[babymk]

How much you save honestly depends on your location. I live in a land of no double q's, so I don't get the double deals.

I suggest read read and read some more on Afullcup. You have to understand how people in your own area do it. You have to really know what are deals and what arent. I had your same problem in the beginning.

I concentrated on frees at the beginning and. Clipped coupons for my DH when he went grocery shopping for the stuff he would buy normally. No doubles at the grocery store means we watch for sales in the grocery store, but don't save much for regular grocery shopping. But that is our geographical area.

I haven't had to buy bodywash, razors, shampoo, cat food for a year.

Read read read and learn. It's a process. Watch for deals in the stores you shop in here in the forums and jump on it. You'll get there. It just may not be the way you thought since you've probably (just guessing here) seen blogs for outside your area and you watched "extreme couponing" on tv.

I'm also part of many freebie blogs on Facebook and am subscribed to free newsletters that sometimes post excellent deals not found on afc. If you pm me, I can send you links so you can subscribe too.

Hth.