My Couponing Journey

I have spent quite a bit of time re-evaluating whether or not I am accomplishing my goal through this blog. There is a lot of work involved in keeping things up to date. As a mother of two, it’s been getting harder and harder to manage the site and keep up on other responsibilities. I have slowly faced the fact that I don’t have the time to make the site what all I want it to be.

So….I have made the tough decision to re-focus my time and energy away from blogging and more and my passion which is planning and teaching couponing classes. I would still love for you to e-mail me anytime with any questions you have about couponing and saving money. Please contact me at info@printablecouponsblog.com if I can help you in any way!

Also, I am still available for classes in the Indianapolis area. Check out more details on the classes I provide here.

Thanks for your understanding and your support over the last 18 months of Simple Couponing! I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to know you.

Simple Couponing is dedicated to teaching you how to make coupons work for you. Saving money with coupons shouldn’t be complicated. It should be fun!

My goal with this blog is to answer your couponing questions and give you the tools you need to make dramatic changes to your grocery budget.

I’m so glad you’re here…the fun is about to begin!

Basics of Couponing – Part 1

When I started learning about couponing last March, I was reading so much about how to coupon and felt overwhelmed very quickly. There is a lot of information out there. Sound familiar?

I decided that I was going to stick with it and take it one step at a time. The thing that kept me going was getting one or two awesome deals here and there.

I started to “get it” and the whole process became a little easier. We needed to find a way to save money and I was determined to try every suggestion out there to do just that within our grocery budget. I was tired of leaving the grocery store discouraged by how much we were spending.

Through the process, I realized there are 3 main things you need to do to get the most out of couponing. Can you save money by only doing one or even 2 of these things?

Yes……but I really believe you won’t see the drastic savings you are probably looking for until you do all three. Over the next week or so, I plan to dive into each of these in more detail to help you better understand each one.

Matching coupons with store sales

-Wait for the time when the item is at its cheapest before you use the coupon to buy it.

Know the policies of your local stores

-Does your store offer store coupons that you can stack with manufacturer coupons?

-Do they double coupons?

Stockpile…stockpile…stockpile

-Stock up enough product to last you until the next sale.

Next lesson Coming soon!