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  2. Hi Joni 🙂 I am a single mom on a very limited budget and I live in Wisconsin. We have very strict laws here that prevent me from getting much at all for free with coupons. The most I may have save at 1 time was 50% -which is not good if you only get $183 in foodstamps for 4 people. I hate standing in line for food at the food pantry. A lot of the people smell bad and I end up wasting half of my day off there just to get the bare neccessities. I do work and my son is on disability(he is autistic and cognitively delayed) and my 2nd oldest daughter works(which will probably knock me off of foodstamps) -despite the fact that all of my son’s disability goes for rent and a quarter of my income from my paycheck does too. I pretty much work to barely survive and support all 6 of my kids. I get food from my church but I would rather be self sufficient and not have to ask for help. I was wonderig if I could get some tips as in what to do to get more savings than just a little bit here in my area. I have started a small stock pile but it took a lot of money to get started. If I didn’t have my tax return , I probably wouldn’t have been able to do anything.

    • By the way I forgot to mention I have 6 kids-3 of which live elsewhere but when they do come to visit I have to provide everything for them- i do not get child support or help from my ex.


Joni-Family-SmallMy name is Joni Meyer-Crothers and I run this couponing/money-saving blog along with my husband, Jamie. We love to show others how to save money in a BIG way! We do all the work for you. . we do the matchups and show you where to get the coupons, many FREE printable coupons. Sit back and follow the blog and watch your savings increase! Couponing is a ministry for our family as we we love to show others how to save and share from their couponing harvest!

I just recently wrote a book called “Extreme Couponing” (released March 5, 2013)  that gives step-by-step directions on how to coupon.  We have been featured on TLC “Extreme Couponing” five times, The 700 Club, 20/20, Today Show, GMA, HLN, Rachael Ray, AOL “You’ve Got”, Fox News, CNN Money, Huffington Post ~ to see a complete list you can click on the right-hand sidebar and the clips and articles are listed there.

I continue to challenge everyone weekly to donate 5 nonperishable or hygienic items to a local food bank/pantry and/or family you may know in need.  Don’t ever discount the smallness of any act of kindness. . it matters!