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I am a stay at home mom with four wonderful kids. I have been married for over 10 years to my best friend. I am head over heels in love with him. He always supports my crazy "thrifty adventures". We have a lot of fun together.

I was raised on a small dairy farm. Where I learned very young, the value of hard work and how to be thrifty in all areas of life. Growing up our meals were made from scratch. Only on special occasion would we get name brand cereal, chips, or any other fancy treats. Now that I am a Mom with my own budget, the basic foods always comes first. I too make most of our meals from scratch and take pride in feeding my family a well balanced healthy diet.

I enjoy seeing how far I can make our budget stretch, and when I take the time to match sales with coupons I am able to get all those "fun & fancy" items that would other wise be out of my budget. Being thrifty has always been a way of life for me, but it has also become a real joy.

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Who wants to win 27 coupon inserts?

Time for another coupon Giveaway!

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Would you  like to enter for  chance to win 27 inserts, here is how.  There are 5 ways to enter!

  • 1. Leave a comment  telling me how much your weekly budget is for food and personal care items.
  • 2. Follow us with Google Friend Connect. On the right side of our site,  click “Follow” where you see all the small photos of people already following.
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  • 4. Write about A Thrifty Mom on Facebook / Twitter and then leave me a comment HERE ON THIS POST
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Do each of these and you can enter up to 5 times! Good Luck
Rules: In order to win, you must provide your name, Anonymous comments will be deleted. I will be notifying the winner by email if you leave it, and in a post on my blog. The winner will be chosen at random. The winner will have 48 hours to respond to me with their name and address. If this information is not received within 48 hours a new winner will be chosen. Winner must live with the US.

368 comments to Who wants to win 27 coupon inserts?

  • Mine’s about $100, but I can make it less if I need to. I have cut it down some and am working on cutting it down more.

  • That One Chick

    We try to stay around 60 a week =)

  • Irma

    I am a subscriber now too!!!

  • Tammi Welch

    been subscribed to you email updates for a few months now. Thanks so much.

  • Tammi Welch

    our budget is $200. Includes 3 cats and a dog

  • Jen

    We spend about $70 a week for everything not including eating out.

  • mommadebba

    $75.00 a week for food, tolietries and cleaning for a family of two….thank god I found this site and COUPONS!!! :)

  • Jenny

    I been receiving your emails and following your blog since July (I think) and am loving it!

  • Jenny

    I budget $150 a week for my family of soon-to-be 5 for food/supplies/diapers/clothes/fun,etc. Some weeks I do better than others at sticking to it. Couponing absolutely helps!!!

  • jamie

    100.oo dollars a week for everything! Coupons would be great to help stock up!

  • Stephanie

    I’ve subscribed via RSS for about 2 months!

  • Stephanie

    Our budget is probably 40$/week.

  • Valerie

    Very excited about the coupon inserts! They would come in handy:) We spend about $75/week for three. That includes food, (eating in and out) household items (cleaners, shampoos etc).

  • I have been receiving your emails for a couple of months now. Thanks for all you do, it is much appreciated by all!

  • Our weekly grocery budget is about $100 for our family of 4, & I also buy lots of stuff for my mother-in-law.

  • theresa z

    we spend an average of 75.00 for a family of 4 a week..i have saved thousands of dollars by being frugal, using coupons with sales and clearance,having a stockpile of items when there free or almost free..noth ing is ever bought full price in my house…ITS FORBIDDEEN LOL

  • Irma

    My weekly budget for my family of five is about $100. I’m hoping to bring that amount down with what I’m learning from your blog

  • theresa z

    i am a subscriber..thank u for the deals!!

    mtzuniga4@yahoo.com

  • theresa z

    an average for a family of for runs sbout 75.00..i dont buy anything regular price..majority of my items i purchase needs to be with a coupon and on sale..i have saved thousands being frugal!!thank you so much..I love to be home with the children and living comfortable is so nice!!THANK YOU

  • Cyndi Monroe

    Hi!! Love your site, since finding it we’ve been eating good in our own hood (dining table) I have an autistic child with severe food allergies, her food runs about $65 a week, not many coupons or sales on her stuff. But with another 60 a week I feed the other five of us (and our herd of cats) and we don’t have breakfast for dinner every week anymore! Plus if it’s a really rough paycheck (whims of the overtime world), we could probably go about 2 weeks with just getting milk, which is such a blessing in itself. Love your website, such a time saver, and a family vacation saver!!

  • Casandra

    My budget is around $50.00 a week. This includes meat and fresh veggies and fruit. Does vary. Depending what on sale and how much I stock up. For a family of 5

  • Robin Baker

    I subcribe also. I have been following you for a few months and thank-you so much for helping me to save money!

  • Kalla

    My budget for my family is around $100 but normally is more like $60-$80

  • Robin Baker

    Been a google friend for a few weeks! Love your blog!

