Yesterday I talked about only stockpiling items that you use and not wasting your money as well as space in your home to store items that you or your family doesn’t even like. You can read that post here. Today I wanted to share about how to get that strategy started. You can’t build a stockpile in a week or really even in a month and do it economical. You have to be patient and wait. Make a rule for yourself, don’t fill your pantry with items that are not on sale. Wait until the item goes on sale and then stockpile that item. For example, your family loves fruit loops cereal, wait until it is on sale and you have coupons for the item. It is better to wait and buy the item for .50 cents ( or less ) and buy as many as you have coupons for than buy a box for $2.99. Now I have had to buy a box of cereal because I ran out and didn’t plan well so don’t stress if you have to buy something at full price every once in a while.
When I started using coupons, I used a small spiral notebook that fit into my purse to track prices. I would write down items that we bought and what the regular price was and also what the sales prices were at different times. I also had a column that I would write down what the price woudl be if it was 70% off. This was the target amount that I would shoot for saving on an item. If it was more then it was a bonus. This really helped when I was starting to stockpile my items. After you do it awhile, you start to know the prices and know when the prices are at the rock bottom price.
Keep getting the coupons and start your list. When stockpiling, you might see your budget for food go up a little bit for a few weeks because you are buying multiples of items but over all you will be saving much more than you are spending upfront.
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