Coupon Class Went Well

Just a short update on my little coupon workshop. I had 8 or nine people attend, that was exciting! My Power Point kept me focused. I was nervous and fumbled some... If I do it again I would like to add a slide about getting one's first grocery store trip ready. Offer up a time to all go to Homeland together like a field trip. Give everyone just a quick little check list that allows someone to feel more prepared, and a little less nervous about their first trip to the store. I really pushed the coupon closet website as that the shopping list service I use.

I had two people who attended tell me they left the workshop and went to Walmart to buy the supplies they needed to start their own box. I also had teachers in my room that had not been in there before, always a plus when your new to the district :)

Teaching a Coupon Workshop

I will be teaching a coupon workshop this week to my fellow teachers at my school. The principal and vice have asked me to do so. I am really nervous about it. I worked on a powerpoint. These are the topics I plan on covering:

Where to find coupons:
Newspapers
websites
peelies
loadable cards
Walgreen's coupon booklets
homeland care books
weekly adds with coupons

Organization 
How to create a coupon box.
How to save time cutting and filing coupons.

Planning a shopping trip:
Using coupon matching service like Coupon Closet (local) and I heart the mart (national)
Creating a shopping envelope for the trip vs. taking the whole box

Shopping:
picking a store to get started
frequent shopper cards
Know your store
browsing the clearance isle

Unusual coupon finds
milk
pool chemicals
meats

Stocking up on good deals

Tracking your savings

Did I miss anything???

Homeland Trip July 1, 2012

We went as a group and checked out 3 times here is what we got:

2 Nestle drum stick boxes
3 Pillsbury cake mix
3 Mt Olive relishes
1 Bar-S hot links (30)
2 Bar-S ham lunch meats
3 Johnsonville brats packages of 5
3 Hot Shot Ant Killers
6 boxes of Wheat Thins
6 boxes of fruit loops
1 Hormel Pork Loin
3 Pompeian Olive Oil bottles
3 KC Masterpiece BBQ sauce
3. KC Masterpiece marinades
6 Sumuckers ice cream toppings jars
3 Ekridge smoked sausages
3 bags of Imperial sugar
6 Best Choice shredded cheese (or sprinkle cheese as my kids call it)
3 bottles of A-1
1 Tyson country fried steak bags
3 jars of Tabasco sauce
1 Heinz Vinager
2-gallons of milk
3 Garnier hair conditioner bottles
3 Pepsi Next 12 packs
6- 2 liters of Dr. Pepper
6 cans of Vandi-camps pork and beans
4 loafs of bread

Check out 1: $29.77 saved: $52.61 %66 Total:$105.22 Check out 2: $42.32 saved: $61.00 %61 Total:103.32 Check out 3: $39.03 saved: $69.52 %66 Total:108.55

Total paid $111.12 saved:$183.13 %64
Total before coupons $294.35

Total # of items= 88 average price per item= $1.26 with tax included Thanks Coupon Closet for the great shopping list and Homeland for the great deals!

Saving Money at Homeland this week!

I had a great trip to Homeland this week,  just look at my savings:

I don't have a picture of what I bought so here it goes.....

Planters Peanut Butter
Red Barron Pizza
12 Pack of Pepsi Next
Doritos Jacked Chips
Sweet Baby Ray BBQ sauce
Eckrige smoked sausage
Kraft singles (2)
energizer AA 8 pack
Yokiman noodles
red gold salsa (2)
red gold diced tomatoes (3)
Kix cereal
Kraft fresh take breading
jello pudding snack pack
digiorno pizza
salad dressing by Kraft (2)
Tyson chicken fried steak bag
Tabasco
Mrs. Baird wheat bread

my item average, before tax that is $00.94!

Coupon deal at homeland serves my pantry well!

All this couponing I have been doing has helped me build a substantial stockpile. My refrigerators are full my deep freeze is full and my pantry is overflowing. I found a picture online about how to use 12 pack boxes to help organize your pantry canned soups and other canned products.

This week at homeland 12 packs of Pepsi Next is $2.99! I have a coupon for that! $1.00 off a 12 pack of Pepsi next, after the coupon doubles the pop is only $0.99! So far this week I have two of them. I plan on going to homeland and getting more of them over the weekend. I have 8 more coupons

Here it is, and it is awesome So far I have really started to make more room in my pantry, who couldn't use a little more room?????

This is such an awesome deal $0.99 cents for 12 cans of pop and a pantry organizing tool!

Thanks Homeland!

Couponing at Wal~Mart, I am Hooked!

Last Night's Trip:

STP Gas Treatment $0.97 each
Banquet Fruit Pies $0.63 each
Dial for men shower wash 0.97 each
Palmer's Lotion tubes $0.27 each
Monostat poweder product $2.97 each
Sun Drop 2 liters $0.00 each FREE!!!!!!!!!!!

 I got my list from the Family Frugal Life website, another website I like to use for shopping lists is coupon closet both are local people with many stores they make shopping lists for.

I have been getting a lot of good deals lately check out these presents for father's day:

I found a deal on a men's electric razor so I went home and checked for a coupon. I found one at the coupon network for $10.00 off a norelco electric razor product. I printed it went back to walmart and bought 4 of them. Sale price was $14.97, the purchase price was $4.97! All the father's in our lives are getting one!

Thank you WAL~MART!!!!

