No Internet Service....No Morning Posts

Sorry couponers! I have no Internet or phone service this morning so I'm unable to update the blog! A tech is coming this afternoon so there should be lots of posts later this afternoon and tomorrow. If you find any great deals, post them on the facebook page for me! Blog you later! Thanks again, and happy couponing!

9/7 Coupon Matchups: Food Giant, Sureway, Market Place

Sales begin Wednesday, September 7th and end Tuesday, September 13th!

Sureway & Food Giant Matchups

Smart Shopper Savings

• Brawny Paper Towels $2.50 - Save $0.50/1 (8/14 RP); this coupon will double to a $1!
• Bunny Bread $1.00 - Save $0.25/1 (7/31 SS)

Regular Ad Savings

• Kellogg's Kids Cereals $2.98 - Save $1/3 (8/28 RP) or Save $1/2 (8/21 SS)
• Prairie Farms Old Recipe Ice Cream $3.98 - Save $0.50/1 (8/28 RP): Do Not Double
• Cole's Garlic Bread 2/$4 - Cole's Website (if available)
• Bob Evans Burriots $3.98 - Bob Evans Sandwich or Burrito $0.55 (8/25:45050) (if available)
• V8 Vegetable Juice 2/$5 - Campbell's Kitchen (if available)
• Campbell's Chunky Soup 2/$3 - Campbell's Kitchen  (if available)
• Old Orchard Juice $1.98 - Old Orchard Website (if available)
• Iron Kids Bread $1.78 - Save $0.55/1 (8/28 RP)
• Keebler Toasteds 2/$5 - Snack Picks Website (if available)
• Keebler Club Crackers 2/$5 - $1/2 (8/28 RP)
• Margaret Holmes Greens 4/$5 - Margaret Holmes Website Email Signup
• Puffs Tissues $0.98 - Save $0.25/3 (8/28 P&G)
• Gain Dish Liquid $1.98 - Save $0.50/1 (8/14 RP)
• Downy $2.98 - Save $0.50/1 or Save $1.50/2 (8/28 P&G)
• Quaker Chewy Bars 2/$5 - Save $0.75/2 or Save $1/2 (8/28 RP)
• Suave Kids or Professional Shampoo or Conditioner $1.89 - Kids: Save $0.50/2, Prof: BOGO Free (8/14 RP) Expires 9/11
• Axe Bodywash $3.99 - BOGO Free (7/31 RP)
• Farmland Seasoned Pork Tenders $5.98 - Farmland Facebook (if available)
• Farmland Bacon $9.98 - Farmland Facebook (if available)
• Fast Fixins 2/$10 - Fast Fixins Website (if available)
• Land O'Frost Premium Lunchmeat $3.98 - Save $0.55/1 (7/24 RP)
• Bar S Jumbo Franks 5/$5 or Bologna 4/$5 or Corn Dogs 2/$9 - Bar-S Website (if available)

Market Place Matchups

• Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup or Tomato Soup 2/$1 - Campbell's Kitchen (if available) Save $1.00 on any five, you'll need to print both the Condensed Soup and the Cooking Soup coupons; get 5 cans for 30-cents each!
• Bunny Bread $1.38 - Save $0.25/1 (7/31 SS); this coupon is double-able, pay 88-cents!
• Era Liquid 2/$5 - Save $0.50/1 (8/14 RP); this coupon is double-able, pay $1.50 a bottle!
• Dial 2 bar Soap $1 - Dial $0.35 (9/3:77477) this coupon is double-able, pay 30-cents each!
• El Monterey Taquitos $6.17 - Save $0.75/1 (8/14 RP)
• Domino Sugar $1.98 - Save $0.50/1 (8/28 RP) or Save $0.50/1 (September All You Magazine, p. 109); this coupon is double-able, pay 98-cents a bag!
• Ore-Ida Frozen Potatoes 2/$5 - Save $1/3 (8/21 SS)
• Suddenly Salad 4/$5 - Betty Crocker website (if available) Save $0.50/2
• Bounty Basic Towels $5.75 - Save $0.25/1 (8/28 P&G)
• Clorox Wipes $3.98 - Save $0.25/1 (8/21 SS)
• Huggies Baby Wipes 2/$5 - Save $0.40/1 (8/14 SS, expires 9/10)
• Glad Zipper Storage or Freezer Bags 2/$3 - Save $1/2 (8/21 SS)

It's a pretty good week to save at Market Place!

