Snipping Coupons

....it's been awile since I have sat and clipped coupns from the Sunday paper. I never seem to take the time to do it anymore. After my last monthly grocery shopping day a few weeks ago I decided that this family needs to take time to snip coupons whenever we can. I was shocked at the prices. What we had once budgeted 6 monthis to a year ago ...with money leftover is now not enough to get the job done. It's a shame that gas prices are so high where they don't need to be. I don't know how a young family starting out these days manage ...I certainly woulnd't want to be going through that again.