KARE 11 Viewers, welcome to Pocket Your Dollars! As you heard in tonight’s KARE 11 Extra, in less than 3 years my husband and I got out of $50,000 in debt. We did it by changing our attitude toward money, reducing expense in a million creative ways and organizing our finances. Pocket Your Dollars is our part to help you do the same.
Here’s what you can expect at Pocket Your Dollars:
Inspiration. You will be inspired to change your relationship to money as you read real-life results from readers and my family and seed thoughts about your finances.
Shopping lists. Every week Pocket Your Dollars’ shopping lists will tell you which items are truly great deals when you buy sale-priced items using coupons – and you won’t need a coupon file box to do it.
Freebies. You won’t believe the kinds of things you can legitimately get free without much effort at all. Check out all the freebies.
Deals, Coupons and Money-Saving Tips. You will stay informed on the best deals on everything from eating out to theater tickets to motor oil. You will also learn timeless tips and tricks for saving money in every area of life.
Five ways to stay connected to Pocket Your Dollars:
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Media. I appear on Twin Cities Live (KSTP 5) every Tuesday, on KTIS 98.5 FM every Monday morning at 7:10 am and on Northwest Cable 12 News at 4 every Wednesday. I make monthly appearances on KARE 11 news at 4 pm. Visit my media archive.
What if you want to hear more? It’s simple. Invite me to speak to your group. I can share more about my story, how we got out of debt, how we stay out of debt and how we reduce expense so dramatically without giving up a normal middle-class life. From corporate financial wellness programs to civic and mom’s groups to churches and community education programs, my passion is helping people pocket their dollars. Contact me to schedule an appearance.
Again, welcome! Pocket Your Dollars exists for your benefit. I am thankful to have you as a reader, look forward to hearing from you, learning with you, and working together to pocket our dollars.
Hello Carrie, Thank you so much for having a site like this, I’ve been teetering on which route to go for many years as how to reduce my debt. I too am in the hole for over 40 G’s in credit card debt. This past year I have really started to concentrate on paying that down. I can’ wait to dig into your site for ideas and inspiration. I live in Western Wi on a small farm with our 3 little girls. Again thanks for doing what you do!
Sincerely
Lisa Bigaouette
Spring Valley, WI
Welcome everyone. I am thrilled to have you here! Keep reading, learning and sharing your ideas. I don’t put all these ideas together on my own, but with help from all of you so be in touch when you spot a deal or have an idea you think I should share with others! –Carrie
Congrats on your accomplishment and thank you for helping others. I am anxious to use the tools you have shown us thru this website. Can you suggest which paper is better for coupons, Star Trib or St Paul Pioneer? I do not subscribe to either and didn’t want to waste my $$ on the wrong paper.
Thanks again!
Jamey – Generally, the Star Tribune has more coupons and higher-value coupons than the Pioneer Press.
Jamey – the Startribune typically has the better coupons. I’ve discovered that although the pioneer press may have the same number of inserts, the coupons in the inserts aren’t always the same. However, I get both sunday papers delivered because they were offering such good deals on Sunday papers. I think I was getting the pioneer press sunday for about .25 a week! I recycle 99.9% of it right away, but for what I pay, the extra coupons are often worth it. I think the strib is offering $26 a year?