Frugal Coupon Living

Your Deals and Steals Headquarters

Frugal coupon living is not as painful as it sounds! Learn how to get free food offers, use a coupon for grocery shopping deals, and check out the list of grocery coupons to print. Cut your grocery bill in half, or more, on a regular basis.

Have you ever heard of people who can fill an entire grocery cart with food and toiletries, use a few coupons, and spend less than a dollar?

If you're like most people, you probably think that such a feat is rare, difficult to do, or not possible for the average person.

Well, there you are wrong.

It is common; I could literally do this every day if I had the desire.

It is not difficult to do, though it does take a lot of time and planning. And it is entirely possible for every person in America to do.

But, like most things in life, there are a few caveats.

1. It is easier to get toiletries than food for free
2. Free food offers are generally on junk food or processed foods
3. Frugal coupon living is addicting

And understand, not everything is free! Many coupon for grocery shopping deals will allow you savings of more than 50%, allowing you to feed your family on a dime. All it takes is planning, organization, and the coupon for grocery shopping secrets you can learn here.

PLEASE NOTE: The Deals and Steals section of Stay a Stay at Home Mom is extensive, made up of over 50 pages! Make sure you scroll through all the sections of this page so you don't miss anything!

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Learn How to Coupon

To get started on your new frugal coupon living lifestyle, first you will need to learn the basics. Coupon usage is not difficult (in fact, you will wonder why you hadn't thought of it before) but there are a few rules you will need to learn in order to make the most of your hobby.

Free food offers abound at grocery stores across the country.

Peruse the following pages to learn how to take advantage of these offers and more.

Why Save with Coupons

How to Save with Coupons

Start a Grocery Price Book

Guest Bloggers: Frugal Coupon Moms

Coupon Deals Websites

What to do With Your Stockpile

Counterfeit Coupons

Caveat: Your Mileage May Vary

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Coupon Classes

Ready to kick up your frugal coupon living to the next level? Ready to dive into a classroom setting or read Rayven's couponing book with real life examples? Maybe you are already a Coupon Queen yourself, and are interested in teaching your own offline classes. The following information will help you get started.

Online Coupon Classes Come and join the fun and learn all about how to save big with coupons and refunds! Take our online class! This two hour, live online course can be attended from the comfort of your computer. Learn from real life examples, and network with other couponers! Ultimate Online Coupon Class

Rayven's Beginner's Guide to Coupons
Rayven Perkins, author and webmaster of Stay a Stay at Home Mom, has written the definitive guide to coupon usage and money saving techniques for stretching your grocery budget.

Order your book now!


Take an Online Coupon Class
Online coupon classes are available! Join our once a month, online classes where you can ask Rayven questions, network with other students, and see real-live examples.

All online classes come with a workbook.


Come to Our Offline Coupon Class
Are you local to the Austin, Texas area? Come explore the world of couponing and refunding with Rayven as your teacher. All students receive a workbook and coupon organizational materials.


Teach Your Own Coupon Class
Looking for a coupon curriculum to teach locally? If you are a regular coupon user and wish to teach others in local, offline classes in your own area, learn more about the coupon class packages offered by Rayven Perkins.

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Coupon Organization

The massive amounts of grocery coupons to print, Sunday paper coupons and free food offers that most frugal coupon living mothers acquire are in need of organization!

There are many different methods of grocery coupon organization, from the binder method of couponing (which is how I organize my coupons) to the clutch or file methods.

Read tips on how to keep your coupon for grocery shopping organized!

Choose your favorite idea and roll with it; make it your own.

Print a Grocery Shopping List

Organize by Coupon Categories

Grocery Coupon Organizing Methods

File Method to Couponing

Binder Method of Couponing

Clutch Method of Couponing

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Get More Coupons

You know how frugal coupon living works, now its time to collect more coupons for your free food offers! In addition to grocery coupons to print, you can score multiples of your favorite coupon for grocery shopping.

This is a really important couponing strategy as you will want to stock up when you find a great deal.

Learn where to get coupons, both online and offline.

Acquire Multiple Coupons

Print Coupons Online

Get Free Product Coupons...for Free

Take Advantage of Local Sales

Every area has different stores, and most of your local stores have some sort of coupon/rebate/sales program that usually contain free food offers. Learn how to work these local programs for the best frugal coupon living results.

Store Coupons & Programs

Shopping at Target

Shopping at CVS

Shopping at Walgreens

Shopping at HEB

Working Rebates and Refunds

Frugal coupon living means more than using a grocery shopping coupon here and there. Learn how to combine a coupon for grocery shopping with rebates and refunds to get tons of free food offers, and perhaps actually make a profit.

How Rebates and Refunds Work

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Fun with Coupons

Time for some fun! Learn how frugal coupon living pros get discounts on online shopping, dine out on a dime, and get some terrific entertainment freebies.

Gift Coupons

Cheap Entertainment

Entertainment Coupons

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Contests, Sweepstakes, and Rewards

Many couponers and refunders take advantage of online contests, sweepstakes, and various rewards programs as well as freebies.

Learn how all these systems work and which are the best for your frugal coupon living goals.

Contests and Sweepstakes

Freebies

About Reward Programs

MyPoints

Upromise

Swagbucks

Cashcrate

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More Ways to Save on Food

Done with the Deals and Steals section? Stop by the following pages with more ways to save money on your food bill, without using coupons. Combining couponing with these tips will greatly reduce your food expenses, and free up more money to contribute to other areas of your life.

Beginners Guide to Frugal Coupon Shopping Grocery shopping got you down? Tired of watching the food bills climb? This guide will show you how to use coupons and refunds to get free food and products at the store, and save you money! The Grocery Coupon Book

Cheap Grocery Resources

Freezer Cooking Tips

Budget Cooking Ideas

Share Your Budget Recipes

Menus for Kids

Start a Food Exchange

Grow Your Own Vegetables

Raise Meat Rabbits

Raise Backyard Chickens

Discounts on Organic Foods

Order Groceries Online

Frugal Grocery Shopping Tips

Emergency Food Preparation

Frugal Menu Planning

Other Ways to Stretch Your Dollar

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