Triples are coming! Triples are coming!

Everyone get your coupons ready!  According to SouthernSavers.com Harris Teeter will triple the value of your coupons up to a face value of 99¢ starting tomorrow!  This is pretty exciting since you will be able to get lots of things for free!  I am going to organize my book, call everyone to get their extra coupons and get myself ready.  Remember that you can only use 20 coupons per day, so either have someone else in your household go with you with their own VIC card or plan to go more than one day because this deal only comes around once in a while, so it is worth it to make more than one trip.  I will post what I find!

E VIC Specials, Target Freebies and free Iron Man 2 toys

So... I am not super impressed with the grocery deals that are out there this week.  I have devoted most of my couponing time this week to clipping, printing and organizing my coupons.  There are a couple of good deals out there, such as the Saturday E VIC 4/$5 Kellogg's Cereals (which I have coupons for to make them 75¢ ea) and the B1G2 bags of frozen chicken breast.  I have decided to skip the chicken breast because after their B1G2 deal two weeks ago and Bloom's B1G2 last week I don't think I can get any more chicken in my freezer.

I was a little excited though that many of my coupons could be used for trial sized items at Target.  I ended up with some Jergen's Daily Glow, Crest Mouthwash, Crest Toothpaste, Old Spice, Secrect Clinical, Visine and more for basically free!  $48 worth for a little over $2 (mostly taxes).  I was also excited to see that if your coupon value is more than the purchase that they put the rest towards the other items in your cart.

I stopped by Wal-Mart (I really despise that place) and saw on their clearance rack Iron Man 2 toys on clearance for $3.  I had $3 off coupons from the Sunday paper so it made it free (15¢ tax)!  My son doesn't even know what Iron Man is, but I figured I would save it for a birthday gift.

I was really hoping for some Super Doubles or Triples somewhere this week but it didn't happen.  I did however, receive an email back from Kroger saying that the stores in our area will still allow stacking of e coupons with paper coupons.  This is pretty exciting, so I will have to do some research on what types of deals are available there.

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99¢ Pop Tarts @ Harris Teeter!

I'm headed to Harris Teeter now for 99¢ Pop Tarts, too bad there is a limit of two because my house can go through them like crazy!  I'm pretty sure I have a coupon for $1 off of three which will make 3 of them $1.

Other deals that I will probably pick up today are the B2G3 Green Giant Veggies, 21/30ct Shrimp and Chx of the Sea Tuna.

I also have a coupon for a McCormick Spice which will make their $1 Vanilla free and a coupon for Farm Rich products. 

Don't miss the Pop Tarts!  Check the e-vic specials before you head out!

Coupon policies at local stores

My quick trip to Farm Fresh yesterday landed me $47 in coupon savings.  I had seven coupons for $1 any K-Cup coffee pack and I found myself standing there wondering how many Farm Fresh would take for the same product.  I ended up having to detour to customer service to find out their coupon policy.  They would take two.

Last night I watched Extreme Couponing in TLC and watched these women buy ridiculous amounts of mustard and such.  I decided to do some research into our local stores policies.  This is what I found:

• Farm Fresh
• Double coupons up to 99¢ everyday
• Double coupons up to $1 on Wednesdays
• Up to 20 coupons doubled per person per day
• Limit 1 coupon per item
• Limit 2 like items
• No competitor coupons
• Harris Teeter
• Double Coupons up to 99¢ everyday
• Up to 20 coupons doubled per household each day, you cannot separate orders to increase this amount
• Limit of 1 B1G1 coupon per item
• No overage on coupons
• Limit 3 like items
• No competitor coupons will be doubled or tripled
• You can stack your evic coupons with paper coupons
• Internet coupons are limited to 2 like items
• Competitor coupons are accepted, as well as competitor circular or direct mail offers to deduct money off the total order
• Walmart
• No doubles or triples
• No limit on the number of coupons per transaction
• Overage is given on coupons in cash back or applied to the basket (excludes SNAP & WIC)
• You can usea B1G1 coupon with a B1G1 deal
• BJ's Wholesale
• No doubles or triples
• BJ's coupons can be stacked with manufacturer coupons
• You may use multiple coupns for grouped items that could be sold separately
• Fresh Pride/Be-Lo
• Doubles to 50¢ everyday
• No limit on like items or number of coupons to be used per transaction
• Please call ahead to manager if you plan on buy a large amount of the same item
• Food Lion
• No doubles
• Limit of 10 like items
• No overage
• No limit on coupons per transaction
• No stacking store and manufacturer coupons
• Bottom Dollar
• Pretty much the same as Food Lion
• eCoupons are available to be loaded to your card, still waiting to hear if they can be stacked
• Bloom
• Double coupons up to 99¢ everyday
• Limit of 10 like items
• Up to manager's discretion on multiple transactions (smile and be nice!)
• Price Snipper coupons are not doubled
• No overage
• Kroger
• Waiting on a return email for the policy in our area

