To coupon or not to coupon? Is it worth the trouble? Is it worth the time?
Today, I’m excited to be sharing about couponing and hopefully answering the above questions over at (in)courage, where I have been guest posting all week as part of the Bloom Book Club. Here’s a little excerpt from today’s post:
It’s true: While there are lots of ways that you can save money without ever clipping a coupon, like meal-planning and stockpiling, you can save a lot of money, up to 75% off your grocery budget, when you incorporate coupons into your savings plan. The trick is in keeping them organized and using them strategically. If you don’t do these two things, you are better off focusing on meal planning and stockpiling.
A lot of people don’t want to go to the trouble that couponing involves, and I hear reasons from people all the time on why they don’t use them. But the truth is, coupons can save you a lot of money if you are willing to make a little bit of an investment in them on the front end. Coupons aren’t necessary to save, but they are one more tool in your savings arsenal that will pay huge dividends if used properly.
Here are five tips to successful couponing…
I’d love for you to head over and read the full post at (in)courage. Plus, all this week, you can enter to win a FREE copy of my book, Saving Savvy: Smart and Easy Ways to Cut Your Spending in Half and Raise Your Standard of Living…and Giving! At the end of each day’s post, you’ll get a chance to enter, just by commenting.
Head over to the post check out all the details—it’s easy and fun to enter this giveaway, and a total of ten copies of Saving Savvy will be given away this week!
Meal planning is definitely something I need help on! I love to cook however, learning to stick to a plan & ‘map out’ our clean eating family dinners seems easy but I never have a plan til the day of!! 🙁
Lindsay – I totally agree, but I have learned (the hard way) that when I have a plan, my life is so less stressed!!
I agree with Lindsay and Kelly. Meal planning is an area that needs help. I try to cook with what I have in the house, but that tends to limit the meals to certain things. I tend to cut coupons and then not use them. Shopping at Aldi has helped to save money on groceries though.
Heather – I go through quite a few weeks where I stick to sales and by-pass coupons altogether. We just make it a point to eat at home and I try to meal plan so we keep costs down those weeks.