Coupon Basics

First you need a 3 ring binder, baseball protector sheets or currency sheets, and dividers.(or whatever is easiest for you)Oh and a big help is to go to the store's website and print off there coupon policy, go over it and keep it with you because sometimes you are going to need it.
 Buy a paper for every member in your household. I sometimes buy more if there are some good deals that I just can't pass up. One of the best coupon sources are the Sunday paper, facebook (yes facebook, and will tell you more about that in a minute), and coupon sites. The P&G saver only comes every now ( every 2 weeks I believe) and then in the Sunday but the Smart Source and Red Plum are in everyone. I match all of mine up and then staple them together and cut them out at once and organize them in my binder. I go through the sale ads, and online. On facebook, if you type in frugal, coupon, you will be able to get some good posts that give great coupons. Another thing to do on facebook is to type in the product, for example Tide, click like and they have free samples that they will send you and coupons. I just received scotchbrite sponges in the mail 2 days ago. You get the drift. Ok on to saving on food......most of the stuff you can get for free like Ketchup. You can pretty much get Heinz Ketchup for free during the summer months or when  you know that the grills are coming back out, so when it comes to food you really have to check the sales papers and online to really get the good savings. Kroger is a really friendly coupon place and great deals. They double coupons up to a dollar. I find that other than Kroger, CVS, Walgreens, are all great places to find great deals. It takes patience, and research, but once you get started and get the hang of it, you won't want to stop and you look forward to that Sunday paper.  Until I can post some more later on here are some websites that I go to for coupons. www.passionforsavings.com, www.southernsavers.com, www.couponmom.com, www.coupondivas.com.