9/11 Coupon Preview

General Mills 9/11 Coupon Insert Preview
Betty Crocker Save $.50/2 boxed potatoes except Potato Buds and Pouch (11/5)
Betty Crocker Save $.50/2 fruit shapes, fruit by the foot, fruit gushers or fruit roll-ups (11/5)
Cereal Save $1/3 19 listed (10/22)
Chex Mix Save $.75/1 10.5oz+ muddy buddies snack mix (11/5)
Fiber One Save $.40/1 chewy bars, 90 calorie chewy bars or 90 calorie brownies (11/5)
Fun da-middles Save $.75/1 cupcake mix (11/5)
Green Giant Save $.40/1 Just for One (11/5)
Green Giant Save $.50/2 Valley Fresh Steamers frozen vegetables 11oz or 12oz only (11/5)
Green Giant Save $.60/3 frozen boxed vegetables (11/5)
Hamburger Helper Save $.75/3 home cooked skillet meals (11/5)
Nature Valley Save $.75/1 granola thins (11/5)
Nature Valley Save $.75/2 6ct+ granola bars excludes granola thins (11/5)
Pillsbury Save $.30/1 Sweet Rolls or Grands! Sweet Rolls (12/3)
Pillsbury Save $.30/2 refrigerated Grands! or Grands! Jr biscuits (12/3)
Pillsbury Save $.40/2 crescent dinner rolls (12/3)
Pillsbury Save $.40/2 refrigerated pizza crust, breadsticks, loaves or dinner rolls (12/3)
Pillsbury Save $.75/2 refrigerated cookie dough (12/3/11/)
Pillsbury Save $1/1 frozen egg scrambles or biscuit sandwiches (12/3)
Pillsbury Save $1/1 Sweet Moments refrigerated desserts (12/3)
Pillsbury Save $50/2 toaster strudel or toaster scrambles pastries or pancakes (12/3)
Progresso Save $1/4 cans (11/5)
Totino’s Save $.35/1 rolls (12/3)
Totino’s Save $.50/2 Crisp Crust party pizza (12/3)
Totino’s Save $.75/1 pizza stuffers (12/3)
Treats Save $.50/1 Lucky Charms, Golden Grahams, Chex Mix or Milk ‘n Cereal bar treats (11/5)
Yoplait Save $.50/1 Fiber One, Delights, Light multipacks or original or Greek 4pks (11/5)
Yoplait Save $.50/1 original or light 4pk (11/5)
Yoplait Save $.50/2 Greek cups (11/5)
Yoplait Save $.75/1 frozen smoothie (11/5)
Yoplait Save $.75/1 light parfait (11/5)
Yoplait Save $.75/2 Go-GURT, Kids Cup, Trix or Splitz (11/5)
Yoplait Save $1/10 cups (11/5)

Check Out Smart Source for Printables

If you haven't visited the SmartSource coupon site lately, you'll probably want to take a look. 

Thanks to Printable Coupons and Deals for posting that there is a $2 off a At-A-Glance or Day Runner coupon available!

I ended up printing 7 coupons this morning!  Here were my favorites after the Calendar coupon!

DOUBLEABLE - $0.50/2 Crescent Rolls
DOUBLEABLE - $0.50/1 Fun da-middles (get it at Market Place!  It's priced about 20-cents below Walmart and the coupon will double to save you a buck!)
DOUBLEABLE - $0.30/2 Refrigerated Grands Biscuits (think these are on sale at Kroger this week!)

