Sept. All You Mag

There are a couple of really good articles on couponing in the September addition of All You Magazine that you may want to check out. One is on how to deal with changing coupon policies. http://www.allyou.com/budget-home/money-shopping/coupon-policies-00411000073041/ The other article that I want to point out deals with finding new sources for coupons. http://www.allyou.com/budget-home/money-shopping/find-coupons-00411000072983/ So yet another reason to snag this months copy!

Coupon meet and swap

Thank you to everyone who joined me this morning for the first (hopefully monthly) Coupon meet and Swap today. I hope everyone had a great time and picked up some good coupons! I have scheduled another one for October 1, same time and place, hope to see you all again and bring a friend!

Pilgrim's farm coupon

There is a new coupon floating about for Pilgrim's Farm frozen fully cooked chicken. I don't recall having seen this product around here but it is worth a try since meat coupons are so rare. The coupon is listed under zip code 77380 http://www.coupons.com/couponweb/Offers.aspx?pid=15493&zid=yn07&nid=10&bid=0820050834673179d6d3219

Expired Coupons??

For those of you wondering what to do with your expired coupons that you have laying around (it seems such a waste to just throw them away), I have an answer. You can send them to " Coups for Troops" an organization that sends the expired coupons to US military families living abroad to use. Check them out on Facebook for more info on how you can help! http://www.facebook.com/#!/CoupsForTroops

Don't forget!

Come out and join us this Saturday morning for the first (possible monthly) Coupon Meet and Swap in Princeton. This even will be at the George Coon Public Library in Princeton from 10:30am-11:30am.. Bring your coupons that you would like to trade pre-sorted into the following categories:  Deli/Produce, Frozen, Cereal/Snacks, Baking Supplies, Canned/Boxed Goods, Cleaning, Medications/First Aid, Health/Beauty, Baby,and Pets. There will be several door prizes up for grabs as well so make sure you plan to attend!

Coupon Bonus Packs of Prilosec

I found packs of Prilosec today at Walmart with $5 worth of P&G coupons inside. These where by the check out and clearance price at $11.xx, there are plenty of coupons to match up with this deal so if you use the product it should be well worth your purchase. Happy Shopping!

Redplum Radio Show

I have never checked this out personally, but I looks like it could be something useful to listen to every now and then, this week they will be talking about savings strategies for back-to-school. This episode will air at 4pm eastern time today! http://www.redplum.com/pages/viewarticle.aspx?id=2147484800

Coupon Meet and Swap

Don't forget to join me this Saturday 8/20/11 for the Couponer's Meet and Swap from 10:30am-11:30am at the George Coon Public Library in Princeton. There will be door prizes and a great opportunity to meet and socialize with other couponers. I hope to see everyone there!

$5 off $25 This Saturday at Dollar General

There is a "Super Saturday" coupon printing this week with any purchase a Dollar General good for $5 off $25 good this Saturday 8/20/11, this coupon can also be printed on their website if you need one. While you are at the website there are some other great coupons too: $1.00 off any Rexall allergy priced $2.00 or more, this product is buy one get one free at $3.00 this week so after the coupon this is two boxes for $2.00, they also have a 20% off your entire school supply purchase. So come to the Couponer Meet and Swap this Saturday and then head over to Dollar General to use your new coupons with bonus savings!

http://www.dollargeneral.com/coupons/Pages/index.aspx

Luv's $5 bonus coupon packs

For those of you that still have little ones in diapers, I noticed some Luv's packs at the Dollar General yesterday that had $5 in bonus coupon inside. I did not get a chance to snap a picture, but it looked like the items that the coupons for where not baby related, and where more household type items. So be on the lookout for these if you need diapers and catch some extra savings.

