Hi E.,
I've been shopping with the grocery game for 8 weeks now & it is very worth it!! I did my shopping today...spent $79.48 total out of my pocket on $172.26 worth of groceries. (That even included 8 boxes of my favorite hair color!)
For the first several weeks, I continued to spend about what I had been spending before the grocery game. However, I was bringing home twice the amount of food! My large freezer is now almost full, my pantry is just about overflowing, and I've got more body wash/shampoo/toothbrushes/toothpaste/deodorant that what I know what to do with!! I'm actually putting together a box of hair & body stuff for a single mom friend of mine....it's full of shampoo, body wash, deodorant, etc....none of which I've paid more than .50 for.
My suggestions: if you are going to do the trial (it's so worth spending the $1 on!), save up a couple weeks worth of the sunday coupons from the newspaper. (I buy 1 double paper every week). Then, start your trial. From now until you start, go on the "message boards" section on the grocery game website & read, read, read! Reading everyone else's questions & advice will give you a super headstart.
Good luck!