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More Stockpile Pictures!

Wow!  Jenn just showed me that you CAN build a stockpile quickly if you want to(:  I’m thinking she must have worked really hard getting all these deals – I LOVE the fact that she has a goal in mind and that using coupons and stockpiling is going to help her achieve it!  Awesome Job(: [...]

Beginner Tips: Stockpiles with Pictures!

The New Season of Extreme Couponing will start on Sept. 28 at 10 p.m. and while they show a VERY Extreme way of couponing and stockpiling, I wanted to share pictures that show a more realistic way to stockpile and some tips to get you started! Some may wonder why you want to have a [...]

Are Coupon blogs taking over your Facebook?

Does it take you forever to scroll thru your newsfeed to see what your friends are up to because you “liked” too many coupon blogs or other pages (to get a freebie!).  I like a LOT of pages since I want to see if they are doing a new giveaway or advertising a new coupon [...]

Catalina Deals on Coupon Network

Thanks to Diane for asking a question about the Viva Catalina deal!  I never explained this and it is kinda confusing…Here’s the deal at Giant Eagle this week.  (But this explanation will help no matter what store you shop at!) Viva Paper Towels 6 regular rolls $5.99 $0.50/1 Viva Paper Towels printable $4 OYNO wyb [...]

Extreme Couponing on TLC – Are you going to watch??

Extreme Couponing airs tomorrow night at 8pm EST.  I enjoyed watching the show last time for inspiration, but I definitely don’t want to be an “Extreme Couponer”!  My Biggest Stockpiled item right now is pasta.  I have about 110 boxes which is the most I have ever had at one time.  This may sound a [...]

My Coupon Database App for IPhone, IPod Touch or IPad!

After asking (bugging ) my husband to make a coupon database app for me, I’m excited that it’s finally done and ready to use!  If you guys remember my post on Organizing Coupons, you know that I use a binder for my printed coupons, peelies, blinkies, etc.  However, my Sunday Inserts are filed in my [...]

Beginner Info on Getting Deals (very long….sorry)

**Update: This post was written BEFORE the new coupon policy came out so please note that you can no longer stack coupons and there is a limit of 12 “like” coupons per day and a limit of 2 “like” printed coupons (policy doesn’t clarify if it’s per day or transaction so YMMV) **Sorry this is [...]

New to Couponing?? Check out my beginner tips!

Are you new to couponing? Here are some links to my previous posts that give some tips for beginners.  I do want to point out that I do not know everything about couponing…or anything else for that matter (just ask my husband and kids, they’ll tell ya )  But, I hope that sharing what I [...]

Beginner Tips – Getting Catalinas by Shelf Price at GE

Cllick on picture if you would like to see it bigger! I wanted to explain a little about Shelf Price for anyone who may not know about it or that’s confused by it! Sometimes when Giant Eagle has a Catalina Deal, you must buy a certain number of products to get a Catalina. These are [...]

Saving Money & Time – How to Organize Those Coupons!

I started writing a post a few months ago about organizing coupons and I am so glad I didn’t finish it!  I use the binder method to organize my coupons and for a long time I would clip almost every single coupon and file it! The only coupons that did not make it into my [...]