Category Archives: Coupons

Jun 12

June 6th and 9th Couponing Trips

I might try and post these weekly, or whenever I have a good shopping trip to share. Last week the kiddos and I made four trips to the store, three trips I focused on building the stockpile. By the fourth stop the kiddos were really tired of grocery shopping. We stayed locally, and I learned a good couponing tip too.

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I had spotted a great pizza deal at Gene’s Heartland Foods, and I had 2 coupons too. The pizzas were selling for $.97 ea, and they make a fantastic fast lunch for all my boys. My coupons only saved me $1.00 on the transaction, but I learned that they will double coupons up to $.50 as long as the item is not on sale. Nice tip, and I can’t complain about a super easy lunch to make.

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Then it was off to Walgreens. I shopped this sale late in the week, and I was worried that everything on my list was going to be sold out. I’ve run into a local extreme couponer at Walgreens before, and I know their great deals tend to sell out fast. I had 6 coupons for the transaction, and saved 47% after all the coupons rang up. I also earned $2.00 in register rewards thanks to the toothbrushes. I’ll probably put the register rewards coupon towards diapers.

Lastly it was an awesome BOGO Shopping Trip at Woods.

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This little trip helped out with the stockpile, and I saved 47% again! The kiddos were really excited to pick out  their favorite fruit snacks. The fruit snacks regularly cost $2.99 but, after the BOGO discount and my coupons doubling they were only $.99 each. You just can’t beat that deal.

I didn’t have any freebies this week, but one of my favorite deals was the deodorant deal at Walgreens. They were down to $.74 with the help of coupons. Also the Fruit Snacks for just $.99! The kiddos liked the fruit snacks deal too.

I’m anxious to see what coupons are in this Sunday’s papers, and I hope to find some good deals this next week too. Happy couponing everyone!

Jun 11

Couponing Deals and Freebies: May

I know I’ve mentioned it a few times before, but I have decided to get back into the couponing game. My main goal for May was to start my stockpile, and stock up on Summer staples for the kids. I think I did pretty good, and for the few weeks that I was at it, I was surprised by my savings. I stuck to the local stores, but in June I’m taking my coupon binder on the road, and hopefully I’ll come home with even better savings.

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I started off at Walgreens, one of my favorite places to shop locally. They are very coupon friendly, and don’t frown when I hand over a big pile of coupons. I came home with a fantastic freebie, a full sized bottle of lotion was free with a coupon. I also got one of the lip-glosses for $.99, thanks to a bogo 50% off, and I used coupons on both too. Once I did the math I saved 43% with coupons and earned $4.00 in register rewards too.

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Then it was off to Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart seems to be hit and miss when it comes to coupons, but this time I was pretty happy when we got to the check-out. I got the tank top for free thanks to a $5.00 coupon. I also saved 48% on this shopping trip thanks to coupons.

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Wood’s had an amazing soda sale going on, and I shopped it twice. We are stocked up for the Summer now. This was also my first time really using my coupons for a big shopping trip at Woods. I got a cool freebie too, I got a free sauce pan ($15.00) for signing up for their store’s membership rewards card ( to use to save on fuel). I also saved 26% on this trip, and started growing my stockpile.

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Back to Walgreens one more time for the cereal sale. I was hoping to use my $4.00 in register rewards plus a $1.00 coupon to make this transaction $.97, but it didn’t work. I saved the $4.00 register rewards for the diaper sale for later in the week. I can’t complain about a cereal sale though, my kiddos go through a crazy amount of cereal.

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I also visited Gene’s Heartland Foods to once again shop a cereal sale. I also spotted a good deal on chips while we were there. I saved 15% on this shopping trip, and  one of the boxes of cereal had $5.00 worth of coupons included. Pretty good deal, and once again all of the purchases went to the stockpile.

My best deal for the month was getting the lip gloss for $.99, I was pretty happy about that one.

I also came up with some cool freebies. I got 2 free tank tops, a free sauce pan, and a free bottle of lotion. Not too bad.

I tracked all of my shopping trips for two weeks, and ended up saving 23% total. It was well worth the time and extra clipping too. I’m going to make this my Summer project and see just how much I can save at the stores.

Jun 5

Couponing…

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So I’ve got my binder on the way to being organized, and a pretty good spreadsheet system going, but I’m just not seeing the savings up as high as I would like. I’m learning a lot as I go, and a lot about local couponing etiquette. I’ve even run into two local extreme couponers while we’ve been out shopping.

My savings are hovering around 26%-43%, but I want to do better. This week I bumped up my paper purchases from 2 to 3, and I think 4 might be my magic number. It is really fun to coupon though, and saving a little on the grocery budget just might make me a fan of shopping again.

May 20

Coupons In Hand

If the rain ever lets up today, I’m going shopping. I’m making a coupon-only shopping trip to 3 stores. I worked out the math, and if I did it correctly I should save 20%. We’ll see though, I’m no math-champion.

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I’ll be shopping at Walgreens, Wal-Mart, and Dollar General too, with all 3 kiddos in tow. I would love to shop at Dillon’s and Aldi, but that would be a trip out of town, and the weather just isn’t too friendly today. Wish me luck, and if the savings are good, I’ll post them.

May 17

It’s Not Extreme, but a Little More Organized

I made a little impromptu trip to the store, we needed a new quilt for our bed, and I was after a binder for my coupons. I was hoping to find Baseball card holders, but they were nowhere to be found. I did find Business card holders, and that got me started on my organizing.

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It isn’t complete, but it’s a good start. I picked up a 1 1/2 inch binder with pockets, and a pack of binder clips too. I clipped a notepad to the binder for quick notes, and shopping list add-on’s too. The pockets also hold any coupons that are too big to fit into the business card pockets. I think I might use the pocket on the left to hold local sales ads, and rebate offers too.

I would like to organize the coupons a bit further, and separate them into categories, but I’m happy with the way the binder is looking so far.

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The coupons look nice and neat to my eye, and I really hope a little organization helps my grocery budget.

Thanks again to everyone for your wonderful suggestions when it comes to coupon organization. I really appreciate all of the fantastic tips.