Thrifty Thursday: Check Grocery Coupons for Savings on Gifts

If you don't clip grocery coupons, this holiday season you might want to glance through them before you toss them. You might save some money on gifts for grandkids. As I was going through my stash of coupons saved from a couple of Sunday papers, I found coupons for toys and clothing tucked in among the ones for cereal and shampoo. Two coupons were for Playskool toys, but they were among the $75 of coupons available on the Playskool website, so that was no big find. I also found a coupon for 15% off a purchase at Gymboree, and I don't see a corresponding offer on their website.

If you are a member of a church or civic group that puts together holiday goody baskets for elderly members, coupons could save you some serious money on items to fill those baskets. Look for savings on personal-care items like soaps and lotions or on edible goodies like candy, hot cocoa and nuts.

If your experience has been that clipping coupons isn't worth the time, you might revise that opinion just for the next few months, when giving and saving are both in season.

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