Getting Back into the Swing of Couponing

So as many of you know, I run this page to help others save money, or help with their budgets and whatnot. However I also am an avid couponer. I have been couponing since I was 16 years old, I grew up in a super poor family and couponing helped stretch our budget. I have since taught various numbers of people including my own family members how to coupon. So here are some tips to get you started.

1. Only buy papers for the people in your household, for example it is me and my husband currently with a little one on the way, so I buy 2 papers a week for coupons. If there are some awesome coupons that week, yeah pick up a few more, however I have learned that there are cycles which sales go through and if you just buy enough to last you six weeks you should see that product on sale again after six weeks so you can stock up on more!

2. Use your own method of couponing, I staple my inserts by each coupon, then cut out. It saves me so much more time than individually cutting out coupons. I also do the binder method, where I place them all baseball card holders and then inside of a school binder. I have them labeled by where I would find them in the store, like canned good, frozen section, meat section, etc.

3. I cannot tell you this enough, you don't need 100 toothpastes haha, just get a few for your family, believe it or not toothpaste expires. Also if you need some to get you started dollar tree sells colgate, crest, and V05 shampoo and conditioner, I think they even sell white rain you can always grab one or two of those low cost items to help start your stockpile, as long as it is a dollar or under I usually grab it :).

4. Don't be greedy! I never never clear a shelf, I refuse to. Even if I desperately needed something that week I only grabbed one or two. Leave some for a fellow couponer! They might just be starting out and needing that awesome deal!

5. You can write companies for coupons! If you really like a product or dislike a product, contact them on their website and let them know, they might just send you coupons for you opinion!

Thats all I have for today! Please feel free to let me know if you need some help starting out!