The Grocery Game

As soon as my sister, Katrine, sees this post she is going to let out the biggest guffaw that ever came from a Texan housewife. A few months back, she posted a picture of the groceries that she had just purchased, all arranged on the island in her kitchen. She was very proud of the substantial amount of money she had saved on those groceries. I scoffed, and yes, I even made fun of her. Actually, these were my exact words: "Ummm, Katrine? I think you’re seriously sick. Who lines up their groceries like that to take a picture of them? You say you’re a very busy mother…but I’d say you have too much time on your hands!"

Well, look who's eating crow:

Katrine's been playing The Grocery Game for quite some time now, and she has gotten very good at it. While I was in Texas a couple of weeks ago, I admired her coupon binder and her amply stocked pantry, and I felt that old familiar coupon itch that I scratched so often and well back before Diego was born. Now that he's almost four I actually feel I might have the time, energy, and wherewithal to gird up my loins and join the army of coupon kings and queens that save big on groceries every week. Only this time, I'm doing it right. I'm playing The Grocery Game.

You can play The Game for a four week $1.00 trial. After that there is a bi-monthly $15.00 fee. But if you play the game correctly, you will far surpass that amount in savings.

Observe:

Grand total: $220.91
Total after Ralph's club card and double coupons: $88.79
Total savings playing The Grocery Game: $132.12

Basically, the way The Grocery Game website matches up grocery store sale items to coupons that come out in the Sunday paper. So, you not only get something on sale or with a coupon, you get both. This often means that you get items for free, or extremely cheap, twenty five or fifty cents.

Oh my gosh, it's so fun I can hardly stand it.!

The Grocery Game. Would you like to play?