The first was a mall gift certificate for $10. All I did was sign up on-line and then go to the mall on a given day and pick it up. I combined this with the going out of business sale a Bachrach and got three nice dress shirts for Joe for $15 total! I thought they would be a great Christmas gift from the kids, but they wanted to give them to him right away. So they all put one on and did a little dance for him.
The second deal was my first experience in 'rolling' a coupon. (not quite the same as the BYU definition of rolling!) So I went to Meijer and bought 5 cans of soup and a loaf of bread. I had had two $1 off coupons for this. The combination of the purchase triggered one of those $5 off printouts at the register. I was in the self check out, so I bought the same thing again, this time using the $5 off and it printed again. I did this 4 times and walked away with 20 cans of soup and 4 loaves of bread for $5.64. Not as good as some super couponers, but pretty good for a start. I was afraid they would kick me out of the store, but quite to the contrary, the coupon printer was low on ink, so the $5 off wouldn't scan. The helper person was so cool, he said he would just type in the code for me each time and it gave him something to do. So unlike my friends who quilt and compare their hobby in cost to a heroin addiction, I've found a fun little thing to do that will save money for our family. Check out that blog, it is a good one, and happy couponing!
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I love it! I'm going to head over to that blog and see what I can find. I used to clip coupons all the time, but since we don't get the paper I've stopped.
Great hobby! I've been doing some of that myself using the grocery game website and some on my own. I saved $101 at BJ's (like Sam's) the other day, but I am not super shopper like you! woo hoo! A hobby that is fun and saves money instead of spending it. Sounds good to me!
Oh I'm so glad you have joined this world! It's so fun to get a ton of stuff for pretty much nothing or even free! I'm a big couponer also so it will be fun to share saving stories!
Love the post! My summer hobby was the learn about couponing. I took a class and loved it. I also like Hotcouponworld.com. It can be a litte confusing but there is a great section where you can sign up for free samples. Do that because they always send good coupons. Don't you just love Meijer!! They double and let you stack coupons, it's heaven. Since June I have saved $516!! I even added a column to our budget so I can keep track of our savings as well as our spending. Keep up the great work!
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Very cool Elizabeth! Maybe we can go do coupon rolling together sometime! Not the same as a soda/lunch break, but productive! :D
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