Adventures in Couponing!

Okay, I have decided to try couponing for the next 30 days to decided if it is worth it or not.  I was an occasional couponer before...if I had them I used them.  My first shopping experience was okay..I rolled into Farm Fresh on double coupon day with my coupons in a ziploc bag ready to go.  I quickly found out that women were swooping around me with their baseball card holders and shopping lists.  These women were on "attack"!  A nice women must have seen me flipping through my pack of coupons and decided to show me a few deals.  She wasn't going to let me purchase something without a coupon!  Anyway this is what I came up with after several hours in the store.  41 for 24...okay in my book, but I was later told that I paid to much for somethings that I bought...I mean $1 for dish washing soap...uh no that should be free.  Everyone was running around with Tositos and later I found out that they were free.  I am not so savvy with the coupons, but I am going to try!  So far I have spent several hours looking for coupons, not sure it is well worth my time yet.