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Last night’s webcast: Savings Tracker 2011

Here is last night’s recorded webcast in case you missed it! During the webcast, I encourage you to follow along using this post. Enjoy!

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Traci January 11, 2011 at 12:07 pm

Thank you so much for sharing your tracker and spending some additional time walking us through it. I just got mine up to date and I am so excited! Strange how the numbers are so thrilling to see. I appreciate the time and energy you put into creating this.

arussell January 11, 2011 at 12:29 pm: Thanks for your sweet comment! Happy saving in 2011!

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Jessi January 11, 2011 at 12:08 pm

I know you’ve done a lot to this and it will probably evolve over time so I just thought I would put in a suggestion that would be helpful for me would be a space maybe at the top right for current UP and RR and Catalinas and when they expire. I have been folding them and writing on the edge the store and the total amount and expiration and putting them int he same slot as my debit card to help keep from losing them but I will probably add a box to remind me of them so when I am cutting coupons and planning my shopping trips I dont forget them. I have had to try to plan ahead and put all my stuff for one store in a little blank journal I got from the dollar spot of target to help me plan and sit down and round up the coupons I need so I am not shuffling through them in the cold car with my baby crying

Jessi January 11, 2011 at 12:22 pm

I added spots in columns KLM of the at a glance section to put the following stores with a column for the store, column for how much I have available to spend in catalinas, RR or UPS and column for when they expire :

Rite Aid UPS $12
Walgreens RR $10
Albertsons
Safeway
Fred Meyer
Food Stamps

I dont have my wallet handy right this second to enter the expiration dates but I think I will add one more column for WIC to help remind me of that and I have included the food stamp amount in the comments of each transaction and logged it in the discount column so I can see what I am spending out of pocket right now but can remember later that when we dont use them anymore we will need to include more allowance in our budget for meat, milk, cheese, etc. those are the big things I am working on figuring out how to stock up and prep in the freezer and plan ahead so I dont have to spend as much out of pocket on those

amber July 1, 2011 at 2:35 pm

It stops playing at 3minutes.

Lori August 22, 2011 at 10:32 pm

Thank you for sharing your Savings Tracker and your video explaining how to use it.

Blessings
Lori

debbie berry January 11, 2012 at 5:04 pm

Thanks for this awesome tool!! I have watched the video BUT I am still having a problem can someone PLEASE help me- I have downloaded the Free File Viewer but I cannot find the spreadsheet. Please let me know how do I find the spreadsheet, where it’s at, what I’m doing wrong and how do I get the spreadsheet.
Thank you in advance,
Debbie

arussell January 11, 2012 at 11:18 pm: If you’re looking for the Excel version, it’s here.

http://thecouponproject.com/downloads/savings-tracker

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Katrina April 27, 2012 at 5:21 pm

Thank you so much for your hours of time and energy you’ve put in to this site. I’m new to this and your style is so straight forward yet like talking to a friend! You are appreciated!