A Frugal Mom

Part 3 Saving money with coupons

Here we go — our final steps in creating a new habit toward our money saving quest. This step, step 4 is all about organization. We have those inserts pulled out of our Sunday paper already, and now we are scanning them to locate items that we normally purchase or perhaps, an item we are interested in trying. These are the coupons we are going to clip and set aside.
When we are finished cutting, it is time to grab a few envelopes (blank, white will do) and write the store name on the front for the grocery/ drug stores you usually visit. For me, I started with 3. I had an envelope for CVS, Vons, & Ralphs.

Lastly, we are back to reviewing those store ads. Here we are checking to see if any items on sale match the coupons that were just clipped. If so, those coupons get stored in the corresponding envelope. In the beginning, I literally would base which store I would shop at depending on how full one of my grocery store envelopes was. But, depending on how close your stores are to you, can be more of a determining factor now with the high price of gas.
In the end, the success for the beginner couponer is to try to ensure those little envelopes are stored nicely in your purse (or maybe even in your car). After a while, you will find it will become quite difficult to do any shopping at all unless you have your trusty envelopes with you.

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