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Show I I Page W ' i IB Lakeside Review Wednesday, May 27, 1981 v. became more determined to stay within my allotted amount of funds. This was my original weeks purchases. When I got home, I started my cost comparison list by jotting down in my v notebook the cost per item, size of item (net weight) how much I saved by CARPENTER JANE By getting it on sale, whether I had a cents-of- f coupon for it and if so how much I saved by using the coupon, and last but watch the local grocery ads in the abundant supply, much the better. That not least, whether I had a refund offer newspaper very closely. I have made a is why the cost comparison list is so to save even more. I did this when I first got back home, tentative list of what I want to buy for important. I dont know whether you are a goal before I put the items away on the shelf. the week. From the ads I jot down the prices of these items from at least three setting person or not, but I have had a I also checked the price marked on the item against my cash register receipt. different stores, being careful to note lot of fun doing this. When I first started my cost comRemember, many refund offers require any weekly specials for these items. Sometimes by splitting my shopping parison list I knew approximately how you to send your cash register receipt between at least three stores that are much I was spending each week for proving that you had purchased the nul too far apart. I can purchase all or items I bought in the grocery store. item. So doing this let me designate on the almost all of the items I need while they Ill say $100 per week just for an easy are on special. If I have coupons for figure to work with as an example here. cash register tape what each price was these items, so much the better. If I also I decided to buy the items I thought I for the future reference when I needed the receipt as a qualifier for a refund have a refund offer that callls for would need with cash so I could actually from some of them, see how much I was spending and how offer. Many of you are not doing this much I had left and not allow myself to and then when you need the receipt you I have a triple-plaYou remember what a triple-pla- y is, spend more that I had cash to cover (no cant remember which amount is for items on sale, plus a cents-of- f coupon cheating and writing a check if I went the item you need on the refund offer. Prices change so rapidly, it is almost that applies, plus a refund offer on the over my budget.) item. If they are seasonal items that impossible to remember several weeks Every time I had to peal off another are reduced in price because of the $20 bill to cover what I had bought, I later just which price went with which item. You are planning what you Duy anu this one factor will put you ahead. You know what you have on hand, what it cost you and whether you can put off buying some items until they are offered on special. Dont forget that buying by the case can sometimes save you quite a lot. If you use some items consistantly The sons and daughters of Mrs. Lilly every week, and they are items that S. Todd will honor their mother with a will not spoil if you buy them in open house for her 76th birthday June 9 quantity, then by all means ask your in the Washington Terrace recreation grocer if you can get a price break if center. Friends and family are invited. you buy a case of the item. You will be On June 9, 1905, Mrs. Todd was born surprised at the savings. Also, it might to an English couple. She was the oldest be an item that has a refund offer and of 7 children and named Lilly Sifia by buying a case, you can get all the Reeves. qualifiers you need at one crack. If your goal for the first week was to She was educated in Salt Lake City. save $5 and you did, then you are on Her mother died when she was young your way. Dont set your goal so high and she helped raise the other children. LILLY S. TODD that you cant possibly reach it; this In 1924 she married Webster K. Todd will discourage you right from the start in Salt Lake City. They made their Her living children are: Mrs. Densel and you will not keep trying. home in Idaho and Utah. In 1945 he (Ida) Sanders, Ogden; John Todd, Any savings is an improvement and died. Riverdale; Webster Todd, Ogden; once you get started, you will see how She has worked as a midwife and was Richard E. Todd, West Valley; Mrs. much of a challenge it is. And FUN too! a practical nurse and was employed by Melvin (Joyce) Urdy, Roy. Send any suggestions and questions to: She has 32 grandchildren and 44 Jane Carpenter, 2801 West, 4850 South, Salvation Army. She now lives in a . Grea home for the elderly. Roy, Utah 84067. Saving Sense SAVING SENSE SYSTEM: SEE, SAVE, SORT, SEND, SPEND. SEE those coupons, refund slips, free items, bonus gifts, and premiums. SAVE every coupon, box label, cap inner seal, tab, etc. SORT these into four groups: Food, Household Aids, Personal Aids, Misc. SPEND those coupons to best advantage. SEND for those cash refunds on a regular basis. ;l have been writing this column in this area for almost a year now and have discussed all the parts of the system in general and some more fully in detail. One part of the system, SEE, has another aspect that we have not touched on that is very important, t If you have been trying the system for several months, you should have your own system pretty well established. You should have an ample supply of coupons and refund forms that you are working with each week. You should be realizing some positive savings. If not, ajt least you are working at it and making steady progress. ; Now the spring swing is on. People are beginning to plant their own gardens and have their own supply of some of the common foods. This should mean that since there will be a more ready supply of these items, the price of these same items in the store should go down. Now is an excellent time to set up your cost comparison list if you have not already done so. This is the most time-consumi- part of the SAVING SENSE SYSTEM but it can also be the most rewarding. I know this is also the most busy time of the year for most housewives, so start out small and work up to as complete a list as you can,. notebook works I find a three-rin- g best for me because I can add or delete pages whenever and whereever I want to. Also I can insert a rough grocery list in the section where it belongs and an amended one after I have actually done my shopping for the week (or two weeks). I have been really surprised at how much I have saved by doing this. I proofs-of-purcha- y, Open House Set June 9 For Birthday Now you can roach 31,500 homes each week with your personal classified advertisement! 25 words or less for only $2.00. (EACH WORD THEREAFTER COSTS YOU ONLY 8 PER WORD) PHOME DT DM! You may phone your ad in. Payment must be received before ad can be published. MasterCharge and Visa accepted. 07 33&-231- 2 l 5388 South 1900 West, Roy, Utah 84067 I I Family in Weber County Plan Anniversary Event positions in the Sunday School, She Primary and Relief Society. worked in the Primary for 26 years. The family of John and Elnora LaVor, Dickamore of 186 So. 2800 W., Slater-ville- , will be honored on the occasion oi their 50th wedding anniversary at an open house on Sunday. They will receive guests from p.m. at their residence. 2 to She was born Dec. 16, 1900, in Grace, Idaho, a daughter of Nels Peter and Hannah Elizabeth Johnson. 5 Mr. and Mrs. Dickamore had 10 Mr. and Mrs. Dickamore were children with seven living. They are married June 3, 1931 in Ogden. Mrs. Patricia Baird, Mrs. Darlene Dickamore worked as a carpenter Chugg of Roy; Carma J. Dickamore, Marvin L. Dickamore and Dennis L. most of his life and also farmed. Dickamore of Slaterville; Mrs. Marjorie Peterson of Vernal and Rex C. Hartwick of Olympia, Wash. He was born August 14, 1907, in Burch Creek, Utah, a son of Henry and Effena Dickamore. They have Mrs. Dickamore has been active all her life in the LDS Church, holding 16 grandchildren, and (WRITE YOUR AD HERE - ONE WORD ON EACH LINE) 1). .2). .3). .4). .5). 6). .7). .8). .9). .10). 11). .12). 13). .14). 15)- - 16)- - .17). 18). 19). .20). 21). .22). .23). .24). 25). 13 16 - ORDER BLANK - I" I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I MR. AND MRS. JOHN DICKAMORE I I I I I I I I I I DEADLINE: Monday PAYMENT MUST RECEIVED BE at 12 Noon BY ESTABLISHED DEADLINE! Name. -- Address. State. I I I I I I I I I I I J |