Couple pays debt clipping coupons

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Couple pays debt clipping coupons
> Posted by Marcia Pounds on September 16, 2009 08:54 AM

A couple pays $50,000 in non-mortgage debt and saves for a six-month emergency fund by pinching pennies and clipping coupons. Read the story at Bankrate.com:

Does penny pinching pay off?

Clipping coupons, yes. But give up my latte? Can't do it. -- Marcia "Bargain Hunter" Pounds

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I don't know... I save a lot of money but it doesn't mean I have actual money to save - it just means I'm spending less... maybe it's because our income is so low?

I have no debt though. None. and I don't use credit cards.

I have no real saving either though which I know is terrible....

Posted by: Andrea | September 17, 2009 8:45 PM

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