"You are as much serving God in looking after your own children, and training them up in God's fear, and minding the house, and making your household a church for God, as you would be if you had been called to lead an army to battle for the Lord of hosts."
~Charles Spurgeon

COU·PON·ING

[koo-pon-ing]
–noun
1.
the practice of distributing discount coupons  to consumersas a form of product promotion.
2.
the activity of seeking out or saving discount coupons  tosave money on food or household purchases.


I'm going for definition #2!  Coupons have been around since (believe or not) 1887. That's when the very first coupon was invented by Asa Chandler (you can read more about it here).  For generations frugal moms (& dads) have been cutting coupons to save a buck or two.  In our days of internet and smart phones sometimes there's no need to clip your coupon. Some stores allow you to take advantage of their coupons right from your phone! Pretty cool...and saves our trees too (my Coco will be so happy about that. Ever since her class did a study on Reduce, Reuse & Recycle, she's been quite environmentally cautious and reminds us to apply the 3Rs.  I'm really proud of her for being a good steward of what God gives her but if she starts lecturing me about reusing that paper towel, we're going to have some issues.).

OK...sorry, I got a little side tracked.

Back to coupons...

I personally didn't really cut coupons when my children were little.  Maybe just for diapers, wipes and those baby essentials but never really took advantage of the savings! BOY....did I MISS OUT!!

Now that we really need to watch our spendings, I'm going really start using them little money savers as much as possible.  If you type in coupons in your browser you'll be bombarded with tons of links, blogs and sites full of coupons.  This can get overwhelming for sure!  There are sites out there that do the coupon watching for you already (like The Krazy Coupon Lady).  I'll put some of my favorites on the sidebar to left pretty soon.  

You know what's also big....coupon binders!!! BINDERS....yay! Seriously, what is my fascination with binders?! Anywho, here's one of my favorite videos from YouTube that explains what a coupon binder is.  If you do your research, there's lots of variations of this wonderful money saver.

**Don't forget to turn off the music before you watch the video. Just scroll down and pause it.**

Hope this encourages you to grab your scissors or other cutting contraption and start saving some money!

HAPPY COUPONING!!
on Wednesday, March 02, 2011
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Psalm 116: 1-9

I love the LORD, for he heard my voice;
he heard my cry for mercy.

Because he turned his ear to me,
I will call on him as long as I live.

The cords of death entangled me,
the anguish of the grave came upon me;
I was overcome by trouble and sorrow.

Then I called on the name of the LORD :
"O LORD, save me!"

The LORD is gracious and righteous;
our God is full of compassion.

The LORD protects the simplehearted;
when I was in great need, he saved me.

Be at rest once more, O my soul,
for the LORD has been good to you.

For you, O LORD, have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling,

that I may walk before the LORD
in the land of the living.