Friday, June 25, 2010
New eCoupon
Proctor and Gamble has decided to bring back their eCoupons. They were discontinued last year, but now they're back! Go here to get them loaded to your card today!
Couponing advice
For those of you that are brand new to couponing, or those of you that have only been seriously couponing for less than a year please let me give you some words of advice.
Couponing should be fun. Make it fun or it can become stressful and you aren't helping anyone when it is stressful. When you spend so much time on it that it's interfering with your every day activities you know you've gone too far! Take a break, think about the purpose behind why you coupon shop and then start over again.
In the beginning couponing can be very overwhelming. It takes tons of time to learn and understand everything that comes with couponing such as different store policies, etc. I suggest that you take 2-4 weeks just to familiarize yourself with everything before you begin shopping. This gives you time to start collecting your coupons, get them organized and read coupon blogs.
Remember that the whole point to couponing is to SAVE money. It is so easy to get off track here! Trust me, I know from experience. In the beginning I was getting such great deals that I didn't think I could pass them up. I got what I like to call a "coupon high"...I learned quickly that I still had to stay in my budget. Know your budget BEFORE you walk out the door. Make your list, know what you're buying and how much you'll be spending. It honors the Lord when we stick to our budget! Also, remember this...you don't have to get every deal. All the deals will always come around again.
A few other pointers. I actually pray before I shop. I ask the Lord to help me have self control and stick to my budget, I pray that the kids would behave, I pray that the store is well stocked with the items on my list and I ask that the Lord would would open my eyes to see the marked down items. It always amazes me that this works! Just this week I was shopping and noticed laundry soap marked down to a ridiculous price. I had two coupons for that soap and got it for just over $1 each.
Lastly, I pray for my cashier/s. I pray that they are having a good day, that my load of coupons won't overwhelm them, that they scan my coupons accurately and that I would be able to share my money saving tips with them.
I hope these tips help you. If you have any other tips for beginner couponers feel free to leave a comment below!
~Heather
Couponing should be fun. Make it fun or it can become stressful and you aren't helping anyone when it is stressful. When you spend so much time on it that it's interfering with your every day activities you know you've gone too far! Take a break, think about the purpose behind why you coupon shop and then start over again.
In the beginning couponing can be very overwhelming. It takes tons of time to learn and understand everything that comes with couponing such as different store policies, etc. I suggest that you take 2-4 weeks just to familiarize yourself with everything before you begin shopping. This gives you time to start collecting your coupons, get them organized and read coupon blogs.
Remember that the whole point to couponing is to SAVE money. It is so easy to get off track here! Trust me, I know from experience. In the beginning I was getting such great deals that I didn't think I could pass them up. I got what I like to call a "coupon high"...I learned quickly that I still had to stay in my budget. Know your budget BEFORE you walk out the door. Make your list, know what you're buying and how much you'll be spending. It honors the Lord when we stick to our budget! Also, remember this...you don't have to get every deal. All the deals will always come around again.
A few other pointers. I actually pray before I shop. I ask the Lord to help me have self control and stick to my budget, I pray that the kids would behave, I pray that the store is well stocked with the items on my list and I ask that the Lord would would open my eyes to see the marked down items. It always amazes me that this works! Just this week I was shopping and noticed laundry soap marked down to a ridiculous price. I had two coupons for that soap and got it for just over $1 each.
Lastly, I pray for my cashier/s. I pray that they are having a good day, that my load of coupons won't overwhelm them, that they scan my coupons accurately and that I would be able to share my money saving tips with them.
I hope these tips help you. If you have any other tips for beginner couponers feel free to leave a comment below!
~Heather
Saturday, June 19, 2010
COUPONS!!!
Hello and welcome to my blog! If you are here for the first time after attending last night's coupon class I'm so happy to have you here. There is a plethora of information that I've put together that will hopefully help you get started in your couponing adventures. Be sure to read all the tabs above to re-cap on last nights class.
If you have a question PLEASE feel free to leave me a comment (click on comments below this post) and I will be happy to answer them.
Thanks again for attending the Coupon class!
~Heather
If you have a question PLEASE feel free to leave me a comment (click on comments below this post) and I will be happy to answer them.
Thanks again for attending the Coupon class!
~Heather
Friday, June 4, 2010
HES update
I went to the doctor again this week. My blood count looks good, but I'm still having significant tissue/organ damage (skin and stomach), so my chemo has been increased again. Now I'm on 1500 mg. per day of Hydrea. I also had an x-ray because of some back pain. My doctor wants to see my bones to see if they are okay since I've been on prednisone for over 5 years. I'll hear back sometime next week to see what, if anything, they find.
Coupon Class
I got 2 bottles of Old Spice men's body wash, 3 bottles Suave body wash and 2 pkgs of candy at CVS today for only $5.10 (including tax) AND they paid me $10 to come back again...so tomorrow I'm going back to get 2 bottles of Pantene shampoo for FREE and they'll pay me $2 just to take them out of the store! Wanna know how I do this? Come to my coupon class on June 18 to find out! JABC ( on the corner of Sunshine and Jefferson Ave. in Springfield, MO.) at 6:30 p.m. I'm predicting this class to be about 2 hours long.
Let me know if you're coming so that I have a good head count! You can either leave a comment or email me at bhnothnagel@att.net
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!
Let me know if you're coming so that I have a good head count! You can either leave a comment or email me at bhnothnagel@att.net
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!
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