About

Hi Everyone! I’m Lynne, aka the Coupon Queen, aka Momma here at Momma Makes Cents. (cents/sense… it’s punny, right?)

I’m a frugal foodie who wants to share my experiences with how to eat well while sticking to a budget. Don’t worry, y’all; Momma’s got ya covered.

But also I’m a writer, a wife and a mom, also a Star Wars, Critical Role, and Disney fan. Bookworm from birth, I also have a little bit of a cookbook collecting problem.

Read on below for my story. (It’s short! Micro even!)

What I do… is help you!

Prologue

I started out as a young married adult with no idea how to budget or meal plan or manage our meager money at all. I got thrown in the deep end of adult finance and found myself floundering my way back to the edge of the waters.

My Story

How’d I become the self-crowned Coupon Queen? With only $25 a week to feed myself, my husband, and our baby on the way, I learned real fast how to save and scrimp. We shopped at salvage stores, used coupons, combed sales. Bounced a few checks. Spent Christmas gift cards on milk. And yeah, we didn’t have cable. Little by little I built a pantry, educated myself how to manage money, and started saving for the future.

Epilogue

My story’s not over, obviously. But with some hard work, some serious dedication, a lot of student loans (alas!), and time… we’ve made it to living more than paycheck to paycheck. The epilogue to this journey is my sharing with you how to tackle your personal finances, with hopefully more know-how and help than I started out with.