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I almost missed Frugal Friday!
I’m in that post-vacation crunch. You know, the one where everything hits you all at once?
I do have a Frugal Friday entry, though.
This week’s entry concerns using a popular coupons savings book, the Entertainment Book from entertainment.com to save money.
“What?” You might ask. “Do I have to buy something to save money?” In this instance, the answer is “yes.”
You’ve probably seen these nifty little books around and know that they are filled with discount coupons for dining, movies, and sports events (to a name a few of the deals available).
What you may not realize is that they also contain coupons for groceries ($5.00 off each month’s groceries in my market), car rentals, and vacation discounts.
For me, the grocery savings alone (about $60.00 a year) makes it worthwhile for me to purchase this book (at about $25.00).
Yes, we have broken down and used the dining coupons from time to time. But, if you’re going to occasionally dine out anyway isn’t it better to do it for less?
Here’s a picture of my well-worn book below. You may want to try this saving tip for yourself.
Contents (c) Copyright 2007, Laura Spencer. All rights reserved.
4 responses so far ↓
1 Lisa at Day by Day // Aug 11, 2007 at 9:23 am
You are so right. Now that we have moved to a bigger city, we are able to put the Entertainment Book to good use. As you know, the books can be purchased for cheap if you wait a little bit longer, until the price starts going down. Often grocery stores will give out coupons on their catalinas. I keep track of the savings we have acquired throughout the year on the inside cover of the book. We saved$120 so far. And soon will save another $30.00 for our car muffler repair. So for a $20.00 book, we saved $130 this year.
Please share more about how you are able to save on groceries. Where do you find that – in the book? or online? Is it for any grocery store?
Thanks for sharing!
2 Laura // Aug 11, 2007 at 9:45 am
Hi Lisa!
You’re right about getting the books for less. I get mine through my kid’s school — it’s a fundraiser.
My version of the book (each city has a different version) has 12 – $5 off groceries coupons in it for Krogers. There are also 4 – $5 off groceries coupons for Tom Thumb.
You have to buy a certain amount of groceries to get the savings (I think it’s $75 at Krogers and $50 at Tom Thumb), but if you manager your shopping properly that shouldn’t be a problem. I am able to use the coupon every month.
I don’t know how many cities have the grocery savings, but it’s worth asking the Entertainment folks about if your book doesn’t have them. Maybe they can negotiate a deal for future books?
3 WhatWorksForMom // Aug 13, 2007 at 9:50 pm
I agree. I wrote a post about this some time ago regarding the same thing. You can more than triple your money back by using just a few coupons!
4 Laura // Aug 14, 2007 at 7:19 am
Hi WhatWorksForMom!
For us, especially with the grocery coupons, it doesn’t make sense not to buy it.