Coupons -where to find them and other info.

Coupons

Coupons are an added bonus to the Weekly Deals. You don't have to use coupons to save money and build your food storage. I use coupons, so if you would like to combine coupons with the Weekly Deals, this is how I do it!

The best place to get manufacture coupons is from the newspaper. I subscribe to The Denver Post and get the paper daily for less than $5.00 a month. I use more than $5.00 worth of coupons every month, so for me it is worth clipping coupons. King Soopers and some of the Safeway stores double manufacture coupons all the time, up to $1.00. Albertson's will have promotion periods when they will double, triple, quadruple manufacture coupons up to $1.00. I will note on the Weekly Deals if Albertson's is doubling manufacture coupons.

The coupons that come in the Sunday Paper are: (Code on Weekly Deals list):

Smart Source (SS) -every week
Red Plum (RP) - every week
Proctor and Gamble (PG) -comes once a month

On Occasion there will be a Sunday paper with no coupons. Sometimes the Wednesday paper will have the same coupon inserts has the Sunday paper.

You need to organize your coupons. Here are some tips:

1. Write the date you received the coupons in the newspaper. If I get coupons in the Wednesday paper I will write Wed. and Sun. dates because they are the same coupons.

2. I organize my coupons by month. I put all coupon inserts into one folder each month. I will clip coupons that I know I will most likely use like diaper, baby wipes, cereal, etc... These I keep organized in a coupon pocket book in my purse. See tip #5.

3. Know the common coupon codes. If there is an item on the Weekly Deals list that has a coupon to go with it, I will have the SS, RP, or PG with the date of when it was in the newspaper. This will help you to quickly find and clip coupons. If you see MC that is manufacture coupon.

4. Internet coupons. I have recently began using Internet coupons. I have recently used Internet coupons to buy Huggies Diapers, after coupons I paid $2.00 (gentle care, jumbo pack) and $5.00 (natural fit, jumbo pack). Last week I used Internet coupons to buy five, 1 lb Challenge butter for $.99 each.

See the coupon bar on the top left of my blog. If I find a good deal and it has a Internet coupon to match it I will note it in the Weekly Deals.

I will only print out coupons if it something I regularly buy. If you wait to print the coupons, the coupon may hit its print limit and be gone. I keep my printed coupons in my coupon pocket book. See tip #5.

5. Organize your coupons for your purse. I like to keep my coupons in my purse. I have a coupon pocket book that is divided into categories. I will clip coupons from the inserts that I routinely buy and I organize them in my pocket book.

Starting in the back I have this pocket book organized in the following categories:

Household items, diapers, hygiene items, basically anything you can't eat.

Pillsbury - I always cut out the crescent coupons

Betty Crocker - fruit snacks, frosting, cake/brownie mixes

General Mills - Cereal, quaker coupons I put in this pocket too.

Kellogg's - cereal coupons, pop tarts

Dairy-Juice - yoplait yogurt, apple juice,

Pasta or Sides - apple sauce coupons, rice-a roni, etc...

Baking- CH sugar coupons, butter, oil

Grocery Store- rain checks, I like to keep my rain checks and any coupons I can combine with them in this pocket.

"target"- I keep coupons in here of items I plan to buy at Target or Walmart

FEB- a pocket for a current grocery list with coupons that go with the list

Next Shopping Trip- a pocket for a current grocery list with coupons that go with the list

This has been a good system for me. I am able to keep coupons with me all the time for the items I buy most at the store.

If you have any questions about using coupons please leave a comment or email me at simplysavingcolorado @ gmail .com (remove spaces before sending the email.)