I’ve known of this information for quite sometime, but I know there are always new “penny-pinchers” on my blog, so I wanted to pass this information along to you from Walletpop.com:
Do those numbers shock you? Consumers using coupons in-stores run pretty parallel to this information as well.
Make sure to check out the entire article on WalletPop.
My Take
Using coupons is not about saving a buck or two. It’s about using your brain and realizing that full price is never your only option. It’s about understanding that slashing your spending budget and your grocery budget allows you to save more, and do more with your money. It’s about knowing that spending an extra 30 minutes a week literally saves you thousands of dollars a year.
This is why I blog- it’s as simple as that. Money problems cause divorce, severe stress, health problems, and more. I’ve been there, I’ve done that. Your finances can make or break you. It doesn’t matter if you make $20,000 or $200,000 a year, you must know how to manage your money, and getting deep discounts on everything you buy makes it so much easier to take back control of your money instead of letting your money control you.
I have NO shame when I walk into a store with coupons in-tow. I hope that you also have “no shame in your gain”.
Hey! I'm Jasmine. 
I LOVE walking into a store with a stack of coupons, especially when I can pair them up with a sale. It’s exciting and it stretches my very limited budget. I’m an EBT customer and everyone thinks you can live off of “Food Stamps”. No you can’t if you are single (I am disabled from 2 car accidents). My EBT allotment is $200/month and while that seems generous, it doesn’t make it to the end of the month at today’s grocery prices. I also live in a rural area, where we do not have the grocery store competition of larger metropolitan areas so we do not have some of the great sales and BOGO’S I see from stores listed on these coupon blog sites. I just started using blogs in the last 3 months and I am going wild with Freebies, Coupons, anything that can help me to “make it”.
But the best part of all…I get to teach the younger teens/adults about saving with coupons. Living in a friendly small town gives me the opportunity to share about my savings with others. I love the surprised faces of the cashiers at WalMart when I go through the cash line with great coupon savings. They learn from it. I also share my coupons with others. I randomly hand out coupons out of my stash while in the store, and I also place coupons by products to help others.
Shiela,
I have been on Food stamps myself, but I was not couponing at the time because I thought it was a waste of time. I believe my food stamps totaled $300 for my household of 3. Oddly enough, I spend less than that now and I have so much more- I wish I would have known that back then. It’s so great that you are spreading the word, and it feels great to show others how easy it is.