Piggly Wiggly week of 6/28/11

What are your plans for the fourth of July weekend? We're having a small cookout before band practice on Monday, so I'll be hitting up the Pig to stock up on supplies!

What caught my eye? Well the soda got my attention first. Pepsi products, 4/$8.88 with in ad coupon and separate $10 purchase. I love this time of year for soda sales. Regular price on soda can be as high as $4.50 per package, and can make a bit dent in grocery budgets, so when soda is on sale this cheap, I stock up so I don't have to buy as much in the winter at full price!

3 lb box of Johnsonville Sausage is priced at $6.79. Seems like a pretty good price. Please let me know if you find a better deal somewhere, because brats will be on the menu for Monday's cookout! :)

Other good grill foods: Fresh Bi-Color Sweet Corn, 24 cents an ear limit 12, T-bone steaks $2.99 per lb. , Oscar Mayer Wieners, 3 lb box $2.88.

Also, don't forget the charcoal! Kingsford Charcoal, $5.99 with in ad coupon and Separate $10 purchase. (There are 4 coupons in the ad that require a separate $10 purchase, but it can be the same $10! That means if you make a $10 purchase, you are eligible to use all 4 coupons, the Pepsi deal, Ice Mountain Spring Water for $2.99, The Kingsford Charcoal, and 30 oz Kraft Mayo for $1.99.)

How does Watermelon sound for your cook out? Get a whole seedless watermelon for FREE with the purchase of  Miller High Life 30 pk! Don't need the beer? Buy the watermelon for $2.99 each, limit 2.

I hope you all have a wonderful fourth of July weekend! Stay cool tomorrow, it's going to be a scorcher!

Piggly Wiggly week of 6/22/11

Good morning all!

I had fully intended to have this Piggly Wiggly post up last night, but life got in the way. Isn't that just the way life goes? I think I tend to over plan my days, LOL.

Today is the day I will be stopping at the Piggly Wiggly for groceries, so let's take a look at what is on sale this week.

Front page, bold letters - 99¢ for previously frozen all natural split chicken breasts or natural chicken wings by the lb, or a 6 oz pkg of Butterball Turkey Bacon.

California peaches 99¢/lb

Piggly Wiggly Gallon Milk $2.49

Crystal Farms chunk or shredded cheese $1.49 limit 3

Era Liquid detergent 50 oz $1.99 limit 2

Coke products 4/$10
7-up or Dr. Pepper 6 pk bottles 4/$10( I think this is a good week to stock up on soda! )

Food Club Granulated sugar 4 lb 99¢ (with coupon from ad and separate $10 purchase)

Of course you all know there is no way for me to list all of the specials in the ad this week, that would take forever, but these are a few that peaked my interest. Take a look at the full ad HERE and tell us what deals you find. Also, if you know of any available coupons for the deals, please let us know! We're here to help each other out! :)

A great week to stock up on groceries!

Hello friends! This week is a very exciting grocery week for me for a number of reasons. (oh  boy, am I a dork, LOL) First, Pick N Save is having double double daze Saturday! That means we can double 10 coupons up to $1 with a $25 initial purchase! :) Also, with the All You Grocery Challenge running, I am extra excited to put together my grocery list this week. AND the Piggly Wiggly ad has some great items in it, so I will have two great ads to shop from. Even better? I think I will be able to put together a list to make two trips to Pick N Save on double double daze to stock up on cereal for Justin to munch on. First things first, lets double them coupons!

To see the list of deals pocketyourdollars.com has put together for the Roundy's stores, click HERE.

What is on my list? I'm looking at stocking up on cereal. Select General Mills Cereal is on sale for $1.99 per box (limit 5), and with double coupons, I should be able to get my 5 boxes down to less than $1/box. If I go twice, I think I'll get cereal both times, because we sure go through it! :)

Also, I see some great deals on soda - Pepsi products 4/$10. We always get the 6 pk bottles, but the sale is also on 12 pk cans.

With coupons I think I can get Best life Buttery Spread and I Can't Believe It's Not Butter for under $1 each.

Palermos Pizza is on sale for $2 each, and there is supposed to be a coupon available for $1 off, so that would make them $1 each. That'd be handy to have around!

Bar S hot dogs on sale for $.99 each! No coupon needed!

Skippy peanut butter on sale $.99 each, limit 1. I got a jar earlier this week, may I just put my vote in for the Skippy Naturals Creamy with Honey... yum, yum!

Lipton/Knorr side dishes on sale for $1 each - this is a common sale, but I love having these side dishes around to add to dinner.

