This week at Lowe's Food!!
Quaker Rice Cakes all varieties (3.5oz bag) on sale for 1.25 w/.75 coupon you will get them FREE
Poppycock (Orville Redenbacher's) on sale for 2.196 w/.50 coupon you will pay 1.19
Betty Crocker Warm Delights buy 1 get 1 free reg. 1.91 w/.50 coupon your price FREE for 1
House of Autry Seasoning on sale for 2.79 w/.75 coupon you will pay 1.29
Daisy 32oz Sour Cream on sale for 2.00 w/.55 coupon your price .90
Butterball Turkey Kielbasa on sale for 2.50 w/coupon your price 1.00
These are just a few items, that I found were great deals!
Happy Shopping!
About Me
- Carmen
- Carmen is a wife, mother of three children, avid coupon shopper, ordained Evangelist and successful real estate broker who was called into the ministry in 2000. Since that time, Carmen has spoken God's Word to men, women and children all over the world. Passionate about her calling she believes in empowering God's people and pushing them to be the "Champions" that God has ordained them to be, she speaks the word of God over their lives so that they can embrace and live the "abundant life."
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Upcoming Coupon Classes
Many of you have asked about some of my future classes, listed below is a list of classes that I am teaching. Please be advised that these classes fill up rather quickly, so if you are interested I suggest you call to reserve your seat today!
March 2 and 17 Clemmons NC (sorry this class is full)
March 10 Thomasville NC- (sorry this class is full)
March 11 Greensboro NC - ( sorry this class is full)
March 27, Greensboro NC 1505 Westover Terrace 9am-11am,
send your registration inquires to couponshopperiam@gmail.com
April 6 at Davidson Community College (Davie Educational Bldg) Sorry this class is full
April 10 at 6pm Rowan Hosted by Rowan Community College 2727 Old Concord Rd., Salisbury NC for more information please call 704-216-8970
April 20 at 6:30pm Hosted by Davidson Community College please call 336-998-3220 to register.
April 22 at 12:30pm Lexington NC at Davidson County Community College, Sorry Registration is closed this class is now full
Thank you for your continued support! I hope to see you soon at one of my classes!!
March 2 and 17 Clemmons NC (sorry this class is full)
March 10 Thomasville NC- (sorry this class is full)
March 11 Greensboro NC - ( sorry this class is full)
March 27, Greensboro NC 1505 Westover Terrace 9am-11am,
send your registration inquires to couponshopperiam@gmail.com
April 6 at Davidson Community College (Davie Educational Bldg) Sorry this class is full
April 10 at 6pm Rowan Hosted by Rowan Community College 2727 Old Concord Rd., Salisbury NC for more information please call 704-216-8970
April 20 at 6:30pm Hosted by Davidson Community College please call 336-998-3220 to register.
April 22 at 12:30pm Lexington NC at Davidson County Community College, Sorry Registration is closed this class is now full
Thank you for your continued support! I hope to see you soon at one of my classes!!
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Super Double At Harris Teeter
Remember our conversation about Super Doubles? Well if you forgot.....Let me remind you. Super Double (SD) at Harris Teeter is where they will double the face value of your coupon up to 1.98, this is NOT everyday and SD happens on a periodic cycle, so make the best of your high value coupons. Do not forget the sale ends Tuesday night.
(Please note all coupons will be doubled unless otherwise noted, prices in red indicate the amount you will pay after using your coupon)
Now again these are just a few hot items that I found. Also check out Lowe's Food, they have some great unadvertised specials! House of Autry, Weight Watchers Ice Cream, Betty Crocker Microwaveable Brownie Mixes, and Oscar Meyer Deli Creations, most of these have printable coupons that you can find at couponmom.com
Happy Shopping!
