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How I save money in this economy
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items From couponing and rebates, to savings planners here are some great tips to save you money on everyday expenses
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Couponing Must Haves
Budgeting
Blog Posts to Check Out
Books to read
Resources
Couponing Must Haves
My favorite rebate app by FAR! Earn real money back on groceries, home goods, and more. It's also super simple to use!
Ibotta
This is the exact coupon tracker I use. Nothing fancy, just a regular Excel file, but it's free and super easy to use to keep track of your coupons!
Digital Couponing Deal Tracker (Free!)
This is also an amazing cashback app. It gives you gift cards for buying groceries, household items, and more. You can also earn points just for submitting any receipt.
Fetch Rewards
If you haven't already heard of Groupon, get out from under that rock and download it. Lots of discounts on local restaurants, stores, family activities, etc.
Groupon® Official Site - Find Local Deals Near You
You can get cashback on groceries AND gas (why I would reccomend this in addition to other apps!)
Checkout 51
I know I sound silly but Kroger is my go-to store for saving money on groceries! Trust me. With coupons, Cashback and gas rewards... you will save yourself thousands of dollars!
Mobile App - Shop Online, Load Digital Coupons, Refill Prescriptions
My favorite store for couponing! Check out their extra care rewards program. You pay $5 a month but get $10 in store credit every single month. You can roll their store credit (extrabucks) so you use extrabucks to pay for your items and earn extrabuc...
Download CVS Mobile APP: Pharmacy, Shop, Photo, ExtraCare
Aisle is a great rebate website/app for rebates as well. It mostly has brands I haven't tried before so it's great for trying new products for either cheap or free
Aisle | Discover 100+ Offers From Your Favorite Brands
Budgeting
This spreadsheet will help your family visualize expenses with clarity and confidence. It has a monthly budget tracker, spending categories page, and savings goal tracker for only $5!
Family Budget Starter Kit
This has a trip overview, budget planning sheet, travel expense tracker (estimated vs. actual), spending log, packing checklist (with space for kids’ gear!) and it's a completely free download!
FREE Travel Budget Planner for Families
This is a 6 week course for giving your family's finances a makeover. Each week you focus on a new topic in your finances. Worth the money in my opinion!
The Family Finance Makeover Kit
Blog Posts to Check Out
A good beginners explanation on how to get started with digital couponing. No paper coupons required! Easy to do from your phone and saves lots of money at the store!
Free Stuff & Cashback: My Lazy Mom's Guide to Extreme Couponing
Great article about how to save money on groceries. Covers mindset shifting, different strategies to save yourself money, and more
How I Cut My Grocery Bill From $200 to $75 a Week — Feeding 4 on a Budget
Books to read
This will honestly help you get your finances on track, and the book keeps it real instead of offering the same advice ("don't buy that coffee"…
I Will Teach You to Be Rich: 6-Week Program
This is actually a pretty quick read and helps make saving and investing simple! Good read for anyone interested in a different perspective on saving
The Latte Factor: Why You Don't Have to Be Rich
Resources
This app links with your bank and every time you purchase anything, it automatically rounds up your purchase and invests the pennies. Sounds like it wouldn't be much, but it can help you save and invest hundreds or thousands a year! Pennies add up!
Acorns
If you don't feel like putting your own deals together, just check out their weekly deals before you go shopping! They always find the best deals. Lots of free or cheap items!
The Krazy Coupon Lady
This tracks, manages and gives you tips on your finances. Track your spending, investing and budgeting with just this one app
SoFi