Oh, and Aussie or Herbal Essences shampoo are rumored to be on sale for $2.50 with a $1.00 coupon available making them $.50 after double coupon! :)

Also, Purdue Oven Ready Roaster's are on sale for $.99 a lb. This is a little more expensive than the $.79/lb chickens I found a few weeks ago, but those are actually all gone already. :)  I love roasting up a chicken for dinner, then using the leftovers to make a chicken salad for Cecil's work lunch. It's a lot easier, less expensive, and healthier than using processed lunch meat, and I think Cecil likes it better too! There is no limit listed in the flyer, so check the signs at the store!

Honestly there are tons of things in the Pick ad that jump out at me. What are YOU buying this week? Any tips to share on making a $ stretch? Can't wait to hear your ideas! Stay tuned for my Piggly Wiggly shopping list!

All You Grocery Challenge 2011!

Remember when I was bragging about the All You Magazine? Here is another fun aspect of this magazine, their annual grocery challenge! Now officially, the registration is over for the year, because the contest starts today, but I encourage you to play along with me and practice for next year! The rules are simple: Spend $25 per person in your household for a week's worth of groceries - all three meals. Use what you already have, and be creative. The challenge lasts 4 weeks. Our home includes 3 adults, so my budget should be $75 a week (yeah, I can stay under that, LOL). The $ limit only includes food, not toiletries and pet supplies, etc. So, lets see what sort of menu plan we can put together over the next week, and how close to our limit we can come! The more creative we are, the easier it will be to shop like this on a weekly basis! :)

Oooh! and lets not forget to share those yummy menu plans, and recipes! Don't forget to hit up your local Farmer's markets too, they should start rolling out the yummy veg very shortly!

All You Grocery Challenge FAQ can be found here.

Good luck! :)

Farmers markets, Zenni Optical, and other ways to save your family money!

We all know how important it is to save money in an economy like this, and sometimes coupons just aren't enough. I thought we could start a conversation of our favorite ways to save!

My first is to buy local. Food is cheaper if you don't have to pay for the gas to ship it to the grocery store! Another plus is the food is fresher and healthier, because the farmer's can pick it when it is ripe, and sell it instead of picking it early and forcing it to ripen in a truck. Anyone who has eaten a tomato right off the vine knows what I am talking about! :)

Tomorrow I will be stopping by the Plymouth farmer's market. Now, it is still a little early in the season, so I am not sure what will be available tomorrow, but it should be fun to peruse the local produce! Hours for tomorrow's farmer's market are every Thursday from 2pm-6pm at City Park. If you're in the Sheboygan area, check out the Fountain Park farmer's market on Wednesday and Saturday mornings from 7am-2pm.

Another large expense in our yearly budgets are those eyeglasses. How much did you pay for your last pair of eye glasses? I paid $8 plus $5.95 shipping. Yep! $13.95 for Prescription eyeglasses! You should all visit one of my favorite websites: http://www.zennioptical.com. Instead of paying an arm and a leg for eyeglasses, have your eye doctor give you a copy of your prescription, then visit zenni optical! The last time I got my eyes checked, I got my prescription, and picked out 4 adorable pairs of glasses, for between $8-12 each, and $5.95 to ship all of them. So that time I accidentally put my glasses through the washing machine and cracked the lenses? Yup, I was out $8. MUCH better than losing one of those $100+ pairs! :)

Zenni also does all the extra's for much cheaper! Prescription sunglasses, bifocals, anti scratch, transitions lenses, you name it, they do it, and cheaper! :) This is the perfect solution for glasses for kids too!

So, how do YOU save money? Do you have a secret money saving technique? Together, we can help each other survive in this tough economy!

Side note: Coupons are SOOOOO much easier to clip when you use a paper cutter! (see below post) :)

Have I told you all I love Swagbucks? Here is why!

This arrived on my doorstep today! FREE! I have bragged about Swagbucks for a long time, and this is exactly why. I earn Swagbucks for doing normal everyday searches. Every time I earn 450 Swagbucks, I cash them in for a $5 Amazon.com gift card. Last week I cashed in $30 worth of gift cards for this guillotine trimmer for my craft room! It cost 29.99 plus free shipping, so it was absolutely free out of pocket! We also got a Johnny Cash poster for the music room. FREE!

I encourage all of you to look into Swagbucks, because it honestly is a great way to make extra "money". I know it's only a gift card, but I cannot think of a single thing you can't get on Amazon! Keep in mind, you can trade Swagbucks in for far more than just Amazon giftcards, but I find it is the best deal, and they come in handy!


