About Me

Hi!  First, let me say, thanks for taking the time to read my blog!  I hope you can benefit from the information I’m providing you.

I moved to Lubbock about 2 years ago from Dallas.  I didn’t know anything about Lubbock or where anything was.  I was thankful for my iPhone maps because I used it everyday.  I am a full time employee at a Dental clinic and work 8am-5pm, Monday-Friday.  (That’s why my blog posts are so random)  I’m also, newly married and a new step-mom of 3 kids. After I met the kids and we started doing things, like eating…I quickly learned that kids are expensive!  So, being the new, enthusiastic step-mom that I was, I thought I would start finding things to do in Lubbock that didn’t cost too much money and just plan all kinds of fun things to do.  To my surprise there was actually tons of Free things to do in Lubbock.

Soon, I became the “go to person” when someone wanted a deal or discount or where kids could eat for free, etc.  I didn’t realized that I had accumulated all this information and it was just swirling around in my head, until people at work were talking about it one day.  During this time of learning Lubbock and where to find deals and activities, December came and my husband was given notice that his job would end in January and that he would need to find a new one!

I was panicked because we lived paycheck to paycheck with a little left over that we managed to blow each month.  We were already doing stuff for free or little money so we looked at our bills and decided to cut off our cable, take our lunches to work, cancel Tivo, and cancel a few other unnecessary things.

One day on facebook I saw that my sister had posted that she was excited about attending a “coupon class” at her church.  My ears perked up and I wanted to know more about this “extreme couponing” she was talking about.  So, after she took her class she called me and tried to talk me through it.  We live 500 miles apart so it was difficult.  I didn’t get it at first, I made mistakes every time I went to the store and even forgot to use the coupons I had in my hand!  Finally after about a month I was getting a little better at it.

Then one day I got an email from the Dave Ramsey people that there was a class starting in Lubbock and you could attend the first class of Financial Peace for free to see if you might want to take the whole course.  Well, you know I jumped on that opportunity for the free class!  So, my husband and I both went and decided we really needed to change the way we were spending and not saving especially with the close-call on losing his job.  (By the way, he got a new job by February 1st so, only a couple of days of wages were lost!)  The class really got us focused and on the same page as far as where we were going to end up and what our money was doing for us now and in the future.  So, we started a real budget with every dollar we make spent on paper before the month begins.  We use the envelope system of cash and we stick to the budget!  That’s how I know I’m saving so much with coupons because I know what I budget and I know how much cash I still have at the end of the month.

One frustrating part about couponing was that people in the big cities had websites they could go to and get their info that someone had already posted for them, but I could not find one for our stores here in Lubbock. Since I was already doing the work of matching coupons to our stores for myself, I thought I would go ahead and share this info by posting it in a blog.  I mostly wanted to get information that I came across out there and organized where people could find these free things to do instead of hearing on Monday, “Why didn’t you tell me!”  That’s how Lubbock Coupon Gal started!

If you have any questions please feel free to email me!