The Art of Couponing

Melissa Williams is an amazing lady!!  I don’t know of anything that she has set her mind to that she has not accomplished! :)   She is a magnificent wife to her dear husband and mother of two sweet children.  We are delighted to learn from her about the art and delight of couponing.  I often see her post on Facebook about how she saved double of what she spent on her various shopping expeditions.  Enjoy!! (PS–We will post her blog on links as soon as it becomes available.) :)

Hello everyone! So excited to talk to you about the art of couponing! Thankfully a friend introduced me to this several months back and I have enjoyed every moment of it! Ok maybe not the moments where I realized that I had thrown away a coupon that later would prove to be very valuable!
This “new” way, maybe not new to you but it was to me, is so incredibly awesome I find myself talking to everyone at the grocery store about it! Recently on a spur of the moment, I don’t feel like cooking trip to Publix I spent $50 and about died…I have not spent $50 at Publix in a very long time. The manager happened to be the one bagging my grocery’s realizing my disappointment in the total he said “we appreciate you coming in every now in then without your coupons.” Ok, so I helped increase their profit share on that trip!

To date my best trip I would have to say would be last week, I saved $108.41 and spent a whooping 23cents! They even had to give me one coupon back stating they could not pay me to shop! Another highlight is that a friend gave me a $50 gift card for Christmas, I was able to purchase $325.00 of products with this one card! (If you would like to donate a card to see if I can beat it, I am sure Karin would pass along my address!)

So now that I have your attention, if you are local, my next class is January 7, 2010 @ 7 PM at Magnify Bank, on the corner of 540A and Carter Rd. At this class you can expect to learn all the tricks and tips!

I am currently working on my own personal blog, along with the friend mentioned above who shared this lovely coupon advice. I will be sure to have Karin post it for you to check out! In the mean time my advice is start collecting newspapers…I buy 8-10 a week depending on the coupons (you can check out what will be in the paper on this site: sundaycouponpreview.com). This has been very helpful in planning the amount of papers to buy!
There are many coupon websites out there for you to learn this art. I wish mine were ready for you to view, but–well, its not–so I will share a few of my favorites with you! They are:
Iheartpublix.com
Iheartcvs.com
Dealseekingmom.com
Moneysavingmom.com
Totallytarget.com

These are my faves! Check them out! You will be amazed at what you can find! I never pay for toiletries anymore. Those all come free from CVS, which I would never have thought I would shop CVS for anything other than prescriptions; turns out they have an awesome loyalty program!
There is so much to tell you that one blog post can not possibly cover it all, hopefully this was just enough to spark an interest! If so come to the next class or send me an email!
Hugs, Melissa