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Extreme couponing comes to Arbutus.

For some time now I have been considering extreme couponing.  Those who know me know that the only thing extreme about me is my Type A personality.  LOL!  So extreme couponing is right up my alley.  Cutting out coupons, organizing them in my couponing binder, finding the sales, saving the money and giggling all the way out the door as I look at my receipt and thinking I just beat the system. 

But, the truth is couponing is for everyone.  Yes, I'm talking to those who say they don't have time to clip coupons, to search the weekly sale papers, or who just don't believe this is for real.  If you could save $40-$50 per week with coupons/sales would you do it?  If you could get all of your toilet items for almost free would you take advantage?  If you could get a months worth of laundry detergent for $20 or less like I did two weeks ago would you jump on that sale?  I asked myself the same questions and answered yes to all. 

It does initially take some time to organize and educate yourself about couponing to be successful.  But with websites such as Coupon Divas (and many others), social networking like Facebook, and support from the couponing community you can do it.  That's honestly why I decided to start this blog.  There is money out there just waiting to be found and spent.  These billion dollar companies are just passing it out and we have all been guilty of passing it up.  Well, no more!!!  Let's learn together, share deals, sales, coupons, tips, etc...whatever we can do to help us save lots of money. 

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To tell you all the truth it becomes this fun and addicting game to see how much money you can save or how many items you can almost or get for free.  Even my husband is super pleased with this new idea!

Go grab a cup of coffee, scissors and your children (they are helping too) and let's get started clipping those savings out and putting that money to good use.  In your pocket!!!

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To be continued...

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