Money saving tips

The most common question I get in the grocery store is "Where do you get all those coupons?" So I thought I would post some of the ways I end up with so many:

~sometimes I will buy 20 sunday papers if the coupons are really good, at Quick Trip the sunday paper is $2.00 each or 2 for $3.00 so you save $1.00

~DH has a friend that works for the newspaper and will sometimes bring me inserts

~always on the lookout for tear pads, peelies, coupon booklets and blinkies at the grocery store and I have found many good coupons at the gas station. Usually they are on the doors of the cooler area. I never ever take them all.

~print off the internet ( I try to do this sparingly because of the cost of ink, will use rebates, RR and gift cards I have earned to help offset the cost)

~sign up and join sights that will send you coupons

~lots of rebates out there for buy a certain amount of products get coupon booklets I try to take advantage of those

~doctor's office and the dentist always have current magazines just ask first if you can have the coupon (my dentist receptionist has saved them for me! she is so nice!)

~there is one magazine that I do purchase once a month All You magazine and its only sold at WalMart but you can get a subscription, it is full of lots of really good coupons

~e-mail a company and brag about their product you'd be surprised what you get

~have family, friends and neighbors save their coupons for you

~you can purchase coupons from sites on the internet or ebay (its illegal to sell coupons what they are selling is the time they took to clip them sometimes they are called clipping services)

~on packages of products, I always look for packages that have coupons on them or in them


When I tell people I buy 20 newspapers they look at me like I'm crazy but actually it is very cost effective. If I spend $30.00 on newspapers you better believe there are some really really good coupons that weekend. Example being one sunday our region was lucky enough to get the free finish diswashing tablets coupon up to $4.50. So I rec'd $90.00 dollars worth of dishtabs for $30.00 but there were other really good coupons which saved me even more money. I actually had a lady in checkout say "I didn't know you could buy more than 1 sunday paper." You can buy as many as you want just try to find a store that will give you a discount for buying multiples.

A good rule of thumb to go by is buy a newspaper for every member of your family every weekend there are inserts. Coupons are like poker you gotta know when to hold em! Just because you don't need that item that weekend clip it anyway and wait for that rock bottom price, buy as many as you have coupons for that way you never pay full price.

If my budget is tight and there are really good coupons out sometimes I will use gift cards, register rewards and overage to purchase extra newspapers. And I have been known to dumpster dive (paper only!) on occasion, if you do that make sure you know the laws in your state!!

Anyway I could go on and on, the fact is coupons are everywhere you just have to look.