JCPENNY

Get $10.00 off any $10.00 purchase just use this code online at checkout: GR8VALUE

Code is good until Dec. 18

$100 Saved

update: see Coupon counter on the left the amounts have changed due to my shopping trip to King Soopers last night on 120th and Colorado...with their re-grand opening they have some awesome deals!

Tide 64 load liquid detergent $8.88 and Charmin Basic 12 Big Rolls $4.49 (Go online to King Soopers and get $1.00 Tide coupon and $.35 Charmin Coupon that is linked to your KS shopping card.)!

The grapes are $1.oo/lb and a really big...and NOT that tasty...so I would pass. Strawberries are $1.98/lb (not a awesome price, but I grabbed a container) They looked really good...no bad or moldy ones in the containers.


$100 saved! Since July I have been keeping track of how many coupons and how much money I have saved using the coupons. I reached the $100 mark today! I average about $33 a month in coupon savings.

Coupon clipping takes practice. I feel like I use coupons wisely, buying things my family will really eat at the same time trying to keep a healthy balance of foods in my home. It seems like most coupons are for processed foods, so its easy to go overboard and have a lot of processed foods in your home because it is cheap. I have been a coupon clipper for 5 years, and I know I am better at using my coupons for my family needs then when I first started. You have to learn it is okay to pass up an amazing deal if its not something you usually buy or meets your family's diet.

I have also found that 90% of the coupons I use am able to match up with store sales to get the best deal. Sometimes (usually yogurt) I will use the coupon because I am buying the item now because we need it and can't wait for the store to put it on sale.

Cereal coupons

You can print the following $1.00 off coupons from the coupon printer on the top left. They are good until the end of May. I would print now, before they reach the print limit and are gone.

Rice Krispies Cereal - 10 oz or larger any flavor
Special K - 11.4 oz or larger, any flavor
Corn Pops - 9.2 oz or larger, any flavor
Froot Loops - 11 oz or larger, any flavor
Kellogg's Mini-Wheats- 14.5 oz or larger, any flavor
Frosted Flakes
Raisin Bran
Apple Jacks

These are awesome coupons because you only have to buy one box of cereal to get $1.00 off. Most cereal coupons are 2 or 3 boxes of cereal for $1.00 off. If you want to print two coupons of each cereal you may need to close and reopen my blog to be able to print the second round of coupons.

Coupons - list

Starting in January I began a spread sheet of the coupons I received in the Sunday paper. This helps me to match up coupons with the grocery stores ads. I started this for me and I have decided to post it for everyone.


Click coupons on the menu bar to see the list.

When I started I did not include most medicines, because I generally buy the generic or store brands. This week I decided to start including them in my coupon list. Walgreen's will occasionally have a really good deal on some name brand medicines.

There are some coupons I still don't keep track of, for instance pet food/supplies. We don't have a pet so I don't use those coupons, but if you do and would like me to start including those coupons on my list (or any other coupon not on my list) leave me a comment.

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.)

Coupons - Safeway Doubling

Email:
I noticed in your blog that you mentioned that Safeway will double coupons. I called the Safeway in Greeley and they said they don't double coupons. Is the doubling on certain days or during certain sales?

All the Safeway stores I have visited between Broomfield and Thornton do double coupons. I just talked to customer service at Safeway and not all Safeway stores in Colorado double coupons. If you are going to use coupons at Safeway call ahead or ask at Customer service before you shop. Thanks for your email.