US woman claims she saved more than $20,000 in 5 years thanks to COUPONING

A savvy woman says she has saved a staggering $24,000 on her groceries thanks to her obsession with couponing - and is so good stores sometimes pay HER to shop. Emily Shetler, 27, got hooked on couponing - using tokens she finds online and in newspapers to get money off her shopping - when she got married five years ago. Emily moved to Buffalo, New York, from Texas, with her younger husband so that he could play college American, and she become the sole earner for the household. Now she spends two to three hours a week scouring the internet to find the best coupons, saving them to her shopping apps as she goes. When she goes shopping - armed with a phone full of coupons - her $60 basket of essentials will sometimes cost just $4. Her biggest bargains have included a haul of beauty and household products from CVS worth $69 which EARNED her 73 cents. Home insurance rep Emily thinks she cuts her shopping bills by around $400 to $500 dollars a month, since she started her coupon habit five years ago. She now only spends around $50 a month. With her extra cash, Emily has managed to go on multiple holidays, with her husband, to places like the Bahamas and Martha’s Vineyard.