I started couponing around October 2013, so I'm fairly new to this as well. When I first started I said to myself "Oh, this should be easy"! " Saving a dollar here and there can't be too complicated". Boy was I wrong. There are so many technicalities to this and at times very tedious and time consuming. I thought I knew how to read a coupon. You know, like when it expired and how much I was going to be saving on that particular item. Simple right? No, YOU HAVE TO READ THE FINE PRINT!
After finding out that if I wanted to be serious about couponing I had to get a system down. I needed a binder, baseball card holders, calculator, stapler, scissors, ugh the whole 9 yards. So I went on you tube and watched a whole bunch of videos on people sharing their shopping trips and knowledge on how and when to use coupons. It took me about a month to find and understand all the information in order to start putting it to use. So that's a lot of information. So I wanted to start a blog which would basically be a one stop shop for info. I do recommend though, that you watch some you tube videos on people going on shopping trips so you can get a general feeling and idea of what you'll be experiencing.
In this blog I will try my best to go over in detail all of the information that I have on the way I save. I will post pictures of my hauls and go over what I did to save. I will also disclose many websites I have access to to receive free stuff in the mail. I've gotten free make up, make up brushes, vitamins, shampoo samples, photo albums and much more. My advice to you is don't stress yourself out. Don't try to cram so much information at one time, because you will be confused. Also, start off with a few coupons at first. My first time ever trying to use coupons was horrible. I was sweating, nervous, my heart was pounding out of my chest and I was shaking. I made the mistake of trying to "go big or go home" and was at the register confused and stressed. I do not recommend that..lol.
One more thing I have to get off my chest. Some people talk negatively about people who use coupons, which I don't understand. I mean what is sooo baaad about wanting to save money. You'd be crazy not to. There is nothing to be ashamed about. I bet you if that negative nancy and myself were in the same checkout line and I was first, and we bought a whole cart full of the same exact things but I used coupons, and paid for ex. $20 and then they went and paid almost $100, who would look like the dumb dumb? Not me!! So if your standing at the register with a bunch of coupons be proud of it, not ashamed. You're the one walking out of the store like a boss!!
If you have any questions you can either comment below or email me at mz_judged1@yahoo.com.
HAPPY $AVING$!!!
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