Where do I start?

How do you start on this saving/couponing/budget-stretching process?

Good question! Where do I start?  :-)

It's difficult exactly how to describe how kick off this process.  It could be a bit confusing at first, and you will make a few mistakes. (I'll do separate blog entries for some common mistakes people make, when starting out.)

Essentially: Your goal is to get as much as you can, for as little as you can.  Your goal is to get the bill as close to $0.00 as you can - if not below that!

Legal Shoplifting
When I started this blog months ago (before finally churning out the first entry, tonight :-), I'd probably only bought a few items for free - or for less than free - at the stores. Now, I've accomplished that many more times; I don't even remember all of the stuff that I've bought for free!

If you do this right, you can get large amounts of brand name products: FOOD (Kellogg's, Keebler, Kraft, DiGiorno, Tombstone, Hormel, Lindt, Coca-Cola, etc., etc...); PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS (Edge, Degree, Axe, Old Spice...); HOUSEHOLD ESSENTIALS (Quilted Northern, Charmin, Angel Soft, Kleenex, Brawny...); CLOTHING; RESTAURANTS; and just about all other categories, in large quantities for low costs.

Brand Names <$ Generic
Many times, the major brand names can be bought for LESS than the generic products!!

How do I explain it?
Putting this into words, in a how-to blog format, is kind of challenging... I'm not sure how to start off, how to best explain things, and how to organize these steps.  But, I'll be figuring that out soon!


Special thanks to Kara Lindsay (and Alan Menken), for the inspiration!  What I've been struggling with wasn't "writer's block" - but an ongoing, longtime productivity log jam... with a bout of sickness recently added in.

All of that is now in the process of being broken through... Praise God!!

Update: The day after I'd made progress on my websites, and was in the process of getting over sickness, I also received a new part-time job!  Praise the Lord!!


  Write what you know... It could practically write itself... This could go big...

Whatever happens, LET'S BEGIN!!


Write what you know... Let it flow! Watch what happens.