Printable: Skippy Peanut Butter

Thanks to My Frugal Adventures for posting this link to a printable Skippy Peanut Butter coupon!  Just Click Here!  Scroll all the way to the bottom.  The coupon will print automatically!  Save $1 off 2, redeem at Walmart.

Red Plum Deal of the Day: L'Oreal Sample

Visit Red Plum and request a FREE SAMPLE of L'Oreal Youth Code Day/Night cream!

Think this one may be gone already!  It's not even 6 AM!  I get redirected to a Fudge recipe? when I click "get deal".  Oh well.  I'll try again tomorrow!

While you're there, be sure to sign up for the Deal of the Day Email so you don't miss out on any great deals!

9/7 Hot Coupon Topics

Here's the list of hot topics from the coupon-osphere....

• Wild for Wags - More Chex and Bugles coupons for next week!  Seriously, these things will be gone off the shelf before brunch on Sunday morning.
• Cuckoo For Coupon Deals - Transfer your prescription to Walmart, earn a $10 e-gift card!  I'm not familiar with this process or e-gift cards.  Wonder if they can only be used online?  Wonder if you get $10 for each prescription you transfer?  Wonder if you can pay with more than one gift card at a time?  Hmmm, looks like you only get the gift card if you sign up for home delivery.  Could be a nice option for the colder weather months!  I'm just worried that the prescription wouldn't arrive on time!
•  My Music City Mommy - Next week's CVS deals!
• My Litter - My Litter says the Boulder Canyon chips coupon is back, but we knew that already (posted on 9/5)!  If you want it, Just Click Here! Boulder Canyon Chips $1.00 (9/5:94111)
• Printable Coupons and Deals - It's baaaack!  The Haribo coupon may be available to print, if you haven't printed it before!  Haribo Gummy Bears $0.30 (9/8:77477)   If it doesn't show up on the first page, go all the way to the last page and see if it is "print limit reached".  Good luck!
• Hip 2 Save - Coupon Newbie Series: Part I.  Great info for all couponers, not just the newbies!
• Hip 2 Save - 2 Skittles Manufacturer coupons available from Target!
• MoJo Savings - Sign up for Purina Puppy News and get a coupon!  Perfect timing since we just got a puppy!
• MoJo Savings - Family Dollar Deals
• A Thrifty Mom - Look for Mentos on Clearance at Walgreens!  Did you get that coupon?  I don't think I did!
• A Thrifty Mom - Homemade Laundry Soap.  Hmmm....Might be a recipe worth keeping.
• Krazy Coupon Lady - Double Coupon Dilema.  I'm just glad we have stores here in Hopkins County that value our business enough to double our coupons!
• It was widely reported that there is a Bic Stationary coupon on Coupons.com, but I couldn't find it!

9/7 Coupon Matchups: Market Place, Sureway, Food Giant

Sales begin Wednesday, September 7th and end Tuesday, September 13th!

Sureway & Food Giant Matchups

It is 5:20 AM and the Food Giant and Sureway online ads have not been updated for this sale week.  I'll try to get a paper copy and update the Coupon Matchup as soon as possible!  Check back later in the day!

