Latest Trip

This trip today should have been better... Of course supposed Coupon policys (which seem to change when you about to get something free) limited me to getting bigger discount.

Went to Shop Rite in Little Falls
Order came to 58.40 and I paid $18.40.

Included was:

Six -50oz bottles of ALL laundry detergent
Four- bottles of MRS BUTTERWORTH SYRUP
64oz -bottle WESSON cooking oil
1 -package VELVEETA SINGLE meal
2 -packages of BARRILLA mirco meals
one- bottle of SIMPLY ORANGE juice
2 -bottles of DOLE frozen smoothies
and .40 lb from Olive bar (this was my splurge)

Not a bad run... would've been a lot better if were allowed to use all my coupons on hand and only paid $8!!

free printable coupons

Coupons.com

Good humor ice cream .50 off 1 ... on sale at Shop Rite for 1.99. Final cost= .99 yummy price 

Dawn dish detergent two coupons available .25 off any one regular scent and .50 off hand renewal, or power clean. Shop Rite sale .88..... regular scent .38 final cost, hand renewal or power clean will be free. (The coupons will both double)



Make sure you guys are downloading your digital coupons on your stores website. Those digital coupons will come off along with the manufacturer coupons.


Happy couponing!

Tip of the day 2/5/14

When you store of choice carries / places specials where you buy a certain amount of an item to recieve a coupon for money off instantly or catalina coupons off your next order... See if you can match these items up with coupons to add up your savings. 

A little careful planning could equal free items and great savings.

Also pay attention to coupon offered for free in aisles of the store (in the lil box attached to the shelves) - they can be saved for later if the item listed on the coupon is not on sale at that moment. Save it for when the item will go on sale.


Example: 
Sunlight Detergent was on sale $1.49.
There were coupons on shelf for $1 off any one.
Making them .49 each... there was sign attached that read buy any two and get $1 off your next 
your next order. Soooo...

My first two bottles cost me $1 with the in store coupons and i got back a $1 off my next order as well.

This took a bit of work but i split the rest of my orders only buying two at a time... but with the in store coupons and the $1 off next order coupons.... THE REST WERE FREE!!

Sometimes it does require some strategic planning but this can happen often.

I will keep giving tips that can help you score some free stuff.

This week at Shop Rite dawn dish detergent is free with coupons from Coupons.com! Get yours before sale runs out on Saturday!!

I know it's been a while...

Have been some decent sales weeks. Hope everyone has been getting their deals with sales ads and coupons.

I am going to make a better effort to log something at least three times a week.

There is a lot of research to do so I will try to get on here every other day!

If i miss a store near you... please drop me a shout and let me know. I will help out anyway that i can.

Cheap Cereal... get your coupons ready!

Okay,
Shop Rite has General Mills cereals this week for $1.99 when you buy 4 boxes.

 Coupons.com has a coupons for a few of the ones on sale which would make them .99 or less.  Then you make sure you get the digital coupon for the Honeynut Cheerios and the lucky charms which will make them only .50 per box.

I have enough coupons to get 16 boxes of cereal for $11.86 (avg.. .74 per box)!

More updates of tips to come!!

Where to Begin

There is a lot of information that I'm going to share here... big reason for the blog.

I use coupons from several sources, and a few are FREE (we love this word and look for it OFTEN) :-)

Free Sites:

• coupons.com
• smartsource.com
• redplum.com
• Coupon Network (has all together)

Digital coupons are available on most store sites that have a store savings card.

• shoprite.com
• pathmark.com
• stopandshop.com
• savingstar.com (seperate from store cards but will give you money back for their digital coupons)

I also purchase coupons from a few various sites:

• Ebay    (yes people actually give you coupons; you pay for their time to clip and ship 2u)

• thecouponclippers.com   (a coupon clipping service)  I check this site often for what coupons come in Sunday's paper

To register on any sites for alerts or such I made up a coupon email just for this purpose, if not be ready for A LOT of emails!!  I send everything to my coupon gmail and know when i check that email there is ONLY money saving coupons, sales, etc....

There is also a helpful site:

thekrazycouponlady.com

this site sometimes helps me with things unadvertised and such

Make sure you have something to organize your coupons and have it handy when you go to the store.   I have a zippered 3inch 3ring binder... I will post pictures later.

I never leave the house without my binder ( you never know when you could need a coupon)

REUSABLE BAGS (these make money for you  over time)

Shop Rite gives back 5 cents for every canvas bag you use... can really add up (10 bags in one shopping trip is .50) that's like another coupon!! They also give 2 cents for reusing the plastic bags (sometimes i reuse to put meats in)

Pathmark only gives 2 cents no matter what type of bag (hey it's better than nothing)

Pennies add up to silver money and silver money adds up to dollars...you see what I'm getting at.

Take a lil time and look over your stores circulars, see what you need on sale or maybe not need but it's a great price.... then check the coupon sites.  If there are coupons for items on sale you save a lot. 

I will be posting store sales and coupons if any out there that match up to the sales.

I hope this short late blog is enough to give you an idea what you need to do to start.

Happy Shopping!

Starting out..

Hello,

A little about my couponing history....
Started over 10 years ago, but off and on.  I first got into it after reading how some lady saved enough in coupons to take her entire family on vacation. I was amazed how this woman would take any money she saved from couponing and put it away ... in a year she had saved over $5000!   I couldn't believe it and try it myself.  
Well let's say my oldest son has a nice start in his back account from my efforts.

Anywho I got back into it roughly 2years ago, and this time more serious than before.
Let's face it, in today's economy if your household is not bringing in over 6 figures, you have to save somewhere (especially if you have children).

Well I hope that this blog will help a lot of you looking for assistance in getting started and how to maintain without giving up enough life hours to count as an additional job 
:-)


I have a co-author T. Bishop. She has been my couponing buddy for last 2years and we often make sure the other doesn't miss out on any Good deals.  Hope you guys enjoy!!


Feel free to send any questions you may have about couponing... Hope we can be of help!