Couponing....a work in progress
I admit it- I want to be the "Coupon Princess" I never really was fond of the term "Queen", Princess just sounds prettier... and sometimes I am really that shallow! Anyway I am planning on trying to outline in this entry "how" I coupon. What to do, how to start, where to find them...any tips I can come up while sitting here typing....I have another entry on my blog that does somewhat explain some of this stuff, but I think that this will be a little more indepth...
First: Get yourself a coupon holder. I always get mine at the Dollar Tree store... they are a buck and honestly it works for me. I buy it- then go thru the grocery store I frequent the most and label the holders slots in the order of that stores isles. Some people use those binders with "baseball card' type pages, I like that idea too~ But I don't have much info on it- as I don't use that method.
Second: Know your coupons. I try to go thru my holder about every 2 weeks - weeding out ones that have expired and making a pile of ones that will expire before the end of the week or the following week. That way a good coupon that I would use won't go unused. Plus going thru them might help you remember that you "have" a coupon for something in particular when you see it on sale.
Third: Get registered. Register your self on the Grocery stores website- if you can. They might have a newsletter that gets emailed to you, I get one once a month and it always has at least 2 printable coupons, usually 5 $ off 50$, or 2$ off any produce purchase... not too shabby
Fourth: Look on line for coupons, even just googling "printable coupons" will get you to where you need to be. I wouldn't do this at work though.....do it from your home PC.
Fifth: Email companies, retailers..let them know you like their products, they love compliments, I assume that they get hundreds of complaints a day.. A compliment is sure to stand out and maybe get a coupon landmailed to you!
Growing up, my mom always said, 'Figure 10$ per bag" meaning if you spent 50 bucks- you should have at least 5 bags of groceries. Recently my mom said it is more like 15 now... but I still try to out do that most of the time I do. Coupon shopping has to be almost a way of life.. I carry that coupon holder everywhere. I have a slot for Take out and Mass retailer store also. B knows if he wants to go out to eat he asks me first, Do you have a coupon for Damons?.... which by the way- you should go to the restaurants websites also and see if they have a "club" you join for free- alot of them here in Central Pa do- and they send you certain coupons thru email on your birthday and thru the year.
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