Millions of Americans use grocery coupons to save money but there are even more people who do not. The reality is, it's so easy for us to spend our hard earned money to buy anything that we need or want but spend little time looking for coupons or bargain. Why is that? Is it because many individuals feel that purchasing a newspaper, sorting through the coupons, and then clipping them out is too time consuming ? Or is it because people are too busy to look around for coupons? Or is it because people do not know where to find the best deal on grocery items, electronics, food, recreation, travel and clothing on a daily basis?

Here are easy ways and avenues to save money most especially during the holiday season.

Local newspaper- if you subscribe to your local newspaper. The best finds are usually on Sunday local ads. During the week, make a list of all grocery items, home goods, electronics, or clothing that you need to buy for your family. Since most people have a day off on Sunday, take a few minutes and look at the ads based on the list you've written down during the week. If you don't subscribe with your local newspaper, you can also go online and check their home page. Most newspaper have their own website that has all the ads for the week. The best part is, it's usually free.

Mail Ad- most of us receives a lot of junk mail. I agree most of them are junk but some actually good bargain. So go thru your mails everyday and make sure you're not missing out on some coupons mailed by advertising companies or local businesses.

Television- this is probably one of the most popular way to get some deals but I think it's very seldom that you find the best deals here but if you do, take advantage of it right away. Offers are usually for limited time or limited stock/s.

On-line- you can go to your local newspaper website as I've mentioned before and check for best bargain. You can also go to certain store's website where you like to shop and see if they're offering any hot deals. Always, make sure that the ad you're looking at is being offered in your area. A lot of the nationwide stores and chains, have different deals on some areas.

Checking all of these money saving tips will only take a few minutes a week. Make a list of what your family needs and purposely check for discounts or coupons thru a local newspaper, mail ads or on the internet before heading out to the stores. This habit will definitely save some of your hard earned money. With the technology age, most people tends to find and buy most stuff on-line whether to buy and order grocery items from Safeway that offers home delivery, or clothing from Ebay or books from Amazon.

Here's a good online resource for hot deals, bargain and best finds in your area, http://www.tightfistedfinds.com

I do hope that you find this money saving tips helpful, please let me know how and where you look for coupons or hot deals. I would like to know from you. Email me at:diane@tightfistedfinds.com

Happy Holidays!