Make Your List and Check it Twice (Tip #3)

On Sunday's I try to make my shopping list for the week.  Normally through the week I will add things to the list and even take things off.  Some of my list might be things that we actually need or are running low on.  Most of the list though will be compiled from Coupon Mom, Hip2save, Krazy Coupon Lady.  Occasionally I will find out about sales elsewhere or I will just look at the ads and see what jumps out at me.  

After I make the list, I don't head straight to the store and shop.  At this point I have no clue what coupons I have that will match up with the sales.  I will put the list aside, more than likely forget about it.  At some point during the week I will get my binder and coupon inserts out along with my laptop to look at the lists I have compiled.  Once I see what coupons I have I decide on what I am really going to buy from that list.  I have been trying to take the coupons out and put them either in an envelope or section of my binder with the corresponding list.  Sometimes I do all this work, head to the store only to find that my store does not have the item on sale for the amount that the website listed.  I have to take a minute to see if this is really still a good deal and something I still want.  Depending on the time of week I go (lately the end of the week) I can't find the clearance item, the right size, other people cleared the shelves, or the store I am at doesn't carry said item.  No big deal. I know I should do my shopping at the beginning of the week, but sometimes schedules just don't permit that to happen.  

Make your list, check it twice and enjoy watching the savings roll in.