Ginger from Attention Target Shoppers wrote me the other day to share that Michelle from Lipstick to Crayons was contributing a guest post to her site sharing how she got started saving money.
In it she names Deal Seeking Mom and Money Saving Mom as two of the blogs that got her started on her journey of learning to be frugal. I thought this would be kind of a fun topic to throw out to you all.
I’ve always been a deal seeker, combing forums for the best freebies, coupons and bargains, but I’m pretty sure that Money Saving Mom was the first blog that I read on the topic.
So I’m just curious where you got your money-saving start? Was it a blog or elsewhere? And feel free to share what motivated or inspired you as well.
Rainey
Somehow I found Coupon Gal and thats when I started finding out about these coupon and moneysaving blogs and that was about 6 months ago. Now I can’t even shop without consulting the blogs LOL
Julie
I’ve always been a bargain shopper, but a couple years ago my husband and I really started to kick it up a notch as we tried to get out of debt. One of the first blogs I found was MoneySavingMom…but I quickly found others (including you) and once I discovered Google Reader for keeping track of all my fave frugal blogs it was on!! During my pregnancy and just after I really didn’t do a lot of deals…but now that I have a cute and very active almost-eight-month-old, we are exploring the stores and getting deals together!!
Gloria Brown
We had tow ladies in our church expecting twins. So I started searching for baby freebies and found freebies4mom. I signed up for them all so I’d have lots of things to give them at their showers. On some of her posts she’d thank so and so for the tip so I followed those links and started with the CVS challenges. Then added Wags and then coupons for everything. This has really helped since my husband and I just started out get out of debt program, complete with envelopes and budgets!
Shannon
I have always loved a great deal, but about a year ago I caught Ashley from Frugal Coupon Living on the Dr. Phil show. My husband and I were trying to figure out how to lower our monthly out of pocket so we could attempt to start getting out of debt. A year later we are by no means out of debt, but we are making progress and have built a huge stockpile that everybody makes fun of, but they have no problems shopping from it!
Missy
I have used coupons in the past here and there. I was never consistent or strategic. I came across an article online this past September that mentioned a few blogs. Honestly, I can’t remember which ones I looked at first. But after checking out alot of them, I have about 6-7 that I keep up with. DSM and Hip2Save are the two I check several times a day.
I’m not a shopper, so some weeks it’s hard to get motivated to go to 3 or more stores to get the deals. But reading blogs like this keeps me motivated. What a blessing to my family! Thanks, Tara!
Karyn
My Mom used to coupon when we were young but I don’t remember much about it. In college I started doing ebay to make some cash and my husband and I are always “wheeling and dealing” but never for food. So while out on maternity with my first child I saw a news segment about the Grocery Game and started checking that out which led me to afullcup.com and here! I am totally hooked and have been doing this for about 2 years, which really helps with two young children. I even started helping a few fellow teachers at school and they’re wishing they would have started when their kids were young. THere are so many great resources out there, but I definitely check in here daily!
Ashlee
I grew up with all of my needs taken care of, but we didn’t have a lot extra money. My Mom always clipped coupons and matched them with items on sale when possible. When I first moved out on my own our Meijer would have super double coupons every few months and I would stock up on personal care items for pennies a piece or even free. That was about my extent to saving until this year. My husband and I were each making a pretty good salary and had plenty of extra money to spare, so we didn’t take the time to clip coupons until last year. Now I am a stay at home mom to my infant and my husband is not working either since he just started law school. We are now living on about a third of what we used to with an extra mouth to feed. Sites like this one have really helped us cut our spending WAY down without having to forgo some of the name brand items we would rather buy.
Lisa
Yes, you are guilty again. It was dealseekingmom.com for me too. My SIL got going from her sister and the snowball is still rolling. Some say its silly, some say its a waste but in the end it helps my OCD need to shop and I am spending WAY less than I was before and still getting my fix. Thank you Tara for all your hard work and ty to all those who contribute deals. A wonderful network of paying it forward in much needed times.
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