This is all I've got for now.  I will update this posting when the stores return my emails.  Please comment if you know more about it than I do!

It's Wednesday and the new deals are in + double $1 coupons at Farm Fresh

I went through some of the new grocery ads that came out today and here are some of the really good deals that have come out so far:

• Farm Fresh - (Don't forget it's double coupons up to a $1 today)
• Nature's Valley Granola Bars - $1.77ea - 75¢/2 coupon (dbld = $1.50 off) = $1.02ea
• Texas Toast Croutons - $1.29ea - 55¢ coupon (dbld = $1.10 off) = 19¢ea
• Glade Premium Room Spray - $2.49 - $1 coupon (dbld = $2 off) = 49¢ea
• Bloom (dbl coupons up to 99¢)
• Frozen Boneless Chicken Breast (2.5lbs ea) - Buy 1 Get 2 Free ($11.99ea)
• Pork Loins - Buy 1 Get 1 Free
• 20pk Miller/Coors/Bud bottles $11.99
• Pepsi 12pk 4/$10
• Bottom Dollar
• Pepsi 12pk $2.88ea
• Kroger
• Pepsi 12pk 3/$9
• Oral B Advantage Toothbrush $2.00 - $2 coupon = FREE
• Scrubbing Bubbles - $1.49ea when you buy 4 - $1 coupon off 2 (x2 coupons) = 99¢ea
• Harris Teeter
• Green Giant Can Veggies - Buy 2 Get 3 Free
• Chx of Sea Tuna - Buy 2 Get 3 Free
• EZ Peel Shrimp - 21/30 Count - Buy 2 Get 3 Free
• YoPlait - 10/$4 - $1.00 coupon/10 = 30¢ ea
• Ball Park Beef Franks - Buy 1 Get 1 Free ($2.49ea) - 75¢ coupon on 2 (x2) = 49¢ea
• Lloyd's Woodfire BBQ - Buy 1 Get 1 Free ($4.24ea) - $1 coupon/1 = $1.12ea
• Always Infinity - $3.99 - $2 coupon = $1.99ea
• Tampax - $2.99 - $1 coupon = $1.99ea
• Colgate Total - $2.50 - $1.50 = $1ea
• Crest Rinse - $3.99 - $2 coupon = $1.99ea
• Oral B Cross Action Tooth Brush - $2.99 - $2 coupon = 99¢ea
• Olay Body Wash - $3.49 - $2 coupon = $1.49ea

This is all I have found so far, I'm sure there will be more to come as the week goes on!

Get Sunday's Daily Press for 26¢

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Today's deal is 26 weeks of the Sunday Daily Press for $10!

That means lots of coupons delivered to you for very cheap!

Success at Food Lion

I made a quick stop by Food Lion today and used three coupons and my MVP card.   I got two Best Life Buttery Spreads for Free and a package of BIC razors for 99¢! 

The Best Life Buttery Spread was on MVP special for 5/$5 ($1ea) and I had two $1 coupons.

The BIC razors were on MVP special for $2.99 and I had a $2 off coupon.

Total Bill: $1.18!