  • Robin Baker

    I try to spend no more that 60.00 per week for 5 of us.

  • alice

    well we budget 125 a week for food h&b products basicly anything we eat use or touch ha ha but since my couponing i know it wouldnt come close to that

  • Tara J

    My weekly budget for myself, my husband, and my eight month old averages $85.00.

  • Julie

    I’ve been following your blog for a little over a year now!

  • Julie

    I don’t have a specific budget for each month, but I feel good if I can keep the total under $100 a week for my family of three.

  • Neva

    Been following you for about a year. It’s been fascinating.

  • Burgundy

    I am new to all of this coupon stuff–I’ve been at it for a little over a week. Thanks so much for all of the tips!!! It’s helped my experience go from overwhelming to exhilerating!

  • Bobbi F

    My weekly budget for food is $50, and my personal care items weekly budget is $15. I have a family of 4.

  • Kit

    Hello! I really haven’t started a weekly budget – since I’m new to couponing and starting to “stock up” when things are on sale. I live in rural MT – so there aren’t as many great deals as the ones I see all of you getting. But some weeks are better than others:) Thanks!

  • I know this might sound crazy, but maybe not to all you “thrifty moms”: I know I keep my weekly budget under $100 and thats for all food and personal items!

  • Amanda

    Our budget is about $60/week. It may be going down soon a bit more because all this couponing has really been paying off!

  • Keri

    My weekly budget for food and personal items is probably a little higher than most because I am new to couponing and trying to create the stock-pile, but right now it is somewhere between $60 and $75 and trying not to spend more than $300 per month. Last month I achieved this budget goal and look to decrease it this month.

  • Tatyana

    My weekly bill is about $300 for the family of 6… I’ll be happy to cut it though :-)

  • Sunny

    I’m a subscriber!!!!!

  • Valerie

    we have a weekly budget of around $100 for food and personal items for our family of 5.

  • Hey, just signed up for the news feed! Thanks a bunch! Would truly appreciate the inserts! :)

  • Sunny

    My budget for a week is $100. That includes gas, food, clothing, etc. It covers everything.

  • Kari

    We spend $150 a week on five people, (including two toddlers), for food and personal care items including pullups and diapers for nighttime. One of the toddlers is on a very restricted diet also, which is quite expensive! So he actually has about $50 a week just for him. I love my coupons I can use for the rest of us to make up for the more expensive foods he requires! Thanks for the great website! I check in several times a day! :)

  • Carol Ann Cordell

    I just signed up to follow you with Google Friend Connect :)

  • Carol Ann Cordell

    I have been subscribing for about a month, but have been following your blog for much longer!

  • Carol Ann Cordell

    My budget is around $60, we have a family of three and with my son in diapers we spend quite a bit just in that category!

  • diana

    Weekly budget is approximately 40 for food and personal care.

  • Heidi

    My weekly budget is $100, but I may need to adjust because I’m not spending that much anyway…thanks to this website!

  • Brandi

    I’ve been subscribing to your blog for a couple weeks now and have already saved sooo much!

  • Pat Adams

    My Weekly Budget is 25.00. Just my hubby and me. We help out other family and friends with the deals I find. I would really like to win the inserts! Thank you for all your hard work!

  • Brandi

    My weekly budget for groceries is $120, but I’m trying to get that wayyyyyy down now that I’ve found couponing! Thanks for all your help!

  • Denise M.

    I have received your emails and blog feed for about a year now. Thanks for the awesome blog!

  • Denise M.

    Depending on coupon specials, our budget for two of us is about $30 a week. Of course, if there are some awesome deals, we will stock up and spend more…but then we usually just don’t go shopping for a week or two and eat out of our pantry/freezer.

  • Karina

    My weekly budget USED to be about $100-$125. Now, thanks to coupons and smarter shopping, it’s down to $75-$100. I’m trying to get it down even further – you show me it’s possible!

  • Lisa

    My weekly budget is $150 for a family of 5. My kids are older and that means they eat more..image that! lol

  • Tammy

    I have been receiving your feeds for about 1 month now and I LOVE it!

  • Sherri

    I’ve been receiving your feed for about 2 weeks now.

  • Tammy

    My weekly budget is $50. Before couponing, that would have been impossible but couponing has made it doable! I hope I win!

  • My weekly budget for groceries and personal care items is $40….and then once a year when we get our taxes back, we also will spend an extra $100 or so stocking up on stuff!

  • Jennifer

    I’m currently bugeted $75.00 for a family of 5 including a infant. It was just reduced, it use to be $100 a week but thanks to your thrifty deals at Pathmark and Target I’m albl to drop it and I hope I can drop it even more. I just became a stay at home Mom and we went from two incomes to one.

    thank you for your tips and congrats on your new addition.

  • melissa

    I do, I do!!! my weekly budget is $50 I am a huge couponer..some weeks its less and other weeks it may be a stockup week so a little more! love your sight!

