After watching a marathon of TLC's newest hit, Extreme Couponing, I felt compelled to start using coupons again. I used to always get the Sunday paper and cut a few and would manage to save a few bucks here and there. I think my biggest total was once about $11.00 saved! After watching the women (and men) on that show SPEND only $11.00 or less on hundreds of dollars worth of stuff...I began to wonder what I could do to cut some money out of my weekly food budget.
When I began to look around some, I quickly discovered there is literally a whole couponing world out there on the internet. I found so many blogs that my head soon began to spin, websites that told you everything on sale (with matching coupons) at your favorite store - complete with your own clickable shopping list. I also found websites where you pre-order weekly coupons already cut and shipped to your home each week!! Are you kidding me????
Needless to say, I have ventured in...I now have a binder with a few coupons (for products and services that we will actually USE), several bookmarked websites/blogs that I now check daily, and have actually gone on a few shopping trips - one to Walgreen's where I spent less than $20 and came home with $34 dollars worth of stuff we needed, and another to Target where I saved 30% off my total bill! Not too shabby for a beginner...I will keep you posted as I progress.
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