STOCKPILE YOUR PANTRY

If you want to be really successful at couponing you must STOCKPILE, STOCKPILE STOCKPILE!!!

WHAT IS STOCKPILING?

Stockpiling is buying many of one item at its rock bottom price even if you do not need it. This is a hard concept to grasp for some. I am still trying to explain to my husband why I come home with 6 more boxes of cereal or 2 more bottles of hairspray. You buy when the price is low so you are not paying the premium when you need it. So if cereal is on sale and I can get it for $1.00 a box, I am going to stockpile as many as I can and I will see my savings in the weeks to come when cereal is not on my weekly shopping list. Here are some general STOCKPILING rules:

• You should really just stockpile the items you use so they do not go to waste. Every items I bring home, I will use.
• Your stockpile will take some time to build. Try not to buy all of your stash in weeks. I buy a little here and a little there and my stockpile has grown quite well.
• Do not go over your weekly budget trying to build your stockpile. Your weekly budget will eventually decrease if you stockpile correctly.
• Know when you have enough and resist the impulse to buy just because it is a great sale. I have about 20 tubes of toothpaste right now. Toothpaste is always on sale and I am always tempted to buy it. I have to pull out some will power to resist the buy because it is on sale for $0.25. Save the $0.25 and skip the toothpaste. If toothpaste is not free, I do not bring it home.
• Get the best deal possible for your stockpile items. The Grocery Smarts five star rating system with help you get the best deal.