What made me get into coupons

I decided to do coupons after using coupons off and on for many years. When I used a coupon, I would sometime talk to my sister and say "I brought this and used a coupon and got it for this much." And then when Extreme Couponing came out on television. When I first watched it, I was hooked, however, after several attempts, I could not do all that they were doing. After this, I continue to watch it and realize, this is all not true. With this, my outlook from then on about coupons were that I can save what I can and not pay for several things. I have crashed and burn on some shopping trips, however, I have had great shopping trips that lets me save at least over 50% off my grocery bill. Being a single mom and raising my son, I know that a teenager eats a lot more than what I can afford. I also live with my father for the time being and knowing that he doesn't make money like everyone else believe, he has a business to run on top of a household to manage. I have taken care of the material items like food, cleaning supplies, and making sure his house is clean. While he take care of the bills and his business. In over four months, that I have been dedicated to coupon and saving money in between classes and homework assignments, I have manage to save at least $300 on food and cleaning supplies, while this is a estimate. I have a small stock pile that I can see and know that it felt good that I purchase this stuff and not paid full price or that I used coupons that was either doubled or not doubled. The one day that I went shopping to get Bounty paper towels that was on sale at Food Lion, I had a coupon for $5 off and they were on sale for 4.99, well needless to say, I paid $.25 for it and walked out the door. However, this is only a few trips that I have manage to do this for, however, I am hooked and hope to continue saving money on items that I need. I did this blog to record my shopping trips and how well I save on money for items that we use on a daily basis. I will add more post about my shopping trips and what I spent out of pocket. I will also include many different things in my blog. This is my thoughts and being put on here give me the peace of mind that I can express things in many different ways.  Great first blog post for me.