Savvy Working Moms Save Money

Who wants to save money, raise your hand! This post is inspired by several things, one being the need for my household to save more, as we spend hundreds of dollars a month on food for a household of 5 (where's an EBT card when you need one-LOL), the other inspiration came by way of watching the coupon savvy divas on tv, and the final inspiration came from bearing witness to a couponer save over $180.00! Her final bill was $20.44 at Target! Okay, I'm sold! Bring on the scissors and the Sunday papers please!

Couponing for me is one of those things I want to do, mean to do, but don't prepare and make time to do. It seems like an all day task that I do not have time for, but i do have time to save more money, so I am willing to make the time sacrifice. If I can save $180.00 in a single bound, I will do what it takes to clip some coupons. I asked the woman who I witnessed save all this money how she does it, she gladly told me she hosts an online coupon class every Tuesday from 7-8pm. At this point, I know God is speaking to me, if I bear witness and get an invitation to something, the door is wide open and the money saving angels are upon me-LOL!

Now, I am starting as a novice and I must say that I have used a few coupons here and there but not to the point where I have an arsenal of coupons when shopping. The best I do at this moment, is using the store flyer of the store I am shopping in to use for savings. Apparently that is not enough and yields very little in the way of saving big time. As a working mom, I will be working into my schedule a few minutes a day to search and collect coupons. This will require me to get plenty of Sunday newspapers. Now I am at the point where I dont want to purchase anything without a savings. I out it out there and I am not a cheap person but I like to save when I can (we have 3 that are going to college). This is a good thing because I now have the desire to get the best deal at the best price which will increase cost savings. Another idea is to have a coupon date with moms to clip coupons, trade and maximize couponing.

I am at the point where I dont want to purchase food without a savings. This week for instance, I went to a particular grocer (Kroger) who had Capri Suns, fruit, and an organic cereal on sale for .99. I must have purchased about 7 boxes of cereal and 10 boxes of Capri Suns and several pounds of organic pears, organges, grapes, kiwi, nectarines, mangoes, plums, limes, bananas and apples. The sale was too good on some decent quality food. If it were not for the sale, I would not have been in the store at all this week.

Working mothers have to be savvy savers and savvy chefs to keep our households healthy and happy. Eating healthy can be expensive, however we can be savvy and bigger savers using coupons from healthfood stores. WholeFoods, EarthFare, and TraderJoes all have savings and coupons. The Farmer's Market and food co-ops offer great savings on good quality foods.

Raise your coupons up, get your carts ready, and get to shopping for the best food at the best price! I'll keep you posted as I master this coupining thing! Feel free to post any great deals out there and Ill be sure to do the same! Here's to smart saving and savvy shopping!!

Click below to access the online coupon class:
Online Couponing Class