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About Koupon Karen

Welcome to Koupon Karen (formally known as Frugal Rhode Island Mama)!!

My name is Karen and I am a Rhode Island Stay At Home Mom to two girls and a wife to a Wonderful Engineer who totally supports my blogging habit!

Koupon Karen is about teaching you how to save money on everyday items so you have more money for extra stuff, to go on vacation or to pay off bills. Learn how to use coupons, shop sales and even little ways to make some extra cash with Surveys. I also love giving away FREE stuff so you will find many Giveaways every Month!

I started seriously couponing after my second daughter was born and we found ourselves needing a new roof and some car repairs. I found that by using coupons and saving money on everyday items we needed, we didn’t have to dig to far to pay for these repairs. I became a little obsessed at first! My friends and family would ask me all the time how I got such a great deal so I decided to start this blog so they could follow along.

The next thing I knew, I had people reading my blog every day! I was excited that someone actually wanted to hear what I had to say so I began turning this into more than just a place to show off how much I saved, and it developed into a blog about how to do it!

I have PR people emailing me all the time about great products so now I have giveaways by the dozens each month and I love it. Winning a giveaway is just another way of getting something for FREE!

Let me know if you have any questions or if you find a good deal. Email Me

Thanks for visiting my spot on the Web!!

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1 Nicolle B. October 6, 2009 at 6:22 pm: I’ve been a follower/reader of your blog for a few months AND an avid reader of MSN.com. I cam across this article, http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/ConsumerActionGuide/recession-fallout-america-is-on-sale.aspx – I was reading today and it mentioned you. Congrats That is soooo awesome!! Keep up the good work! (I’m sure you already knew, but I wanted to congradulate you)
2 FrugalRIMama October 6, 2009 at 6:26 pm: Thanks Nicolle – Yes I’m excited to be mentioned in that article. thanks for visiting my blog!
3 Melissa October 15, 2009 at 10:48 am: The info you are providing is great. Thank you! My first child is due in 6 weeks and while my husband and I are already pretty frugal and good about saving but I always feel like we could be doing more. We aren’t great with using coupons so I am definitely going to start implementing your tips!
4 RhodeyGirl October 28, 2009 at 11:14 am: WOWOWOWOW! I just read a Slate piece that linked to you and WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THAT YOU ARE FROM RHODE ISLAND TOO?!?! Love this site, and bookmarking NOW.
5 Julie Hedge April 30, 2011 at 4:50 pm: Hey, Karen! I am also a mother of two girls, but they are teenagers now (16 & 14). I just recently started couponing and I have gotten a few good deals so far. I am hoping to get better at it soon…

I also love scrapbooking, however that has taken a back burner. Do you have any suggestions as to how to get back into it, as far as getting all those pics organized?
6 Koupon Karen April 30, 2011 at 8:49 pm: Julie I wish I had some insite for you but my scrapbooking has also gone to the back burner. I really want to designate a day every month were I can site and scrap but it’s so hard. My suggestion would be to print the pictures and have them on hand so you can scrap whenever you have a moment. That’s what i’ve been trying to do.
7 Lauren H May 4, 2011 at 2:30 am: Karen I just love your site!! Being a mommy of 2 daughters just like you I love to read your blog post and keep up with the freebies, deals, and fun stuff going on all around! You are such and inspiration to me and would love one day to have my blog up and running like your amazing one! Like you stated all my friends and family ask me the same thing about my deals and I catch myself giving mini lessons via text messaging, phone calls, and even facebook!! LOL…. I have told you before and I will say it again I just love love love your Koupon Karen cartoon girly she is just to darn cute!! Love her LOL…thanks for all the great info you share with everyone you rock!!
8 Shelbi June 13, 2011 at 6:40 pm: I love your blog! Love seeing all the great deals, freebies, and entering your giveaways! Wanted to thank you for all you do..we know how hard it is to manage a blog like this! Some of us know anyway. Your family is beautiful! Thanks again..<3
9 Patricia September 24, 2011 at 1:46 pm: Karen, I am new to your site and I am loving it so far! Thank you so much for doing this!
10 Maribeth Beringer September 24, 2011 at 7:55 pm: I am a new follower. I do a lot of surveys and was delighted to find a few that are new, so I added them. They were Daily Survey Panel, SayNation, Esearch, and HCD Surveys, so make sure you get credit for them. I look forward to your couponing tips as well as survey info. Thanks for this blog!
11 Holly October 18, 2011 at 1:32 am: Hi Karen. I just found a great deal @ Stop&Shop that I wanted to pass on. I bought 6 cartons of Hood ice cream (48oz. each) for $5.00. They are on sale 2/$4.00 and fall into a ‘Fill your Freezer’ deal which gives you an instant $5.00 off when you buy 6. I had two coupons for $1.00 off. The deal is only valid until 10/20/11. Just thought that I would pass that on!! It’s a great deal if you have the feezer space.
12 Rebecca Shockley November 13, 2011 at 12:37 am: I enjoyed reading about you and your family, I also have a reading everyone’s blogs habit, just a little different, I love yours!
13 Rebecca Shockley November 30, 2011 at 8:01 am: I’m in the same vote as you were in regards to the saving money and great deals, but I have a question, was it hard to start your own blog, did you get help?
14 Koupon Karen November 30, 2011 at 8:31 am: Hi Rebecca, When I started I didn’t even know where to look for help so I did it all by myself but as it grew I had some help with the website. But I started on Blogger.com which makes it very easy as it’s an extremely user friendly blog. HTH!
15 Lisa S January 23, 2012 at 5:11 pm: I love your blog, thank-you!
16 lisa lo March 12, 2012 at 3:29 am: I have a loonnnggg lost aunt that lives in R.H. Lots of cousins too.
Never been there but they visited me one time in the midwest.
17 Lacy Tanner May 12, 2012 at 2:55 pm: Thank you for all the great reviews and giveaways!
18 Lori Bishop November 12, 2012 at 10:11 am: I love your blog! Thanks so much for sharing everything with us!!
19 heather December 30, 2012 at 1:14 am: I really like your blog too. I LOVE that you let folks enter with thier email and not Facebook! Thank you for that as I do not participate in that.
20 Kori January 18, 2013 at 8:14 am: Hi Karen, I’m new to your site, I am so happy to find a couponer from RI so that the deals you are actually in my area. I was wondering if you did workshops. My 16 year old son is a big coupner and he has been since 12 yrs old. He gets stuff for free but the most I get is about 50 % off my food shopping order. My friends ask me how to do it. We would love to go to a workshop if you offer them. I need to get serious as a couponer as I may loose my job soon ..ugg. Thanks.