Save Your Money, Save Your Family ™ Guide to Savvy Shopping Skills:

The Save Your Money, Save Your Family ™
Guide to Savvy Shopping Skills:
How to Reduce Your Weekly Grocery Bill to $85 Per Week – Or Less!
By Toni House, author of Save Your Money, Save Your Family ™
https://saveyourmoneysaveyourfamily.com/
face book: http://www.facebook.com/ToniHouse
Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Are You A Savvy Shopper?
• Part 1: The 8 Traits of a Savvy Shopper
o The First Trait: Patience
o The Second Trait: Cooperativeness
o The Third Trait: Enthusiasm
o The Fourth Trait: Leadership
o The Fifth Trait: Understanding
o The Sixth Trait: Detail Oriented
o The Seventh Trait: Frugal
o The Eighth Trait: Unwilling to Believe the Hype
• Part 2: The 7 Rules of Menu Planning on $85 a Week
o The First Rule: Keep Everyone in Mind
o The Second Rule: Keep An Eye on Your Budget
o The Third Rule: Keep it to Less Than 8 Ingredients
o The Fourth Rule: Keep it Under $12
o The Fifth Rule: Keep Leftovers in Mind
o The Sixth Rule: Keep Track of What Works (And What Doesn’t)
o The Seventh Rule: Keep A Record for Fast Reference
• Part 3: 15 Simple Strategies for Savvy Shopping on $85 a Week
o Plan Ahead
o Eat First!
o Bring a List
o “Zone” Shopping
o Bring a Calculator
o Avoid Hidden Costs
• Part 4: A Week in the Life of a Savvy Shopper!
• Part 5: The Do’s and Don’ts of Couponing Your Way to Less
o DO… Use Coupons
o DON’T… Use Coupons Blindly
o DO… Read the Fine Print
o DON’T… Let Them Expire
o DO… Plan Ahead
o DON’T… Leave Home Without Them!
o DO… Join Shopper Clubs
o DON’T… Skip Out on 2-for-1 Offers
o DO… Use Coupons for Things You Need
o DON’T… Use Them for Things You Don’t!
• Part 6: Leftovers for Less
o Shopping Ahead Makes Leftovers Easy
o Leftovers: They’re Not Just for Dinner Anymore!
o Your Leftover Database
o Top-10 Leftover Ideas
o Catalog Your Own Leftover Recipes

• Kitchen Staples and Necessities
• Conclusion
• Bonus Section: Leftover Recipes Your Family Will Love!
• About The Author:

This is a book written about savvy shoppers, for savvy shoppers by a savvy shopper. My name is Toni House and I am proud to call myself a savvy shopper.

In fact, I’m savvy enough to write a blog, and website @ https://saveyourmoneysaveyourfamily.com AND a book – called Save Your Money, Save Your Family ™ – about savvy shopping.
How did I get so savvy? One word: recession! Once upon a time, I was the opposite of a savvy shopper; wasting as much money as I spent every time I spent it.
I thought nothing of impulse shopping, dining out a few nights a week and bringing takeout home for my family the rest of the time. Forget food; half the time I came home from the grocery store with more CDs, paperbacks, jar candles, wrapping paper, greeting cards, potholders, coolers and dish towels than bread, milk or eggs!
Then money got a little tight, jobs got tighter and the only thing left to tighten was… my belt! Naturally, I started with the monthly grocery bill and gradually weaned myself off of all the impulse buys, the holiday decorations and DVDs and other “junk” I didn’t need. It was a rigorous training program; kind of like Grocery Store Boot Camp! By the time I was a lean, mean savvy shopping machine, I had stripped my monthly – not weekly, monthly – shopping budget to $250!
$250!
A month.
Why, that’s what I used to spend per week in the old days; sometimes even twice a week. I was so proud of myself and what I’d learned that I just had to start writing some of this stuff down.
First it was for myself, then it was for my daughter, and later my other family, friends and neighbors. Before I knew it, I’d written so much I had an actual book on my hands!
In my first book, Save Your Money, Save Your Family ™, I included:

• Dozens of ideas for delicious, low-cost home-made meals;
• A 28-day meal planner, complete with four weeks of tempting and nutritious, do-it-yourself, stay-at-home recipes the whole family can use;
• An easy 4-week budget planner and…
• From-the-trenches tips for turning dinner into a four-star event.
• And how do to it ALL for $250!

But now it’s time to blow the doors off the grocery store for good! Forget being just a “smart” shopper; in this book I’m going to teach you how to be a savvy shopper.
What’s the difference? Plenty:

• A smart shopper… uses coupons.
• A savvy shopper… uses double coupons!

• A smart shopper… shops whenever she feels like it.
• A savvy shopper… shops when it’s going to save her the most money.

• A smart shopper… has a list.
• A savvy shopper… has a strategy.

• A smart shopper… spends whatever she wants.
• A savvy shopper… spends $85 per week.

And that’s what I offer you: a strategy. More importantly, a strategy for feeding a family of four (on average) for $85 – or less – per week! That’s right; after reading this book, you will have all the tools to be a savvy shopper and so much more. Here you’ll discover five fabulous sections chock full of reality, remedies and even recipes for turning you from a smart shopper into a savvy one.
Savvy shopping doesn’t happen overnight; it helps to understand what goes into being a savvy shopper before you can become one. That’s why in Part 1, we tackle The 8 Traits of a Savvy Shopper.
Planning is essential to shopping savvy; that’s why Part 2 discusses The 7 Rules of Menu Planning on $85 a Week. As we discover in Part 3, Strategies for Savvy Shopping for $85 a Week will help to keep you focused as you navigate those grocery store aisles, steering clear of any and all impulse buys.
Are you a coupon-a-holic? Are your scissors dull after a full morning with the Sunday paper? Well, you’re in luck because in Part 4, you will learn everything – and I do mean everything – you ever wanted to know about Couponing!
Finally, Part 5 tells you everything you ever wanted to know about Leftovers for Less; from Appetizers to Dessert!
So as you can see, you’re in for quite a treat. I know you’re a smart shopper. I’m here to turn you into a savvy shopper. And if you’re ready to save energy, time and MONEY, the first lesson is just on the next page…