Coupons

In the past I have tried to use coupons, but I have not found a system that has worked for me.
I'm trying it again, but have included some other aspects that will hopefully help me be successful this time.

I am going to update my grocery price book. I also have found a bunch of blogs (see left) that have the deals posted, making it easier for me.

We shop at Aldi, and for the few items we can't get there, we go to IGA. Unfortunately we don't have the stores that the Coupon Mom lists coupons for, so I will have to do some work finding deals at IGA.
But I will use the blogs to search out the deals for Walgreens and Target (although Target is about 1/2 an hour away, so unless it's a great deal, or we're going that way, I won't be shopping at Target too much.)

DH stated that perhaps the reason why the coupons didn't work in the past is we already buy items at a lower cost. Our body wash is always $1 at the Dollar Store, so unless body wash at Walgreens, etc... is cheaper then $1 when using a coupon it may not make sense to go out of my way to clip coupons.

We shall see. Hopefully I'll find great deals that will keep me motivated.