I do
clip coupons and I use them, but in the grand scheme of things, I really don’t
use them that much. I use store coupons
in the their ads all the time but when it comes to the regular coupons in the
Sunday circular I am pretty selective about which ones I clip. I am no “extreme coupon-er” by any means.
The
coupons I use the most are for non-food items I normally buy. Shampoo, deodorant, cat food and cat litter, dish
soap, body wash, etc. That is where I
find the most savings with coupons.
When it
comes to food I probably use less than six in any given month and quite often I
don’t use any. I make so many things
from scratch and find a lot of store brand items that work quite nicely and
save me a ton over national brands even with a coupon.
Since I
started canning again I have cut down considerably on the canned fruit
purchases. Same with jam, jelly and
syrup. I no longer buy yogurt either,
because I make my own and it is soooo much better than store bought!
I love
to pair coupons with sales items and markdowns.
That is where I get the greatest savings in using coupons.
In
reality I probably only use half the coupons I actually clip. I leave the a lot of them in the store next
to an item for someone else to use. I
love doing that and I love when someone else does it and I can use the coupon. What remains, ends up in the recycle bin.
The
three online coupon resources I go to are Smart Source, Coupons.com and Red
Plum.
Do you
use a lot of coupons? What are some of
the tricks you use to save money with coupons?
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