With 2013 behind us, I'm reflecting back on my savings last year. I was surprised that with the receipts I have inputted into my savings tracking spreadsheet so far we managed to save around $3,000 in 2013.
The way I figure out what we save is first inputting the total amount if we purchased everything at full price. In the next column I put the actual total amount I paid.
Not all of my savings that was just by using coupons. I think about half the time I go shopping I have coupons for the items I purchased in 2013. So, I did I manage to save that much then. I try to always buy the items on sale. Just by catching a sale you lower your out of pocket cost.
Seeing that in 2013 I doubled my savings from the previous year, I am not sure what I am going to aim to save this year. I have a goal in mind, but I might be aiming a little too high.
Do you track your savings? Have you set your savings goal yet?
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