tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29238838994331161802011-07-28T15:24:04.337-07:00Extreme Couponerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458629046509361032noreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923883899433116180.post-51822262302512402612009-12-04T10:29:00.000-08:002009-12-04T10:29:02.288-08:00

Not in school?  No kids in school?  No 529 Plan for your younger kids?  No problem, UPromise is still for you!  Originally set up as a savings account for college or a way to pay off existing student loans, UPromise now also lets you request a check for all of your savings to use for anything you want.  It is really easy to use too.  Sign up for a Upromise account, register your participating

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Okay, let me say it. It is stupid not to join a free rewards site which pays you money for shopping online. It's free money. Say you were going to do your Christmas shopping at Walmart and Best Buy this year. Your plan is to pend $200 total, $100 at each store. You can go to the store to find your stuff, wait in line, pay your $200 and leave with your stuff and be done. Or you can do what

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Since you can earn mypoints through Bzzagent, I thought mypoints would be the next logical site to visit. The way mypoints.com works is that you accumulate points and then trade them in for gift cards. You can get a $10 GC for about 1500 points and a $25 GC for about 3800 points.There are lots of ways to earn points. If you shop through their vendors, you get points (based either on dollars

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All savvy shoppers should join Bzzagent. It's a great site where they will match you up with products based on your interests. They will then send you some of the product to try along with (usually) coupons and samples for your friends. I've been a member for about 2 years and in that time I have gotten to try tons of great products like Chili's (smokehouse burgers and guiltless grill, the

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Hello all my money saving friends! It's Thanksgiving day, the beginning of that holiday rush where we all spend way more money than we want to! However, as we all know, there are ways to economize and still put together a great holiday...you just need to have a budget, know what you can spend, and stick with it.I decided to reload some of my favorite "extreme couponer" posts from my $45 in a

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One of the most important lessons I have learned during my years of couponing is trying to plan your menus based on what is on sale and what is in your stockpile. That great sale on hamburger will do you no good if you let it get freezer burned and buying blueberries out of season at $5.00 for a half pint is a good way to sink your budget. As I am trying to demonstrate this month, you really

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So clearly this daily update thing is not going to work! I keep meaning to log on, but them get busy and forget. I'll try to give more updates this weekend. I have to admit this is starting to get hard (a week in!) because I can't eat out. Also, for anyone thinking of doing this, eating the same thing is by choice, not necessity. I tend to eat the same thing for 3-4 weeks until I get bored

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Sorry I missed posting yesterday, I totally forgot to log on when I got home last night! Here is a quick recap.Breakfast:~~(1) Chocolate Covered Mint Oreo (yummo!) another clearance sale: $0.02~~(2) slices of wheat toast w/ LOL canola Oil Butter. I got the bread with a free coupon and the butter was in my stockpile so $0.00Lunch:~~Chicken and Beef coldcut sandwich with spicy mustard on whole

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I feel like I am typing the same thing every day...tomorrow we'll have to try to shake up the menu a little!Breakfast:~~Special K w/ strawberries and Sugar Free Koolaid ($0.04)Lunch:~~Turkey Sandwich on wheat bread w/ mustard ($0.05)~~Goldfish Crackers (I love clearance sales!) ($0.05)~~Sugar Free KoolaidDinner:~~Leftover Tortellini (free) $0.00~~Leftover Garlic Bread $0.50~~Sugar Free

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Yesterday's fall off the budget wagon made me doublely (is that a word?) determined to stay under budget today.Breakfast:Special K w/ strawberries (1 serving, 8 servings in box) @ $.005 Sugar-Free Koolaid (free)Total Breakfast OOP: $.005 (less than a penny!)Lunch:Mona's Cheese Tortellini (free w/ coupon I traded for. I have 2 more coupons I'll have to trade in...yummo!) $0.00Garlic Bread @

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Well I am now in day 2 of the $45 in 30 days experiment. Today is easier because (a) I'm at work so I don't really have time to think about it; and (b) its bagel and donut day which means free breakfast! Here is the roll so far:Breakfast:Plain bagel w/ cream cheeseOrange juice mixed with FrescaTotal OOP :$0.00 all provided by workLunch:Corn beef and cheese tortilla wrapPretzel RodsFrescaThe price

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First off, happy New Years everyone! Here is hoping 2009 is much better than 2008! Starting today I am going to blog about everything I eat (and how much it cost) for the next 30 days. I REALLY hope I don't have any huge hunger spells! LOLThe responses to my request for coupons are starting to come in. Little Debbie said that they don't send coupons. Dannon said they don't usually send coupons

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I can't believe it's already the end of December and my experiment will start tomorrow. The reactions that I get when I tell people this are kind of funny. The people who never use coupons just look at me like I am nuts. My friends who dabble in coupons and want to know more about them (though will never actually take the time to learn) think its cool and ask me for the URL so they can follow my

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One of the hardest things for me about couponing is the guilt. I always tend to throw in a couple of full price items, just so the store makes some profit on me. This is especially true at Homeland which doubles coupons up to (and including $1). I went 2 days this weekend, the first time with "fillers" and the second time without. Here are the details:Saturday:~~1 Special K with Strawberries:

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I can't believe I am only a week away from my coupon experiment! Unlike merchandise, grocery stores don't have great after christmas sales, so you have to be creative. My grocery store only has a 4 page ad, but I still managed to find some great deals! This is my plan for this week.Kellogg's Special K. I happen to love the Special K with strawberries cereal. This week it is on sale BOGO. My

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The end of December is a great time to start stockpiling items to help reduce your 2009 food bill. The typical rules of thumb apply. Don't buy more than you can properly store, don't buy more than you'll use before it expires (because if you through it out you won't save!) and make sure you'll use what you buy (unless its free!). A couple of examples of good deals I have gotten this week:Kraft

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In an effort to get ready for my $45 in 30 days experiment, I started writing to companies yesterday asking for coupons. I wrote to the brands I use most often (since I'd rather not have to give them up for a month!) so we'll see what happened. So far I have written to:CheeriosKraftHostessDiGiorno PizzaLittle DebbiesI'm going to try and write to 5 more companies today, and every day, until the

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Hi, and thanks for visiting! Despite the title of this blog, I am what I consider to be a moderate couponer. I like to use coupons and save money, but I also don't mind missing a deal or two on occasion (which is why I'm not an extreme couponer! LOL) I regularly shop at CVS, Walgreens, Homeland, Target and Walmart. It's not as easier to get great deals at these stores as it is at stores like

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