Couponing

  I am not an avid couponer, but I want to be.  I want to be one of those people who gets hundreds of dollars worth of items for five dollars.  I don't see it ever happening, but wouldn't it be great?!

  What I do, though, is this...

  I have a subscription to All You magazine.  They have tons of coupons in each issue.  Not all of them are things I would use but some of them are.  And the magazine always has great money saving hints in it, as well as lots of other interesting things.  Totally worth the subscription.  And cheaper to subscribe than to keep buying the mags off the rack.

  I periodically visit ValPak.com.  You put in your zipcode and it pulls up the coupons available in your area.  I get alot of good restaurant coupons this way.  The best part is that you don't have to download anything to be able to print.  It's great!

  A friend of mine gave me the link to a new website she's putting together tonight.  It's http://www.couponinginiowa.com/.  It's still under construction, but there are already some great things there for us Iowans!  Amber is a couponing rockstar, so I recommend you check it out!

  I am currently thinking about starting up a facebook group for Cedar Rapids, Iowa-area couponers and frugirlies and fruguys to share ideas, cool finds, etc.  I am thinking about even trying to initiate an occasional hang out session for coupon trading, idea sharing, etc.