PORT RICHEY, FL -- Joyce Haasnoot is a stay at home mom who has made finding deals her full time job.
"Toothpaste, shampoos, even razors, I would never pay full price for," Haasnoot says.
She says there's so many "tricks to the trade", she started her own blog,
Saving my Cents. But she says there are five tricks you can use every week to save big!
1.) Stack your coupons
Haasnoot says she saves every coupon she sees and looks for opportunities to stack them, or combing store and manufacturer coupons.
"If I have a coupon for two dollars off cereal and Publix has two dollars off that same cereal I combine them and that's four dollars off,” Haasnoot says.
2.) Search freebie forums
If free is what you like, Joyce says search online freebie forums where deal hunters share bargains.
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Proctor & Gamble and
Walmart are two big companies that always offer free samples. You can go to their websites and there's a link to free samples," Haasnoot says.
3.) Find free magazine offers
Want your favorite magazines for free? Joyce says she joined sites like
Rewardsgold.com where you earn points towards free subscriptions.
"Basically you just fill out a little survey and they ask you to review a product and give your opinion on razors and you pick whatever razor you want," Haasnoot says.
4.) Join restaurant food clubs
Hasnoots says she doesn't dine out often. But when she does, she gets deals by joining restaurant food clubs.
5.) Stockpile by the season
Hasnoot says around the holidays shop for flour, sugar and other baking goods when coupons are plentiful. In the summer, stock up on things like condiments and baked beans.
"You can literally shop in your pantry," says Haasnoot.
There is one catch. To shop and save this way you can't be brand specific.
Most products will come with a money back guarantee, so if you don't like a product, you aren't losing any money.
