Couponing to OUR extreme

When I began staying home with Hailey last summer I began to really understand the value of the dollar.  So I began researching ways to cut costs, we lowered our satellite bill, eliminated our house phone, signed a two year contract with our Internet company and purchased our own cable modem which dropped the monthly payment by $10 a month. Then I began researching how to drop our monthly grocery and "other" bill at Wal-Mart. My good friend from high school taught me how to optimize my coupons with the current sales. Then my mother-in-law told me about The Krazy Coupon Lady. That is when the obsession began. I learned how to make my dollar stretch by using her website to save me time. She matches the deals at the local four stores (Wal-Mart, Safeway, Albertson's, and Rite Aid) with currently active coupons, both from the Internet and Sunday newspapers. I was inspired, to say the least. 

So now, as I sit making my grocery list for tomorrow morning, I thought, maybe I should share what I do to save us so much money.  I hear all the time about how stores don't double coupons and it is not possible to save the kind of money that people on the Extreme Couponing show do. That is not true! Last week I shopped at Wal-Mart and Albertson's only and neither store did coupon doubling that week.  I still had a great haul for only $8. 

What do I suggest? Visit http://thekrazycouponlady.com/beginners/ and learn all about how to become a Krazy Coupon Lady. We are so involved that Hailey likes to play with my expired coupons before I mail them to the troops overseas and pay for her pretend groceries with them.  Good girl! She is learning so much so young, and I am happy to show her. What a valuable lesson I can pass on to my child! 

Get yourself several copies of the Sunday paper every Sunday from here on out (excluding holidays, there are no coupons on holidays), buy a 2 or 3 inch binder, and a large selection of baseball card holders, maybe even a portable file holder, and start saving money!  It's a little bit of work, but you will save a LOT of money!  Happy couponing!!! =)