Coming up a year ago, I embarked upon learning how to coupon. At the start, it wasn't easy. There was much to learn, and it often felt discouraging. Now, however, I am at a place where couponing can actually be fun and even somewhat easy. To be sure, learning how to use coupons comes with an intense learning curve, but after you learn, it becomes somewhat second nature.

Getting Items for Free

I think a big reason of why couponing can be enjoyable is because the rewards are real. For example, you actually can get items for free. I never would have dreamt this, but it's actually true. The trick is to combine store sales with coupons, and this literally can allow you to bring home items such as toothpaste and shampoo for free.

Getting Items at Low Costs

Furthermore, not only are there free items, but you can get many family essentials at low, low costs. For example, you can get feminine products for free, or as low as .99 cents. Also, baby supplies can come at little sums, as well as dish detergent and laundry detergent.

No Longer Having to Purchase Only the Store's Brand

Another reason of why couponing can now be enjoyable, and even fun, is that no longer is it necessary to only purchase store brand products simply because they are less expensive. To be sure, store brand products are often much less than name brand items. However, by combining store sales with coupons, often the name brand can be at the same cost, or even much lower, than the store's brand. This is quite a treat, for example, when you consider the difference between buying quality, name brand toilet paper versus toilet paper that is of poor quality.

Conclusion

In approaching a year's time, my family has been able to gather items for free, merchandise at low costs, and has been able to experience different products that we normally would not have purchased. By combining store sales with coupons is how we have done this. If you also are a couponer, or are considering to begin couponing, please feel free to share below your stories of how couponing has been beneficial to you, or of how you think it could be beneficial. Yes, when couponing, the initial learning curve can be challenging, but after awhile, it can kind of, as I said above, become second nature . . . with a number of benefits to boot.