It's Wednesday...

Which means all those grocery store circulars will be hitting your door.


A couple of shopping recommendations as we head into the holiday season.

1. Take advantage of baking staples on sale. Right now a lot of grocery stores will begin having sales on basics like flour, sugar, extracts and decorations. Stock up. Flour can be sealed and put in the freezer if you aren't going to use it right away. And something like green decoration sugar if not finished over these holidays can be used to decorate cakes and cookies in the spring.


2. Buy wine in bulk and save. We are coming into the season for heavy entertaining and with a little foresight you can save yourself a few bucks on the booze. At Hy-Vee stores you can save 5% on 6 bottles of wine and 10% on 12 bottles. But if you head over to Baker's you can save 10% on the purchase of 6 bottles of wine, even if the wine is already on sale.

So watch those circulars and remember that on Sunday stores will put out more mid week deals. Sales coupled with coupons can start you saving even more at the checkout.