Extreme Couponing

Did you watch the Extreme Couponing premiere (video)? With free coupons online and massive coupon clipping, lthese ladies are saving big – HUGE – amounts of money off of their grocery bills.

Of course, Extreme Couponing also illustrates that saving this kind of money can be a full time job, with extreme couponers spending four to six hours each day to clip and plan.

There’s some major savings though, so maybe there’s something to be said for their coupon obssession...........

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Target.com has over $30 in new Target store grocery coupons available to print! Remember these can be stacked with manufacturer coupons for even more savings...........

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TLC's 'Extreme Couponing' Stars

I love a good deal as much as the next person ... just not if it requires any sort of legwork. Yes, I'll admit it: I'm a retail snob.

In fact, a few months ago when I saw my best friend pull a small coupon binder out of her purse, I laughed. At her! For wanting to save money while shopping for her family of four!

I'm taking it all back now, because TLC's 'Extreme Couponing' (premieres Wed., April 6, 9PM ET) has made me see the blue light special. Sure the previews show a woman talking about spending time equivalent to a full-time job clipping coupons each week -- hence the "extreme" -- but the louder message is that every little bit makes a difference.

What's that saying? A penny saved is a penny earned? Even Benjamin Franklin realized there's nothing wrong with stashing your cash away for a rainy day. So why is there such a stingy stigma attached to using coupons?

I caught up with two of the show's couponers, Nathan Engels and Jessica Hacker, to hear a little bit more about how and why they started couponing, and they shared a few tips and crazy coupon success stories with me.

"Right after my daughter was born, about two years ago, I was on maternity leave trying to convince my husband I should get to stay home," Jessica shared, "and we just couldn't afford to. We'd just bought a new washer and dryer, and it came with a year's supply of laundry soap. So here I was with this whole booklet full of coupons for free Tide, and I was hooked.................