Learning how to decifer coupon barcodes may be a little advanced for coupon newbies and even for the seasoned couponer. You may not have any interest (or time) in learning how to pick them apart. But, I think at least having an idea of how the barcodes work is valuable to any couponer. Go here for a...

Most will start out saving coupons by clipping the newspaper inserts. Obviously this is one of the main coupon resources out there but it's by no means the only one! Also, you can print coupons off the internet (what I usually refer to as "internet printables") from several sources including...

Saving pennies must be important to you on some level if you are reading this blog and/or a regular visitor of the Dollar Stretcher website. There are so many areas in our lives where we are unable to save money at all or without big sacrifices. I choose to focus on saving in the area of groceries and...

The Grocery Game is a service that you can sign up for that tells you (each week) what to buy at your local stores. The lists available for each area are different but they usually include grocery stores, drug stores, etc. This service does most of the work for you: they track sale cycles, study the...

You may have come across some acronyms and abbreviations while learning how to coupon and shop sales. Some of them are pretty easy to figure out but then there are times where you are just stumped. I don't tend to use a lot of short hand myself (would rather spell things out so that they are easier...

You think you are ready to get started with drug store shopping? You might think that they are over priced and that, even with a good coupon, it's cheaper to just buy at Walmart or the dollar stores. Wrong! Once you get a good stash of coupons going (and have them organized!) then you will be well...

There are so many great sources for coupons; you just have to look for them. Here are my suggestions: 1) Newspaper Inserts --> The best coupon inserts come on Sunday. If you don't get the newspaper yourself, ask someone who does to save the coupons for you. Also, it's cheap at Walmart to purchase...

Ok, so you are brand new to this couponing and finding deals thing and have no idea where to start? Well, I’m not saying that my start was perfect but I’ll share with you my own “baby steps”. It didn’t happen over night (I didn’t have some big revelation) but it probably took me a good year to get rolling...