Frugal Living: How to Save Money and Not Feel Like You're Broke by Jamie Walker

Author:Jamie Walker
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2012-06-01T06:00:00+00:00

Learn to Coupon

Couponing is one of the best ways to save money. If done right, you can take a significant bite out of your monthly grocery and personal item expenses.

The tips I'm going to give you in this section aren't going to net you thousands of dollars worth of groceries for $35.99 like you see on TV. They will, however, allow you to knock the money you spend on food and household items down quite a bit. It's not uncommon for a family of four to be able to cut their expenses by hundreds of dollars using these tips.

People have the misconception that couponing takes too much time. It does if you meticulously plan out your entire trip to get carts full of groceries for pennies on the dollar—that's dang near a full time job. What we're shooting for is a happy medium. All you need to spend is a half hour or so a week clipping and organizing your coupons. When you consider that half hour could save your $50 to $100, you're looking at a pretty good return on the time invested. What else can you do that's worth a hundred bucks an hour or more?

You have to be careful when you start couponing because you're going to feel the urge to buy everything you find a good coupon for. It helps to keep in mind that you're trying to save money on the stuff you normally buy, not buy stuff just because you're getting a buck or two off. When you buy unnecessary stuff, you're not saving money, you're wasting it.

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