Couponing

A few years ago I watched an episode of Oprah and watched about a lady who saved all this money using coupons. I was inspired. I wanted to find out how to get some cheap stuff using coupons. We subscribed to the paper, and after perfecting my system, I think I can say I've finally figured it out. There are tons of websites around that you can subscribe to where you receive notices and such about what to use and where, but I kind of think paying for that service kind of defeats the purpose of using coupons.


I've lucked out on some things, though, when it comes to using coupons. Nearly every grocery store here in Phoenix takes all coupons for $1, no matter what the face value of the coupon is. This is fantastic. Also, our school librarian has a subscription to the paper and I get a bundle of Sunday papers every week. I look forward to the day the papers are delivered because I go through them all and take the coupons out. Here's my stack of coupons from the last few weeks. Glorious, aren't they?




Well, over the last few weeks, I've been exceptionally proud of my endeavours. I've gotten some pretty good stuff with coupons in the past, but these last few weeks were all about free stuff. Here's my loot! This was all FREE!


I guess I still have to pay tax, which is lame. There were some limits on how many items I could get in one transaction, so I visited nearly every checker Saturday to pay .20 cents for a handful of great stuff. We're going to be the cleanest people you've ever met. Maybe if you come visit us I'll let you use one of our toothbrushes.