Just because I’m on a budget doesn’t mean I can’t shop for the things I love, it just means I have to be a little more creative - looking for bargains, shopping sales, hitting the clearance racks and of course, using coupons or coupon codes.

I recently found this little gem - Deal Locker. One of the things I instantly appreciate is the lack of clutter on the site. They feature a few stores and also, display several of their popular categories on their homepage. I think this is very convenient. If these aren’t stores you’re interested in or the categories aren’t for you, simply key in what you’re looking for into the search box in the center of the homepage and run a coupon search. Many of you know of my weakness for handbags (a weakness many of you share with me). I decided to see if I could find handbag coupons, and guess what? I did - 40 coupons to be exact. I decided to go one step further and search by stores and since I’m on this handbag thing, I figured I’d see what kind of stores I could find that would cater to this. One of my favorite sites to shop is eBags. I was excited to see how many eBags coupons they have! Being a photographer, I also decided to search for cameras. I’m currently in the market for a new digital camera, so I decided to give it another go. I did a search for Canon and while it didn’t return any coupons for the camera I’m looking for, I do see previous Canon coupons for the popular Canon Digital Rebel XTI that some of you have taken an interest to.

They’ve really simplified searching. It’s easy for me to find coupons for the things I want. Within a matter of minutes, I was able to search for coupons on handbags and handbag stores. I was also able to search for a specific brand name, Canon, while looking for digital camera coupons. Deal Locker even has a bookmarklet feature, which allows users of Firefox one click access to coupons on any page.

Deal Locker provides a place where people like you and me can find coupons and coupon codes to our favorite stores, for our favorite items. If you’re anything like me, you like sharing deals with your friends. Well, at Deal Locker you can also share these coupons and coupon codes with your friends!

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that I’ve added Deal Locker to my bookmarks.