Deals to catch before Wednesday

I found a few quick deals that might be worth your trip before Wednesday:

• Kroger
• Oral B Advantage Toothbrush - Price $2.00 - $2.00 Cpn = FREE
• Scrubbing Bubbles Bathroom Cleaner - Buy 4/$1.49ea - $1.00/2 cpn (x 2 cpns) = 99¢ ea
• Harris Teeter
• Texas Toast Croutons - BOGO ($1.09ea) - 55¢ cpn (dbld) (x2 cpns) = FREE
• Don't miss the B1G2 Boneless Chx Breast, this alone is worth the trip.  I got 6 packs of approx 2lbs ea (3 large breast in each) for $18.
• Food Lion
• Best Life Buttery Spread - 5/$5 ($1ea) - $1 cpn = FREE
• Children's Claritin - $5.99 -$1 MVP - $2 cpn = $2.99 ea
• Bloom
• Duncan Hines Frosting and Mixes - 4/$5 ($1.25ea) - Buy 2 cpn 75¢ off (dbld) = 50¢ea

Whew... That was work!

Getting serious about couponing kicked our asses last night!  My aunt and I decided that we were going full steam ahead with it by setting up our notebooks and purchasing (and clipping from) the Virginian-Pilot, the Richmond Times and the Washington Post.  We purchased two of each!

Start Time:  8:00 PM

First we separated all of the coupons from the papers and put them in a pile.  We both grabbed scissors and started clipping away!  We threw the coupons in a big basket between us.  Wrong!  Although it seemed like a good idea, in the end it was not.  After we finished clipping all of the coupons it was overwhelming to look at that pile knowing we had to sort through them. 

Since we couldn't look at the pile of coupons we decided to start organizing our books.  We each started with 30 trading card sheets and eight dividers.  We labeled each section accordingly and in this order: Dry, Cans, Baking/Spices, Cold, Meats, Frozen, Pharmacy, Household.  We tried to divvy up the sheets between the sections, giving more to sections such as Household and less to Meats.  They ended up having to be moved around before it was over with.  Since we were using leftover supplies from other ventures, setting up our books ended up taking just a little more time than it would have if we had bought everything new, but at least we didn't spend any extra money on it!

Time: 10:00 PM

Now, it was on to that really scary basket of coupons.  It seemed silly to just start grabbing coupons and filing them so we decided to sort them out.  We completely cleared off the table.  We wrote the title of each section in large letters on the back of eight index cards.  Each card was spaced out and placed around the table.  We grabbed handfuls of coupons and separated them into their appropriate sections.

Since we knew we had doubles (or more) of some coupons it still didn't seem like a good idea to start filing yet so we moved our piles and cleared the table once again.  We started laying them out one by one and placed multiples on top of each other.  When we finished each section we grabbed our books and starting filing coupons by whatever order made since to us.  By the time we got to our last two sections we were a little delirious!  The coupons were running together and everything starting looking the same.  We finally made it through to the end and our books were complete.

Time: 12:30 AM

I think we will get better at this as we go and each Sunday it will get a little easier.  Our books have 30 full pages of coupons and that's without even venturing to the printable ones from the internet!  We need more pages!

Please learn from our mistakes, this is what we will do differently next time:

• Not buy six newspapers
• Invest in eight smaller baskets and label them accordingly, separate coupons as we clip
• Have more available pages
• Start earlier in the day and not right after a huge meal!

Now I am going to do a quick scan of the grocery ads to make sure that we don't miss any super deals before they switch over on Wednesday.  I will post anything great that I find.

Now begins the real couponing experiment...

I have for the past year or so dabbled in the world of couponing.  First I had an envelope- to dig through and drop everywhere- then I upgraded to a small photo album.  I save money- sometimes a lot of money- but nothing compared to these hard core couponers that you see online.

So... today I am going hard core.  I am going out to purchase newspapers from different areas.  I am hoping in addition to The Virginia-Pilot that I will also find a Washington Post and Richmond Times.  I will also be purchasing a zipper binder, trading card sleeves and dividers with pockets. 

Lastly I will spend a little time online printing coupons.

Hopefully my hard work will pay off.  I will update you with the deals and coupons that I find and then post updates to my shopping trips.   Hopefully this blog will help everyone, there are not many couponing blogs that are kept up to date for Hampton Roads.  Feel free to comment with your own deals and ideas!