Have you seen the show Extreme Couponing on TLC? I started to watch it and thought, Wow! I'm lagging in saving some serious money!
If you haven't seen it, it is a about people who uses coupons to make a grocery shopping trip that would retail for over $1,000 or more and with coupons only pay like $30 out the door. Crazy right?
So I thought ok, I'll give it a try. I love finding deals and if I could do that it would be awesome! What I learned was that the reason they have stock piles is in order to get it down you have to buy lots of items. Well, I live in a apartment and do not have an extra room, attic, basement, or garage to store all that stuff. So it doesn't make sense for me to create a stock pile like the people in the show.
But it doesn't mean that couponing isn't worth doing on a smaller scale. 50 cents save is still 50cents. $1.00 off is still a $1.00 in your pocket. I created a email account JUST for couponing. When you sign up for these coupon sites and stores and manufactures they always require a email. I didn't want my regular email and blackberry blowing up with coupons and recipes. So it's just for couponing. Which keeps it organized for me.
My friend Janette, who is a stater extreme couponer, directed me to the site hip2save.com It's pretty awesome. I also liked it on Facebook. Since I check my facebook more often then my email, I get updates from them through out the day and can check on my computer for the deals I really like.
Also signing up at the stores you shop the most and the products you use the most helps you save. I love targets coupon page. You can pick and choose which ones you like and they print them all on one page.
Of course your Sunday paper is where you can find all the good coupons too. I also check the Tuesday ones since Save Mart and Safeway send out their own coupons in those circulatory.
Like I said, I'm a beginning couponer, but I think every little bit helps. Would love to hear your tips and ideas on couponing too!
Happy Clipping!
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