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Couple pays debt clipping coupons

By Marcia Pounds 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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About the authors

Doreen Christensen has never paid full price for anything. If there is a way to save on something, she will find it and share how you can save, too. Doreen is a senior reporter covering consumer news, health, beauty and features for the online and print editions of the Sun Sentinel. A 32-year veteran of the newspaper, she previously was a senior copy editor on the universal copy desk. Doreen spends her time off hunting bargains, clipping coupons, gardening and traveling.

Justine Griffin covers retail and marine business for the Sun Sentinel. She is a Tampa Bay native who graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2010. After spending a year covering crime in St. Augustine, Fla., she moved to Fort Lauderdale and made the switch to business journalism. When she’s not writing, she’s riding horses and spending time with her whippet puppy, Josie.

Marcia Heroux Pounds is the Sun Sentinel's workplace columnist when she's not shopping for shoes. She also writes about small business, which allows her to visit many of South Florida's unique shops and boutiques.


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