing about going to Target is that you can actually pay for everything at once and still keep track of where your money went (read: which envelope it should come out of), because their receipts are grouped (but not sub-totaled) according to department. I pay for everything from one envelope, then total the expenses from each department and “repay” the “lender” envelope from the appropriate ones when I get home. It is easier for me than having multiple transactions, and the result is the same.

By: Jen Duncan

Jen Duncan — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:21:09 +0000

I AM laughing because this is all too much a familiar feeling (except for getting free clothes handed to me). I mean the extremely awkward feeling of doing 3 different transactions when all the people behind you, in such lovely Christmas spirit, are rolling their eyes, huffing and puffing and acting like they are SOOO inconvenienced by the “poor girl that has to use coupons”. But I have to tell you, sometimes I wanted to laugh in their face when the cash register would read out the amount of money saved… I would just point and say, “Thanks so much for waiting…it was worth it to me!” And half of them would stand there dumbfounded like I HAD just punched them in the nose. OH, but then yes, there were the cashiers that act like you are SO inconveniencing them too. That’s what drove me nutty. I’m looking forward to seeing if the NW is any better than down here! Best wishes friend!