Finding Coupons

I took the advice of Ashley at http://www.frugalcouponliving.com/ and I keep my weekly coupon inserts in a 3-ring binder. I just write the date the coupons came out on the front page so that I can find coupons referenced in blogs easily. I now have four weeks worth of coupon inserts and have just realized that some of my coupons in the oldest packets are beginning to expire. I think I'm just going to rip out the pages if all of the coupons on that page have expired.

I typically shop from other blogger's lists in which they have matched sales prices and coupons.

Sometimes I run across something on sale in the store and I remember that I have a coupon for that. I always bring my coupon binder into the store with me so that I can flip through it if I need to.

Some people have fancy systems for keeping track of exactly what coupons they have. I don't right now. I just flip through my book a lot. It's probably not the most efficient way to work, but that's what I'm doing right now.

I'm also willing to trade coupons with people so that they can get what they need and I can get what I need.

Here I Go...

I decided to start this blog because I think it will be the easiest way to pass on money saving information to my family and friends.

About a month ago I decided to dive into the coupon/bargain hunting "underworld". I am amazed at how much money I have saved by simply being a "savvy coupon shopper". I am also very thankful for all of the wonderful bloggers that work so hard to get the word out regarding great deals.

I am trying to pass the word along myself and hope that this will become a nice easy way of doing so. (Instead of e-mailing and calling everyone all of the time.)

I'm not sure how this whole blogging thing will play out for me, but hopefully I can keep up with it. I plan on journaling the deals that I have chosen to take advantage of and will link to the blogs where I originally discovered the deals. I can almost guarantee that 90% of what I blog here will be the result of someone else's hard work and not mine... therefore I will be including lots of links to their blogs.