Guest post by Regina:

My friend Jane would always hire a handyman to help with jobs around the house. But with a new “I-can-do-it” attitude, Jane looked at her grungy shower stall and knew it was the job for her. For about a year she’d clean all the corners with anti-bacterial and anti-fungal cleaners, scrubbing as hard as she could, only to see the semi-white (mostly gray) caulking return with spots of holes and cracks. It was time to caulk the shower and give it a fresh look.

The fall holidays and Christmas are behind us. The lights and decorations have been taken down and packed away. The last thing we want to think about now is NEXT Christmas. However, now is the time to take advantage of some incredible deals.

To summarize my Get Into The Coupon Game: Clip, Organize, & Save! blog, I talked about putting together a coupon binder as well as cutting and organizing coupons. We are ready to move on to the next step.

On Wednesday mornings, I pull all the grocery ads from the newspaper (there are usually coupons included). If you don’t get the newspaper, you can ask to be placed on the mailing list for all the grocery stores–most will be happy to mail you a weekly ad. I go through each ad and write down their best deals for the week. All of the stores lower their prices on certain items to pull you into their store, and we want to take advantage of them.

Clip those Coupons! You hear about it everywhere, you see people at the checkout in the grocery stores with their coupons, but you figure it is not worth your time and the headache of cutting coupons. Besides, they can’t be saving enough money to really make a difference! That’s exactly what I thought a few years ago. I had a young family and I worked; where would I find the time to cut and organize coupons? If only I knew then, what I know now.