Saving BIG!!!!

I have been told that we must have debt up the butt, because our kids are in nice name brand clothes. And that we go out to eat once a week or so. We have newer cars than most our age. And I understand where they are coming from and with being in the military everyone knows or can find out how much we make. And just so that you all know we are making 2100 a month and that is without BAH (witch is for rent due to the fact that we are not living on base) I fell that my kids should have the best and I want to give it to them and now that you know what we make you can see why it would be hard. When we were living on base we could spend $120 on food for the month and people would ask me know and did not think that we could with all the food we would get. And the thing is we did it with coupons! And I use them a ton! It's free money in my eyes! So why not use them. I remember one time we went and had two shopping carts of food and had to pay just $125 for it all! And we had save $95 in coupons! Yes it takes time and the first few times it will take a lot longer in the store but it's do able. Here is something that some people do not know is if the store is having 2/ $4 you do not have to get 2 you can get 1/ $2 if you just need one, and with those deal you can use coupons also. Take your time and look to see what's on sale.

A tip for shopping on line, type in online coupons and see if you can get free shipping, or 50% off it's takes just a minute and can save you a ton of the course of a year. So do not think that it only $10 this time it's not a big deal, because it is. Something else that I do that's online that is "free money" is my points. You sign up for it and they will send you emails, and all you have to do is open them and click on get points and they will give you 5 points. And I like to do shopping online and you can shop through them and get point and by doing it that way you get more points. And when you get so many point you can cash them in and get gift cards to stores, restaurant or even airline miles!! I would when you get a chance take a look!

And shopping for things for the girls. SALES!!!! We took a shopping trip to day and got the girls some new clothes for the upcoming summer and without the sales it would have been $468.50 that's a little much! When I walk in to a store I walk right to the sale racks! And I will ask if they do any discounts, and look online to see if there is any coupons that you can print and take with you. So with that said today I spent $162.62!! That's $300 off!! Now that's more like it and I will take the time to save that. So what makes the $300 any different than $10 nothings in my eyes!

Matthew works hard for the money he gets for us and I know that everyone works hard for the money they get for their family. So I need to work hard to make that money go as far as I can for my family. There will be more money saving tips to come. This was just a fast look at what we do and will take a better look at each one at a later time.