well the nice thing about couponing is it does translate to cold hard cash. it may not seem like it because it's money you already earned... but yesterday I saved $70 on my grocery trip and stocked up on roasts, chicken breast etc. All things we would have purchased anyway but paid full price for. That $70 would have been spent on the same groceries when I didn't actively try to save on our shoping trips.

In the past month we have saved over $250 on our grocery bill. but I'm not talking about anything like that show extreme couponing lol. this is just very basic couponing and strategic shopping and that's how much we have saved.

a penny saved is a penny earned

if you do anything like crafts or photography or anything like that you can often tranlate that into some funds too