Ronco Pasta Coupon

Sign up for an free account on Ronco pasta's website and they will send you a free coupon in your inbox for .55 off any Ronco pasta. I don't recall seeing this brand locally, but I will be on the look out for it!
http://www.roncorecipes.com/coupons/list

A new coupon match up tool

Here is a link to a great little tool for matching up sales prices and printable coupons that I borrowed from a friends facebook page (thank you!), as usual not alot of local stores but there are a few listed and anything helps! http://www.allyou.com/static/weekly-circulars/?genUrl=true&forNav=1&omniref=1&zipCode=42445&tab=browse&page=1&storeID=31&store=Save-A-Lot&ay_ret=SaveALot&ay_cat=

Fage Greek yogurt coupons!

For those of you that love Greek yogurt like I do there are some great printable coupons out there right now! If you "like" Fage yogurt on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/FAGE you can print off two coupons a $2.00 off 2 and a $2.00 off 5. This is a pricier brand so I usually save these for a Kroger run and then pair my coupons with a "manager's special". Happy Shopping!

Hancock's Neighborhood Market 8/10-8/16/2011

After my successfully use of the pork ribs coupon last week, I am seriously taking another look at the possibility of couponing at Hancock's on a regular basis, so with that in mind I have "cherry picked" a few deals that they have going on this week that might interest everyone.

Totino's Pizza $1.00 use printable $1/4 final price .75 each
Totino's Pizza Rolls $1.00 use printable .40/2 final price .80 each
Pillsbury canned dough products are all on sale this week and there where alot of possibilities for those.
Pillsbury toaster strudel 2/$4 use printable .50/2 final price $1.75 each


This is by no means all they  have on sale this week or a full match-up just a few things that caught my eye, this may become a good local store to coupon at if we start frequenting them!

$1.50 off Hormel Canadian Bacon coupon deal

There is a printable coupon available for Hormel Canadian Bacon on http://www.coupons.com/ as many of you know, but I found out today that you should be able to use this coupon on the small chunks of Canadian bacon in the pizza toppings section making them less than $1.00, Canadian bacon is the meat of choice for homemade pizza around here so we will be stocking up!

Dollar General Coupon

There is a 20% off any home decor or dorm accessory purchase on the Dollar General website that can be printed out. This is great if you are needing new hangers, organizers or towels and sheets for back-to-school, they have got some really cute stuff right now. Happy Shopping! http://www.dollargeneral.com/coupons/Pages/index.aspx

Door prizes for Coupon Meet & Swap on 8/20

There will be three door prizes that you will have a chance to win if you attend the Meet & Swap on 8/20. They are: a 70oz box of Tide detergent with $3.00 worth of coupons inside, a $25.00 restaurants.com certificate to Shandies's American Restaurant in Paducah, a $25.00 restaurants.com certificate to Martin Fierro Argentinean Grill in Padcucah. I hope to see everyone there!

Expo Markers

Here is another great back to school coupon available.  $2.00 of any 2 packs of  Expo markers! Like the Bic pen deal if you look you should be able to get four packs of these for free (I believe that Walgreens has them for .99 a pack is week). Thanx to the Hopkins County Couponer for originally posting this deal! The coupon is at http://www.coupons.com/ I found it under 42445 zip code. Enjoy!

Another round of great on box cereal coupons!

While shopping today I noticed several good on box cereal promotions that are going on right now. This first is Kellogg's cereals, market boxes have high dollar peelies on them making them a great return purchase item, just use your existing Kellogg's cereal coupons to purchase the box and then use the peelie for your next purchase of the cereal ( just make sure that you pull the coupons and file it before you get to the register so the cashier doesn't use it for today's purchase, and please don't "peelie pick").

The next one is also a Kellogg's promotion, but it is on cereal bars.

The final deal I spotted is a group of coupons in the box and if you flip it over it shows the items to be things like Campbell's soup, Ziploc, Pepperidge Farms, sorry put my picture did not come out clear for the back of the box that showed the items.

Happy shopping everyone!





