Dianne Debarros, a savvy mom from Canada, shares her secrets on how she saves over $2,000 each Christmas using coupons. She manages to keep her festive meal under $30 and presents for her family under $100.
A savvy mum uses coupons to save $2.2k each Christmas – spending just $26 on her festive lunch and $100 on presents for her family-of-four. Dianne Debarros, 34, uses tokens she finds online and in newspapers to get money off her shopping – to help with the cost of raising a family. When food prices started to rise following the pandemic, the mum-of-two became obsessed with using coupons to help lower her food bill.
She decided to see how much she could save over Christmas and managed to buy and cook her Christmas lunch for just $26 — which includes chicken, potatoes, vegetables and stuffing.Dianne splashes out $100 on presents – a doll house, paw patrol toys, for her daughter Annabella, six and Lillianna, four, and Bluetooth headphones for her husband, Tom Stitzel, 40. Dianne, a digital freelancer, from Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, said: “We have been doing this for a few years now.“Instead of doing turkey we did chicken as it is less expensive, that was one of our cost-saving things that we do because turkey is so expensive.Dianne Debarros, 34, uses tokens she finds online and in newspapers to get money off her shopping – to help with the cost of raising a family.“In terms of our food shop, for the meal we definitely try and stay within our $30 budget for groceries.Dianne started couponing in 2017 – trawling websites, apps and shopping aisles for the best deals.“Each week you can go to new stores and get coupons in the aisles.“We use coupons mainly for our grocery budget to make it $30-a-week. “There are also lots of programmes you can sign up for. I have received free make-up, diapers – you can get all sorts of things.
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