Frugal Living

Couponing is a fantastic way to save money.  However, learning how to start couponing can be a little overwhelming.  I like to think I am a pretty quick learner most of the time, but I will readily admit, when I started couponing looking at all of the coupon terminology was WAY over my head.

Let’s be honest, it is kind of like reading and learning a foreign language.

I mean, c’mon – SS, RP, MQ, BOGO – coupon terminology reads like some secret code of abbreviations that you need a super secret decoder ring to understand….

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So, you have decided that you want to start couponing but, you aren’t sure where to find coupons.  It may seem overwhelming, believe me, I understand!

When I first started couponing and had to learn all of the couponing terminology, all of the different store rules and everything else involved with couponing it seemed like I may never master it all!

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I don’t think anyone would disagree that saving money is a GOOD idea.  However, many people feel like the can NOT save money.  Afterall, if you are in debt or living paycheck to paycheck where are you going to get even more money to put into savings?  The fact is once you actually LEARN how to start saving money you will find that it is not as impossible as you may think it is.

 

When my husband and I first started dating, we were living paycheck to paycheck even though we were already living frugally.  We desperately wanted to move to a different state, but moving is super expensive.  …

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How much would you love to hit ALL of your savings goals?  We dream of having enough in savings that we don’t have to worry if one of our homestead revenue streams falls short for a few months or even the year. The only way to do this is by finding great ways to save money.

 

Of course, when that happens, I will probably just come up with new savings goals to strive towards.  If you already understand how to start saving money then you have a good foundation to hit all of your money saving goals.  …

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