Did you know?

Did you know that if you take a reusable bag to Target they will give you a 5 cent credit on each bag used.

The Coupon Mom

I am a HUGE YouTube fan. I use YouTube to educate myself about how to fix things and learn about how stuff works. I have just discovered that The Coupon Mom has a YouTube account. She has a series of videos on how to save in different categories. I haven't watched them all yet, but I am sure they are useful.
http://www.youtube.com/user/CouponMom

My Project

With the New Year approaching, I have decided to try a personal experiment. My daughter Mallory has become interested in couponing and now I am also interested in the idea of saving money while shopping for everyday things. Back when I was young, you could only clip coupons from magazines and newspapers. Now you can print them online and look them up on the internet. Quite a difference. I have seen stories about women purchasing baskets of groceries and products and spending only a couple dollars. They must spend all their time planning out their shopping. I don't have that kind of time or desire (well maybe the desire) but I would like to start off the new year with a little experiment. Everytime I use a coupon or save money at the register, I want to post it on this blog. At the end of each week or month, I will tally up the savings to see how I did. I will also document the amount of effort it took to save the money. I purchased a coupon wallet from the dollar store a while back that I will organize my coupons. I will also post helpful hints to others interested in saving a buck.

Here is my first helpful hint that was passed on to me by a Lowe's worker. If you go to the post office and request a couple moving packets or change of address kits, they are filled with coupons from different places. 10% off at Lowe's (which is my favorite) Best Buy, Budget, DirectTV, Geico, StateFarm, etc. I go to different post offices and ask for the packets since they don't leave them out where people can just pick them up. Always ask for a couple or a few. Don't settle for just the change of address card, ask for the whole packet. Also, check the expiration date on the front of the packet. They will try to slip you out of date packets every now and then.

I have found some videos about how to save using coupons that are interesting. This site gives a list of different videos you can watch: http://www.couponmom.com/news-videos-35




More to come...............