There is a great article HERE on couponers if you have a moment to read it today!
This is exactly the way I look at couponing- I figure out how much I get paid per hour. We used to spend $600/month on groceries (for just 2 people) and now we spend $200/month for groceries (for 4 people and a dog). It takes me about 2-3 hours a week between cutting, planning and the actual shopping trip (this would be way less time if I had better grocery stores to choose from! I usually go to a few stores every week to make my budget work.)
So I figure 10 hours or so per month to save $400 which is about $40 an hour.
According to the Wall Street Journal I actually got a a raise to $86 per hour. Yeah me!
LOL! I just finished reading this and showing it to my husband! $86/hour is a far site more than I make at my current part-time job I’m just months away from losing. I’m taking great comfort in that!
LOVE this article! Now, I doubt I make that much per hour clipping coupons, but it’s nice to have some value behind it.
And don’t forget – you’d be doing the shopping with or without couponing! So at least some of your actual shopping time shouldn’t be considered “time spent couponing”, imho…
Great point! I would spend an hour anyway going to the store. Probably more because I would have to go back again during the week before.