Everyone's doing it

Not that!....Couponing. The noun has now become a verb. Who knew?!

I've been doing it for a little bit and am slowly getting the hang of it. It just takes time, and I don't have much of that these days. But, since I want to save my family some moolah, I make the time.

A coworker of mine's wife got me started (A Frugal Friend - see my button for her on the right). She started doing this to save money while she stays home with her little one. Now, she's really good at it and is getting to be very well known in the coupon blogging world. Since she is so skilled and knows how important it is to save money in this day and age, she is kind enough to share her knowledge with us through her blog.

Through my experiences, I've come to learn that couponing is pretty fun, in a weird way. I will say, there is some sense of gratification when you walk out of that store with $75 worth of groceries and you only paid $30 or $40 for it.

Now, when I go out, I hate paying for anything full price because I forgot my coupons. I'm still perfecting my system and knowing when to use coupons, but I think I'm getting there.

I'm trying out a new thing called thegrocerygame.com. They have a free 4 week trial going on right now to see if it's something that works for you. I just started it today, so we'll see how this works. Hey, it's free, so why not give it a try? 4 weeks should be plenty to allow you to figure out if this will work for you or not.

Wish me luck and I continue in my coupon experience. Have you thought about beginning yours?