If you live in or near Monroe, Mich., here is the next opportunity to see the budget blogger in person …
6 p.m. Tuesday March 23, Dorsch Memorial Branch Library, 18 E. First St., Monroe MI.
Buying groceries for a family can be difficult in today’s economy. If you would like to improve your finances by [...]

This article is making the rounds among the Michigan coupon bloggers:
Wall Street Journal asks the question: Are coupons worth it?
The conclusion: It’s time worth spent.
I’ve shopped with coupons since my college days, but that’s not my only money-saving trick. If you’d like to get going as fast as possible on grocery shopping on a budget [...]

My discussions on coupon policies have focused on basic information such as which stores in Monroe County, Mich.,  do double coupons vs. single coupons vs. no coupons. I’ve also talked about coupon restrictions that have gone into effect during special promotions.
But if you get into advanced couponing, you will want to know a few more [...]

Both the Meijer and Kroger ads for this week in Monroe, Mich., are featuring 10 for $10 sales.
Now while one can pretty much consider the Kroger deals to be a “dollar menu” – buy whatever you want, each item costs a $1; the Meijer ad has this buy 10 items get 11th item free special. [...]

When I give my grocery shopping on a budget classes and public appearances, I’ve been taking along my coupon box. It’s an index card box, with index cards as dividers. I’ve organized my coupons that way for more than 20 years.
After seeing what my friend Candy does with her coupon binder, I made a sample [...]

Several southeast Michigan frugal living and bargain-shopping bloggers had a get-together Friday in Lathrup Village near Southfield. We were chatting away for about two hours – long enough to close down Panera Bread for the night!
One of the ladies I met was Courtney Bellanti of Brighton, who hosts 1-2-3Save. She was one of the shoppers [...]

If you were interested in frugal living in the early 1990s, you might have heard of Donna McKenna’s books called The $30 a Week Grocery Budget, volume I and II.
I wasn’t aware of Donna’s books when she wrote them in the early 1990s, but I was definitely on a tight budget at the time.
After reading [...]

I keep my grocery coupons in an index card box. That system works very well for me.
I clip and save every coupon I might use, use index cards as category dividers, move the coupons to the front of the box when I select the product, and pull the coupons I selected out to give to [...]

Are you looking for a coupon / grocery on a budget class in Monroe, Mich.? I’ll be doing my next one 6 p.m. March 23 at Dorsch Memorial Branch Library.
But in the meantime, I have learned that The Sharp Scissors Lady has a coupon class on March 13 in Livonia and a class March 19 [...]

Do you want to raid a Detroit blogger’s coupon box?
Staying Lean in Oakland County is hosting a coupon giveaway. This collection sounds like a good start for a beginner or a good kick-start for a veteran couponer. Go read the rules and enter by Monday Feb. 22 if you want her coupons.
Where do my extra [...]

I read a tweet from another blogger yesterday who was absolutely certain there would be no Sunday newspaper coupons today because it’s a holiday weekend.
Yes, it is true that there normally are no coupons on holiday weekends. This is President’s Day weekend. There were no coupons in the paper on President’s Day weekend in 2009.
But [...]

If you live in Toledo, Ohio, Melanie from Saving Money in Toledo will host a free coupon workshop at 9 a.m. Feb. 27.
My grocery shopping on a budget class via Monroe Community Education on Wednesday was canceled because not enough people registered. (I heard later some people who wanted to go didn’t call the [...]

A blog called The Penny Experiment is starting to get some buzz among frugal and personal finance writers.
The Penny Experiment is a project that features artists creating pieces that feature pennies in the artwork, and using the images and proceeds to raise awareness for the ultimate goal – $1 million in groceries donated to food [...]

Karen Datko has a piece for the MSN Smart Spending blog called Learn how to decode coupons.
She’s picked up on statistics and trends such as shorter expiration dates, print-at-home coupons and the problems with counterfeit coupons.

I use a coupon box, not a coupon binder.
However, I’ve been working on a sample binder to use for show-and-tell when I’m doing community education classes and club presentations. I want you to use whatever method will get your coupons to the checkout clerk.
Candy at Deal With It, Simply! was frustrated with couponing until she [...]