A Short Piece on Couponing
Photographer: Beverly A Joyner (Source)
Today we discuss: coupons! I love coupons; as a matter of fact, I’m quite certain that if I lived in the United States, I would end up on the Extreme Couponing show. Couponing combines all the things I love: cheap to free items, strategy, organization and saving money. I try to use coupons in Israel as much as I can, but they tend to be lame and don’t help save much money, if any at all. It’s a shame!
When I CAN use coupons, say when I go abroad to the US or other countries, believe you and I, I go overboard on the preparation. I search the web like a mad woman trying to find deals to all the stores I’m planning on visiting: looking through couponing sites, the stores’ sites, their social media and local couponing blogs. I’ve found amazing discounts in the past, from very affordable hotel rooms, to freebies at Victoria’s’ Secret. I feel like I live the American couponing dream for a slight moment.
So I’ve said my piece! How about you, do you coupon?
I used to. I really need to get back into it!
i used to coupon a lot more, i do use coupons, but i don’t really search for them like I used to.
my mom is a coupon queen.. I need to start being serious of couponing..
that’s interesting! I’ve just started couponing recently… however my tornado boys seem to think all of mommy’s organized coupons belong on the floor… in spilled juice… etc.
I have been using coupons for years and love saving money.
I need to try and save more and budgeting better! Great info!!
Absolutely! I have been couponing for about 4 years now, I have built a stockpile so I have weened back a bit but there is no other way to shop for me. I saved over 40 – 50 grand since starting to coupon. I do keep track every year as a way to see if it was worth the hours I put into it so Id say it paid off 🙂
I used to be a serious couponer but I found lately that I haven’t really saved much money. I buy mostly fresh fruits and veggies and meat. Not much processed food or cereal so the savings is pretty low now.