For me, saving money means buying things when they are on sale and also using coupons to save even more.  I like to buy extra newspapers so that I can have extra coupons for the items I use alot, like cereals, juice and breakfast foods.  I have 3 kids under 12 so I have to keep a full pantry of food or else I keep hearing “Mom, there’s nothing to eat, I’m hungry!”. And I don’t want to hear that! Who does?

I know it’s alot of work to cut and sort coupons and most people don’t have the time to sit down for an hour or two to cut them (cut coupons while you watch TV, I do it all the time) but if you spend that extra time cutting coupons from the newspaper and/or the web, you can score some pretty good deals or better yet, you can get stuff for FREE!

That’s right, I said free! Read the rest of this entry →