Family budgets: stretched to the limit

The media are full of reports — the cost of food, clothing, medicine and other essentials is going up and up all the time. This is putting a severe strain on most family budgets, as the wage earners are probably not getting any increase in their salary to compensate for these higher living expenses. So moms and dads everywhere are learning to eat more wisely and economize wherever they can. For example, many families have resurrected coupon cutting — they look for coupons and everywhere, and tried to use as many of them as they possibly can. Younger families with infant children will, for example, relying on Pampers diapers coupons to help defray the cost of their diaper purchases. Coupons can also be used to lower the cost of food purchases as well. Household cleaning supplies can also be purchased more cheaply if you use coupons.