About Me

Hello all!  I've been asked how I get the deals I get and save the money I have, so I thought I'd start an easy blog about it.

I'm in my mid twenties, with a house, a car and 2 wonderful dogs. I don't make a lot of money, so I try to stretch it out as much as possible. I have multiple savings accounts (everyone who can do it should go get a high interest account), take advantage of work perks, and I coupon! I joke that I won't pay full price for anything, and if the coupons are there to use by the manufacturers, why not use them?

Everyone has seen the American couponing shows.. If only it was that easy here in Canada! To any newbie couponer, please note that our coupons and stores don't allow for stacking like in the states (using multiple coupons per product) which makes it nearly impossible to get the same impressive hauls here. And all of these people have entire rooms dedicated to their stockpile.. Which might not be practical if you are in an apartment or tiny house like mine. 

Stockpiling is a brilliant way to do things when you get them for a great price, but I have the smallest house ever and the only thing I actually stockpile is paper cleaning products (they fit in a small corner of my pantry). 

Plus if I were to buy 20 cans of soup, I would never be able to use them all before the expiry, right? I wanted to save money on my everyday purchases, what I needed to buy one or two of, but was a little overwhelmed in the beginning thinking about how much work couponing seemed.. After all, those people on tv spend a week planning their grocery trips, after spending hours on cutting and organizing their coupons!

Friends, you can make your own sale every grocery trip, without that drama! I spend maybe an hour a week actually doing any research or cutting or organizing for a trip, and on average I will end up with a couple totally free products and nearly every item on sale in each trip. I don't find it hard or tedious, and if a bit of planning means I save more than $20 on every trip of $60, I'm good with that!

Couponing for the everyday person is easy and possible, and I'm hoping my quick posts can show that to anyone hoping to save a bit of money. Consider me the beginners guide to easy couponing haha!