Confessions of a Belly Dance Coupon Shopper

Allow me to introduce myself.  My name is Dilara Sultan, and I am a coupon shopper.  You have seen my kind before.  Perhaps you were in a hurry and got stuck behind one of us at the supermarket, slowing down the checkout process with stack of clippings reaching up to the sky.  Or perhaps you have been intrigued by us.  Our uncanny ability to save money with little more than a few paper cutouts from a Sunday paper, can dazzle.
 
Over the past 15 years I have cultivated myself into a lean-mean, margin-busting-shopping-machine.  Yes, I did get inspiration from my buddy George Foreman for that title.

For many of you who have followed me on Twitter & Facebook, you have seen my postings of delight.  “Headed for the market.... look out store manger - I’m going to bust your margins for the day”    or “I have super hero shopping skills.  got $310 in groceries, only paid $122.”  Yes, there are times I even impress myself.

Last year I was encouraged to recap my coupon strategies so that others may learn and save as well.  I did...Continue reading in Dilara's Diary on HipMix.net!