Market Place Matchups

• Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup or Tomato Soup 2/$1 - Campbell's Kitchen (if available) Save $1.00 on any five, you'll need to print both the Condensed Soup and the Cooking Soup coupons; get 5 cans for 30-cents each!
• Bunny Bread $1.38 - Save $0.25/1 (7/31 SS); this coupon is double-able, pay 88-cents!
• Era Liquid 2/$5 - Save $0.50/1 (8/14 RP); this coupon is double-able, pay $1.50 a bottle!
• Dial 2 bar Soap $1 - Dial $0.35 (9/3:77477) this coupon is double-able, pay 30-cents each!
• El Monterey Taquitos $6.17 - Save $0.75/1 (8/14 RP)
• Domino Sugar $1.98 - Save $0.50/1 (8/28 RP) or Save $0.50/1 (September All You Magazine, p. 109); this coupon is double-able, pay 98-cents a bag!
• Ore-Ida Frozen Potatoes 2/$5 - Save $1/3 (8/21 SS)
• Suddenly Salad 4/$5 - Betty Crocker website (if available) Save $0.50/2
• Bounty Basic Towels $5.75 - Save $0.25/1 (8/28 P&G)
• Clorox Wipes $3.98 - Save $0.25/1 (8/21 SS)
• Huggies Baby Wipes 2/$5 - Save $0.40/1 (8/14 SS, expires 9/10)
• Glad Zipper Storage or Freezer Bags 2/$3 - Save $1/2 (8/21 SS)

It's a pretty good week to save at Market Place!

9/6 Hot Coupon Topics

A few interesting reads from the coupon-osphere....

• Wild For Wags - Got your coupons ready?  Be sure to print these before 9/11 because these products will be on sale for 99-cents at Walgreens!  Only 49-cents a bag!  Yum!                            Chex Mix $0.50 (9/1:77477)  and Bugles $0.50 (9/1:77477)   Since the coupons won't double at Walgreens, consider Price Matching at Walmart where you're going to find more instock.  This sale is probably for the smallish bags, so keep an eye on prices at the grocery in case you can get a better deal on the bigger bags with a double coupon!  Plus, I saw bags of Buggles for 99-cents at Save-a-Lot this weekend, so you may not need to wait until Sunday. 
• Wild for Wags - Here are a couple good scenarios for FREE or super INEXPENSIVE Vick's Vapo Drops which you can find in the checkout lines.  I'd call this one a "use it before you lose it" deal.  This isn't a weekly sale deal so you don't have to run out and get it right away.  With the colder weather, you might need to buy Vapo rub or cough medicine and could put the coupons to better use!  But, if you still have them close to the expiration date (9/30) and don't want to lose them, this is a good deal to snag!
• My Litter - some shoppers are finding Monopoly on clearance for $5 at Walmart.  Unfortunately, if you haven't already printed the $4 off coupon, it has disappeared already!  There's still one for the Electronic Monopoly (Hasbro Monopoly, Electronic $5.00 (9/5:77477) ) in case you find it on clearance, too!  Our Walmart has a clearance section in Lawn & Garden.
• Coupons, Deals, and More - Extreme Couponing Reality.  Well, all I can say is, I am a fan of TLC's Extreme Couponing.  If my cousin hadn't caught the show and filled me in, I wouldn't be hosting a coupon blog right now.  I wouldn't have known that stores actually have a "coupon policy" and that you can stack store coupons and manufacturer's coupons (at some places).  The downside for long-time coupon users is that now stores are cracking down on coupon fraud.  Bottom line.  Couponers had been abusing the coupon system for years (not just since EC premiered earlier this year).  Couponers can continue to blame the "newbies" for all of the policy changes taking place, but the changes are a direct result of years of misuse by long-time couponers.  To all of you "newbie" couponers, keep your chin up and your binder full, and don't be a shelf clearer!  No one likes a shelf clearer!
• Wild for CVS - Snack Packs are 10 for $10 at CVS this week and there is a 50-cent off 2 coupon in the September issue of All You magazine.  Normally I'd use a 50-cent coupon at the grocery store because it would double to a buck, but this coupon will not double.  You can also price match the CVS ad at Walmart!
• Loyal Couponer - Creating Your Stockpile.  I just love to see pictures of people's stockpiles!  Someday I hope to share pics of my goodies with everyone.  But, for now it's not presentable enough to share!
• MoJo Savings - inexpensive Softsoap Bodywash next week at CVS after coupon and earned ECB!
• Subway - Featured $5 Footlong Sub of the Month: Turkey Breast & Black Forrest Ham.
• Grocery Shop For Free - No More Kroger Doubles in Dallas.  Eeek!  I hope that trend doesn't make it's way all the way across the country to us!  You'd almost have to start shopping exclusively at Walmart if the grocery stores stopped doubling coupons!
• Money Saving Madness - Can you save BIG with printable coupons?  Survey says....yes, yes you can.  Printable coupons are my favorite coupons!

