Going for Not Broke

The higher gas prices climb, the more I mind filling up my tank. If I lived closer to work, I'd walk there, but that's not an option. What is an option, though, is walking to the store when I have to make a fill-in grocery trip because we do have a Dollar General store within walking distance. I don't know how long it would take to walk there, but my guess would be no more than 30 minutes. If it takes less time than that, it's probably not by much. Therefore, I probably should just drive if I'm going after milk. I have no idea how much this could save, or how much the hike could benefit me health wise. I make at least two trips a week to the store to pick up stray items, either ones I forgot on the main grocery trip or that I didn't realize we were so close to running out of. What I do know is that last summer was very, very hot in my neck of the woods. I hope this one is cooler. Otherwise, I know I'll give in and just take the car.

I don't know if I don't fully understand extreme couponing or if it's just not as doable in my area. (My grocery store options are Aldi , Walmart supercenters, a regular Target , Dollar General , Walgreens and an IGA, which offers a loyalty program similar to S&H Green Stamps, through which you trade loyalty points for prizes, but I'd rather have money off my overall bill.) Aldi doesn't accept coupons, so I've been keeping track of sales and coupons I can use at the other places. I've saved as much as 3 percent on my overall grocery bill, but never the 50 percent and greater savings I see on the extreme couponing shows For my most recent shopping trip, I went to Aldi to do all of my grocery shopping. For the first time in years, I got out of the grocery store for less than $100. In fairness, this was a light shopping week, so my overall bill would've been less than normal no matter where I went. However, I plan to shop there for the bulk of m...