Extreme Coupons




Coupons Save Money....Especially when your items are FREE!



Yesterday I went to Target armed with my coupons. In my basket were Target store coupons and manufacturers coupons.

This is what I got:

Degree men's deodorant    1.97
2 Renuzit Air Fresheners    1.84
2 Bags of Skittles              1.38
My total cost:  67 Cents!
The young man at the Target register said, "Wow! Coupons really save money!" And my guy is pretty excited too. We didn't even spend our weekly grocery budget!

There used to be a stigma with couponing. If you were using coupons at the grocery store you were probably "having a rough time".  But, did you know that the average income for those who use coupons is $97,000 annually? In our Financial Peace class with Dave Ramsey, he says that if you want to have like those who have money, you have to do what people with money do. No stigma for me!

These are some things I've learned this past couple of weeks and wanted to share with you.

• Buy what is on sale and for what you have coupons for. Since some items are FREE, we're experimenting with using other brands. The deodorant is a good example. Ray always uses one particular brand but this might work just as well. At least I hope it does!
• Make your weekly food menu from those items you found on sale.  That Thursday night meatloaf you've always had might be alot more expensive than the chicken breasts on sale with the FREE potatoes and broccoli.
• Look on the web and print off coupons. Make sure to set your printer to black and white ink to save on your print cartridge as most of the coupons print in color.
• Sign up for on-line coupons. Create a new email just for your subscriptions. I wish I would have done this because you get a lot of extra mail. Don't open anything that you didn't subscribe to and open yourself up to a virus.
• Stock up! A couple of extra and might I add FREE packs of toilet paper or bottles of ketchup might save you an emergency trip to the grocery store where you have to pay full price...GASP! 
• Be generous. Since God has provided for you, share with someone in need. We're in this together.

These are some sites that can help you stock up your coupons
http://www.smartsource.com/
http://www.redplum.com/
http://www.coupons.com/
http://www.couponcabin.com/
http://www.hunt4freebies.com/
http://www.krazycouponlady.com/ (As seen on TLC's Extreme Couponing)
Also, the Sunday paper, Tuesday mailer and your local grocery store ads have some awesome deals!

Tip of the week: When a store offers an item as buy one/get one free, most stores will let you use a manufacturers coupon for BOTH items! Example: Your favorite soup is B1G1 FREE, coupon talk for Buy1 Get 1 FREE.  Cost is $1.98 or .99 each.  You have 2 manufacturerers coupons for $1.00 each.  Not only are both your soups FREE but you made .02!  You can check a store's coupon policy on line.

Finding Freebies,
Teri