(Please note all coupons will be doubled unless otherwise noted, prices in red indicate the amount you will pay after using your coupon)
Vaseline Lotion 1.15 after using 1.00 coupon
Edge Shaving Gel .49 after using .75 coupon
Smart Start Cereal .27 after using 1.00 coupon
Purex Detergent 2.99 after using Buy 1 Get 1 Free coupon (2bottles= 2.99)
Polaner All Fruit Jam FREE after using 1.00 coupon
Sara Lee Soft & Smoove Bread .89 after using .55 coupon
Uncle Ben's Whole Grain Rice .37 after using 1.00 coupon
Mentos Gum FREE after using .55 coupon
Yoplait Frozen Smoothie Mix 1.59 after using 1.00 coupon
Digorino 200 Cal. Pizza 1.59 after using 1.00 coupon
Old Orchard Juice B1G1 Free .50 after using .50 coupon
Febreeze .99 after using 1.00 coupon
Edge Shaving Gel .49 after using .75 coupon
Smart Start Cereal .27 after using 1.00 coupon
Purex Detergent 2.99 after using Buy 1 Get 1 Free coupon (2bottles= 2.99)
Polaner All Fruit Jam FREE after using 1.00 coupon
Sara Lee Soft & Smoove Bread .89 after using .55 coupon
Uncle Ben's Whole Grain Rice .37 after using 1.00 coupon
Mentos Gum FREE after using .55 coupon
Yoplait Frozen Smoothie Mix 1.59 after using 1.00 coupon
Digorino 200 Cal. Pizza 1.59 after using 1.00 coupon
Old Orchard Juice B1G1 Free .50 after using .50 coupon
Febreeze .99 after using 1.00 coupon
Now again these are just a few hot items that I found. Also check out Lowe's Food, they have some great unadvertised specials! House of Autry, Weight Watchers Ice Cream, Betty Crocker Microwaveable Brownie Mixes, and Oscar Meyer Deli Creations, most of these have printable coupons that you can find at couponmom.com
Happy Shopping!
Coupon Boot Camp: Lesson 4 The Art Of Couponing
So far I have walked you through some basic steps......Please understand that you will have to create a system that works for you. What might work for me, may not work for you....Come On Let's Go!
Each Store has a maximum number of coupons that you can use each day (previously discussed), to maximize your best coupons make a detailed shopping list of what it is that you are going to buy.
This will be a helpful list, once you have identified the items, it will be very easy for you to go into the store and pick those things up first.
Next we will focus on quantity purchasing. If possible always buy the small quantity of items(i.e. no need to buy the family size of rice, grab the smaller bag and save more money). The same principle applies to condiments as many times you will find that they are on sale more than the larger quantity sizes.
When purchasing multiple quantities of the same item, remember some stores will have a limit as to how many you coupons you can use that will double for the item.
Example:
Lowe's Food will allow you to purchase 5 items, however, only 4 of your coupons will double, the fifth coupon will be for face value only.
When purchasing Buy One Get One Free Items, Harris Teeter will only double, triple or super double 1 coupon only and that is on the item that you are purchasing. Same rule applies when it is buy 2 get 3 free, you can use your coupons on the items you are purchasing, not on the free items. On the other hand some stores will take both coupons (buyer beware).
At the end of your shopping experience make sure you get your receipt as well as any pre-printed (Catalina) coupons that your store may give you. **The pre-printed (Catalina) coupons will not double, triple or super double. Make sure you double check those Catalina coupons, they may be for a specific amount of your total purchase on your next visit.
If you have a coupon that is for over a $1.00 and it is not Super Double, save that coupon for Wal-Mart, Target and other stores. **At my local Wal-Mart they would not allow me to use multiply coupons (4 bars of soap = 4 coupons, WRONG, I was only allowed to use 1 coupon. Then I was told that I would have to get back in line over and over to purchase the rest of the soap** So hoping they will change this policy very soon!
Wal-Greens Drug store will allow you to "stack" coupons. That means they have a coupon in their store advertisement and you have a manufacture's coupon, you can use both.
Need a break? Okay until next time....................
Happy Shopping!
Each Store has a maximum number of coupons that you can use each day (previously discussed), to maximize your best coupons make a detailed shopping list of what it is that you are going to buy.
