Looking After The Pennies.

'Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves'


I remember my grandmother saying this to me as a small child, carefully putting my pocket money into my piggy bank. It didn't make much sense to me then but now that I am older and allegedly wiser, I get the point.


If we take care of the pennies ie: watch what we spend and save a few of them where we can, we will find that we have more pounds left. Well that's it put simply anyway. 


I'm all for saving money where I can, things are difficult enough right now without having to spend more than is necessary. I have found that I now get a lot less for my money when doing the weekly grocery shop that ever before. Yesterday £90 worth of grocery shopping was barely enough to cover the kitchen counter. I didn't buy anything extravagant, no clothes, shoes or impulse buys, what went into my trolley was what was on my shopping list. So I got to thinking about how can I save more money on my weekly shop.


I already use the Tesco Clubcard Points, Asda's Price Checker facility and shop occasionally at Approved Food (Fantastic Savings!) but I was wondering, what else? That's when I came across this site: Before I Shop, which offers a range of coupons for groceries, High Street stores, Restaurants and Leisure Activities. Something I thought was worth sharing with you all.


So here's to reducing our outgoings and hanging onto whatever financial wealth we have!