September 28th, 2011
· September 28, 2011 6:11 pm
It’s baaack! TLC’s mega-hit Extreme Couponing returns TONIGHT, Sept. 28 at 10 p.m. This season will have 12 episodes of innovative/scarily compulsive coupon-cutting obsessiveness. Tonight’s episode features an upstate New York woman cutting coupons like crazy to feed 280 people at her sister’s wedding. FREE wedding supplies???
Here are some of my tips to live by when watching the show and while out shopping:
- Don’t buy out the newspaper stand. Personally, 1 or 2 Sunday newspapers filled with coupons is enough for me to score some awesome deals for my myself and my family. Don’t over do it by buying 15 or 20 papers on a single Sunday. Give others the chance to score a paper or two!
- Don’t clear shelves. Walking into a grocery store and clearing a full shelf of toothpaste (or any item) is not cool. The show may portray these individuals as, “Wow, they just scored 100 boxes of FREE!”. It’s all for show. Lets give everyone the chance to score these amazing deals!
- Stockpiling. It’s ok to have a stockpile, but don’t over do it. There is no reason why anyone should have a 9 year supply of toilet paper sitting around. Deals come around more often than you think, so stick to holding on to a 2-3 month supply.
- Donate. If you have a big enough stockpile, and you think you may not come around to using it all, donate it to a friend, a local church or shelter. Don’t let stuff go to waste.
- Be positive. Don’t let this show or anyone ruin your experiences and passion for couponing. A lot of coupon-related changes have taken place since the shows premier but we must move on and never give up.
- Finally, let not forget Extreme Coupning is ENTERTAINMENT, folks.
I’d love hear some of your tips for readers watching Extreme Couponing for the first time. Also, we’d love to know, will you be watching tonight?
September 26th, 2011
· September 26, 2011 4:00 pm
Remember the FREE Monavie Acai Juice Sample (no longer available) post from September 17th? Well, I hope y’all signed up this “sample” because a full sized bottle arrived on my door step. Yay, I love getting surprises like this especially when you get more than what you expected!
Be sure to let us know if you scored a free bottle too! 😀
September 17th, 2011
· September 17, 2011 1:15 pm
September 16th, 2011
· September 16, 2011 9:54 pm
VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! 😀
Ok, so I usually don’t ask y’all for a thing but if you love anything about www.couponproblog.com and continuously visit our site for the latest deals, I figured you’d like this post as a way of showing us your love and support. Why not, right?!
Do you love coupons? Do you love Mailbox Mondays? Well, SavingStar is hosting a fun contest awarding and recognizing deal bloggers their work. So what they want to know is pretty simple: Who’s Your Favorite Deal Blogger?. Hurry on over and put in your vote for www.couponproblog.com. It shouldn’t take you longer than 30 seconds. And now on to the good stuff… The winning blog gets $500 grocery gift card AND $100 grocery gift card to giveaway to one of YOU, my readers. Oh and when you go vote here, you’ll be entered to win a $50 grocery gift card! 😀
So what do I plan on doing with the $500? I’m not sure. I mean you voted for me, so I think each and everyone of YOU should choose what I do with the $500 grocery gift card. It only sounds right to have it work that way. One suggestion would be watching Coupon Pro go on a huge shopping spree in the grocery store to see how far he could stretch that $500 and then we could donate all the items to local a charity, churches and shelters. It’s all up to YOU!
VOTE HERE!: SavingStar’s SuperStar Blogger Awards
Thank you to everyone for voting. I appreciate it so much!
– Ro
September 16th, 2011
· September 16, 2011 4:29 pm
99 days until Christmas 2011…
September 12th, 2011
· September 12, 2011 3:49 pm
Hey y’all, just wanted to leave a quick comment. Due to our recent server change, some readers may be experiencing minor issues while visiting our site. Please email ANY issues (font too big, wrong post, site not loading etc.) you come across to couponproblog@gmaildotcom. Thank you for your patience while I work hard to get the site running oh, so smoothly!
– Ro
September 12th, 2011
· September 12, 2011 12:18 pm
Picture says it all
What goes around, comes around and it’s so true. So many of you remember, that last time I was at CVS, I made an adorable little kid cry. Well, he was walking off with my cart filled with high value coupons and when I told him nicely, “Oh, I’m sorry, that’s actually my cart”, he ran off to the back of the store crying for mommy. Listen, I really felt bad, so now I know to just hand the kid a candy bar the next time ;).
Fast forward to yesterday. I was so excited when reader Barbara told me that the magic coupon machine over at CVS is printing a FREE Ritz Crackersfuls or Newtons Thins coupon. Like many of you, I rushed over to my store in the evening and scanned my card. Well guess what? The freakin’ machine ran out of paper when it was printing my FREE coupon. And when I scanned my card again, it said to come back tomorrow. I almost cried. That was the main reason of my trip to CVS. The folks at my store are quite nice, so I deiced to ask away and see if I could still use the coupon, they said… YES!!! :D. Though, we had to jump a few loops, I scored my FREE box of Ritz Crackerfuls. But this trip gets even better…
So after making my purchase of the Ritz crackers and a box of aspirin, I scored a $1 Ecb for the aspirin and ANOTHER, yes another, coupon for a FREE box of Ritz or Newtons on my receipt. Stoked, I ran back in the store to score my other free box and no I didn’t clear the shelves, there were plenty left. I’m not sure how this happened but I just had to tell you guys. Anyone want a box of Ritz Crackerfuls? 😉
