A Guide to Savvy Living
Have you started your Holiday shopping? A few years after we got married I began buying for the holiday’s and other special occasions throughout the year in order to spread out our spending so we were not “hit” so hard at year in. After we began our International adoption in 2004 I had to [...]
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Image by derektor via Flickr We can’t count the number of times we have gone to the store to find out that the “hot item” we wanted was out of stock. With the large number of couponers out shopping (and that number is increasing daily:-) utilizing rainchecks are a very useful tool. A raincheck is [...]
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Can you “make” money when you use coupons? Yes you can! We never “count on overage” when couponing but we love it when we get it! I always note on my posts if we get “overage” during my shopping trips. Overage is when you purchase and item for $.80 and use a coupon for $1.00. [...]
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Our number one piece advice to you is never go to the store without a shopping plan. If you do you will NOT walk out of the door with major savings. Every week you should target what is FREE or near FREE. Then you should target what is at ROCK BOTTOM and “match” what coupons [...]
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We often get asked how we organize our coupons. We use the binder method and love it! About three months ago we each received a Coupon Clutch and after switching from a Case It Binder to the Coupon Clutch I have to say that I have honestly never looked back! I love the ease of [...]
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I wanted to share with you my technique for organizing my clipped coupons. I clip them while sitting at the sofa watching TIVO or a movie with the hubby after my son is in bed on Sunday night and then I lay them out on my island on Monday morning and sort them. I normally [...]
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It can be very overwhelming when you start stockpiling. I often get asked how I organize my coupons. Organization – is the most important part to stockpiling success (however you are talking to an organization nut here). If you are unorganized then you are simply not going to be able to save as much money [...]
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Our suggestion is to create an email address you don’t use on a daily basis or a junk email account. It would be an address to use for couponing or for “junk purposes”. It will be for signing up for coupon accounts/freebies. You can also use a simple password that you will always remember such [...]
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Since 2009 Melissa Jennings and Shelley King have blogged at StockpilingMoms.com and made it their mission to save money for their families and help others do the same. Learn from their expertise as they share tips for savvy saving! From blog to book they have authored Savvy Saving Book which released nationwide in January 2012. Melissa and Shelley are best friends who met through their International Adoption process.