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Now I am off to clip last Sunday's coupons with my new paper cutter! :)

Extreme Couponing

Whew! What a weekend! I would like to send out congratulations to the new Mr. and Mrs Breit, and thank them for letting me be part of their big day!

Now, on to those coupons! Did anyone watch the Extreme Couponing episode from last week? There were so many things about the show that didn't make sense that I had to take notes.

It bothered me that it showed a lady getting three cart loads of groceries and getting money back. I am sure they are lifting some coupon policies for the show to make that work. The things to remember about couponing here locally is

* The only local store that I am aware of that will give you change back on an overage is Walmart, and I find it hard to create a scenario where you would get anything back, let alone a gift card for $50+ dollars like in this episode.

*Pick N Save is the only local store I am aware of that will double coupons, and they have a limit built into the computer, so the spots in the show where they say " I have 382 coupons for $.75 off that will double to $1.50 making it free", yeah, not realistic, at least not around here. I think I'd like shopping in their stores, LOL.

Something else that I noticed about last week's episode, was the couscous scenario. I love couscous, and if I could get a couple boxes for free, I would definitely stock up, but honestly, 134 boxes of couscous could last me a decade, and I think it may be a little overkill, LOL. The she mentioned that she had never tried couscous and wondered if she'd like it! :) Just some funny things I noticed.

Another little something I think may need clarification is the catalinas. Catalinas are coupons that will print at the register when you check out provided you have purchased the correct number of items. Walgreens register rewards are a catalina coupon. On last weeks episode, the narrator said something about the yogurts generating a $.75 catalina for every three yogurts bought, bringing the price down to $.xx each after catalina. This can get confusing. I never count my catalinas or register rewards in as part of my saving because it is not taken off of your current total, it's taken off a FUTURE purchase. So they were paying more for those yogurts than they let you believe, they just got a future credit. This is why I only count my Catalina savings on the days I spend them, not earn them, because the true money savings takes place when you cash them in, and if you'd like an accurate account of your savings, you don't want to count them twice!

Some of the ad match ups will list things as "free after register rewards". This often confuses people, and is why I try and avoid that type of wording. If I $2 item will earn you $2 in register rewards, you still pay $2. The plus is when you can use that $2RR in the future. I love register rewards and catalinas, I just don't count them as immediate savings. :)

What other tricks have you found? Any great deals? I'd love to hear how you've saved your family money! Remember, we are all here to help each other! :)

Wheww! What a week!

Hi all! Is your weekend as busy as mine? I had my last day in the 4k classroom yesterday, then it was time for a rehearsal dinner and hall decorating for the wedding I'm in today. This morning is hair and make up, so I guess I won't be getting that post on Extreme Couponing up today. I'll work hard on it tomorrow I promise!

Just a heads up for tomorrow, when you buy your Sunday paper, there should be two inserts in it. Click below for a preview of what coupons should be included. :)
Sunday coupon preview

My number one couponing tip:

All You Magazine! Seriously folks, I get the best coupons from All You Magazine, AND I love the articles! The July issue arrived in my mailbox today. I will probably spend this evening reading the articles, then tomorrow afternoon I will tear the magazine apart and clip all the coupons! Articles in this issue include:

154 ways to live on nothing
cool off with summertime drinks
The tasty foods that help you lose weight
outsmart high gas prices
enjoy summer! Entertain friends without spending a lot
Beat Fatigue per up and feel great today

This issue also claims to save us $56.76 in coupons! :)

All You is available at Walmart, or through subscription. I have a subscription, and it's great to see the deals show up every month in my mailbox! :)

On a side note, I just wanted to thank all of you for your questions and comments! I am really having a lot of fun with this blog, and I love being able to help you, and love to hear your tips and suggestions as well! This is a learning process, and we will learn together!
Stay tuned tomorrow for my thoughts on last night's episode of TLC's Extreme Couponing!

This week at the Pig!

