Every good couponer needs a good website to help them along. These days with the hustle and bustle of our busy lives, great couponing websites can take what used to be hours of work and condense into minutes. My website of choice is www.southernsavers.com. The site gives lists all the major store ads broken down into each ad. Inside the ads they tell what items are on sale that week and where to find the coupon, if applicable. This makes what most people think is hours and hours of work simple and easy. So don't think it's just too much work and "I don't have the time".
Now their are several ways to approach your shopping, from cutting all the coupons to clipping just the ones you are going to use. You must decide which approach is better for you. If you are a secondary shopper in the family or just want to buy what is on sale at that particular store, I suggest that you place your sleeves of coupons in a folder and cut only the ones that you need once you are ready. If you are the primary shopper and visit stores without having the time to prepare I suggest cutting your coupons and organizing them for easy retrieval. Their is nothing worse than buying something that you know you had a coupon for. Once you start cutting and saving you will easily see how much fun it is and how much money you can save.
To start, make sure you are buying double papers on Sunday. These are available at most major grocery stores. This way you will start off with two sets of coupons which when you find a good deal will make it twice the fun. Find a good organizational system, as talked about above. Visit the websites on the day you plan to shop and go have some fun and be amazed at how much you will save!