Tonight is the start of another season of Extreme Couponing on TLC, and they are already starting off by showing everyone a non-realistic form of couponing. In case you didn’t learn this from last season, not everything you see on TV is true, doable or even right. After allowing an Extreme Couponing episode to […]
Since we covered the basics of saving money on groceries (i.e. learning sale cycles) now it’s time to add in the coupons. To start you have to get the Sunday paper. A few personal notes/thoughts on newspaper coupons: Newspapers only guarantee inserts to subscribers. Always check your newspaper for coupons before buying at grocery store or paper […]
Over the next few weeks we are going to have our own Extreme Couponing series on Southern Savers. I’ve done many posts and videos over the years, but we are going to start over with short little 3 minutes or less videos and cover the basics, questions, tips and tricks. My hope is that we […]
You are actually prepared. It’s a miracle. Dinner is coming together beautifully. You open up the last step of your taco dinner night, the shells, only to discover that they are all broken, except two. So two of you get to have one unshattered taco each. The rest of you are stuck with taco salad. […]
This week we’ve had a lot of posts on getting started couponing the “real” way. Now a post for all of you that have been at this for a while… how to not get burnt out (or how to work through it). This is actually a post from almost two years ago, but sometimes it’s […]
Shopping sales and using coupons are one huge way to save, but adding in mail in rebates can make the game even more fun! First, everyone wants to know how they work with coupons. Most mail in rebates work beautifully with coupons! You buy the item in the store, use any coupons and discounts […]
Okay, so far we have the basics understood and you’ve got your coupons, now lets put it together. I need to use these coupons and sales to get everything my family needs, not just have some crazy amount of toothpaste and starve because we still can’t afford food. To truly start to feel like it […]
Now that season one of Extreme Couponing is over, I thought we would take a week and actually teach you the “real” way to coupon! Most (if not all) of this has been covered over the years on Southern Savers, but it never hurts to have a refresher. Can you do what you saw on […]