Tuesday is the day I get my Piggly Wiggly ad in the mail. I usually find a blog that does all the work of matching up the ads and coupons for me, my favorite is www.pocketyourdollars.com, they always have Pick N save, Target, Walgreens, and Walmart done for me, but I can’t seem to find a match up for Piggly Wiggly, so I have to do that myself. Like any grocery store, sometimes the ad is great, and sometimes the ad is unimpressive, but this week looks like a great week at the Pig!
The first thing that caught my eye in this week’s ad was Pilgrim’s Pride whole fryers. At $0.79 per lb, I think this is a great steal. Want an even better deal? Well you’re in luck!!! I found a coupon! Go to http://www.pilgrims.com/ and click on the gray banner across the top to print a $1/1 package chicken coupon. A thing to remember, when you print coupons like this is you can hit the back button and usually print it again. Two times is the limit, but two coupons is pretty awesome! I bought a couple chickens like this a few weeks ago from Pick N Save, and they made for a really great dinner. I actually grilled them up with a can of beer, and then used the leftover chicken to make a yummy chicken salad! Pig is limiting this deal to 4 per customer.
Roma Pizza’s are on sale for 7/$10. I think this is a pretty awesome price for frozen pizza, and it’s an Eau Claire, Wisconsin based company to boot! Buy local, and eat pizza! :) Limit 7.
Hot Pockets – 6/$10 limit 6.
Banquet Frozen Entrees – 12/$10 – CHEAP!
7-UP or Dr. Pepper 6 pk ½ liter bottles - $1.89 each (one of the best prices I’ve seen in a while!) limit 4, must buy 4.
Philadelphia Cream Cheese - $0.99 each, limit 3, with coupon from ad and an additional $5 purchase
Lipton/Knorr side dishes (pasta and rice) - $0.99 each – Plus there was a coupon in a previous paper for $0.50/2, so if you buy two, the price would be $0.74 each! :)
Oscar Mayer Lunchables – 10/$10!

So, is this all the deals that are in the ad? No way! The ad this week is packed full of great deals, so make sure you check out the flyer! Also remember that adding coupons to these sales is the best way to pay bottom dollar. Where can you find what coupons are available? I usually check a coupon database. This is a searchable list of almost all the coupons currently available. If you search for a coupon, the database will generate a short list of available coupons, and tell you the source. If it is a printable coupon, it will show you a link, if it is not a printable, it will list the paper and insert it came from. Here’s a link to a coupon database I frequent :) http://bargainbriana.com/coupon-database

Also, don’t forget that tomorrow is Double Double Daze at Pick N Save, which means if you make a $25 minimum purchase, you can double up to 10 coupons up to $1.00 in value! The limit is usually 5.

What great deals have YOU found this week?

The importance of building a stockpile...

So, all those crazy ladies on TLC's Extreme Couponing have one up on me... Last night while making Cecil's lunch, I ran out of mustard. Now, for most people, you run out of things all the time right? No big deal, but in the money saving scheme of things, this is a travesty! Do you know what this means now? I may have to pay FULL PRICE for mustard! *gasp*!

Okay, so paying full price for one bottle of mustard isn't going to send us to the poor house, but it is going to drop my percent saved down a tad. The best way to make use of our coupons, is to get a whole bunch, use them to buy items that are already on a killer good sale, so we spend as little out of pocket as possible. So while I should have found a deal on mustard and bought enough to last me to the next sale, I bought one bottle, and now it's gone. tsk tsk tsk on me, LOL. (please don't turn into some of the ladies on TLC, 6 bottles is a stockpile, 60 is crazy, LOL)

I'm new at all of this, so my stockpile is small, but building! I currently have enough bars of soap and body wash to last 6 months to a year, and enough suntan lotion to last, well, we may never run out of that, LOL. Next on the list is items like toilet paper, paper towels, and gee, lets see, mustard? LOL

Things happen in cycles, or to put it musically, "To everything, Turn, Turn, Turn, There is a season, Turn, Turn, Turn." The best bet, is to figure out this pattern, then buy enough of that item to last your family until it come back around. We're learning this together, but a little research shows us that some things have a normal yearly cycle:

November – Cough Medicine, Cold Medicine, Soup (Campbell’s), Jello, Oats (Quaker), Tissues

December – Carnation Milk, Baking ingredients, Wet Wipes

Summer – BBQ Sauce, Marinades, Condiments, Country Time Lemonade, Charcoal

July & August – Back to School Supplies

Other items cycle about every 6 weeks, so buy enough to last 6 weeks, and you'll pay the lowest price available. These are usually things like toilet paper, paper towels, cereal, etc.

So, what type of things do you stock up on? Does anyone know a good sale on mustard? LOL

Sunday, The Beginning of the Money Saving Week!

Good morning! It’s a beautiful day here in Southeastern Wisconsin! What is on your agenda? Gardening? Headed to the beach? My Sunday routine always starts with a trip to the convenience store for a paper! Sunday is the best day of the week to start saving money!

