More Household-y Things I'm Bad At

Now that I've confessed how terrible I am at keeping my kitchen organized and doing laundry, I may as well admit that I completely suck at being thrifty. Stuff like cutting coupons has just never been my forté.

I've tried, I promise. I even find it kind of fun to sit down with the coupon section and go through it, clipping things here and there. But it's after that where the disconnect happens. Something about the carrying of the coupons, the organizing of them, the remembering them once at the store, yeah, all that stuff, just DOESN'T happen.

 

All is not lost though. I recently had the opportunity to try out Dominick's Just For U program, and this may have been what I needed all along. First of all, it's perfect for an Internet junkie like myself. All of the coupons and savings can be found online, and everything is personal to you and your shopping habits. The coolest part is that all the coupons you get are based on your shopping history, so you're not tempted to buy like 6 boxes of gross frozen breakfast pizzas because that's your only option. 

Furthermore, it was really easy to sign up for, and really easy to figure out. Try it for yourself: Dominick's Just For U.

And just to make things really exciting, I'm giving away a $25 Dominick's gift card to three lucky winners. (These can be used at Safeway, Vons, Genuardis, Randalls, Tom Thumb, Pavilions & Carrs stores). Just leave a comment in the comment box below telling me what your favorite aisle at the grocery store is and why, and you'll be automatically entered to win.

Here are some rules:

• No duplicate comments. (In other words: NO CHEATING)
• You may receive an additional entry by linking on Twitter and leaving a link in the comments.
• You may receive an additional entry by following me on Twitter and leaving a comment telling me you did so: @clairebidwell
• You may receive an additional entry by blogging about this contest and leaving a link in the comments.
• Please keep your comments G-rated as any profanity or offensive content will automatically disqualify you from sweepstakes entry.
  
• This giveaway is open to US Residents, aged 18 and older.
• Winners will be selected via random draw, and will notified by e-mail.
• You have 48 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected.
• Contest ends 11/1/2010

So let's do this! Let's win some free groceries! Tell me what your favorite aisle at the grocery store is and why! I'm actually really curious.

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Comments

[Helene]

I only have one thing to say-
www.jillcataldo.com
I stopped clipping a couple years ago.

[Jenny]

I'm so bad - I love the candy aisle!

[Racine]

Produce!

[Ann]

i love, love, LOVE the baking/spices aisle. it feels so hopeful and full of possibilities. is that weird? to me, baking = love and i get excited about baking for the people in my life.

[Jessica Sant]

Like I said on your other post, I too suck at laundry -- but coupons... coupons I'm getting pretty good at. I look at it like a game: "just how much can I save?" These days I save at least 30%, on really good days, I'm closer to 50%.

I've got a snazzy 3-ring binder filled with 3x3 baseball card organizer sheets which makes the shopping with coupons thing pretty easy to do for me. Granted, I'm sure I look like an uber geek, but at least I've got a couple hundred dollars in my pocket every month to show for it.

[Jessica Sant]

nice I didn't know you were on twitter, too (though not surprised) just followed you -- @jsant

[Dana]

My favorite is the baking aisle-I love to bake and looking at all of the mixes inspires me.

[Natalia D]

Make up, of course! I love to pamper myself.

[Wendy]

My favorite aisle in the grocery store is the produce aisle, I just get so excited when I see fresh in season produce, it really gets my creativity flowing thinking if all the new recipes I can try!

[Cathy]

My favorite aisle is the cookie aisle.

[Casey]

i try to eat pretty healthy but i always have to stop at the bakery and check out all the freshly baked goods! fresh bread, cookies, donuts!! oh now i'm hungry!!

misscasey(at)woh(dot)rr(dot)com

[Casey]

i follow you on twitter @MissLeeThatsME

misscasey(at)woh(dot)rr(dot)com

[Casey]

i tweeted about this :)

http://twitter.com/MissLeeThatsMe/status/26940788248

misscasey(at)woh(dot)rr(dot)com

[Melanie]

Definitely the baking aisle!

[Joan]

Is it weird that I love the frozen food section? Well, I do!

[Shawna OBrien]

My favorite isle at the grocery store is the isle with all the ice cream because my family and I just love ice cream.

[Shawna OBrien]

I tweeted
http://twitter.com/ShawnaMichelle2/status/26976114916

[Shawna OBrien]

I follow you on Twitter. My Twitter id is ShawnaMichelle2

[Shawna OBrien]

I Blogged
http://winningpursuits.blogspot.com/2010/10/25-dominicks-gift-card-giveaway.html

[Tina]

I love the bakery!

[Carol W.]

I love to spend time in the ethnic foods aisle. It's interesting and I'm inspired to try new things.

[anne]

my favorite is the frozen food section.

[Stephanie R]

My fave aisle is the baking items aisle...so many possibilities there :)

stephanierosenhahn at yahoo dot com

[Stephanie R]

Following you on Twitter!
@asthepotter

stephanierosenhahn at yahoo dot com

[Sarah]

I love the produce section, especially when it thunders and rains on the vegetables!