Hello Again

Hi Ya'll,


Sorry for the long break but I'm a new mommy and loving it. With that being said being a new mommy to 4 means that saving money and stretching a dollar  is more important than ever. I have all boys. Yep. We're a fam of 6 and it's expensive to feed a crowd. 


With the whole moving thing I really haven't focused on couponing that much in the last few months but my binder is ready to be refilled.


Have you seen the price of groceries lately?


It runs about $200.00 a week to feed this crowd and this mommy is sick of paying that. So much wasted money down the drain that could be spent on better things.


So The Cute Couponer is back and ready to save some serious dough.


We're taking gardening to a new level too. These babies  need lots of  fresh fruits and veggies.


I started printing my coupons last night.


Oh coupons how I've missed you.


Happy Spring,


The Cute Couponer

Frugal is Fabulous ------ Happy New Year

Happy New Year

Boy it's gonna be a good one I feel it in my bones.

It started off with me having a 3 day weekend. Anytime the New Year starts with me getting rest I know it's going to be an awesome year.

Well what better way to get off to a good start to a New Year than to talk about saving money.

Now before you start grumbling remember saving money is fun!!!

Frugal is Fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's our them for 2012

Everything about saving money should be fun. Think of this year as a great challenging game. If you like crossword puzzles and word searches and all the board games than frugality is for you.

It's a challenge but we're making it sooooo fun, fun, fun.

We're gonna coupon shop, thrift shop, garage sale, online shop, craigslist shop, do curbside pick up, and hit all the major malls and boutique stores not to mention wholesale shop.

It's shoppers gone crazy here.

The best part is we're going to pay a fraction of what everyone else is paying.

My kind of shopping.

We're going to talk about saving money on absolutely EVERYTHING.

From home to work to church and everything in between if your not living it frugally than your not living up to your potential money wise.

So check in daily and see what the 75% off lifestyle is all about.

Here frugal is fabulous!!!!

Happy  2012 and welcome.

 Happy Savings,

The Cute  Couponer

Look what $20 buys at Wal-Mart

Four transactions, lots of manufacturer coupons, combined with store coupons, price matching and in store specials  I brought home all of this for $20.00! Cha-Ching!!!!




Back to Shopping,


Valerie


Try couponing today, period!

Blessed Beyond Imagination

Today I had an ah-hah moment. You know one of those times that God makes you realize what you've been asking for is right in front of you.

See part of my job entails talking to people who don't have alot of money. I talk to at least 75 people a day who are having soooo much trouble making ends meet. In fact, they never make ends meet they rob Peter to pay Paul every month. They don't seem to have much choice due to their older age and health conditions. It really tears at my heart because many times I go home and am frustrated that I can't do more to help. I say many silent prayers for the many people I talk to everyday hoping that God can find a way to help.

It seems everywhere I go lately I run into people I know who are suffering hard times. I have watched many people get fired or let go for no good reason. I can say for the first time in a few years I see most people around me suffering financially.

I worry about them alot. I worry about my own family as well. Bills go up but salaries don't.

Today when I was piddling getting ready for work thinking, and God must have been listening, I heard this voice in my head give me an answer to a question I had been asking. God said, "because you haven't asked me."  He's right! I hadn't asked I had been so worried about everyone else's problems that I had put mine on the back burner and God dealt with me.

See whatever your problems are it's important to remember nothing is bigger than God. So many times I charge ahead and just think I can do it myself and I forget that I forgot to ask him what he wanted me to do.

I really believe God intended for me to write this blog to be a blessing to teach people to keep food on their tables. Remember, "if we give a man a fish we feed him for a day but if we teach a man to fish we feed him for life."

The same is true with couponing. Not a week goes by where I don't hear a person say, "how about I pay you to go do the couponing thing for me." I always politely decline and say no but you are welcome to join me. Slowly each person comes around. As they get excited about it and say, "now I rarely buy anything if I don't have a coupon for it my heart gets warmer." It's exciting to see people save money.

I encourage you this holiday season to consider it a blessing that you know how to coupon. I have the peace of knowing that regardless of my family's circumstances they will always have food on the table and that is a huge blessing.

Remember there are coupons for just about everything now. From food, to household goods, toys, shoes, and clothing I encourage you, especially in a downturn economy, think and prepare before you shop. The money you save today will pay your bills tomorrow.

I look forward to encouraging you.

Blesssings to You,

The Cute Couponer

$200 worth of Groceries at Wal-Mart for $21.32

So I pulled out my manufacturer coupons I have been receiving in the mail the last few weeks along with a bunch of store coupons I had been collecting and pulled out my ads and voila..... this is the result.

I also got the toilet paper and 6 bags of Farm Rich appetizers in the freezer not pictured.

Totally worth it.

I have had alot of luck lately hitting manufacturer websites vs just the coupons I receive in the paper. The coupons are a higher dollar amount and it means  more free stuff.

I also found out Wal-Mart matches the mexican grocery stores. Yippee!!!!!

Now who on earth says couponing doesn't pay off?

Happy Price-Matching,

The Cute Couponer

P.S. I cheated on the challenge but I got right back on . I'm still finishing my 30 day no eat out challenge.

Day 2 of the Challenge

Do I hear a super duper woo-hoo? I made it through another day of not eating out. I have lots of shopping to do this week and got my new computer so lots of picture posts coming soon.

For breakfast I ate leftover sopapillas w/ lots of honey.

I sipped on ice-water all day.

For lunch I made scrambled eggs w/ cheese and wrapped it in a tortilla.

For dinner I went to mom's and helped my brother make pork chops and loaded baked potatoes after I price matched everything down at Wal-Mart.

Now I am sipping on my Coke and telling you how my day was.  How cool is that!!!!!

By the way at Wal-Mart in the deli section they have hang tags on the bottles of coke for $1.00 off when you buy two bottles of coke and $4 worth of meat, deli, or frozen foods.

Buy two bottles of Coke and price match them to $1.15 from Dollar General and buy a package of meat and voila .65 cent two liters when you buy meat. Lots of price matching on meat this week.

Happy Couponing,

The Super Cute Couponer

Flip-Flops for Cheap

Aw,  It's that time of year again.  Time to break out the flip-flops. I never would have considered buying some at Family Dollar until someone told me that they were able to use the $1.00 off 1 sandal coupon in the Family Dollar coupon  book (available in store) and get  free flip-flops.


So I tried it and the coupon didn't work and after arguing with the cashier and manager, they knew I wasn't going to budge so they produced another coupon on a flier  (available  in  store) for buy one get one have off.  I bought two pairs of flip-flops for 1.50 + tax +tax on the coupon for $1.65.


Voila  cheap and colorful flip-flops!!!

They have adorable designs on them.




Have Fun Flipping Around,


The Cute  Couponer