Anyone that has followed me long knows that I love to save money. I never thought that I could have an addiction until I learned the value of a coupon. Now, I feel confident in saying that I’m an expert, but it’s taken years of really learning the ropes. It’s not been hard … it’s just required persistence and confidence in trying new things until I learned what saves the most money for our family.
Some of you are probably landing here today because you heard me on the KSBJ Midday Show. I’m so happy to be forming a partnership with such an outstanding radio station. I’m excited that I can share what I have learned with listeners all over the country. If there is a specific subject you would like to have addressed, please comment this post or send me an email. (stephanie [at] stephanieclick.com).
Today, I gave a basic rundown on how to use a coupon. Let me recap it for you:
(1) Go online to the stores where you shop – grocery chains and drug stores are a definite. Once you are there, find their weekly sales circular and subscribe to it via email.
(2) Gather coupons from any and every where. 95% of my coupons are from the Sunday newspaper. I get three papers per week. (We are a family of four.)
(3) Begin to match the coupons you have with the store sales. Maximize your savings. For example, a bottle of dressing is marked down from $2.25 to $1.50. A good savings right there. Now top that with a 75-cent coupon and you have taken the product from $2.25 to 75-cents!
(4) Find out if you have any stores in your area that double/triple coupons. Your savings will SKYROCKET! Houston has one major chain store that does this. It makes a world of difference.
(5) Use the internet for help. No need to reinvent the wheel with this. I subscribe to The Grocery Game. Feel free to use that link to hop over to my page that describes the process with this site. There are many others – HotCouponWorld.com, CouponMom.com, etc. (If you are going to buy coupons online, I recommend TheCouponClippers.com.)
Are their any other sites that you love? Tell me about them!
If you are an online shopper, best site EVER is RetailMeNot.com. Before I am going to place an online order anywhere, I always check RetailMeNot to see if anyone has submitted a promo code I can use. Saves me so much!!