Do you love going out to eat?

So many Americans love going out to eat. I have heard by lots of viewers that they are not willing to sacrifice going out to eat. Many due to exhaustion of working a full days work. Here are some tips on keeping your out to eat expenses down.
1. Look at your local restaurants and see what day they offer for the kids to eat free. Make a list you can keep in your purse for those exhausted days.
2. Keep the local flyer's on coupons on restaurants. Many times there are good deals for the family. Keep a little folder and put it in the car you frequently use.
3. If your not tired of fast food restaurants, like McDonald's, etc. Use the dollar menu! A family of 4 can eat for about $8.
4. Drink water when out to eat... This is the most expensive item on most restaurant menus. On average it only cost the restaurant 28 cents for the cup and 3 cents for the soda. So when you pay $1.99 for a drink. Your giving them a huge profit. A drink at a restaurant cost more than a 2 liter at Wal-mart.
5. Use www.restaurants.com to get a gift card cheaper for a restaurant
6. Keep a cash system on how much you are going to spend in a week or month on restaurants. When your out of money, thats its... Don't spend anymore!
7. If you love to eat really expensive ask for a gift cards to that restaurant for Christmas or birthdays. This will help off set the cost to you.
8. Get on the restaurants email list. Many times they send coupons over email (Zios is very good at this)
9. Plan ahead if you know you go out to eat on Sundays because of church and the time crunch. Make a crock pot meal Saturday that you can just plug in before you leave for church. Learn your schedule!
10. Look for free items! For veterans day Applebees, Golden Corral, Hy-vee offer free meals. Also for firefighters on firefighters day Baskin Robbins offer free ice cream to all.
11. See if the company you work for offers deals for using corporate savings. For example Sprint has a website all employees can use for deals. Are bank also does this.
12. Eat lunch instead of supper. Huge savings! Some times the same meal is $2 more for supper than at lunch.
13. Share meals with your spouse. Get an appetizer and one meal. This is usually filling enough to get you home!
14. Keep a goodie bag in your car if you travel a lot or have sports events... This will allow you to make it home to make a meal if you prefer to eat at home.
15. If your not to hungry, and have kids with you at a nice restaurant order a kids meal. This is usually cheaper. Check the prices though!

Coupons in Sunday's paper

As you all might have noticed, there was no coupons in Sundays paper. But don't give up on saving money this week... Lets get creative... Go online to coupons.com and print the things you absoluetely have to buy this week, Use last weeks coupons for this weeks sales... Go to Craigs list if you need to buy furniture or even Ebay... There are tons of ways to save money, you just have to put effort in to making every dollar scream for savings...

Do not pay full price on these items

These are list of items I have noticed you should never pay full price:

• Toiletry items
• Cleaning supplies
• Pet Supplies
• Snacks
• Cereals
• Canned Foods
• Frozen Vegetables
• Fruits "yes fruits watch the sales"
• Meats
• New products being introduced
• Baby products

Coupon Sunday

The Sunday paper is great way to get coupons. I get very excited in the mornings looking for my paper. Before church I go pick it up. Then after church and family lunch time. Its couponing time.. Yeah baby! I usually spend a couple of hours just enjoying myself. I organize my coupon book, to make sure I don't have any expired coupons. Then I add the new ones. I also pull out the ones that will be expiring soon in hopes of finding a sale on them as well.



I go through every sale ad. Yes ladies I said every. You never know what is the best deal until you look at it all... Match as many coupons as you can with a sale. That is a great way to save money or even get the item FREE! Yes I said FREE! I have gotten tons of items FREE.

There are many other ways to get coupons, but that will be for a later date.