This will be a helpful list, once you have identified the items, it will be very easy for you to go into the store and pick those things up first.
Next we will focus on quantity purchasing. If possible always buy the small quantity of items(i.e. no need to buy the family size of rice, grab the smaller bag and save more money). The same principle applies to condiments as many times you will find that they are on sale more than the larger quantity sizes.
When purchasing multiple quantities of the same item, remember some stores will have a limit as to how many you coupons you can use that will double for the item.
Example:
Lowe's Food will allow you to purchase 5 items, however, only 4 of your coupons will double, the fifth coupon will be for face value only.
When purchasing Buy One Get One Free Items, Harris Teeter will only double, triple or super double 1 coupon only and that is on the item that you are purchasing. Same rule applies when it is buy 2 get 3 free, you can use your coupons on the items you are purchasing, not on the free items. On the other hand some stores will take both coupons (buyer beware).
At the end of your shopping experience make sure you get your receipt as well as any pre-printed (Catalina) coupons that your store may give you. **The pre-printed (Catalina) coupons will not double, triple or super double. Make sure you double check those Catalina coupons, they may be for a specific amount of your total purchase on your next visit.
If you have a coupon that is for over a $1.00 and it is not Super Double, save that coupon for Wal-Mart, Target and other stores. **At my local Wal-Mart they would not allow me to use multiply coupons (4 bars of soap = 4 coupons, WRONG, I was only allowed to use 1 coupon. Then I was told that I would have to get back in line over and over to purchase the rest of the soap** So hoping they will change this policy very soon!
Wal-Greens Drug store will allow you to "stack" coupons. That means they have a coupon in their store advertisement and you have a manufacture's coupon, you can use both.
Need a break? Okay until next time....................
Happy Shopping!
Coupon Boot Camp: Lesson 3 Where To Go For Coupons
Now let the fun begin......It's time to get our coupons.
Previously we discussed that you could save an average of .50 per paper if you bought it at Dollar Tree. I do realize that not all Dollar Tree stores carry the Sunday paper. So what should you do? Go online and look for free printable coupons first.
The following sites offer free printable coupons:
www.couponmom.com
www.smartsource.com
(these are just a few, some of the links will give you additional sites)
Some weeks I order my coupons through the following sites. Most times, I receive my clipped coupons in 3 to 4 days.
www.thecouponclippers.com
Coupons can also be found in the grocery store on the aisles and also in the frozen food section, there is normally a cardboard penguin that has blue coupons attached all over him!! He's so cute! Go directly to the manufacture's site, often they will have some "free printables" coupons. March is national frozen food month, so keep your eye opened very WIDE for those EXTRA coupons. Check the "Parade" in your Sunday paper, there is always a coupon in it, as well as the "ALL YOU" Magazine.
It's is very important that once you start couponing that you keep your book organized, make sure you pull your expired coupons at least twice a month.
I know you are on overload, so take another break and we will catch up soon!
Happy Shopping!
Previously we discussed that you could save an average of .50 per paper if you bought it at Dollar Tree. I do realize that not all Dollar Tree stores carry the Sunday paper. So what should you do? Go online and look for free printable coupons first.
The following sites offer free printable coupons:
www.couponmom.com
www.smartsource.com
(these are just a few, some of the links will give you additional sites)
Some weeks I order my coupons through the following sites. Most times, I receive my clipped coupons in 3 to 4 days.
www.thecouponclippers.com
Coupons can also be found in the grocery store on the aisles and also in the frozen food section, there is normally a cardboard penguin that has blue coupons attached all over him!! He's so cute! Go directly to the manufacture's site, often they will have some "free printables" coupons. March is national frozen food month, so keep your eye opened very WIDE for those EXTRA coupons. Check the "Parade" in your Sunday paper, there is always a coupon in it, as well as the "ALL YOU" Magazine.
It's is very important that once you start couponing that you keep your book organized, make sure you pull your expired coupons at least twice a month.
