Wrapping Up: By the Numbers

Well we dropped the ball on blogging. Turns out, it's harder to keep a blog going for a full year than for a one week staycation.

However, we did not stop Chinooking. Here's a run down on our 2012 Chinook Book experience.

We had three Chinook Books--two we purchased on sale and one was a gift. Each book came with a set of mobile coupons and as a promo for the Chinook Book Ap, we each got an extra set of mobile coupons. Although we only spent $27, we had access to 8 sets of coupons!

• We used 27 mobile coupons and 58 print coupons: 85 in total.
• We saved $418
• We saved the most in groceries ($117) with Home & Garden ($103) and Restaurants ($100) a close second and third.
• The average coupon saved us $4.92
• Accounting for the cost of the books, we saved a net $391.

 All in all, a great year of Chinooking!

2 for the Price of 1

Oh My Magic Coupon Loader! In case you haven't heard, the big news on the Chinook Book front this year in Minneapolis...Chinook has gone mobile. iPhone now and Android soon. I just loaded it up and it was the best app activation experience I have had in my year of iPhoning.

Last night we took our printed Broders coupon out with us and left the book behind. Without the app installed, I missed my opportunity to redeem the Blackbird and Pat's Tap coupons instead as Broders involved a 1.5 hour wait in their tiny hallway. No thank you.

Well friends, this is a whole new world.

PS. Buy the book for $20, get the printed coupons plus a second set of mobile coupons. It's a two-fer.
PPS. Yes, Blackbird was delicious and yes, we played Skee Ball for free at Pat's. Like and Like.