I have found the best way to start your coupon collection is to buy a paper every Sunday (holiday weekends tend to not have coupons, so I usually skip those). There are many ways people like to organize and collect coupons. I’d like to share my method, which I compiled from a number of different blogs, taking the ideas I like best from each blogger.

To start – I cut every coupon. If you look in my binder, you will see coupons for diapers and denture cream, neither of which we use of course. The reason I cut all the coupons is simple – free. I follow many other bloggers to help me learn, and they often will post coupon ad match ups, and if you have the right coupons, you can get the item for free. If I have an opportunity to get diapers for free, or even denture cream, I can find local shelters and nursing homes in dire need for these products, and I figure it costs me no more time to clip every coupon than it would to decide which I want and which I don’t.

When I started couponing, I had a little plastic coupon file with thirteen slots in it. Since I cut every coupon, that didn’t take long to fill up, and it was quite a mess to dig through at the store. It took me a while to realize that if I wanted an organizational system to hold all my coupons, there was no way it would be able to fit my purse, LOL. Enter my coupon binder.

Yep, it’s pink! Like it? This large contraption actually helps me cut my shopping time, and my grocery bills! I have been consistently saving 40-50% on my grocery bills! :)

Just a quick tour of my binder – I keep a pack of post it notes in the front pocket, to jot down sales I see in the store, or to keep my coupons labeled by store for future trips.

The front flap on my binder opens up to reveal a spot for pens and pencils and other little odds and ends.

There is also a zipper in that front part, and it is perfect for a pair of scissors and a calculator. The calculator is a great thing to have along, sometimes I use it to keep a running total of my groceries, or sometimes it’s handy to figure out per unit prices.

Inside the front cover of the binder is sort of an expanding file. I love this for my restaurant.com gift certificates, and my grocery store flyers. I also keep printed internet coupons I haven’t gotten around to clipping yet. It’s a very nice feature.

Next is my table of contents. I printed this one from hip2save.com, try following this link, you should be able to find the table of contents in my binder. Sometimes I think I’d like to add new categories, but in the long run, this is pretty perfect to start out with! It seems like a lot of categories, but the more categories, the fewer coupons in each, and in the long run, the easier it is to find what you have, at least I think so. :)

My next page is where I store my shopping list. I use an excel spreadsheet that I’ve programmed to keep tally of the totals for me. If I ever get it perfected, I’ll post it for all of you to use too, I promise! Right now, it may just drive you all crazy, LOL.

The next page is an empty sheet protector I use to keep all the coupons I’ve organized by store for that week’s shopping trip. The coupons are sorted with a paperclip and a post-it note for the specific store. It’s working well for me so far, but I’m always open to new ideas!

The very first category I put in, which is not listed on the table of contents I used, is my store cards. I used to keep them in my purse, but they were always so hard to find, so I decided to put them in my binder! The pages are meant for baseball cards, and they fit the store cards perfect. I also use these pages for my coupons. I’ve also used 4x6 photo pages in some places, for bigger coupons, but I like the size and quality of the baseball pages better. I also know you can purchase pages with 4 pockets, or pages with long skinny pockets meant for currency. I think by the time all is said and done I will have a million types of pages, and a type of coupon that works best in each one. I plan on creating a binder just like this one for my mom, so if I keep buying pages, we can split them up between the two binders.

My tabs – I hate them, LOL. I really want to invest in some high quality plastic dividers, but as impatient as I am, I purchased some inexpensive stick on tabs, and used some white cardstock from my craft room. Don’t get me wrong, they serve their purpose for the time being, but eventually, I will invest in the higher quality, because sometimes these dividers get hidden behind the photo pages because they are a tad bit wider, but it’s a work in progress!

This is what the coupons look like in the baseball pages. I keep one coupon type in each pocket. By type, I mean if I have three $1/1 Truvia coupons, they will all be in the same pocket organized with the coupon that expires first on top, but only that coupon. So I know exactly what I have. When I started, I’d put a few similar coupons in one pocket, because I didn’t buy enough pockets, but now I have enough, so each coupon has its own pocket. It makes it so easy to see what I have! :)

So, this is my binder! What do you think? How do you organize your coupons? I’d love to see what you do, it’s so nice to be able to learn from each other!

What day is it? It's Mega Swagbucks Day!

That's right folks, it's my favorite morning, Mega Swagbucks morning!

