I started couponing to see if we could save enough for my husband not to have to work full-time while going to school full-time. He just put in his two week notice yesterday! I start grad school in Aug. and with both of us going to school money is going to be VERY tight but at least I know we will always have food on our table! What a comfort!

So I can put more money towards our debt snowball – Thank you, Dave Ramsey!

I also coupon to stay home with my 3 young children. It is a blessing everyday that i get to be here with them. I also do it to help keep our grocery bills down to pay for our 2 oldest(8 & 4) to go to a private Catholic school. it is so worth it to us. It’s an investment in their future.

We have goals and values. Major Goal: Some day own a home. Values: Stay home with children when they are young. In order to be able to live on a one-income budget and still work towards the goal of owning a home, one must coupon! Thank you, KrazyCouponLady.com, you are instrumental in making me successful at this!

It was August 2009, I was bored at home with nothing to do, really looking for Firestone coupons for a cheap oil change. Then I sort of came across your page and decided to try out some of the CHEAP deals. I started off small and started at a grocery store, then I started reading your blog and got addicted. I save my family, my roommates and myself so much money. I used to have to take out money and spend it on minor annoying, but necessary toiletry. Now, free stuff and my parents, as well as myself can save that money and put it towards rent/mortgage payments.

15 years ago, when I was a young bride and then a new mother, I wanted to stay home with my children. Couponing helped me meet my budgeting goals. (That’s when there wasn’t internet blogs to help!) Now, I coupon heavilly to donate my “finds” to local food banks and woman’s shelters. It is a fun and addicting hobby to see how much I can get for so little $$$$$.

Thank you, krazy coupon ladies, for all your help!

i coupon to save money and bulid up some food storage. i also think it’s fun.

I do it because I am a stay at home mom and every little bit helps.

To tell you the truth, it has also become a hobby.

I coupon so that I will nver have to pay for razors. feminine products, deodorant, toothbrushes, dental floss, body wash, hand soap and moisturizer and pasta ever again.

It is so much fun! I am a stay at home mom with 7 kids, and it really helps stretch the budget, my kids always have cool snacks and I get to try a lot of new products that I could never justify spending full price on!

I coupon to stretch the paycheck from my student job as far as it will go. I’m paying for college on my own, and I don’t see a reason to spend $80/week on groceries I can get for $30! I’ve got a mini-stockpile of toiletries and feminine products… many of which I bring back home to my parents. Let’s just say they won’t be needing toothbrushes for a very long time!

Also, I have so much fun! Plus after my friends and I hit the grocery store everyone complains about how much they spent, and I really enjoy bragging about my savings and saying, “Well if you only used coupons…”

Thanks KCL!

I’m trying to save us money to get us out of debt. Now, we have a new car payment (thanks hubby *smirk*). So now I coupon so we can eat! LOL

I started couponing last year to begin saving for a condo, and food was the main expense that needed to be cut in my budget. However, I was laid off two months ago so I am now seeing the benefit of creating a grocery and toiletry stockpile

I’m curious how you all calculate what your true “savings” really are.

For me, to look at my grocery receipt and subtract what I paid from the full retail price isn’t an accurate measure given that I wouldn’t pay full price for that item. Does that make sense?

I started couponing in earnest just this past January, but even before then I tried to shop sales and not pay full retail price whenever I could. So as an example, since January I’ve stockpiled a year’s worth of toothpaste, and every single tube was free or cost me only $.24. Prior to that, I might have paid $1-$2 for toothpaste, with the occasional full-retail-price purchase of $3-$3 when we completely ran out and I had no choice. So … what’s my true “savings? A dollar or two per tube?

Or do you look at your expenses more in summary? For example, you paid $200 in one month for groceries whereas for the same month last year you paid $500?

Part of reason I am asking is because I’d like to get my grade-school aged daughter more involved in helping my coupon and save money, and in return allow her to share in some of our “savings.” But I don’t really know how to measure it. Any ideas would be most appreciated.

I coupon so my family can buy brand name items and other products we normally couldn’t afford, and, also, so we can go to the movies, go out to eat, or buy extra birthday presents and other products. Couponing has made things affordable that my family couldn’t afford before. Besides, it’s just plain fun to save so much money!

I’m a SAHM to 3 very young children. Couponing started out being something I had to do out of desperation when my husband’s hours were cut back and we did not have enough money to get through the month. I saw a paid service that promised lots of savings, so I did the trial, but was super skeptical – I used to think coupons were a total waste of time and there were none to little savings to be had. Then I found out how much I could save and I was completely hooked. And I stopped using the paid service fairly quickly and started reading the blogs (KCL being my #1 go-to for Safeway deals especially, thanks for all you do!!!!). Now it’s not just one of my jobs (my financial contribution to the family), it’s also a hobby and a total adrenaline rush. (The down side is when something goes wrong, it’s a total let down, LOL!)

I started couponing after becoming a SAHM and our grocery bill was skyrocketing. I wasn’t paying the money to commute to work and park everyday, but the grocery bill was ridiculous. I have only being doing this, seriously, for 4 months now, and am really starting to see the payback. I want to be able to take trips to visit friends, go to the movies, and eat out with the kids this summer. I am so grateful, that you all work so hard to help us out. Thank you so much.
I just did my first transactions in the past 2 weeks, where I am saving 90% or more and money making transactions. It is a thrill.

My reason is not far off from the ones mentioned above. I have 4 small children, and as a single mom, it’s just something I’ve always done to get by, once I got good at it I started to look at it like a hobby instead of a burden. Now I believe there’s no reason not to save money when there is money to be saved! And like Staci, it’s always a good feeling to be able to give the freebies that we won’t be using to the less fortunate.

I started couponing 15 months ago when my hubby was laid off. My salary was cut 30% about 2 months later. Don’t know why I thought of couponing, but somehow I did. We were so slow at work, so I was able to surf the net all day and learn about extreme couponing. We saved about $500/month on groceries and toiletries. My husband and I would be shocked at what I would save.. Now, I’m almost back to my full time pay, and my husband started working about 6 weeks ago.. I”m continuing to coupon to pay off our credit card–which we hope to pay off in about 3 months and will continue after that so we can hopefully afford a vacation one day… I love it! I don’t have any hobbies, and I consider this my hobby now. Many thanks to you and your postings!!

i saw a segment on the news about 3 weeks ago that talk about this lady who coupons. she was amazing. her total bill before coupons at the grocery store was $247. after her coupons she paid $0.47. that is amazing!!!

I have more razors, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, feminine products, body shampoos, …(you get the idea) than I could possibly ever use. How can you pass up on a free item obtained through smart shopping and the use of coupons? Twice a year, I put together a box filled with these toiletries and donate them to a shelter for families. There are many places that request these types of items and I feel like I’m helping out even though it’s not costing me anything but a little time.