Walmart Trip April 2012 Savings of $42.64

I usually do not go to Walmart coupon shopping but lately they have had good coupon lists. I went to walmart late Friday night and found the Shick Hydo lady razors I have been looking for. I had $4.00 off coupons and they have them marked $5.97. The package comes with a small can of skintimate shave gel and $4.55 in additional coupons. I also got Jello for $0.25 a box. Fantastik fr $0.97 cents a bottle, Stayfree for $1.00 a package. Honey Butter country crock $0.12. Wisk $2.99, nextcare band aids $0.97, face masks $1.50 a box, all using coupons! total with the chicken I did not have a coupon for my bill would have been $98.74 after coupons it was $56.10.

My New Coupon Box

I changed from a coupon binder to a box!

So I changed, and it is good! The binder was great for a while. I sorted coupons by the likely isle in the grocery store that the item would be on and then tried to keep them in alphabetical order. I had to fold them and divide them between front and back window. It was so time consuming.

Then came a couponing friend and her box she started. I loved it. I actually went to Wal-Mart and bought the exact box she had. Not pictured is a snap latch lid with a handle at the top. From the pictures you can really see how easy it is. Clipping and organizing coupons has never been so easy. I do not have to think what section would this item be in, I no longer have to fold most coupons and carefully make sure the right information is in the front or back windows.  No more trying to keep a section in my binder alphabetical try moving 50 coupons just to fit one in, I rarely alphabetized and it made it difficult when shopping.

What I did. First I decided to keep it cute! I purchased some letter and flower stickers from Dollar Tree and personalized my one plain box.  I bought several things. Envelopes three boxes $0.97 a package. I bought two packages of peel and stick tabs for $1.98 a box, also purchased index cards multicolor pack 3.5's although I would get the larger if I had to do it all over again. I put the tabs on my colored index cards. My label tabs are A-Z a number section one tab in numerical order for companies such as 3M, and 4-way. I also added a restaurant tab and I keep restaurants in alphabetical order within that one tab.

For each brand name I make an envelope to keep them in. I fold the flap backwards and write the name on the flap I put it behind the correct letter and put it in alphabetical order within the envelopes behind the same tab.  

I keep a little envelope box in the back of the coupons to hold extra envelopes my marker, scissors and index cards and tabs.  There is also room beside the envelopes I use when shopping to hold the envelopes I am going to use or shopping lists. 

Shopping has been so easy! I can get to coupons quickly. If there is something in the store I want well, I look it up quickly and see if I can make a great deal.

At Wal-mart I went down the clearance isle and there were several medications marked down I decided to try to make some matches. I matched Alka Seltzer cold and flu making them $1 a box, and Musinex also $1 a box. Great items to keep in stock in the winter. The box has worked so well, I know I will never go back!

Coupon week this week was awesome!

I have made several trips to homeland for a total of 6 check outs all were right on 60%!

• Prego spaghetti sauce $1.25 a jar
• Banquet family meals $0.99
• Totino’s  pizza’s $1.00
• Totino’s pizza rolls $0.12
• Jimmy Dean sausage rolles $1.25
• green giant frozen vegetables $0.70
• Johnsonville sausage links $0.99
• Suave shampoo $0.69
• General Mills ceareal bars $0.69
• Musclemen’s apple sauce free

This Weekend Coupon Success 1/7/12

Walmart savings over $10.00!

Colgate toothpaste $.19 each

Colgate Toothbrushes $.19 each

Banquet family size platters: $1.30each

Pillsbury grand’s $1.00 each

King Hawaiian rolls $1.00 each

El Monterey Chimmichungas $!.50 each

CVS

Suave ladies antiperspirant $.25 each

Homeland (savings 51%, over $8.00)

Tyson Anytizers $4.99 each

Yoplait Yogurt $.30 a cup

Jello temptations $1.20 each

Although you see my post say each I am not much of a stockpiler. If I see toothpaste or other items really cheap or free I will get them whether I need them or not. However, that may mean I have 4 unopened boxes of toothpaste. The most stockpile I have ever had was 24 boxes of various pasta I was getting for free. I only buy two papers and I use to print internet coupons but since the move I have not had a working printer so I have not printed internet coupons for months.  I do not create my own shopping list either, I use a local website called couponcloset.net to match coupons to sells.

I have recently updated my coupon filing system. My friend, coworker, and fellow couponer showed me a new way that seemed so much easier!!!  I am not yet completely switched over as today I did not have any of my specialty discount and frequent shopper cards with me.  I will share my new filing method later with pictures.

Coupons!!!! CVS 6/8/11

What a week! Tonight I went to CVS and did really well. Here is what I got:

2 Crest Mouthwash ($4.50-2.00 coupon-2.50ECB earned credits)=free

2 gallons of milk($3.19-1.00ECB earned credits)=2.19

Total with tax was out of pocket ended up being 12.57

Total ECB credits earned $7.00

Overall transaction costs: $5.57

I did a second transaction to purchase diapers

Huggies Naturals for newborns (32) on sale for ($8.99-2.50 coupon-5.00 ECB used credits)=$1.49

Total with tax out of pocket was: $2.19

Total EBC credits earned: $2.00

Overall transaction cost $0.19

ECB Credits Left over for future purchases $4.00

Making  an overall costs of the trip ($5.57+$0.19)=$5.76