Money Saving Tips on Printing Coupons

• We all know it can get expensive rather quickly buying ink cartridges. We have a Dell printer and I was buying our cartridges directly through Dell. I always cringed whenever it was time to buy more ink. So I was excited when I discovered I could by remanufactured cartridges through 4inkjets. I can save 30% by ordering my cartridges through them rather than Dell. So far I have been pleased by the quality of printing and the cartridges are lasting just as long as they were when I got them through Dell.
• Print your coupons in black and white. In your printer settings you should be able to choose to print color images in black and white.
• When printing some coupons, the coupon will print with a picture following the coupon. When this happens, I normally wait until I see the entire coupon has printed then I quickly press the "stop" button on our printer. You'll save alot of ink this way! Unfortunately there are a few coupons that the picture prints out before the coupon and there's no way to avoid that.
• To save on paper, buy it at Staples when they have a good sale. In the 3 months I've been "couponing" I've seen 2 different times that they've had a deal when you bought a ream of paper you could get 90%-100% of your money back via a rebate. When I run across a deal like this I'll be sure to let you know.

A Little About Me...

Around three months ago I was introduced to the "world of couponing" when my good friend Rachal started a money saving blog. I read her blog on a daily basis but was rather skeptical of actually being able to save money using coupons. I've always thought that people who use coupons don't actually save that much money that it's worth their time clipping coupons but for some reason I kept reading her blog. Then one day Rachal posted that you could get a jumbo pack of Huggies Supreme diapers at Kroger for $3.49 after coupons. Since that day I've been a coupon clipper!

You may think that couponing takes too much time. I'll be honest and admit it does take time but I've decided since I'm a stay at home Mom this is something I can do to try to "help out" around here. Another note, since I've started using coupons my pantry is fuller than it's ever been and I'm spending less money! How awesome is that? I have also been able to give alot more. My brother got married a month ago and I gave him 2 big bags of groceries. I figured up how much money I had in the groceries and it came close to $8. I've been able to give some of my family toothpaste and shavers that I've gotten for free at CVS.

I love being able to help others! That's the reason I've started this blog. So I can help others save money and find good deals. I will hopefully be keeping you up to date on the latest printable coupons and samples available. If time allows I'll do a weekly CVS and Kroger post.