I have couponed on and off for a few years. Sometime last year I really caught on to the whole concept. Well what's very hard about couponing anyways. You cut the coupons for the items you intend to purchase, go shopping and hand them to your cashier upon check out. People have been doing that for years, so what has changed. TLC has a show called "Extreme Couponing" which normally portrays people in the southern states getting their groceries for next to nothing just by using coupons. I tried to duplicate what I saw on TV with my shopping, but haven't managed to get a couple hundred dollars worth of groceries for $25 or whatever my "set" goal is. This discouraged me and made me want to quit couponing. Then after taking a closer look at the show I realized that if you don't live in the south you might not be able to get a 95% savings every shopping trip.
Any savings I get I am happy with now (hmm...is this really true?? I like to save more than I spend, but am learning that at times that's not possible). I try to make sure that what I am using the coupon on is on sale. I also try to only buy things that are on sale. However, that doesn't always hold true. For example, I have yet to get OJ for free or even be able to use a coupon on it.
Don't get discouraged if you are not saving 90% when you go shopping with coupons. In my opinion any savings is a great savings.
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