Intro to Couponing: Volume I, No Such Thing as a Free Lunch

I know who you are. Heck, I was you. You’re trying to save money; we all are. Our money isn’t netting us what it used to and maybe things are getting tight. You’re managing to squeak by, but maybe things aren’t going as smoothly as you’d like. Perhaps you’ve tried using coupons before, but you just didn’t find that it was worth it. $.25 off here, $.50 off there. Is it really worth the effort?

You’ve seen them, the ladies who have loaded up an entire cart full of groceries and after handing over their stack of coupons to the cashier, they walk out of the store having only shelled out a few dollars. What are they doing that you’re not? They know the strategies, the skills, and the methods that net the maximum amount of savings.

I’m going to teach you step by step what you need to do to be exactly like those ladies, like me. When I’m done, you’ll be the one that people ask, “How did you do that?” and you’ll just smile because you will be proud of the changes that you’ve made in your lifestyle, enabling yourself to make your dollars work for you, not the other way around. Are you ready to learn to take control of your finances and make more money each month for your family?

No, I’m not a financial guru. I’m a regular person, just like you. I’m a work-at-home mother to a crazy, smart, and beautiful toddler and a wife to my high school sweetheart. We live in a modest apartment in Central Texas and drive cars that aren’t the newest or even the most beautiful. What makes us special? We’ve learned to make our income work for us. Through my quest into the world of couponing, I’ve been able to save my family THOUSANDS of dollars, I kid you not. I have an apartment-sized stockpile of shampoo, soap, deodorant, razors, shaving cream, toilet paper, laundry soap, paper towls, baby wipes, and much much more than I barely paid a dime for. Heck, most of it was even FREE. How did I manage this? That’s what I’m going to teach you.

First of all, if you are reading this, I assume that you don’t think like this, but hey, maybe you do. Couponing doesn’t make you a cheapskate or a miser. It doesn’t mean that you’re less of a person and it certainly doesn’t say anything about your social status. You don’t have to be poor to coupon. It is not something to be embarrassed about and it certainly isn’t something to be looked down upon. Coupons are for anyone who wants to do something with their money other than handing it over to a big corporation who will then give it over to their multi-millionaire CEO’s in the form of a MASSIVE bonus. Couponing isn’t about doing it because you have it, it’s about learning to take control of your budget and creating opportunities for yourself and your family that you never dreamed could happen.

I am not going to lie to you, folks. Couponing takes planning and organization. You can’t walk into the store with a handful of random coupons and expect to net the big savings. Lazy shoppers don’t save. We all are guilty of desiring instant gratification; we want it when we want it. I’m not going to try to tell you that I don’t find myself falling into that same temptation, but you’re never going to find the deals you’re looking for if you aren’t willing to sacrifice a little bit of your time and efforts. After all, as economists say, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.”

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