I know you are on overload, so take another break and we will catch up soon!
Happy Shopping!
Friday, February 19, 2010
Coupon Boot Camp: Lesson 2 Understanding Coupons
It's 5am and the alarm is going off on my Blackberry....(Beep, beep, beep,beep)
Can I just share with you that the alarm was my email alert, letting me know that my favorite grocery store ad has hit my inbox....... Wait before I make the mad dash to the store, I need to figure out how the coupons work.
Locally there are two major grocery stores that double coupons everyday with a limit of up to 20 coupons per customer. They will double the face value of the coupon up to .99
Double Coupon Example:
(Let's say you want to buy some cake frosting, the frosting is on sale for $1.50, you have a coupon for .50 (your coupon will be doubled making it worth $1.00)
Cake Frosting $1.50-$1.00 (coupon) your total price for the frosting is .50
Here's another example a bag of rice is on sale for $1.19 you have a coupon for .55(that coupon doubled is worth 1.10) You will pay .09
There are plenty of items that you can get for free, for instance, today I received a Gatorade G2 for .00
The Gatorade was on sale for .99, I had a .50 coupon(doubled it would have been 1.00)
*please note that most grocery stores computers will not allow the coupon value to exceed the sales price, so instead of the coupon doubling for $1.00 and they would have owed me .01, the register adjusted the coupon and it entered as .99, no complaints it was still FREE
Now that was just double coupons, we haven't started our dialogue about Super Double or Triple Coupons......
Remember when we were younger and we wanted to know all of the cool words? Ha! In the coupon world there is some lingo that you may want to know.
Just like our double coupons, some stores will triple the face value of a coupon up to .99 (some restrictions will apply and these will happen in cycles, not everyday like the double, you will need to watch for these)
The main grocery store in my area that triples coupons on a consistent basis is Harris Teeter
Triple Coupon Example:
Your coupon is for .75 the grocery store will double it making it worth a whopping 2.25
Nabisco 100 pk calorie is on sale for 2.50 with your .75 coupon (tripled to 2.25) your total price would be .25
Super Double Coupon Example:
Super double coupons have the same restrictions depending on the store, here is the major difference
A super double, is a coupon with a face value of up to 1.98 and the grocery store doubles it
Jimmy Dean Sausage is on sale for 2.99, you have a 1.00 coupon now let's double that coupon to make it worth 2.00 you will pay .99 for a roll of sausage.
Here's the difference between Super Double and Double. On Super Double coupons the face value of the coupon is over .99. Remember double is up to .99 , Super Double are your coupons that are over $1.00 but they do not exceed $1.98
Take a break and get a sip of water, until next time!
Can I just share with you that the alarm was my email alert, letting me know that my favorite grocery store ad has hit my inbox....... Wait before I make the mad dash to the store, I need to figure out how the coupons work.
Locally there are two major grocery stores that double coupons everyday with a limit of up to 20 coupons per customer. They will double the face value of the coupon up to .99
Double Coupon Example:
(Let's say you want to buy some cake frosting, the frosting is on sale for $1.50, you have a coupon for .50 (your coupon will be doubled making it worth $1.00)
Cake Frosting $1.50-$1.00 (coupon) your total price for the frosting is .50
Here's another example a bag of rice is on sale for $1.19 you have a coupon for .55(that coupon doubled is worth 1.10) You will pay .09
There are plenty of items that you can get for free, for instance, today I received a Gatorade G2 for .00
The Gatorade was on sale for .99, I had a .50 coupon(doubled it would have been 1.00)
*please note that most grocery stores computers will not allow the coupon value to exceed the sales price, so instead of the coupon doubling for $1.00 and they would have owed me .01, the register adjusted the coupon and it entered as .99, no complaints it was still FREE
Now that was just double coupons, we haven't started our dialogue about Super Double or Triple Coupons......
Remember when we were younger and we wanted to know all of the cool words? Ha! In the coupon world there is some lingo that you may want to know.
