Happy Couponing!

I attended a coupon workshop a few weeks ago with a friend. The instructor's name is Sarah Roe and she is founder of 918couponqueen which is now moneysavingqueen. I was definitely on brain overload after sitting there for 3 hours learning all her tips and tricks. I left all excited and motivated to start saving money on my grocery bill. Check out Shannon's money saving blog too. It is full of fun savings!

I put together a super cute coupon organizer bought at Target (new Liberty of London line) made out of baseball trading card holders ($5 at Target) and made tabs for all the sections of the grocery store...baking, beverages, boxed/canned, cleaners, frozen, hygiene, kids/pets, paper goods, refrigerated, receipts/rebates, and individual stores such as Target, Walgreen's, Toys R Us, etc. I leave this in the car in case I make a non-planned trip to the store. I just hope to keep this up and its not another new hobby I try for a month and get tired of it! :)




I never understood how I could read a blog and see a picture of a counter full of grocery items that someone spent $10 on. I finally had a similar experience today at Walgreen's. I was there for an entire hour which is time consuming, I realize. It was quite worth it because I made $45.16 in that hour! That was $45.16 in savings. I'm sure Nick will be okay with that. I met a really nice cashier named Edna that helped me out. I will make my trip to Walgreens only when Edna is there because I am still learning and she was very helpful. Below is what I bought.

1st transaction
Spent $61.59 and got $21.50 in register rewards. Those are 6 Hallmark cards I got for 44cents off a piece. Mother's Day, Anniversary, Graduation, I am set on cards! Looks like a lot of razors, I know. $31 worth to be exact. I usually spend about $19 in Nick's refill cartridges and I buy whatever for myself. I got 2 systems and refills. We shave alot, what can I say?


2nd transaction
Spent $6.96, used store coupons and used $17.50 in register rewards (got from transaction #1). Still had $4 in register rewards left to spent when I go back. I went ahead and bought these disposable cameras for our vacation in September.
I don't want to drag our huge camera to all 4 parks!! Ended up being free for the both of them. That's a blue flashlight for Austin if you can't tell. I attended a Red Cross training last week at MOPS and they reccomend leaving a flashlight at your child's bed in case of a fire. Hadn't thought of that!