Store coupons, manufactures coupons equal FREE stuff! Play the Game!  

I learned a new way to get free groceries,household items. A blog called Money Saving Mom energized me and showed me some things that made me think a little and realize how much is out there. I have faithfully been working hte Walgreen's Easy Couon rebate catalog and using their store coupons. Doing pretty weel, THey put the "rebates" on a Walgreens gift care and I refill the GC every month with the Easy saver program, and often I dont have to use any money from my pocket -just what I saved from last month.

Well, this blog goes into detail about how to make coupons work. I knew alot of it, but it turned me on to how to use Walgreens and good chance I won't have to pay for alot of things at all!

I learned to take the sunday (or online if you like) ads and go through, pick out first, what I need/want. Then Look at the easy saver catalog and see what I need/want. They always have at least 4 items that are free after rebate and I get them even if I dont need it, but will give it to someone that does.

Okay, I ramble...so here's what I am working on. Pick the coupons I want. Then go to my personal stash of coupons and see if anything matches the Walgreens coupons as they store will allow you to use a manufacture coupon IN ADDITION to their store coupon. Then I go to the web site of each of the stroe coupons and so often they have a coupon for that item there! Instant coupons savings! IF I dont' find a coupon there, I will go to a few coupons sites (on my profile ) and do a search for the store items and see if I get a coupon there!

It might take a little time, but it is saving alot of money. This week, just in learning about it all, Sweet N Low was 2/$4.00. I searched the coupon site and got 2 coupons for 35 cents off a box - to $4.00 minus 70 cents.=$3.30 divided by 2 = $1.65 a box of 120 packets. This will last me for several months! INstead of the stores regular (and Targets too) price of $3.50 a box. Sugar was $1.99 - I didn't find a coupon but it is $3.69 in the grocery store! They were out but gave me a rain check.
PRingles were 79¢ each and I had 3 coupons for 15¢ off one can - so I got them for 64¢ ea.....you get the idea. And this for just a thought! So this week, now that I know how to play the game, and have my coupon sites to match things up, I am anxious for a really low bill and a cart full of stuff that I need and use!

Give it a shot. It really isn't that hard. In my profile are 2 of the sites I use for coupons -print them out immediately and use them. Just don't fold them where the bar code is, or they wont scan. Seems many clerks don't like to have to do the work of inputing the bar code manually and if it don't scan, they often try to tell you they don't take that coupon, when it is only that htey dont' want to be bothered to do something manually and hope you will accept not using the coupon.