Just like our double coupons, some stores will triple the face value of a coupon up to .99 (some restrictions will apply and these will happen in cycles, not everyday like the double, you will need to watch for these)
The main grocery store in my area that triples coupons on a consistent basis is Harris Teeter
Triple Coupon Example:
Your coupon is for .75 the grocery store will double it making it worth a whopping 2.25
Nabisco 100 pk calorie is on sale for 2.50 with your .75 coupon (tripled to 2.25) your total price would be .25
Super Double Coupon Example:
Super double coupons have the same restrictions depending on the store, here is the major difference
A super double, is a coupon with a face value of up to 1.98 and the grocery store doubles it
Jimmy Dean Sausage is on sale for 2.99, you have a 1.00 coupon now let's double that coupon to make it worth 2.00 you will pay .99 for a roll of sausage.
Here's the difference between Super Double and Double. On Super Double coupons the face value of the coupon is over .99. Remember double is up to .99 , Super Double are your coupons that are over $1.00 but they do not exceed $1.98
Take a break and get a sip of water, until next time!
Coupon Boot Camp: Lesson 1 Getting Started/Organizing
Now this will require some physical and mental strength.....Are you ready?
- First you will need a three-ring (single/double binder) your preference
- Baseball card holders (these can be purchased at Wal-Mart or Target for 4.98)
- Divider Tabs (sounds easy so far.......)
- To create a simple book you may want to dedicate the left side of your book for refrigerated/cold foods/snacks and the right side for household item(toiletries, detergents, etc.) (again, this is your design)
- The final step is to purchase your newspapers or you can print free coupons online or order them for a fee ( I will provide websites for you to use to get your coupons, in the upcoming blogs)
- Create a separate email account that can be used strictly for "couponing" This account is good as you can have the sales paper dropped directly into your inbox, otherwise, you will need to purchase the sales paper that comes out on Wednesdays for the weekly deals.
- Sign up for a rewards card at all major stores (grocery, department, & book), keep these cards with you at all times. You will start receiving extra perks (in-store credits, % off of next visits and more!)
Why I Started Using Coupons
I get asked all the time, how do you save so much money? My response it's easy, I use "coupons."
Imagine that you have just received a gift card for your favorite holiday and on it you have 100.00 to any store, in your mind, you have already picked out one or two things that you want to purchase at Store X, but Store Y is having a sale.
So you debate that if you go with Store Y you will save $12.00 which means that you have a little extra to spend somewhere else. (Did you know that you just virtually saved your $, now let's turn that virtual $ into real MONEY!)
Last year from Jan 1 to December 31, 2009 I saved over $1696.16 (coupons only) at my favorite grocery store, with the in-store specials I saved $3502.67, now you do the math. Again, this is just one store.
What would you do with all of that extra money? Now do you see why I am a firm believer in using coupons? I am a wife and mother of three growing children, it was nothing for me to spend $100-$115 a week for groceries before couponing. As of the present moment my grocery bill is less than $25 a week, that is with meats, detergents, cleaning supplies and snacks!!!
It's very simple and easy to do..........
Imagine that you have just received a gift card for your favorite holiday and on it you have 100.00 to any store, in your mind, you have already picked out one or two things that you want to purchase at Store X, but Store Y is having a sale.
So you debate that if you go with Store Y you will save $12.00 which means that you have a little extra to spend somewhere else. (Did you know that you just virtually saved your $, now let's turn that virtual $ into real MONEY!)
Last year from Jan 1 to December 31, 2009 I saved over $1696.16 (coupons only) at my favorite grocery store, with the in-store specials I saved $3502.67, now you do the math. Again, this is just one store.
What would you do with all of that extra money? Now do you see why I am a firm believer in using coupons? I am a wife and mother of three growing children, it was nothing for me to spend $100-$115 a week for groceries before couponing. As of the present moment my grocery bill is less than $25 a week, that is with meats, detergents, cleaning supplies and snacks!!!
It's very simple and easy to do..........
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