Many of you have seen me post on Facebook about my Swagbucks, and many of you have asked me what they are. To put it simply, Swagbucks are points you earn for searching online, much like you would do from Google.com, etc. With these points, or Swagbucks, you can "buy" things from the Swagstore. Sound like fun? No, not yet huh? What if I were to tell you, that I earn anywhere from 20-50 Swagbucks a day, and I can turn 450 Swagbucks into $5 at Amazon.com? Do I have your interest now? Maybe? Okay, I'll keep going. :)

The Swagstore has all sorts of things you can cash your Swagbucks in for, from digital downloads and MP3's, to video game consoles like the Wii. All these things are nice, but keep in mind, you will probably save up enough Swagbucks to earn enough Amazon gift cards to buy the Wii before  you get enough to earn the Wii from the Swagstore... just an observation. :)

In addition to earning Swagbucks for searching, you can earn them for taking polls, surveys, playing games, referring friends, and entering Swagcodes from the blog or Facebook. (see the Swidget on the sidebar to check for current Swagcodes!)

Long story short, I love Swagbucks because in the last 2 months I have earned $30 in Amazon gift cards, and if I earn $5 more, I can use them to purchase a guillotine paper cutter for my craft room - for FREE!

Does it sound like fun now? Great! Click my referral link below to get started! I'd love to hear your ideas about how to use your Swagbucks!

Free stuff in my mailbox!!!!!!

Today was a good mail day! I got a Proctor and Gamble sample box with a sample deodorant, and some samples of Always feminine products. The best part of this deal is not only are the sample handy to have around, but they came with high value coupons!

• $2.00 off Always Pads
• $1.00 off Always Pantiliners
• $1.00 off Tampax Pearl
• $1.00 off Tampax Compak Pearl

I am especially excited about the $2.00 coupon, because between Target and Walgreens sales, that translates to free product! The nice thing is, even the $1.00 coupon may translate into free stuff, because there is no size restrictions on the coupons, and with en expiration date of 12/31/11, I have time to wait for a great sale! :-)

I also received my prize from the unique pet name contest! 100 free mutt mitts (puppy clean up bags). Who knew naming a pet "Ittle Yittle Oreo Cookie Conqueror of the Universe" could get me free product? LOL

How do I get free stuff? part 1

Okay, while extreme couponing shows make it look like you get everything for next to free, you really don’t. But you can get SOME items free! Here is how I do it.
First, sign up for freebies! These are samples that the company sends you in the mail to try their product. The point is, they want you to like it so much, you buy more. These often come with high value coupons, so if you love the product, you can save money the next time you purchase. Some of the samples are tiny, like those shampoo packets, or a small packet with two advil. Other samples are full size! I have received snack bars, with a coupon for the multipack, or a full size bag of microwave popcorn. Makes for a great TV snack, Free!
Stacking coupons! Did you know you can use two coupons on one item? Well you can, but they need to be the right coupons. Stores often send out coupons to encourage you to come into their stores. These will say store coupon on them, so you know which one you have. The money off comes from the store, and is basically a special sale for those of us with enough patience to clip them coupons! You can use a store coupon WITH a manufacturer’s coupon! Manufacturers coupons come from the company, and stores can turn them in to get their money back. This is another way for the company to get you to try their products. These coupons can be found in the Sunday newspaper, store fliers, or in those freebies you ordered! Always be on the lookout for coupons, they are EVERYWHERE. Stores that stack coupons include Walgreens, and Target. Always check your store’s coupon policies!
Earn them through point earning websites! I am earning points on all sorts of points programs, so many in fact that I have a spreadsheet to help me keep track of them all! The easiest way to collect points in through your credit card. Now I know that is pretty much a 4 letter word, but if you use credit cards, or a debit card, look into getting into a rewards program. Of course don’t spend money you wouldn’t normally just to earn points, that would defeat the purpose!  For example, my debit card is hooked to a point accumulating program. Last month I checked my balance, just from a year of using my debit card as normal, I earned enough points to order a nice 3 pc set of poly cutting boards from Chicago Cutlery! FREE! Some of my favorite point earning sites are Swagbucks.com and mypoints.com. I will do a separate post for each of those, because there is just so much cool stuff!
Stay tuned!

Hello World!!!

Let’s see how this works! Over the next few weeks, I plan to build a blog that will help all of us money conscious Wisconsinites keep a little more money in our pockets! While TLC’s Extreme Couponing goes a little far, I want to make sure you know you really can get things you use every day for much much cheaper!
I also am an avid crafter, so from time to time I may share a project I am particularly fond of. I hope you enjoy my blog, and I hope I can inspire you to save money! We’ll learn to master retail together!