Beginner Tips

Guide to Saving Money in March!

February 16, 2013

Check out this Guide to Saving Money in March to find out what food and household items are typically on sale or on clearance at this time of the year! winter clothes shoes coats linens blankets hats gloves scarves snow play apparel Wood or pellet stoves for heating Seeds to garden  Broth-Soups Fish & seafood [...]

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Giant Eagle Online Prices

January 28, 2013

I know many of you guys have asked about how I get the prices for all the Giant Eagle Deals.  I’ve replied to those who have asked but I’m guessing others would like to know as well! I would like to thank Julie who took the time to let me know about this The Amazing [...]

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More Stockpile Pictures!

September 13, 2011

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(: [...]

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Beginner Tips: Stockpiles with Pictures!

September 12, 2011

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 [...]

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Are Coupon blogs taking over your Facebook?

September 9, 2011

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 [...]

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Catalina Deals on Coupon Network

June 9, 2011

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 [...]

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

April 5, 2011

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 [...]

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

March 2, 2011

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 [...]

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

January 15, 2011

**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 [...]

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New to Couponing?? Check out my beginner tips!

September 5, 2010

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 [...]

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Beginner Tips – Getting Catalinas by Shelf Price at Giant Eagle

July 30, 2010

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 [...]

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Saving Money & Time – How to Organize Those Coupons!

July 12, 2010

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 [...]

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Beginner Tips – How to Spot a Fake Coupon

July 6, 2010

Do you sometimes wonder if a coupon you printed is actually real?  Sarah over at A Thrifty Mom has a great post about how to spot a fake coupon and what happens when people use them. Here are some ways you can tell a coupon may be fake. But, you’ll want to head over here [...]

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Beginner’s Tips & My Blown Budget!

May 3, 2010

Do you have a monthly budget for your grocery spending?? Since January this year, mine is $500 a month for a family of 5.  When I first started couponing, I didn’t keep track of the amount I was spending, I was just buying, buying, buying! Thanks to quickbooks I was able to go back and [...]

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Beginner Lesson- Saving Money by Stockpiling

April 24, 2010

Let me first say that I don’t have a great stockpile of everything yet, but it’s getting there! My old way of shopping was to only buy what was needed at that time.  If we had toothpaste, I didn’t buy another one until we were almost out.  I thought I was saving money this way. [...]

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WHERE TO GET COUPONS???

April 17, 2010

“Where do you get ALL those coupons?” is a question I have been asked many times!  Once you start collecting coupons, you will start seeing them everywhere!(Even in your dreams-ha ha) Sunday Newspaper This is where you will get the bulk of your coupons.  Coupons do vary by region.  We have 2 main papers where [...]

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Money-Making Catalinas!

April 15, 2010

I wanted to help explain to any beginners  how catalinas work and how you can actually get items for free and make a little money as well. This week in my Giant Eagle Post is this deal on Cinnamon Rolls: Pillsbury Grands! Jr. golden Biscuits or Grands Biscuits or Cinnamon  Rolls = 6 for $6! [...]

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WHAT DOES THAT MEAN??

March 26, 2010

For anyone new to couponing, it can be confusing with all the acronyms out there!  Here are some of the most common acronyms you may see! BOGO – Buy One Get One (free) BOGO 1/2 off – Buy One Get One half off OYNO -On Your Next Order(a catalina coupon that prints that you will [...]

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