Monthly shopping trip statistics

I just completed my monthly grocery shopping trip and I thought that I would share my statistics with you so that everyone can get an idea of how I shop and how much I save on average. Also, keep in mind that I shop for one month at a time (see my meal planning section for more insight), and that while I am buying the items in my monthly meal plan, I also use items from my pantry that I have stocked up on earlier and I replenish my pantry with good deals that are not in my plan for the month each trip. This month I also purchased one RX and two large hams that I intend to freeze for the holidays, (used the $2.00 off coupons from All You Mag for these!). So here is my breakdown (won't list each item because it would be too much), purchased 82 items, total before coupons was $216.11, total after coupons was $174.51 with tax,  I used exactly 40 coupons (the limit before you need management approval ;)) which averages out to  $2.13 per items (including my hams!), so not a bad month at all. I will purchase a gallon of milk here and there, but I am done with grocery shopping until Sept. unless of course a great deal comes along to stock my pantry!

Dollar General 7/31/11-8/7/11

This looks like a good week to do some shopping at Dollar General. While I usually try to avoid couponing there because of the slowness of the process, there are many deals this week that match up with the coupons that where available to print as of the 1st, this is the place locally  to use those Hamburger Helper coupons!  There are alot of deals but I am not going to go through each one simply because everyone has different things in their coupon folder. Here is a link to their ad so that you can match up with the coupons that you have. http://dollargeneral.com/waystosave/Pages/HTMLCircularaspx.aspx#

Happy Shopping!

.99 lb Ribs

Who is up for .99 lb Ribs? If you pair the pork rib coupon that I posted earlier in the week with the $1.99 lb pork rib special this week at Hancock's Neighborhood Market that is what you will get. I have not tried this deal myself yet and Hancock's is a bit vague on their coupon policy (I have asked them to better clarify it but so far no response), so if anyone does this deal please let us know how it goes, I won't be trying until later this week.

$1/2 Bic is Back!

The $1/2 Bic Stationary items coupon is back, so this means more free (or cheap depending on sales) pens with all the back to school sales going on. Not sure if Dollar General is still running them 2/$1, but Food Giant is (not sure if they will do this, they don't like internet coupons that make things free). If not they will still be .50 a pack at Walmart making this a good deal. Don't forget to print two and happy shopping!

http://www.campbellskitchen.com/Coupon.aspx?fbid=7nTo80i4XVj

Rare fresh meat coupon

Here is a link to a coupon for $2.00 off any fresh or frozen Pork ribs 2lbs or more. I borrowed the coupon from http://www.iheartthemart.com/2011/08/02/sweet-2-off-pork-rib-coupon/ and not sure how well it will work locally but it is worth a try and don't forget to print it twice!

Walmart doubles update

Well unfortunately we did not get picked to be a test market for the Walmart doubles (no real big surprise here). They will be doubling in WV, parts of OH and 7 counties in UT, so I am very jealous of all my Utah friends right now! Looks like they are doing it right in the areas that are doing though i.e. a .75 coupon is doubling to $1.50 and such, but like all things Walmart there are many complaints of slowness and uneducated staff about the program. If you would like to read more about this check it out here: http://www.iheartthemart.com/2011/08/01/walmart-double-coupon-guidelines-for-the-pilot-stores/

Who knows if this works out well we may be next!

Printable Coupon Reset

It is the first of the month so we all know what that means, printable coupons have reset so make sure you take the time today to make the rounds to all the sites: www.coupons.com, www.redplum.com, www.couponnetwork.com, www.smartsource.com and print out your coupons for this month, and do forget to hit back and get your second print. I "shopped" in 90210 today and got alot of really good food coupons, which is great since the inserts from yesterday where pretty much health and beauty items. The favorite Totinos pizza coupon is up on both couponnetwork and coupons.com so you can potentially get 4 of these. This is one of my favorite coupons, they are great to keep in the freezer for a quick meal. I usually buy the cheese ones and then doctor them up with veggies from home. Happy shopping all!