I Welcome New Couponers, What About You?

If you're like me, you have your DVR set and ready to record TLC's Extreme Couponing.  And you'll be happy to know there will be an episode next Monday night (9/12)!  But, with the premiere of the show, we all know more and more people will be drawn to couponing.  I say, welcome the newcomers with open arms!

If you are a new couponer, just starting out, here are 10 things you need to know:

1. Don't go out Sunday and buy a ton of newspapers.  If you buy 10 papers at $2.50 each, you need to use at least $22.50 in coupons in order to make your money back.  I have a family of four and I buy 1-2 papers a week.  I subscribe by mail to the Sunday edition of the Owensboro Messenger Inquirer so I don't have to use gas to go out and get it.  You can't save money if you're spending all your money to buy newspapers.  Plus, the other folks who got to the store after you cleaned out the paper rack will have nothing nice to say about you.  Karma, people, karma.  Leave some newspapers for the next guy.  Believe it or not, some folks actually get the paper for the articles!
2. Do beware of Expiration Dates!  Another great reason to only purchase the minimum number of papers each week is simple: coupons expire.  And with the increase in coupon use, it is increasingly difficult to find items in stock.  There is a really good chance that you are going to find an empty shelf and the item won't be restocked before your coupon expires.  Even if you get a rain check, there is no guarantee that the item will be instock again before your coupon expires.
3. Do keep an eye on the Sunday Coupon Preview so you'll know if there are going to be any coupons you want in the Sunday paper.  But!  Keep in mind that coupons on the preview list may not be in your local Sunday paper.  Coupons vary by region and the really great coupons may not be available here in Hopkins County.  It's a sad reality that we live in what I like to call the coupon dead zone.
4. Do subscribe to the daily emails of your favorite coupon websites and blogs.  Almost every coupon website or blog I have stumbled across offers a daily email.  You can subscribe to the Hopkins County Couponer's daily email from the home page!
5. Don't think you have to buy ten tubes of toothpaste this week!  A tube of toothpaste will last the average person about 1-2 months.  As long as there is a P&G insert, there will be sales for cheap toothpaste.  I haven't gotten a P&G insert this year without a Crest coupon in it.
6. Don't be brand loyal.  You really can't be brand loyal when you coupon.  If you want to get the best deals on Health & Beauty and Household items, you really need to buy what is on sale.
7. Don't buy things just because you have a coupon and it's on sale!  Here's the imaginary scenario:  "Cheesey Cheese Bites are on sale for $1.25 this week and I have a coupon for $1 off making them only a quarter each.  I've never heard of Cheesey Cheese Bites and I don't like cheese."  Just tell me, why would you buy a product that you don't like?  Don't buy it if you aren't going to use it and you can't donate it! 
8. Do buy items to donate!  If you haven't read it before, I'll post it again.  I believe that Couponer's CAN make a difference, one donation at a time.  No one in my house eats tuna, but I printed out every Starkist coupon I could get because I could use it for free tuna at Kroger earlier this year.  I'm going to make it part of my donation to the school food drive this fall.  Donating is a great thing!
9. Don't clear the shelf!  Ok, if there are two tubes of toothpaste and you have two coupons, by all means take both tubes.  But, if it is 8 AM on Sunday morning, you have ten coupons, and there are only ten tubes of toothpaste available, don't clear the shelf!  Seriously, that toothpaste will be on sale again. 
10. Do adopt a military family overseas and send them your expired coupons!  Check out CouponsToTroops on Facebook for more details.  It costs $12.95 to send a big, flat rate box to APO (military) addresses, so get together with a few coupon friends and send over your expired coupons.