Monday, January 2, 2012

Building Your Stockpile

In my first blog I briefly touched base on the importance of a stockpile. The reason I see this as being so important is you never want to have to run out and get the basics at the last minute because that's when you're going to spend the most. The day we found out we were having a baby I started buying wipes and diapers as I found them on sale. When Addison got here we were set on diapers, but I have continued to maintain the stockpile as I find diapers on sale. Now that she wears a size 1, I'm buying a size 2's. We have also stockpiled wipes because with your coupons you can get these at a next to nothing price. Believe it or not, sometimes you can get them for pennies at the grocery store when they put them on BOGO and you have a coupon they will double.

The closer we got to my due date the more I started buying other things like jar baby food and the singles grain cereals. Most pediatricians will start your child on solids around 4 months so you can kind of do the math in your head for the expiration dates. I figured if I can get the cereal and jarred for next to nothing and it will still be good when she starts to use it, then why not?

One last tip is that sometimes in order to get more out of your money buy the smaller packaging if the coupon allows it. Most of the printable websites will also let you print up to three coupons before it tells you the limit has been reached.

My baby stockpile has become so important to me that my husband makes fun of me and says I start to break out into hives whenever I take anything out to use it.

Below are a few deals I've found to help you build your own stockpile this week. The grocery store deals will end Tuesday night so make sure you get out before then to get them!

Diapers:
-Target Up & Up brand (use this $1.50 off coupon on the pack and not box for the best deal). Click here to get your coupon.

Baby Food:
-Bi-Lo:
Beechnut cereals-$2(since they double up to $.60, you will get $1.20 off when you use the following coupon. Sort the coupons at the top by baby and you will see the cereal coupon. Print and stock up!). Click here to get your coupon.

-Publix:
Earth's Best Stage 1 Foods-2/$.99 (use the following coupon to get $1 off of 7 jars. This will make this for about $.35 a jar. What a steal for jar food!!). Click here to get your coupon.

As I find the deals I will make sure to share them and don't forget to get the grocery store deals by Tuesday night.