Another reason to love couponing

Not only have I saved money grocery shopping with coupons, but I am also making money. Today I received a rebate check from Kraft for $20. Yay Me!!!!!

Coupons..love them or hate them?!!

Well I have started couponing to see if I can help save on some expenses. I will say I have not been a fan of couponing because it takes too much of my time. I didn't want to spend my life running from store to store to get a "good" deal. That didn't appeal to me. So I started doing research on the Internet and still wasn't completely getting how to get the best deal, so I attended a coupon class (which I recommend if you are going to start this process or do a lot of researching on the web). I have scored some great deals, but the frustrating part to me is that the grocery shopping still takes me 2 hours at one store.

Here is a shout out to a great coupon site that helped me get started and keeps me so informed about the latest deals. Thanks Fabulessly Frugal http://www.fabulesslyfrugal.com/.

Here is my latest exciting deal. I only spent $30.75 total and I saved over $175. In the picture 11 boxes of cereal, 5 bottles of Hunt's ketchup, 8 cans of Hunt's spaghetti sauce, 4 cans of Manwich, 8 packs of snack pack pudding, 15 Haggan Daz ice cream containers, 2 packages of Keebler cookies and the London Broil and steaks I bought cost me a grand total of $2.35. Can you believe it?!! I couldn't. That reaffirmed to me that coupons are good and the more I do, maybe I will shave some time off of my grocery shopping.

Fabulessly Frugal meets Shandy Vogt Photography

Here is a plug for two fabulous blog sites!!!

The first is Fabulessly Frugal - a blogsite that provides such valuable information on saving money with coupons and providing information on free items and other sales that you may not know about. Check it out - even if you don't do coupons (you never know you may change your mind).

The second is a very talented woman who just started in photography, introducing Shandy Vogt Photography!!! Check out her blog - she has captured such great shots. I am entering a contest to have Shandy capture my family in the outdoors. Wish me luck!!!

Two great sites so please check it out. Just click on their names and it will take you right to their blog!! Enjoy! Shandy Vogt Photography and Fabulessly Frugal.