Coupon Queen

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After a ten-year hiatus from serious couponing, I’m back cutting and clipping to save money at the register. While meeting at our local bakery for a Lego/Chess Club, a few homeschool moms started discussing how they do coupons. I learned that Copps Food Store offers double daze where they double five manufacturer’s coupons up to $1 each on Wednesdays. After perusing the Copps sales flyer each week and making my list, I scour the Sunday paper and my coupon box for the dollar-off deals. I also recently discovered coupons.com, where you can click and print the coupons you’ll use.

I kept a coupon drawer for years and only recently looked through the whole drawer with our 9-year-old son. We discovered coupons for diapers (we’ve been diaper-free for several years now), coupons from 2006, and many other outdated coupons. We recycled 90% of the coupons and organized the remaining ones into our coupon box with labels such as canned goods, frozen foods, and meat.

When I receive coupon flyers in the mail, I often pass them along to other moms, especially ones with babies who need those $3 off Huggies coupons.

I’ve only scratched the surface at couponing, subscribing to Money Saving Mom and a myriad of coupon pages on Facebook. Some ladies keep binders with sports card pages. Instead of trading baseball cards, they put a coupon in each plastic slot. Others work wonders on the web and at Walgreens, accumulating those points or rewards to their advantage. Some moms can feed their family of four for $30 a week.

I haven’t reached coupon queen status yet and don’t know if I ever will. However, I try to do my part, saving $20-$50 on weekly groceries and blessing other frugal moms with coupons when I can.

How do you save with coupons?

Lisa Van Dong has been teaching her two sons since 2004 and attempts to incorporate study, work, service, and play into their homeschooling days. She takes an eclectic approach to homeschooling and enjoys reading, writing, editing, and essential oils. Lisa blogs publicly at Pockets of Time and privately at Scooter and B.