>X-TREME Coupon Clipping!

>It’s a dirty little secret of thousands and thousands of moms…

Coupon clipping.

I’m not ashamed to say my Sundays aren’t complete without clipping the weekly coupons in the newspaper. I even bought a wallet-sized coupon organizer for easy referencing at the grocery. When I first got it and brought it with me to the supermarket, I’d glance through it while keeping it safely hidden in my purse, lest anyone see my stash and think we were, you know, poor.

After a few years, though, I lost my shame. I was saving mad dollars, yo. And now, with the recession, coupon clipping is practically an Olympic sport.

At a moms group meeting I went to last week, a friend asked me about coupons and before I knew it, most of the women in the room were chiming in about their coupon clipping techniques, many of which were far more elaborate than mine. And occasionally, I look at websites like Faithful Provisions and the glut of CVS tutorial videos on YouTube and marvel at all the effort women are making in order to make the most out of coupons. It’s exhausting to read, let alone consider doing myself on a regular basis.

I’ll write about some of the most hardcore coupon clippers I’ve ever seen in this week’s newspaper edition of Suburban Turmoil. Be sure and check it out- You won’t believe the extremes some women are going to!

While you’re there, I’d love to know whether your clip coupons (and if not, WHY?! IT’S FREE MONEY!) and your best coupon tip, because I’m all about the bargains… as long as they don’t take me hours to accomplish. I share one of my tips over in this week’s column, but I’ll give you another one here. Did you know that Kroger takes competitor’s coupons? Yep. They do. They’ve never turned a competitor’s coupons down in the eight years I’ve shopped there.

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