Couponing and other ideas that make Cents
“Practical ideas which could cut your monthly expenses by
HUNDREDS of dollars PER MONTH”
Learn how easy it is to save $50 or more per week on your grocery bills by using coupons that you are probably throwing away! Once you figure out how easy it is, you’ll wonder why it took you so long to start! Also includes a few easy, inexpensive recipes, along with several other money saving tips.
All chapters are written in “bullet point” style with quick and easy step-by-step instructions to start your savings TODAY!
I’ve been clipping coupons since I was a teenager. I love the feeling I get from saving a lot of money.
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Contents
Introduction to Couponing
New to Couponing
Basic Couponing Tips
More Couponing Tips
Recipes
Variety of Tips
Money saving and money earning
Helping Others
Useful Information
Around the House
Closing
Chapter 1
Introduction to Couponing
I began clipping manufacturer coupons while living at home as a teenager. In those days (almost 30 years ago), the coupons would be printed in the local newspaper one day a week, usually the same day the grocery ads were printed in the paper.
- I would cut them out, place them in an envelope with a list of names on the front of whom I wanted to go through them (Grandmas, aunts, neighbors, etc.). This was the beginning of my large coupon chain.
- I pulled out the ones I knew my Mom could use, as she hated going through coupons, although she would use them at the store if I had them with the grocery list.
- In those days the coupons had longer expiration dates with a majority not having an expiration date at all.
- I also had other people saving their coupons for me and I would pass them along through the chain as well.
- Back then we didn’t have the internet to find coupons or the inserts in the Sunday paper. The only other resource we really had for coupons were the ones printed on product boxes or found inside and in some magazines.
I was a stay-at-home mom for 13 years while our 3 children were young. While staying home, I had a shoestring budget on which to run our household. I was able to feed a family of 5 (along with daily need items) for an average of $80 a week.
I went back to work a few years ago, but still very much enjoy couponing. As a mother of three and grandmother of two, I still have a coupon chain. The members have changed several times over the years, but it’s something I very much enjoy doing.
With today’s economy what it is, my children getting older and my family growing, I’m no longer able to stick to the $80 a week. My average now is close to $120, which still isn’t bad considering how much grocery prices have increased over the past few years.
Food and daily need items are necessities that rank right up there with heat, shelter and gas for your car. These are monthly expenses that are needs, not wants. With the rising costs of most everything, everyone is looking for ways to save as much as possible. There are the obvious things such as not eating out as much, carpooling, and turning off the lights when you leave the room, or lowering the thermostat while no one is home, etc.
With the monthly cost of groceries being almost as much, if not more than your house payment, we’d all like to cut that expense as much as possible. There are some simple tips that can help you do just that. Yes, they are a little time consuming, but if you take the time to do it, I think you will find the savings worth the time involved.
Give it a test drive for a couple of weeks and keep track of how much money you save. I’m positive you’ll be surprised. I kept track of my savings for a year in the early 90’s and saved as much as I would have made with a part time job. The advantage: I didn’t have to pay taxes on that money since it was what I had SAVED, not earned.
Most stores make it easy to keep track of your savings these days by listing how much you saved by buying sale items and how much you saved in coupons. Keep track of these savings that are listed on your sales receipts.
- Couponing is a skill – yes a skill.
- Couponing isn’t redeeming one or two coupons a week.
- Couponing is learning how to best use the coupons to receive the most economical benefit.
By using the tips listed, you’ll be on the road to saving on your grocery and other bills.
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