  • jenissa

    We budget about 90.00/week for groceries, diapers, clothing, and household supplies.

  • Kara

    About $40 a week. I shop monthly, for my family it works. Totals out to $150 a month for our family of 3.

  • Sherri

    I’ve said it before, I post stuff about your site on FB all the time. I did it again today. My friends love the tips. My kids think I’m crazy!!

  • Sherri

    I would like to say my budget is about $100. But I know I spend more than that. With my new obsession of following your site and others with great deals, I’m hoping to cut that down. Or at least build my food storage while spending less. Seems like ya’ll get the best deals at Albersons and we don’t have those here, so I muddle through… Thanks for all you do to help us all save a few bucks.

  • Krystal

    Before I found this website, I would generally go to the grocery store with my list and spend between $100-$150 a week on grovceries. This usually occured on Sundays after church and I would go home feeling very dissatisfied with how much we had spent, and how little we had to show for it. My first week of using the coupons, I spent $60.00 and had so much more to show. I am getting better each week with matching coupons to ads, and it is actually really fun for me. I love to give my kids the coupons and have them help me find the items…they love it too!!!!

  • My weekly budget is $50 for food/diapers/toiletries etc. I love your blog and refer ppl to it all the time!! :) Thanks for all you do!

  • Rhonda W.

    My weekly budget for groceries and personal care for a family of 6 is $50.00.

    Rhonda

  • Wendi

    For a family of four our weekly budget is right around $40-$50 bucks…unless there is a stock up item then I might splurge and do $60.00 :0) That all includes a little one in diapers still! Thanks for your blog!

  • mandy

    Leave a comment telling me how much your weekly budget is for food and personal care items…….

    We have more like a monthly budget. Its not set in stone, if i need to spend more so be it. Groceries come before anything else. But we try to go under $450 for the month, for a family of 4 and a dog. This is all food, h&b, paper prodcuts, cleaning products and dog stuff.

  • I do, I do. I want to win. I ususally spend $40-$50 a week on food and personal care.
    etnamail(at)gmail(dot)com

  • My weekly budget varies on sales and coupons – stocking up and such. For a family of 5 I try to stay within $550 a month for food and paper products/meds

  • I follow your blog-love all the helpful things you share with us

  • Penny Littleton

    I have been subscribed now for about 2 months and check it so many times a day.

  • I try to stay close to $70 per week on everything-for our family of 5 plus one on the way and one still in diapers.

  • Penny Littleton

    I get you daily emails

    Penny
    kittikatkitty@comcast.net

  • I’m a google follower!

  • My weekly budget is $25-$50 for my husband and I.

  • Penny Littleton

    I already follow you!

    Penny
    kittikatkitty@comcast.net

  • Penny Littleton

    For a family of 4 for me is $100.

    Penny
    kittikatkitty@comcast.net

  • Kymber

    I’m a google friend…

  • Kymber

    mentioned you on my FB…I love to share your ideas with all my friends…

  • Kymber

    I have the toolbar!

  • Kymber

    I’ve been a subscriber for probably about 10 months now…

  • Kymber

    Before I started couponing, we easily spent $500-600/month ($125-150/week). my budget now is about $50/month now and I’m getting so much more because of coupons.

  • Sherrie Evans

    Our weekly budget is about $100.

  • cindy

    usually around 135.00. For a family of 5

  • Christina Rever

    I just became single with 2 kids who are eating me out of the house. With the help of your site, we spend approx $125 per week and only eat in. But it’s a struggle.

    This would help me so much!!

  • We’re in the process of setting a budget so we can do a better job of limiting, and keeping tabs, on our expenditures. We’re trying to get it to $75 per week and then lower it from there.

  • Casey

    Right now my weekly budget is $100 for a family of 4 with two dogs. I’m fairly new to couponing so I hope to lower this number as I get better at maximizing the deals. Thank you for a great site.

  • lori

    I spend so much money each week on groceries. I would say 150.00. We have 2 teenage boys and all of their friends that come to eat. We need help.

  • Miriam

    $75.00/month for a family of four. Teenage son with huge appetite and husband with high cholesterol – so I buy large quantities of healthy food.

  • Esther

    I subscribe!

  • Esther

    Our budget is about $75 each week.

  • Lisa B.

    Our budget for my family of 6 is about $150. I’m still working to get it down. All those great coupons would really help!

  • Kelly

    I’ve been subscribing to your feed for a month or so now. I really enjoy your website! Thanks!

  • Athena

    I would love the 27 inserts. I provide for a family of 8 in our home as well as assisting many families in meeting their needs. My weekly budget for food and personal care items is about $200 (plus dog food for 3 dogs). Thanks

  • edi

    my budget per week for everything that is not bills?????????????

    $100 for the whole family. That includes clothes.

    Edi