Stephanie Newton Books

If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, you know that I always have to have some kind of project going on. Whether it’s a new diet (admittedly those don’t usually last long) or cleaning out the closets (most recent and still ongoing), I’m a project gal. I don’t know why that is, but I’ve always been that way. I don’t like to clean house, so cleaning is always better and more fun if I make a project out of it, like moving the furniture around at the same time. My husband doesn’t subscribe to this philosophy, in case anyone was wondering.

My latest project is couponing. With two teenagers, my grocery bill has passed outrageous and hit astronomical, so I started looking for ways to save. My friend Katie had just started reading a blog called Frugal Coupon Living so
I read it off and on and got jealous of all the money Katie was saving. But out of all these years I’ve been a wife and mother, these are not the first lean years. I’ve tried clipping coupons before. Out of those experiences, I always thought that the coupons were never for what I needed and they were only for a few cents anyway, so what did it matter?

Two things changed. One: I realized that in this economy, every few pennies count in my bank account. And two: I was going about it the wrong way. Couponing really isn’t about buying what you need. It’s about stockpiling when things are on sale for the best price so that you have what you need when you need it. Subtle difference but definitely a difference.

So…my new adventure. My husband is thrilled that I’m saving money(even though he’s well within his rights to be dubious at how long it will last). He doesn’t even know how much I saved at the mall just this weekend.