1. Your Sunday Paper, of course!
If you get the Sunday paper delivered to your home, then you are already off to a great start. I personally do not, and use that excuse to get myself a bagel and a coffee in the morning sans husband (and son when he gets here) for a few hours of relaxing peace and quiet!
There are 3 major inserts in Sunday's news paper, and vary greatly by region.. so please make note of that when reading my blog. If you are not in central CT, then you make get something different.
The 2 major (and almost weekly) ones are Smart Source and Red Plum. I can never remember which newspapers have which insert, so I will make note this weekend for you. If you go to their websites too, you can print some coupons right from the website.
About once a month you will also see a Procter & Gamble Brand Saver... these are like gold!!! Its all P&G products and usually have awesome coupons in them!!! You will normally see it the first Sunday of the month.
2. Online sources
Coupons.com is a fantastic resource for free online coupons. Some are duplicates of the other 2 sites I just listed, but not always. You can usually print each one 2 times, and they reset every month. If you're sneaky like me, I print them from my work computer too.. so I get 4 of each if need be :)
3. Store Websites/Flyers
This is probably going to be your most valuable source. Why?? Because at a lot of stores you can STACK it with a manufacturer's coupon.
Target usually has some good coupons. If you go to their homepage, scroll to the bottom of the page and you'll see a section called "Target Stores" and then click on coupons. Here is an example of how to use 2 coupons:
Huggies Jumbo Packs are $8.50 this week
I have a $3 manufacturers coupon and a $1.50 Target coupon
End price: $4 for 42 diapers (if I was buying size 2 to stock up which I am right now) = $0.095/diaper which is pretty darn good.
Target, Rite Aid and Walgreens will all take one manufacturers and one store coupon per item. Once you get good at this, you will get things free.. and a lot!!! Sometimes, you'll even get more money taken off your total than the item was (i.e. if you have a $3 item and have 2 $2 coupons... some stores won't adjust the value of the coupon and you'll get $4 off.. so you make yourself a buck!)
4. Get a sneak peek of sundays coupons!!
News flash... there is no law saying how many newspapers you can buy!!! Seriousy!!!
So here is a great website to see what will be in Sunday's paper... well before Sunday!!
If there are a TON of coupons you will use... buy a few!! They cashier at the store may look at you funny, yes... but you'll be saving lots of money in the long haul!!
So there you have it!! Explore the website of your most frequented stores.. see if they offer any kind of coupons. And tomorrow... I want everyone to go get a newspaper (or 2 or 3...) and clip away. Work on putting them in your new organizer which I know everyone went out and made for themselves!!
Next step will be learning to hold onto you coupons and NOT use them right away.. Trust me. I know its tempting to want to run out on Sunday afternoon and burn away your new coupons, but 9 times out of 10 thats not the smartest thing to do!! You will see!!
Until next time... happy clipping!
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