Let me start off by saying I AM NOT A GURU when it comes to couponing. Not by any means! What I am, however, is someone who has been a broke college student, a broke IN-DEBT college student, a heavily in-debt and modestly paid single young working professional, and now a married working professional (2 jobs!) who is very grateful for all I have… but still has a car to pay off, two mountains of student loans to tackle (mine and the spouse's). We also have 3 cats who insist on eating on a daily basis.
Let me be clear: we're not rich. We are definitely lucky because if the world came crashing down tomorrow, we'd be okay… if we could sell most of our belongings and/or vehicles pretty quickly (very unlikely in this economy). Mostly, we’re just like a lot of people in that we need to save wherever we can so that some small catastrophe DOESN'T send all the dominos falling. And sometimes it's nice to just be able to free up a little extra cash for something fun. Or something unexpectedly necessary. Or a future goal.
So if you’re fairly new at this like I am and learning the ropes, feel free to learn from my successes… and mistakes, of course!
-Julie
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- Julie in KnoxTN
- I'm not content if I don't have at least 6+ hobbies/interests that I can hop in/out of on a regular basis. I seem to constantly be on the search for the perfect pair of brown shoes, grey trousers, and "Day" dress (though I could probably live in jeans & sneakers or better: yoga pants). I have never been able to fathom $4 per DAY coffee habits but I can completely withstand the guilt from an occasional Starbucks Frappucino or Espresso Truffle. I love a good sense of humor, some dry sarcastic wit, a kind and thankful heart, and a fair dose of altruistic optimism. Glass-half-empty has very little place in my life. I am not "cheap" (my husband and I would kill each other, LOL) but I love getting stuff for way less than other people paid, and I'm more than happy to share my sources.
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